Dear Thyroid™ � thyroid disease

Next week is POETRY week!

Joanna Isbill — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:00:22 +0000

Next week is poetry week on Dear Thyroid and we’re asking all of you to start writing some thylicious poems. Send us your Dear Thyroid acrostic poems, haikus (thykus, if you will), limericks, sonnets, free verse…whatever type of poem you feel inspired to write. The topic is completely up to you, but here are some [...]

Autoimmune Hypothyroidism: The Bigger Picture

Joanna Isbill — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:00:20 +0000

While it may be impossible to cover everything about autoimmune disease treatment in a series of blogs, I hope I’m giving readers a spattering of information that excites their taste buds for more. Today I’m going to give you a series of warnings, a set of ‘Do Nots’: Do NOT think that, “If I just [...]

It’s on like Donkey Kong

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:00:53 +0000

Dear Thyroid: Put your game face on because I’m coming out swinging! In a mere nine days you and I will battle to the death! Standing ready in my corner is a top-notched ENT surgeon and the best Endo in all of Indy! So, as I throw back another SSKI-laced orange juice, know that I am [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Climbing Out of the Thyroid Trash Can

Nicole Wells — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:45:41 +0000

I went for a hike in the hills the other day, and I walked by this concrete water pass that I used to frequent back in the day. It was covered in graffiti, and the lady I happened upon said that the city used to paint over it and within a few weeks it would [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Joy and Maple

Nicole Wells — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:45:08 +0000

I just passed my 1 year anniversary of having RAI done, and I can’t believe - 1. How fast my lame boy haircut has finally grown out and I look like a girl again. 2. How much weight I’ve gained and lost in the past year. 3. That the dish soap in the kitchen at [...]

Chronic Snarkopoloist: Conflict! When Your Doctors Disagree

Melissa Travis — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:00:46 +0000

Hello my loves! Recently I had several specialists and doctors disagree with each other. One called someone out the other went brass knuckle. A third jumped in for a street rumble. The rest just shook their heads and disagreed with the medication doses I was taking. I stood in the center and watched the fur [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Inequality is the Spice of Life

Nicole Wells — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:00:41 +0000

I went to a show over the weekend, and I saw a famous drummer perform with his new(ish) band. Back in the 80s this guy was an addict. It’s now 2011 and the addiction hasn’t ceased. He looks fairly terrible for his age, however, he’s frequents a local bar around 10am on a daily basis [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Reflections of a Grave Procrastinator

Nicole Wells — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:45:46 +0000

How often do you spend everyday of your life doing what you want to do, and away from obligations or responsibilities? When you die, do you want your headstone to say “had a great work ethic”? Happy New Year everyone! Although I’m remaining positive that this year will be amazing, on January 1st I heard [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: It’s A Wonderful Life right?

Nicole Wells — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:00:40 +0000

One of my fave holiday movies of all time is It’s a Wonderful Life. I don’t think I need to explain my love for Jimmy Stewart, since he was just so darn lovable. The funniest part in the movie, you ask? After we find out his brother is dead because George was never there to [...]

Chronic Snarkopolist: Being Authentic Terrifies Me

Melissa Travis — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:00:36 +0000

The other day I wrote this sentence to a friend, “I am terrified of being unlovable the way I am.” THE WAY I AM means of course, chronically ill. And WHY would I be terrified of that? WHY would I have that fear you wonder? Flipping back through my comments I get daily I can [...]