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The Diagnoses that Changed My Life Forever

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:00:42 +0000

Dear Heather, I am so sorry. Sorry for what I have done to your life. Sorry that there is nothing else I can do to help. Most of all I am sorry that friends, family and doctors do not see what I see. If friends and family did, they would understand. If the doctors could [...]

I Remember

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:00:31 +0000

Today’s literary health game is super fun! We’re asking you to finish this sentence, “I remember”. Anything goes; stream of conscious writing, recent or past memories; whatever you want. Just write your hearts and glands out, in comments. Express yourself in your words. Let it flow. Don’t censor yourselves. Gift yourselves with the opportunity to [...]

Dear Doctor: You’re Fired

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:58:42 +0000

Dear Doctor, I am writing this letter to inform you that I will no longer be a patient of yours. I am very disappointed and appalled at the care I received during my visit to your office on Monday, June 7th. I initially stopped seeing you after moving to Ohio about 5 years ago. After [...]

Flying With Broken Wings: Butterflies and Phoenixes

Dear Thyroid — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:18:18 +0000

I first stumbled across Dear Thyroid on New Year’s Eve of 2009 when I was reading Mary Shomon’s www.thyroid.about.com website and this website has undoubtedly been the dawn of a new era for me. For months, I had been searching for a support network where I felt able to be myself. I have found this [...]

A Most Delicious Raspberry

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:27:03 +0000

Dear Thyroid: Today while at work, I was sitting at my desk as usual, doing my work. A co-worker came by needing some assistance with something in my area of expertise. As he observed my leg bouncing up and down on it’s own, as happens with nervous, excited, or anxious people, he asked “Have you [...]

Comment Of The Day March 12, 2010

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:49 +0000

Today’s post was a song (in thyroid version) , called “Crazy“, written by Robyn. If you haven’t read it, please check it out. Robyn shared her experiences of medication, and issues surrounding T4, in verse. Her song was clever, honest and very true. It seems that in order to achieve wellness, in so many ways, [...]

Silence Has Never Been More Golden

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:03:50 +0000

Written by Mike Wilson (Undiagnosable Thyroid Patient) Dear Thyroid, I haven’t written to you in a long time. And this is a good thing!, We should both be happy about this fact. I know I am, and I hope you are. Something must be going right. Don’t stop whatever it is you’re [...]

Thyrants, December 12-19

Dear Thyroid — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:01:33 +0000

Twitter: @Yodat Forgot my purse twice today! Thanks thyroid! @Yodat I am having a war with my thyroid – so far I think it’s winning = motivation gone! @EyeceKnits Increasing my dose of vitamin D3 feels exactly the same as upping my dose of levothyroxine. Ice cream headache and all. @christinah84 Yuck. I guess that [...]

Marco Thylo Change In The Gland Canyon

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:26:30 +0000

Speaking for myself, embracing change is difficult. Oh, who the fuck am I kidding, it’s impossible, especially if change is forced upon me; than I can be a no-joke snatch-stick on wheels. Like when I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease. That’s another story for another day, isn’t it? Being a chronic duality, of course, outside [...]