Dear Thyroid™ � thyroid literary support

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Dear Thyroid — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:00:34 +0000

Dear Thyroid, I have much to thank you for… The things I want to thank you for aren’t usually viewed as good skills to have. However, since it is all I have, I am learning to be appreciative. Thank you for making me the “brave” one of my friends who tries every hair color in [...]

Thyroid Diva Swan Dive

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:00:57 +0000

Goodbye. It’s been an interesting life with you, far too interesting for most of the time, and although things started out well you’ve been destroying me one way or another for the past 6 years. It was the T3 bombs in the brain that were the worst. I could cope with the palpitations, I hardly [...]

ABOUNDING STRENGTH

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:00:05 +0000

I bet most do not know A body could be in pain 24/7 And not just in one place But from head to toe The dosage of medication needed To take the edge off this type of pain Would put a person in a comatose state. To endure and bear such pain Is finding that [...]

In The Storm

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:00:29 +0000

Life can turn grey, dark and hazy All seems so gloomy Feels like waves are crashing down Body feeling like an old rickety boat Trying hard to function and stay together As the diseases wreak havoc Rocking to and fro on the waves from the storm This storm that is now what I know as life. [...]

BRING IT for Thyroid Awareness Month

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:00:54 +0000

Thyroid Awareness Month is upon us, along with a NEW YEAR. Can you believe it’s 2011?! We’ve already lived, and I do mean lived a decade of 2010. Mary Shomon wrote a fantastic piece called “The Top Ten Stories Affecting Thyroid Patients in the Decade from 2000-2009“. Not only is it incredibly INSPIRING, it highlights [...]

THY-VOID

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:00:27 +0000

You left me feeling such a huge void Taking away so much of me My life has changed tremendously My body has morphed from head to toe Stranger in the mirror I do not know The old me has been stripped away Forever leaving such a deep dark hole Where does this leave me now [...]

Thy-Cancan…Can’t?

Joanna Isbill — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:00:10 +0000

Dear Thyroid Cancer, Somebody once wrote a poem about you. Well, not just you; you and all your relatives. The name of the poem is “What Cancer Cannot Do.” I have received copies of this poem from multiple people since you came into my life. At first, I was so inspired by this poem. It [...]

How to Keep Warm in Winter when You have Thyroid Disease

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:00:09 +0000

(1) Put on socks? No, still cold. (2) Put on socks and crawl into bed? No, still cold. (3) Put on socks, crawl into bed, add a quilt? No, still cold. (4) Put on socks, crawl into bed, add two quilts? No, still cold. (5) Put on socks, crawl into bed, add two quilts, and [...]

Micro Dear Thyroid Letters

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:58 +0000

Joanna came up with a great idea, to write micro Dear Thyroid letters. We’re going to do this in comments on DearThyroid.org and on Twitter. In 140 characters (2 sentences), what do you want to say to your thyroid? What does your thyroid have to say to you? What do you want to write to [...]

My Crappy Place

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:25:49 +0000

Despair sets in- Darkness covers me Hair releasing itself, Resting awkwardly on Shoulders and back. Energy, usually just a Faint memory. Wait- memory… What is that?! Aching body imprisoning Active thoughts; Dreams unaccomplished- over; Wishes set aside. Weight goes up while Body temp sinks lower… Frozen digits. Holding on with Everything inside; Still not measuring [...]