Dear Thyroid™ � Thyroid patient letters

I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:00:06 +0000

Right now I feel sick, I’m sweating up a storm, my shoulders feel like someone hit them with a two by four, the goiter on my neck feels hard and makes me cough, and my head throbs. I’ve been laying in bed, just laying in pain, I have no energy to move, no appetite to [...]

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. [...]

If You Listen, Dear Doctor, Here is What’s in it For You

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:00:46 +0000

Dear Endocrinologist Once again I will be visiting you today. Me and my notebook with all my questions and fears. I will be honest, Dr., I am pretty done. And tired. Always tired. I want you to hear me so badly. When I tell you the things that are happening now; the atrial fibrillation, the [...]

Reload for the New Year

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:49 +0000

Another year is about to come and go But yet I still feel as if I’m adrift in limbo I can rewind to look back I can reset from what I have learned Not able to fast forward Perhaps it’s time to reload Time to start anew Try again and keep trying No resolutions to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tap, Tap Tapazole

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:00:29 +0000

Dear Tapazole, I knew the first time the doctor tried to give you to me that you were bad news, but at least you were better than propylthiouracil (PTU). But what choice did I have? My levels were almost four times higher than normal. Too high for surgery and too high for radiation. I was [...]

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 [...]