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New York City Dear Thyroid Meet Up – Who is in?

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:35:35 +0000

My name is Catrina. I was diagnosed with Graves Disease and nodules near the thyroid August of 2011. At the age of 24 I was just like any other 20 something year old…I love to shop, hang with friends, I live on my own and I am enjoying my life as an independant woman. The [...]

Diagnosed with Enlarged Thyroid at Age 9

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:49:52 +0000

Dear Gigantic Oversize Massive Tumor infested Thyroid, I first met you when I was 9 years old. I was the youngest patient with an enlarged thyroid my doctor had ever seen. I was getting my hair washed at a hair salon that day. When I leaned my head back, a giant ball appeared in my neck. My [...]

Hashimoto’s, How Much More of ME do you Expect?

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:14:06 +0000

Dear Thyroid, I need you and you have let me down!! You have made me sicker then I have ever new was possible… You have compromised my health, my life, my sole and my mind… I have never felt this bad, you have made me tired and unable to perform my daily tasks at times, [...]

If Only I was Struck In A Day

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:07:26 +0000

I woke up one mornin’ with an anchor on my head and a blurrin’ I was slurring my speech, like a drunk, ‘cept I’ll give up on talking. It’s not funny, it’s boring. Where am I going? What was I saying? Did you tap me on the shoulder? Oh, you’ve already gone. I’m learning [...]

Dear Thyroid, I Am Begging You!

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:07:48 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Please let me heal! Sometimes I hate you. Sometimes I am too tired to hate you. Sometimes we get along just fine. I know you like to run low, and I can cope with that. I can even cope when you spike high. I can get through it, I know it will get [...]

Acrostic Poetry for Thyroid Awareness Month

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:30:28 +0000

Check Your Neck Could be that thyroid, causing you jip Hyper or Hypo, up and down dip Energy levels that feel so depleted Crying for no reason, feeling defeated Knowledge is power so check you Neck You seem out of control, have no explanation Obesity taking over with Atrial Fibrillation. Under weight, looking like you’ve not been fed [...]

Dear Ann Glanders: Week of 10/3/2011

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +0000

BE and STAY A PROACTIVE PATIENT….. One part of being a proactive patient is finding others who have similar situations so I say, “Good for you!” If you are reading this, that means you are utilizing one of your resources by being at DearThyroid.org. Having a health issue can truly be overwhelming, therefore any [...]

Thy-story – An Open Letter To My OB/GYN

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:00:50 +0000

Dr. “Jerkface”, You may not remember me, since we only spoke in your office for ten or fifteen minutes a few months ago, but my name is Kelly Sangree. I came to the “Lady Parts” practice with complaints of amenorrhea, weight gain, sluggishness, fatigue, depression, a noticeable goiter, and muscle pain. A colleague of yours [...]

Not many people want to take advice from a fat, exhausted, balding woman

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, You Have Made Me Suffer and Stolen My Life

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:00:30 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Oh Thyroid… Where were your shining numbers when I lost almost all my hair? When I had so many bald spots that I had to wear a hat, and I hate hats. But you wouldn’t take it all, just enough to help me feel that much less human. Where were your numbers when [...]