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Life Redefined: Check Yes for Cancer
Do you remember how easy it used to be to fill out a medical form? You know, prior to the onslaught of health issues. I could fill out a form in a couple minutes. Current medication? [Read] | 19 responses.
Bringing Sexy Out of the Thyloset: A Dear Thyroid Blog Tour
During the month of September, Dear Thyroid is going on a blog tour to promote awareness for thyroid cancer. For this blog tour, we’ll be asking bloggers to write a post on their own [Read] | 7 responses.
Life Redefined: When Words Have Meaning
After my cancer diagnosis and first surgery, I received a lot of stuff from a lot of people. Stuff is how people in this day and age convey they are thinking about you. I received [Read] | 28 responses.
Life Redefined: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the thy-strain)
Not too long ago I was feeling nostalgic and decided to leaf through my old high school yearbooks. Equally as amusing as the pictures (my awkward phase lasted an embarrassing number of [Read] | 13 responses.
Thyroid Cancer Gets A Nugget: Calling All Sports Fans…and Everybody Else
I am a sports fanatic. Seriously, I’d play sports all day long if I could do so without sending myself into a state of exhaustion requiring hospitalization and an IV of fluids. [Read] | 5 responses.
Life Redefined: The Importance of Community and a Call to Action
Do you remember how you felt after you were diagnosed with thyroid cancer/disease? I do. I had a mixture of feelings course through my body, all of which I remember vividly. One of those [Read] | 39 responses.
Life Redefined: This Is Not Chicken Soup for the Thyroidectomized Soul
Cancer is a heavy burden to carry. The road you walk when you have cancer is hard and treacherous. Having cancer on your mind everyday will leave you weary and exhausted. In order to [Read] | 18 responses.
It’s National Cancer Survivors Day!
Today is the 23rd annual National Cancer Survivors Day! Today is not just about thyroid cancer or breast cancer or prostate cancer or any other one type of cancer. Today is about all [Read] | 6 responses.
Life Redefined: The Gwinnett County Relay For Life: Coming Together With One Voice
I wish you all could have been with me at Relay For Life, but since you couldn’t, I’m going to try to convey the spirit of the event. I truly hope this gives you an idea of the power [Read] | 19 responses.
Life Redefined: Keep Your Spirit Fingers to Yourself
When cancer is the topic of discussion, the conversation tends to turn awkward in about two seconds. Cancer is such a fear-invoking word that when we hear it, especially when it's [Read] | 26 responses.