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Dear Thyroid Letters
Dear Thyroid Cancer, Thank you for showing me how strong I am. Thank you for revealing to me who my real friends really are. Thank you for making me a vessel to get the word out [Read]
Dear Thyroid: We need to talk. This week, while perusing yet another women's magazine full of ads about breast cancer benefits, while sifting through yet another e-mail from a [Read]
Hello Thy-friends, Here we go: There is a Native American legend that says, "If you have a secret wish, capture a butterfly and whisper your wish to it. Since butterflies cannot [Read]
Dear Thyroid, You may be gone, and have been so for a while now, but the memory of you lingers on. Or maybe it might be more accurate to say that your legacy remains. For many [Read]
Dear Thyroid, Why were you just not that into me? I always knew you were an overactive nuisance, but what did I do to deserve all of this? Here I am, a healthy 27 year old woman [Read]
On Facebook yesterday, one of the questions we asked was "How has your disease affected your relationship with your family?" So far, we've received close to 100 responses from patients [Read]
Dear Thyroid, Go to hell, thank you that is all. Why didn't you tell me you were cancerous? If we could have gotten on the same page last year this upcoming surgery would not be so [Read]
As you can see I have had a total thyroidectomy. My thyroid levels even after 3 years are still in spaz mode. See the medications I have to take now, on a daily basis just to appear [Read]
My photo essay of my journey which started nearly 2 years ago. (Please click the image to enlarge and read her photo essay) --Carol -- Please vote for Carol's submission in [Read]
Three years on now from two thyroid removal surgeries for cancer, I still struggle every day to accept my ugly mis-shaped neck, sometimes when I look in the mirror its all I can see, [Read]
Dear Thyroid Columns
We love Mary Shomon so much! Together with My Med Lab, they have created a THYROID APP, which is ready for our use. Please check out this awesome post from Mary and find out [Read]
Hello my loves! I have missed you! Recently I presented at a conference about being a caretaker. While I was there I was also able to listen to panels and take in many ideas that [Read]
Join the Discussion
This outstanding workshop and teleseminar begins tomorrow with thyroid patient advocate and bestselling author, Mary Shomon. Sign up today! Thyroid patient advocate and [Read]
Congratulations to SAM for winning the I Heart Guts plushie thyroid! Everyone submitted such beautiful, gut-wrenching, funny and clever acrostic poems. Please keep those cards and [Read]
Meet-ups & Guest Bloggers
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, [Read]
Super Sunday's are here!! The goal is to make every third Sunday of the month a Meet Up day!! This way if you can't make it one month, you know another Meet Up is just around the corner! [Read]