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Dear Thyroid Letters

You are Robbing me of my Romeo Status

Dear Thyroid, Thanks for nothing! Thank you for not going too happy happy joy joy and keeping me up at night. Thank you for not going too Crybaby Sally on me and keeping me in [Read]

Losing You, Losing Me

Dear Thyroid – I want to hate you, but I can’t.  In my earlier years you regulated my body beautifully.  I ate well.  I slept well.  I had energy.  I exercised.  I had [Read]

To the <i>Graves</i> or Not?

Dear thyroid, I am writing this letter to explain that I want you to cooperate with me and let me be a Mom. You started to make that very hard for me when I had my first daughter two [Read]

My Pretty Butterfly

My  pretty  butterflies  fly  here and there  and every where,  where are you  going my little busy butterflies? Here and there and every where going  from  flower to  [Read]

Hut, Hut, Hut!

Dear Thyroid Patients and Doctors, I am a recent inductee to the thyroid cancer group- having been diagnosed fall of 2010, undergoing radical surgery January of 2011, and now gearing [Read]

I have Graves Disease, but it does not have me

Dear Thyroid, I hear you. This past week has been rough, very rough. You are pointing out each of the way that stress affects my body. I can appreciate that, I don't like it... but at [Read]

Happy Birthday To Me

Dear Thyroid, This upcoming Sunday, March 13th, will be my 22nd birthday--marking almost two years of being diagnosed with Graves Disease. Funny how the average age for onset of [Read]

Come Hithah’ Thyroid Disease

Dear Thyroid (or what's left of you): Our relationship surfaced a few years ago when a doctor ran some routine blood work and found a high TSH.  I needed to be on a replacement [Read]

Shakespeare’s Taming of the Hashrew

Dear Thyroid, I think life is funny sometimes. I think it's funny because it can throw you in all directions before you finally arrive on a realisation. You and me, I think we've [Read]

Hashi Women Powers Unite

Dear HashiMaster: You are and always have been the puppet master in my life since I was nearly 8 years old and yet you were so clever to slip through the fingers of so many [Read]

Dear Thyroid Columns

Introducing the THYROID APP by, Mary Shomon and My Med Lab!

  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]

Chronic Snarkopolist: How to Create Safe Space (& Beauty) During Chronic Illness

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

Sign up Today for a Teleseminar with Mary Shomon

This outstanding workshop and teleseminar begins tomorrow with thyroid patient advocate and bestselling author, Mary Shomon. Sign up today!   Thyroid patient advocate and [Read]

Announcing the Winner of the I Heart Guts Win A Plushie Thyroid Contest

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

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

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

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]