Posts Tagged ‘thyroid cancer’
The Last Hostage of Our Truce
Dear Synthroid, Why won't you let me sleep? We've been getting along so well. I've been losing weight through diet and exercise like my doctor kept telling me was possible but wasn't [Read] | 11 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.
Butterflygraph Competition In Full Swing! Let The Voting Begin
The butterflygraph competition is on and poppin', yo! Every submission has been accepted. The first submission was posted on Friday and written by Erica. The details of the contest and [Read] | 10 responses.
Thyme For Literary Healing: Do You Know How To Say When?
I wonder how many of us know how or when to say 'when', as in I've had enough or I need to put myself first, or if I don't initiate a time-out for myself, I'll never gland where I want [Read] | 4 responses.
Forsaken
Dear Thyroid, Are you to blame for my nervous breakdown? There is certainly enough medical research out there that proves an increased rate of depression among people with thyroid [Read] | 11 responses.
A Teacher Masquerading as a Thief
Dear Thyroid; What my thyroid has stolen from me & taught: In terms of what my thyroid has stolen, it has stolen nothing. If anything, I have gained an array of knowledge about my [Read] | 8 responses.
No Longer Thankful Just to be Alive
Dear Thyroid, When I first found out you had to go I was happy to be rid of you. I wanted the follicular thyroid cancer to be gone and did not think twice about the process of [Read] | 10 responses.
Thyme For Literary Healing: Forced Reinvention’s Impact on Thyroid Patients, Their Families and Friends
As thyroid patients, we are forced into reinventions, mentally and physically. Our minds are gifted with octopus tentacles lacerating our craniums and rearranging our memories or [Read] | 8 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.
Like a Rollercoaster that Goes Down, but Never Comes Back Up
Dear, Dear Thyroid Community: I was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma about three years ago. All of a sudden my thyroid was totally removed. After dissection of my thyroid removal, [Read] | 25 responses.