Posts Tagged ‘thyroid disease’
Chronic Snarkopolist: Being Authentic Terrifies Me
The other day I wrote this sentence to a friend, “I am terrified of being unlovable the way I am.” THE WAY I AM means of course, chronically ill. And WHY would I be terrified of [Read] | 37 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: What flavors MSG?
Over the years my food sensitivities have gotten, well, more sensitive. Also, since the overhaul of my diet, anytime I eat something super scummy (yet delicious) my stomach, head, nose [Read] | 8 responses.
Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: New Beginnings
The beauty of Dear Thyroid is that we can all come here and share our stories without judgement. We all have an understanding of what one another is going through, and help one another [Read] | 13 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.
How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass: A Little Heart To Heart
I'm starting this installment with a dedication. I'm dedicating these words to our good friend and thyroid sister, Mrs. Anita Roberts. She wrote a little note, this week that, [Read] | 23 responses.
How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass: The Two-Month Detox Challenge!
I'm a little upset that my doctors have never mentioned it. I'm a little upset I had to happen upon this information on the internet. You'd think this sort of data would be [Read] | 49 responses.
Thyrants, September 19-26
, Twitter: @Yodat Thyroid - why would I need my armpit hair to grow at an alarming rate? @christinah84 My TSH is good, but I still feel tired even after 10 hours of sleep. What [Read] | no responses.
How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass: Speak When Spoken To?
I'm really no good at setting up a scene. A scene as in, you know, literarily, on a page or screen to detail a certain time and space. Sure I went to school for this stuff, and have [Read] | 50 responses.
How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass: When In Rome??
This week, I'm out of town and traveling in Pittsburgh for a family wedding (think black tie affair, lots of baklava, and me sleeping in my 5-year-old cousin's green dinosaur bed). [Read] | 3 responses.
How To Kick Your Thyroid’s Ass: Join The (Dessert) Recipe Swap!
In previous installments of How To Kick Your Thyroid's Ass, I've mentioned that as part of my path to wellness and balanced numbers, I eat what's considered a high-raw diet. All that [Read] | 17 responses.