May 31, 2016 A few months after I first received my cancer diagnosis, I encountered all these cancer survivor stories through social media and the…
Tag: Thyroid Cancer Awareness
April 19, 2015 Symptoms aren’t always the same with hypothyroidism or after radioactive iodine treatment, but I’ve had chronic pain in my joints – knees,…
Feb 22, 2015 One of the more indelicate realities of thyroid cancer is the near perpetual state of constipation. The removal of the thyroid inevitably…
February 18, 2015 He wakes up early and makes me my usual breakfast, using the utensils set aside for my use only. We will have…
February 6, 2015 I miss myself. This started a few months ago and makes sense. Prior to my concussion and cancer diagnosis, I was an…
December 8, 2014 “How would you like to move forward with radioactive iodine treatment?”, the doctor asks. I have to decide right now?! “As I…
November 11, 2014 “Your blood tests results came back and your TSH levels are really high, so you must be feeling like garbage huh?” Yes.…
November 9, 2014 You’re too young for all this. Yes, young people and children get cancer too. Thyroid cancer is the best cancer to have.…
November 1, 2014 The results are finally in. There is good news and bad news. Bad news first. The cancer did in fact spread to…
October 30, 2014 It is 3:30 am. It is dark, and it is quiet. The city is sleeping but I have a bowl of cereal…