Anastasia Smith: 24, sisterless and searching.
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I WAS SO TOUCHED WHEN Katie Schwartz of Dear Thyroid fame asked me to participate in blogging community effort to raise awareness for thyroid diseases and cancers. When it comes to blues and truths of the ol’ butterfly gland, I’ve got plenty. So here goes… [click to continue…]
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MOSEY ON OVER TO Dear Thyroid for a look at my first letter in a series that I’m writing called “Dear Anastasia’s Thyroid” (cryptic, I know). You may remember my previous two attempts to tell my rebellious butterfly gland to calm down, and now I’ll be sending it a bi-monthly letter to keep it in check. All the medical drama will be unfolding on Dear Thyroid from now on. Thanks to the lovely Thyroidess, Katie Schwartz, for giving me this opportunity!
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TSP READERS, IT’S OFFICIAL. I’m now writing to you as a true member of the Dear Thyroid sisterhood. Yes, it has taken me over a week to actually finish a letter to my thyroid that is a bit meatier than my previous attempt (recounted here on TSP). But I can say that forcing myself to engage in a discussion (albeit a one-sided discussion) with my rebellious butterfly gland has proven to be rather therapeutic. You’ll find the full letter on Dear Thyroid’s new and improved WordPress site. And you, too, can become a part of the Dear Thyroid sisterhood by giving your thyroid or a loved one’s thyroid a piece of your mind by emailing to: submissions [at] dearthyroid [dot] com.
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cooking up a batch of thyroid insanity. (photo from Dear Thyroid)
WHILE TSP’S OTHER SISTERS SEEM to be well-versed in the potential of online sisterhoods (Marion has her needles and yarn, Paige has a spatula and mountains of cookbooks) I had yet to find a community where I felt that I truly belonged…until now. I have come across a blog affectionately titled Dear Thyroid, which is just that–a collection of letters that people have written to their thyroids (or “an epistolary series and ongoing discussion about thyroid disease,” as site editors Katie Schwartz, Quin Browne, and Freida Bee put it), some in love but many in hate. [click to continue…]
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CHILDHOOD BLISS: Picking Apples in Saranac, NY
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