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Checking in on My Lady Bits: A Doc’s Appointment Update

On February 6, 2012 · 17 Comments · In Doctor's Visits, Donor Egg, Fertile Living, Good Stuff, Premature Ovarian Failure, Reproductive Health, Thyroid Issues

So when I’m not posting about the State of THE Uterus, I thought it was time for an update on the State of MY Uterus.

(Previously, on Keiko’s Uterus: An Overdue Post About My Lady Bits.)

Since we changed health [...]

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A Chronic Illness Confessional

On January 24, 2012 · 22 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Coping and Emotions, Support, Thyroid Issues

This is a difficult post to write today.

Living with a chronic illness is not easy.

This post isn’t about the Pain Olympics. I’m not here to say that one chronic illness is worse than another. It’s just like our infertility diagnoses; there isn’t truly one that’s “worse” than another because it’s such a [...]

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A second opinion on everything, really.

On November 12, 2010 · 21 Comments · In Coping and Emotions, Doctor's Visits, Donor Egg, Good Stuff, IVF, Premature Ovarian Failure, Thyroid Issues, Writing

Doc Awesome: Artist’s rendition.

My second opinion appointment went really well yesterday. The staff at the clinic were very professional and rather friendly. I tweeted from the office that the patients sitting in the waiting room, however, looked a bit somber, but [...]

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NaBloPoMo: And so it begins.

On November 1, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Blogs, Doctor's Visits, RESOLVE, Thyroid Issues, Women's Empowerment, Writing

30 posts. 30 days. It’s NaBloPoMo time, people: National Blog Posting Month.

I think it’s time to build off of my 7 posts in 7 days bit and move to something more advanced. I know I wrote recently that I [...]

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June ICLW: Elementally Speaking

On June 21, 2010 · 20 Comments · In Adoption, Advocacy and Awareness, Faith, Family, ICLW, Judaism, Marriage, National Infertility Awareness Week, Premature Ovarian Failure, RESOLVE, Thyroid Issues, Travel, Writing

Howdy! Thanks for stopping by for June’s ICLW. (Learn more about the ICLW here and see how you can sign up for next month.) I’ve got a few previous ICLW intro posts to get you up to speed: ABC’s of Me (November [...]

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Thyroid Update: The Butterfly in My Neck

On June 18, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Doctor's Visits, Food, Good Stuff, Thyroid Issues

Why the butterfly in my neck? The thyroid gland kind of looks like a little butterfly as it sits on your larynx. The butterfly is also the symbol of thyroid cancer survivors as well (no, I don’t have cancer, but I like the transformational [...]

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