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Marco Thylo February Searches: Back Ordered Blood For Reals

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:13:40 +0000

Marco Thylo is a thyroid humor column based on the searches Dear Thyroid came up on for the previous month, written by, Joanna Isbill and Katie Schwartz. We do fly in some news at the bottom of each post when we have news. So, there’s that. Joanna Isbill Jokes about the thyroid: We LOVE jokes [...]

Marco Thylo… Is Back!

Dear Thyroid — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:08:38 +0000

Thanks to Joanna Isbill, we’re bringing Marco Thylo back; our thyroid humor column. The name “Marco Thylo“ was coined by @HypoGirl. On the first Saturday of every month, Joanna Isbill and I will be writing Marco Thylo. We’ll be taking the top 10 searches from the previous month and writing our snarky responses. Why? Because [...]

Thyrants and Glandside Adventures

Dear Thyroid — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:52:20 +0000

Thyrants for the Week Facebook/Twitter Ana Prpic:, I don’t know which is worse, for weeks I was sleeping 9,10, 11 hours and still was tired, past few days I sleep 5 or 6 hours and have so much trouble falling asleep. It’s both sad and funny Anita Roberts:, I’m all over the damn place right [...]

Marco Thylo Thygiving And Glanding Along, Let’s Dish!

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:39:26 +0000

To our American readers, Happy Thygiving. may your thyroids gland calmly in the canyon today. Before we get started, that sounds so seminaree, please pardon the rather jacked font issues we’re having on the site. I think the site’s hyperthyroid. One day, the font is Georgia, the next it’s Times New Roman. We are in [...]

Marco Thylo Are You Thytarded?

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:48:50 +0000

Recently, it occurred to me just how many parallels there are in our “real” lives that intersect our diseases. For example, we’ve been having issues with our .org email addresses. I can receive .org email, but I can’t respond via .org. This makes me feel constipated, like my intestines are stockpiling shit and my puckered [...]

Marco Thylo Change In The Gland Canyon

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:26:30 +0000

Speaking for myself, embracing change is difficult. Oh, who the fuck am I kidding, it’s impossible, especially if change is forced upon me; than I can be a no-joke snatch-stick on wheels. Like when I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease. That’s another story for another day, isn’t it? Being a chronic duality, of course, outside [...]

Marco Thylo The Winner of the Scary Endo Yarn Is

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:21:25 +0000

As you know, last week we decided to run the scariest endo yarn contest. Instead of voting, which we usually do, because my dad came up with the “Lightbulb” contest and he’s such an advocate for Dear Thyroid, we asked him to chose the winner. From my dad, a fabulous father indeed: The winner is [...]

The Winner of the Lightbulb Marco Thylo Contest Is…

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:47:33 +0000

Halloween is upon us. I happen to love Halloween. Because I have Graves’ Opthalmopathy and I’m a sphere on mini-stilts (5’4), I am a walking costume. I can go to parties, if I choose to, as a pissed off Graves’ disease patient. I can work my fat rolls hard and poppin’ lady balls, word! To [...]

Marco Thylo Entries for the Lightbulb Win a T-Shirt Contest

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:33 +0000

When I wrote last week’s Marco Thylo, I was riding the snatch express, venting, lamenting and ranting my guts out. After reading everyone’s entries (punch lines) to the question, How many women and, or men with thyroid disease or thyroid cancer does it take to change a light bulb?, I was so busy laughing my [...]

The Winners of the Thyperimenirific Contest Are….

Katie Schwartz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:02:08 +0000

A word from Mary Shomon. Drum roll, please… I’m thrilled to announce that ALL 7 ENTRANTS in our perimenopause/menopause/thyroid contest here at DearThyroid are winners of a copy of my newest book, “The Menopause Thyroid Solution!!!” I couldn’t possibly choose, so everyone wins!! The book, which was published in August by HarperCollins, focuses on [...]