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The Old Normal

May 26, 2013 by Leanne Sowul Leave a Comment

The other day, I went to get a blood test. I have to get my thyroid levels checked every couple of months, so blood tests are pretty routine for me. I wouldn’t say that I enjoy the experience, but it’s such a nonissue for me that I don’t really think about it. If someone told […]

Filed Under: Cancer, Parenting Tagged With: blood test, endocrinologist, normal, pain, phlebotomist, thyroid

Christmas Miracle

December 24, 2012 by Leanne Sowul 5 Comments

My son is playing baby Jesus in the nativity scene at church this evening. We really don’t know whether he’ll smile or cry, but either way, it’ll be a memory for Christmases to come, and we’ll always be able to tell him, “Hey, you better behave- you were Jesus!” As the holiday approaches, I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: belief, cancer, Christmas, church, conception, edwin, faith, god, Jesus, liberal, miracle, nativity, politics, religion, ritual, skeptic, thyroid, transformation

My Cancer’s Better Than Your Cancer

November 11, 2012 by Leanne Sowul 7 Comments

Thyroid cancer has been in the news lately, since the celebrity Brooke Burke-Charvet was diagnosed with it. I didn’t know who she was, but apparently she’s the co-host of Dancing With the Stars. (I’m a So You Think You Can Dance girl, myself.) It’s nice that thyroid cancer is getting some attention, because it’s largely […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: brooke burke-charvet, cancer, fear, hormone, hospital, radioactive iodine, remission, suffering, surgery, survivor, symptoms, thyroid

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