Simon’s Substack
Am I the drama? or can I blame it on the Hormones. But what if underneath all of the noise, the bad choices and cliff hanger moments in our lives, there was something else at play. My journey with Thyroid Cancer.
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The Thyroid, The Fog and The Question I Keep Coming Back To. (opens the original)
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Feeling grateful my bloods are moving in the right direction after a crash pre summer. It has been quite a ride.I want to use this space to advocate more for anyone navigating thyroid disease or cancer because it is deeply disorienting and almost impossible to explain to the people around you. The person who loves you most can look you in the eye and still not quite reach you. That is one of the loneliest feelings I know.No thyroid means no hormone. Ever. You become entirely dependent on a daily
None of this is normal. And we all know it. (opens the original)
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Climate change isn’t coming. It’s here. It showed up at Walthamstow last week, where friends of mine were evacuated from their homes as fires spread through dry grass on winds we don’t usually get in July. It’s here on the streets of Hackney, where I’ve been stepping over dead bumble bees and watching confused dragonflies searching for water that isn’t there. It’s here in my flat, where my two-year-old dog Bert can’t understand why he can’t catch his breath on a Tuesday morning in East London.An
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