Tag Archive | healthy living

A Selfie Could Tell You If You Have This Thyroid Cancer Symptom

Mar21
BY BRITTNEY MCNAMARA MARCH 16, 2017 6:30 AM  – Teen Vogue
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Ok…maybe not THIS selfie!

NOTE FROM UNDER HER BRIM 07.13.24.

An email was sent to our team by an unverified email account signed as the original person mentioned in the article, asking that we remove the story. Since we re-shared it from Teen Vogue and credited the author and source with the most pure intentions of bringing awareness to our community, not infringe on a personal journey, we have taken out the persons name and most of the original story.

We at Under Her Brim still want our family, friends and supporters to be mindful of and have a doctor look at any lumps or discuss any changes in their throat. A selfie showing a change, changed a life.

When we saw this story in Teen Vogue and thought about how many doctors appointments, dentist and Urgent Care visits made for children or someone else in our family. The truth is parents and cargivers often leave themselves out of the doctor, dentist, ophthalmologist rotation when taking loved ones to get those needed sports physicals, grade specific vaccines and nurse-just-sent-home-a-note-that-your-child needs an eye doctor appointment. If the title of this post didn’t get your attention, we certainly hope the story does.

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You can’t put THESE in your Will!!

Aug12

Life is about memories ♥ Not ‘things’

I just got back from spending a few days away with my family. Our location wasn’t extravagant and the trip wasn’t but for a few days but the experience was priceless. We dined at a famous seafood place that my daughter said because of her experience she now understands why it’s so famous (translation – the food was deeee-lish!!). We saw a 3D light show for the first time,  talked about clouds and took pictures with strangers. In those few days we had many firsts and experiences together that we won’t forget. Continue reading →