Meet Our Founder, The One Who Went Through It Himself
I will never forget that day. From the nauseous feeling I had from the overwhelming effects of Laughing Gas. I woke up from my surgery in the most unpleasant way possible. There were nurses scouring around me, blinding hospital lights shining from all sides, and my parents were asking me over and over how I felt—it all felt like I was in a dream.
It was very unexpected, but at 13 years old, I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. Fortunately, Thyroid Cancer is a type of cancer that can b by surgery, but that fact does not make the experience of Thyroid Cancer treatment any easier.e easily treated
The surgery went well, and I was hospitalized for three days, but as I thought it would only get easier from here on out, I learned that I was not ready for what was ahead of me. Many people are blind to it as they have not experienced it themselves, but the most difficult step of recovering from Thyroid Cancer is the treatment after the surgery.
The best and most straightforward way I would describe my experience as a patient would be that I was “trapped” in the hospital, drowning from unbearable feelings of unease. Throughout my days at the hospital, I had no choice but to suffer through a consistent, painful headache, be woken up every 2 hours to take my medication, and have wavering feelings of nauseousness. I felt trapped in a cycle of pain and monotony. The medication left me weak, and the headache was a relentless torment. The hours dragged on, turning minutes into what felt like days, as I lay there, unable to find any relief.
The hospital room, which was supposed to be a place of healing, felt more like a prison. Each time a nurse entered, I hoped for a reprieve, but it was just more of the same: another dose, another wave of nausea, another hour of staring at that unforgiving clock. The physical and emotional toll was more than I ever imagined, making those three days some of the longest and most excruciating of my life.Fast forward several years later, not much has changed. Even to this day, I still get checkups for my Thyroid and take the same medications I started taking post-surgery—that’s why I wanted change. No one, however young or old, should have to go through that traumatic torment that disables the mind’s sense of reality.
In November 2023, I founded ThyroCure Student Corporation. My vision for this organization was simple: to ease the experiences of children in hospitals. As a student living in a community full of talented high schoolers, I thought about it for months and finally selected specific activities that could benefit the patients the most: educational seminars, arts & crafts, and musical performances.
As a previous Thyroid Cancer patient, my hope for ThyroCure Student Corporation is to provide more than monetary donation: to foster a personal connection with the patients in various different ways to aid their experiences in the hospital. Even if that makes their experience just 1% better, that’ll be more than enough for ThyroCure to continue its efforts.
Thank you to those who have supported ThyroCure Student Corporation thus far and welcome for those who are learning more about us.
Sincerely,
Alex Lee
Proud CEO & Founder of ThyroCure Student Corporation