Thyroid Disorders

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thyroid biopsy

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Hi, I have symptoms indicating that I may have thyroid cancer, and thyroid biopsy needs to be done. How does this procedure looks like?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by sweetheart1494227

Hi, Has anyone had a 2nd parathyroid surgery? What were the results? Any good surgeons in Seattle? I had one parathyroid removed in 1986. Felt better. Now lab results indicate new parathyroid problems. Calcium is in high normal range. Doctor had me take 50,000 vitamin D once a week for 2 months....

by ccccccc78457 over a year ago

over a year ago by mccaret7193571

relationship of symptoms to disease

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I underwent a total thyroidectomy for cancer the beginning of October and have been off thyroid replacement approximatly 4 weeks. I understand why I am sluggish and want to sleep all the time but I am having some serious balance and vision problems. I am 61 y.o.and had to have cervical surgery 2...

by grandma5792570 over a year ago

over a year ago by grandma5792570

Parathyroid implant

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Hello, I was a long distance backpacker, runner and climber until I came home from a backpacking Eastern Europe trip with two bilateral heel fractures. To make a long story short, the diagnosis was parathyroidism and osteoporosis (score of -2.1). I had parathyroid surgery three years ago. I had...

by Dave E91697 over a year ago

over a year ago by Dave E91697

I Abused Thyroid Hormones for Weight Loss

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I started taking Levothyroxine Sodium about two years ago as i had read about it on a bodybuilding website. Everyone was using it, saying how great it was for rapid weight loss. So i abused thyroxine for two years, sometimes taking huge amounts in one day. Has anyone else done this or know...

by SaraTabrizi87920 over a year ago

over a year ago by SaraTabrizi87920

plastic surgery for thyroid sugery scars

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Hello! I am about to have a thyroid surgery and I am very worried about the possibility of remaining scars. As I work in public it is very important for me that the scar is minimal. Can anybody tell me about their experiences with this matter. Thank you!

by danella667 over a year ago

over a year ago by poojamirpuri87905

thyroid levels normal

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I just got results of thyroid blood test mine was 0.30 how is this according to normal levels Thank You

by pauline arrivo over a year ago

over a year ago by pauline arrivo

benign thyroid nodule

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Hello, I am a 40 year old female In June I had a fna done for thyroid nodule. I was told that it is benign by the pathologist and the doctor but surgery was recommended. I went for a second opinion and was told that it was malignant according to the test results that i gave him that I ordered...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by linderat593385859

Thyroid ablation 3yrs ago. Always underweight, now 50lbs ov

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Has anyone experienced the weight gain after thyroid ablation? I was first diagnoised in 1992 with hyperthyroid and it was controlled with meds. Then in my 50's it went wacky again. Finally had to have it ablated. Very soon 3mos after, the weight started to come on. I eat a very healthy diet....

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by tucson ted84745