Thyroid gland

[Guest guest]

Dear Kristie,

Thank you for telling us about your grannie. I immediately had a flashback

to my mother. She had an overactive thyroid and lost so much weight and she

began to shake so much, she couldn't thread the needle on her sewing machine.

She had several heart attacks and eventually had to have her thyroids removed.

It caused her to have atrial fibrilations and from having so many attacks, her

heart was enlarged. I hope they took care of your grannie's problem. The first

dosage I was given by the doctor who diagnosed it was later found to be

suboptimal by another doctor, so he doubled the dose. I did lose a few pounds

after that, but it's hard to tell how much I would have eventually lost because

just about the same time, I was taken off Gleevec and lost a total of 40#, I

always say mostly between the ears. LOL

Information I found on hyper thyroidism, which is what my mother had.

Hyperthyroidism is a condition caused by an overactive thyroid gland. The gland

makes too many hormones. Hormones are substances that affect and control many

important functions in the body. Thyrotoxicosis occurs when the thyroid

releases too many of its hormones over a short (acute) or long (chronic) period

of time. Many diseases and conditions can cause this problem, includinng:

Non-cancerous growths of the thyroid gland or pituitary gland.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000353.htm#Treatment

Here is something I read on an underactive thyroid. The thyroid gland is located

in the front of the neck just below the voice box (larynx). It releases hormones

that control metabolism. These hormones are thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine

(T3). One of the things they advise is to make sure you eat breakfast. If you

don't eat breakfast, you slow down your metabolism and send the body into " hoard

mode, " thinking it's starving because you're going a long period of time

frequently 8 to 10 hours or more, without food.

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/dietweightloss/a/12ways.htm

Blessings all,

Lottie

[Guest guest]

She has had some very rough days with this thyroid problem, besides having to

deal with the CML and the Gleevec. Her medical doctor seems to have gotten her

thyroid medicine regulated. She has been doing pretty good the last two weeks.

Thanks!

[ ] Thyroid gland

Dear Kristie,

Thank you for telling us about your grannie. I immediately had a flashback to

my mother. She had an overactive thyroid and lost so much weight and she began

to shake so much, she couldn't thread the needle on her sewing machine. She had

several heart attacks and eventually had to have her thyroids removed. It caused

her to have atrial fibrilations and from having so many attacks, her heart was

enlarged. I hope they took care of your grannie's problem. The first dosage I

was given by the doctor who diagnosed it was later found to be suboptimal by

another doctor, so he doubled the dose. I did lose a few pounds after that, but

it's hard to tell how much I would have eventually lost because just about the

same time, I was taken off Gleevec and lost a total of 40#, I always say mostly

between the ears. LOL

Information I found on hyper thyroidism, which is what my mother had.

Hyperthyroidism is a condition caused by an overactive thyroid gland. The gland

makes too many hormones. Hormones are substances that affect and control many

important functions in the body. Thyrotoxicosis occurs when the thyroid releases

too many of its hormones over a short (acute) or long (chronic) period of time.

Many diseases and conditions can cause this problem, includinng: Non-cancerous

growths of the thyroid gland or pituitary gland.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000353.htm#Treatment

Here is something I read on an underactive thyroid. The thyroid gland is

located in the front of the neck just below the voice box (larynx). It releases

hormones that control metabolism. These hormones are thyroxine (T4) and

triiodothyronine (T3). One of the things they advise is to make sure you eat

breakfast. If you don't eat breakfast, you slow down your metabolism and send

the body into " hoard mode, " thinking it's starving because you're going a long

period of time frequently 8 to 10 hours or more, without food.

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/dietweightloss/a/12ways.htm

Blessings all,

Lottie