Re: Thyroid Surgery/Lynne

March 15, 2012

I'll write this anyway - my mother had a thyroidectmy in 1930 - one of 7

girls around that age of 21 - ALL the other 6 girls died because, I remember

she told me, she was the only one where they left the parathyroids - I

thought there were only 2 - I guess there are 4

I understood hatha Yoga fixed thyroid problems?

Jane

----- Original Message -----

>The surgeon said that she only wants to remove TWO of my parathyroid glands

>and half of the thyroid (the part that has the adenoma. She says if I have

>the two parathyroid glands and the left half of my thyroid, I wouldn't need

>any synthroid, and my thyroid would function pretty well.<

Hi Lynne,

I think you should be aware that the parathyroid glands can be destroyed

during thyroid surgery (even the ones that the surgeon intends to spare).

That happened to a friend of mine. Living without functioning parathyroid

glands is a very difficult balancing act, involving maintaining the correct

amount of calcium in the body.

Parathyroid glands are responsible for calcium metabolism. Without the

parathyroid, there is decreased calcium circulating in the blood, which

causes muscles to be hyperexcitable, leading to spams and tremors. It can

also lead to tetany, a condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms,

caused by malfunction or absence of the parathyroid glands and a consequent

deficiency of calcium.

My friend had severe tetany resulting in her entire body cramping. Iâ€™m not

saying this will happen to you, but it sounds like your surgeon is assuming

that nothing can go wrong. I hope sheâ€™s right, but I think you should be

fully informed. >Also, I've been doing some more research and found one

recent study that showed that thyroid adenomas that are over 4 cm in size

have an EIGHTY percent chance of being malignant. In the light of this new

evidence (mine is 5 cm), I think that time is critical in making up my mind

on what to do.<

I understand your concern. If I had the possibility of cancer, I would find

out what sort of timetable I have. I would also want to know FOR SURE

whether my thyroid was cancerous or not. I see no point in rushing into

surgery if there is no cancer present. I have had an adenoma on one of my

kidneys for 10 years. So far, there has been no problem.

Shomon is an expert on thyroid problems, including nodules. If I were

you I'd go to her website and do some research.

Hugs (and good luck), Dianne

http://thyroid.about.com/bio/-Shomon-350.htm

March 16, 2012

Dianne,

Thank you so much for the information!! Now that I think about it, the

doctor did say something about possibly needing to take calcium supplements

if something goes wrong during the surgery. The problem is, from

everything that I've read so far, they really can't tell for sure whether

it is malignant or not with suspicious cells. I have a hurtle cell

adenoma, and the cells came back as suspicious from the biopsy. The doctor

said they won't know whether or not it is cancer, until they remove it and

then examine it. If it IS cancer, then they want me to undergo a second

surgery removing the rest of my thyroid, in case it already spread beyond

the right side of my thyroid. I definitely have a problem with doing

that!! Not even having a tumor on the left side of my thyroid and doing

surgery to remove it?

I will look at the the link that you sent me and continue to research

all of this!

Thanks again,

Lynne

> **

>

> >The surgeon said that she only wants to remove TWO of my parathyroid

> glands and half of the thyroid (the part that has the adenoma. She says if

> I have the two parathyroid glands and the left half of my thyroid, I

> wouldn't need any synthroid, and my thyroid would function pretty well.<

> Hi Lynne,

> I think you should be aware that the parathyroid glands can be destroyed

> during thyroid surgery (even the ones that the surgeon intends to spare).

> That happened to a friend of mine. Living without functioning parathyroid

> glands is a very difficult balancing act, involving maintaining the correct

> amount of calcium in the body.

> Parathyroid glands are responsible for calcium metabolism. Without the

> parathyroid, there is decreased calcium circulating in the blood, which

> causes muscles to be hyperexcitable, leading to spams and tremors. It can

> also lead to tetany, a condition marked by intermittent muscular spasms,

> caused by malfunction or absence of the parathyroid glands and a consequent

> deficiency of calcium.

> My friend had severe tetany resulting in her entire body cramping. I’m

> not saying this will happen to you, but it sounds like your surgeon is

> assuming that nothing can go wrong. I hope she’s right, but I think you

> should be fully informed. >Also, I've been doing some more research and

> found one recent study that showed that thyroid adenomas that are over 4 cm

> in size have an EIGHTY percent chance of being malignant. In the light of

> this new evidence (mine is 5 cm), I think that time is critical in making

> up my mind on what to do.<

> I understand your concern. If I had the possibility of cancer, I would

> find out what sort of timetable I have. I would also want to know FOR SURE

> whether my thyroid was cancerous or not. I see no point in rushing into

> surgery if there is no cancer present. I have had an adenoma on one of my

> kidneys for 10 years. So far, there has been no problem.

> Shomon is an expert on thyroid problems, including nodules. If I were

> you I'd go to her website and do some research.

> Hugs (and good luck), Dianne

> http://thyroid.about.com/bio/-Shomon-350.htm

>

March 16, 2012

Hello Lynn,

My name is Dan. My heart goes out to you. I belong to yet another forum: MMS

(master mineral supplement) You should check it out. Before submitting myself to

the knife I would try everything else first. (Such brave words...) One such way

is Dr. Symonici who is a cancer surgeon but treats his patients with BAKING SODA

delivered directly to the tumor. Another interesting way is a combination of

BAKING SODA and HONEY. (Wait a minute Dan,doesn't the sugar feed the cancer? Yes

Lynn, and that's the whole point...the cancer cells will accept the honey but

the honey is just the vehicle for the baking soda! Once the baking soda reaches

the cancer cell it kills it.) Another is Bob Beck's protocol (As well is Hulda

and others) who uses a 9 volt battery charge to " electrify " your blood as

it circulates.

Also, my friend, check out Doug Koufmann's KNOW THE CAUSE. Doug's mantra is:

FUNGUS UNLESS PROVEN OTHERWISE.

That's right, cancer is fungus. This is why baking soda works, as well as other

fungus killers. Also, there are foods that promote fungus as well as foods that

inhibit fungus. Candida is fungus. Cancer is fungus. It's a glaring fact!

The good doctors mean well, for the most part, but are victims, themselves, of a

screwed up system.

I've been on a maintenance protocol of MMS for almost five years. Please check

it out.

All the very best,

Dan

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