OT My Wife is Having Surgery...

[vonRocko]

Good luck and best wishes!

[MikeBrough]

Thoughts are with you both.

[JWW]

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: JW

FYI, I've been without a thyroid since 1996. Mine was removed due to thyroid cancer ...

Ditto, only mine was removed at Landstuhl Regional Med when I was deployed to Bosnia more than a decade ago.

Thyroid cancer is very survivable when caught early, but later the trick is to balance the level of thyroxin/syntheroid so as not to leach calcium from one's bones.

Think calcium supplements, fosamax, etc.

Yes, I take lots of calcium. I have the additional problem of having had Hodgkins Disease in the 70s and chemo, lots of radiation, etc. In fact the docs are pretty certain that is what caused my thyroid cancer, the radiation. So I take a lot of calcium and the docs encourage me to stay active and I get checked out every six months.

[martok]

KG Erwin, good luck to you and your wife!

[JWW]

KG Erwin, let us know how things go. Prayers for her.

[KG Erwin]

Thanks for your kind words, guys. She got out of the hospital yesterday afternoon and is recovering fine. She'll be following up with her doctor in a few days and will probably be released to return to work.

[parusski]

That's great KG Erwin. Be sure to pamper her though.

[JWW]

That is great to hear.

[doomtrader]

This is a very good news indeed.

[martok]

Thanks for the update. Glad she's doing well.

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[Titanwarrior89]

Glad that she's doing ok.  Hope she heals fast.

[sabre1]

Outstanding KG!

[JWW]

Even the spambots are glad she is doing well. [:)]

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[radic202]

Yep hope she has an easy and quick recovery! All the Best!