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July 12, 2001

hi sandy

mine was 2 cm but way back and could not easily be felt. thank god i gained

all that weight to know something was wrong...a great endo/gyne can detect

the abnormal easily. mine did this year....

2 years ago, after 2 years of back pain, i finally went to the doctors and

had an x-ray which showed nothing and then MRI which not only showed " lots of

arthritis but possible thyroid cancel " . my GP ordered a thyroid scan and

they said 3 nodules, but " not to worry " . if i knew what i know now, i

probably myself would have requested a biopsy " just to be sure " . it ended up

in the lymph nodes now....

thanks

renata

July 13, 2001

Hi Sandy,

Possibly they are getting a 2nd pathologist to check it out in Oakland.

A 2nd opinion so to speak??

Kathi

pap

dx 1998

July 13, 2001

Hi Sandy,

Possibly they are getting a 2nd pathologist to check it out in Oakland.

A 2nd opinion so to speak??

Kathi

pap

dx 1998

July 20, 2001

No harm in trying. Just take the calories from his regular meals....or

increase calories overall. We tried it with Jake sort of....it was hard to

do because we would need to wake him to eat, and then try to get him back

down.

I don't especially think it would help the late morning seizures though.

I would try that over depakote first.

Barb Swoyer

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> <How old/big is Connor? >

> <Barb Swoyer >

>

> Connor is 5 years old and weighs 37 lbs.

>

> Does anyone think that if Connor is having most of his seizures in the

> morning and then 1-2 just before lunch that it could help to add a late

> night snack? My neuro want to add more Depakote but I am desperate to try

> other things first.

> Becky

>

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July 20, 2001

No harm in trying. Just take the calories from his regular meals....or

increase calories overall. We tried it with Jake sort of....it was hard to

do because we would need to wake him to eat, and then try to get him back

down.

I don't especially think it would help the late morning seizures though.

I would try that over depakote first.

Barb Swoyer

(unknown)

> <How old/big is Connor? >

> <Barb Swoyer >

>

> Connor is 5 years old and weighs 37 lbs.

>

> Does anyone think that if Connor is having most of his seizures in the

> morning and then 1-2 just before lunch that it could help to add a late

> night snack? My neuro want to add more Depakote but I am desperate to try

> other things first.

> Becky

>

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August 2, 2001

Yugoslav87

Synthroid has not been taking off the market. Synthroid is and will continue

to be the leader in thyroid hormone manufacturing.

There are about 8 million persons relying on this medication everyday

and this well known form of levo-thyroxine has been in the market for over

50 years.

Patients and doctors depend on Synthroid every day!

The FDA has not taken Synthroid off the market.

Synthroid is here to stay.

The manufacturer of Synthroid, Knoll, applied for a variance on the new law

that required Synthroid to be presented again to the FDA as a new drug

because of its extended use for so many years.

Earlier this year the FDA said " No " , and Knoll had to prepare again all the

studies and data necessary to present Synthroid as a new drug.

Last month the new owner of Knoll, Abbott, presented all the necessary data

for the " new launching " of Synthroid.

As far as I know everythimng is going well at the FDA and they are studying

the data.

They also went to court to stop the false advertising that was being done by

pharmaceuticals trying to start selling their Unithroid brand of

thyroid hormone.

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> Did you know that synthroid is not approved by the FDA. It has been

> around for about 40 years and is not approved. I met a person who

> had graves disease and had her thyroid gland removed at the age of

> 15. She took synthroid and became very sick. She mentioned that

> there is a class action lawsuit against the manufacture. I am trying

> to find out more about that. I am currently taking synthroid also.

> I had my entire thyroid gland remove December 2000. I had a

> nodule/cyst on my right lobe. During my surgery the gland was

> examined and cancer was not detected. I was called back less than a

> week later by my doctor. Follicular cancer had been found in the

> center of the cyst. I had to go through with the surgury twice. I

> have been seeing an endroconologist. I turned 32 in May of this year.

> Anyone with a similar experiance?

>

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>

August 2, 2001

Hi Yugo...

>

> Follicular cancer had been found in the center of

> the cyst. I had to go through with the surgury

> twice. Anyone with a similar experiance?

>

Yes, the same thing happened to me. My first surgery

was done to remove the left lobe that contained a 2.5

cm suspicious nodule. A frozen section was done while

I was in surgery but it was determined to be benign.

I was stitched up and sent home the next day.

Four days later my surgeon called to say the final

pathology determined the nodule was actually a

follicular carcinoma. Final pathology had also

located a second " incidental " papillary carcinoma (.9

cm) too (two very separate and distinct cancers had

been identified)! I was rescheduled to have the

remaining thyoid removed 10 days later.

From what I've read, this is not uncommon with

Follicular carcinoma. A positive diagnosis is made

based on invasion through the capsule wall of the

tumor. A benign adenoma <sp?> does not invade the

capsule wall whereas a carcinoma will attempt to

spread beyond it's confines.

=====

Christy, 42, Las Vegas

2.5 cm Follicular and .9 mm Papillary

2/26/01 LL (Frozen Section was read as benign)

3/10/01 TT after a positive final pathology

Hypoparathyroidism (.5 Rocaltrol/1500 mg calcium daily)

3/28/01 145 mCi RAI (without LID)

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September 3, 2001

Urmil,

Welcome to our list. I'm so sorry to hear of your son's seizures. I

highly recommend the ketogenic diet. We tried about 8 medicines &

nothing seemed to help. The diet has been our miracle. Most stats say

that the diet will completely stop seizures in 1/3 of children, help

reduce the seizures in about 1/3, and will not work in about 1/3. I have

no knowledge of the diet in India. It is very time consuming to prepare

the meals (especially in the beginning), but if the diet works, it is

WELL WORTH the extra time spent. The different hospitals all have

different lengths of the hospital stay (I'd say most are 3 days to 7days,

depending on the child). I would think the diet would be easily made

into a vegetarian diet. You would be involved in the mealplanning, I

would think that you could use whatever protein sources that you

currently use.

I wish you well on your search. By the way, your English is

outstanding. Once again, welcome to our list.

Kathy in Tennessee

Mom to - 6 - Keto kid since 02/00, Med free, seizures 95% reduced

Mom to 'lil sis, a - 3

" Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain

you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will

rescue you. "

Isaiah 46:4

On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 05:53:52 " urmil dwivedi "

writes:

> Hi,

>

> I am Mrs urmil Dwivedi.My son Udbhav is 3 1/2 years old. He was

> underweight

> at birth and got apnic attack and underwent hypoglycemia. In 20 days

> time he

> came home and he grew normally thereafter. At the age of 11 months

> he

> started having jerks. They are still persisting. He is having

> treatment in

> AIIMS (Delhi, India) under the guidance of Dr. Veena Calra.He gets

> 3-4 jerks

> per day of max 2-3 sec dur. He is diagnised as having Infantile

> spasm and

> delayed milestones. Recently I read about keto diet. We are very

> keen on

> trying it. I want to know :

> How successful it is ?

> How successful it is in india ?

> How difficult it is to maintain ?

> How many days the child has to be in Hospital initially.

> I have read about Royal Children Hospital, Melbourne, Aust., and

> many

> successful cases of the same. Is it a better option.

> WHat are the diets for Vegetarians.

> Addresse of successful parents from India.

>

> Thanks

> Urmil

>

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