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[Guest guest]

Someone may have already answered, but just go to yahoo groups and sign in.

Once you go into my groups and click on this one, you will see a menu on the

left which allows you to click messages and then see them all.

Maggie

Question...

I have a new addy and I have already rejoined yahoogroups...but I missed

like 2 days of messages. Can anyone tell me what I'd do to read past

messages from the web?

M

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I can only speak for myself but I went about 6 weeks post op without meds, as

they wanted me totally hypo for my scan and RAI. As soon as I left my 3 days

RAI isolation I began my meds.

Best wishes,

Lynn in New York

PT 1/00, TT 3/00, RAI 5/00, clean scans 9/27/01 & 10/18/02

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I can only speak for myself but I went about 6 weeks post op without meds, as

they wanted me totally hypo for my scan and RAI. As soon as I left my 3 days

RAI isolation I began my meds.

Best wishes,

Lynn in New York

PT 1/00, TT 3/00, RAI 5/00, clean scans 9/27/01 & 10/18/02

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I can only speak for myself but I went about 6 weeks post op without meds, as

they wanted me totally hypo for my scan and RAI. As soon as I left my 3 days

RAI isolation I began my meds.

Best wishes,

Lynn in New York

PT 1/00, TT 3/00, RAI 5/00, clean scans 9/27/01 & 10/18/02

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Post-op? post Total-Thyroidectomy? Just after this surgery they must to do a

blood test measuring calcium, because the parathyroids are very close to thyroid

gland; in my case they did two test (the last one the day after TT, that showed

normal range of calcium, but the first one was under the right level).

And if you are post TT you are waiting for RAI, doing the LID, off meds, isn´t?

I´m confused, What your doctors told to you? Post again with more info, please.

Cheers, Ana.

wrote:Hi,

I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work done,

or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start doing

something as the next step.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Post-op? post Total-Thyroidectomy? Just after this surgery they must to do a

blood test measuring calcium, because the parathyroids are very close to thyroid

gland; in my case they did two test (the last one the day after TT, that showed

normal range of calcium, but the first one was under the right level).

And if you are post TT you are waiting for RAI, doing the LID, off meds, isn´t?

I´m confused, What your doctors told to you? Post again with more info, please.

Cheers, Ana.

wrote:Hi,

I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work done,

or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start doing

something as the next step.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Post-op? post Total-Thyroidectomy? Just after this surgery they must to do a

blood test measuring calcium, because the parathyroids are very close to thyroid

gland; in my case they did two test (the last one the day after TT, that showed

normal range of calcium, but the first one was under the right level).

And if you are post TT you are waiting for RAI, doing the LID, off meds, isn´t?

I´m confused, What your doctors told to you? Post again with more info, please.

Cheers, Ana.

wrote:Hi,

I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work done,

or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start doing

something as the next step.

[Guest guest]

> I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work

done, or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start

doing something as the next step.

Hu ,

When is you doctor appointment? More importantly, how are you feeling? If you

are tired, puffy, unable to concentrate, cold, having difficulty sleeping and

generally feeling lousy, you can ask to have your TSH checked before your

appointment. It's all relative to how long you have to wait for the appointment

and how you are feeling.

Your TSH needs to be greater than 30 (some docs prefer 50) before having a

scanning or treatment dose of RAI.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

> I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work

done, or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start

doing something as the next step.

Hu ,

When is you doctor appointment? More importantly, how are you feeling? If you

are tired, puffy, unable to concentrate, cold, having difficulty sleeping and

generally feeling lousy, you can ask to have your TSH checked before your

appointment. It's all relative to how long you have to wait for the appointment

and how you are feeling.

Your TSH needs to be greater than 30 (some docs prefer 50) before having a

scanning or treatment dose of RAI.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

> I have a question. I am 17 days post-op and I have not had any blood work

done, or been on any medication, so I was wondering when they generally start

doing something as the next step.

Hu ,

When is you doctor appointment? More importantly, how are you feeling? If you

are tired, puffy, unable to concentrate, cold, having difficulty sleeping and

generally feeling lousy, you can ask to have your TSH checked before your

appointment. It's all relative to how long you have to wait for the appointment

and how you are feeling.

Your TSH needs to be greater than 30 (some docs prefer 50) before having a

scanning or treatment dose of RAI.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

> Hi

>

> I have my rt done on nov,TT on jan 9; thycan foll /var pap... Rai

on

> march 17..

> I'm on Cytomel 25Mcg...should I be kind of hypo????...(I forget

> everything...), and why are my eyes tearing up????????, specially

in

> the morning, not at night when I have my 1/2 cytomel...(I have 1 in

> the morning)

have your doctor check you T-3 on your next blood test. Cytomel is

fast acting, It will be changed later to a T-4 (Synthroid) ps make

sure you go to a endocronoligst they are your best bet on getting

your med under control. I felft like superman when I was on cytomel

(2X 25Mcg a day) Good luck its been 8 years for me and I feel great.

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

The reason that most deaf kids read at a 3/4 grade level is because that is

when we begin to drift away from " sight words " and begin hard use of phonetic

skills. If you can't hear the phonetics of a word it is hard to sound it out.

That is where most deaf kids get lost. Look at a 3rd grade spelling list and

then look at a 5th grade spelling list. I can remember spelling there /

their in 4th grade and photosynthesis in 6th grade. See the difference?

Don't ask me where I heard this but I do believe it was at that Carol Flexer

conference I attended years ago. Maybe this helps and maybe it doesn't. Just

sticking in my .02 worth.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

The reason that most deaf kids read at a 3/4 grade level is because that is

when we begin to drift away from " sight words " and begin hard use of phonetic

skills. If you can't hear the phonetics of a word it is hard to sound it out.

That is where most deaf kids get lost. Look at a 3rd grade spelling list and

then look at a 5th grade spelling list. I can remember spelling there /

their in 4th grade and photosynthesis in 6th grade. See the difference?

Don't ask me where I heard this but I do believe it was at that Carol Flexer

conference I attended years ago. Maybe this helps and maybe it doesn't. Just

sticking in my .02 worth.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

The reason that most deaf kids read at a 3/4 grade level is because that is

when we begin to drift away from " sight words " and begin hard use of phonetic

skills. If you can't hear the phonetics of a word it is hard to sound it out.

That is where most deaf kids get lost. Look at a 3rd grade spelling list and

then look at a 5th grade spelling list. I can remember spelling there /

their in 4th grade and photosynthesis in 6th grade. See the difference?

Don't ask me where I heard this but I do believe it was at that Carol Flexer

conference I attended years ago. Maybe this helps and maybe it doesn't. Just

sticking in my .02 worth.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I have a question for any of you to answer if you could. Our two daughters

had some reading and language comprehension testing done several months ago.

They are both in the 6th grade, and tested out at anywhere from 3.0 to 3.9

(grade level) reading/language comprehension. (This didn't surprise me as they

were both adopted at a later age with either no language, or very limited

language.)

What did surprise me was this. Their TOD (teacher of the deaf) compared

that to the " typical " deaf child, and they supposedly compared anywhere from 58%

to 71% to the typical deaf child. She said the statistics showed those

reading/language levels of 58% to 71% were consistent with the typical deaf

child.

Do any of you have any other hard facts or statistics to compare deaf

individuals? I would certainly appreciate anything you have. My concern here

is their huge language/reading delay with be pooh-poohed by the professionals

that deal with them if they actually think just because you are deaf means you

will only read to the 3rd or 4th grade level.

Thanks ahead of time.

Tish

*****************************************************************

Quote-- " I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper

and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a

much worse misfortune for it means the loss of the most vital stimulus--the

sound of voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the

intellectual company of men " --Helen Keller

******************************************************************

[Guest guest]

I've been wondering a lot about this. As far as children who use ASL is it

really hard for them to learn how to read? It's like learning a new language,

they use different words and everything. With ASL everything is more literal

than with english. I can say in english " see what I'm talking about? " but if I

signed " see what I'm saying " they would be confused because of course they

can't " see " what you are saying, it's more literal. So when you read english is

it more hard to understand? Does it become like second nature? I don't know

it's just the more sign I learn the more I realize how unliteral I really am and

speak, so when I sign I have to think more literal and it's hard and I assume it

would be the same for those primary ASL users that they have to learn to be more

unliteral. Is that even a word? I'm sure you know what I mean.

Re: Question...

Hey all,

The reason that most deaf kids read at a 3/4 grade level is because that is

when we begin to drift away from " sight words " and begin hard use of phonetic

skills. If you can't hear the phonetics of a word it is hard to sound it out.

That is where most deaf kids get lost. Look at a 3rd grade spelling list and

then look at a 5th grade spelling list. I can remember spelling there /

their in 4th grade and photosynthesis in 6th grade. See the difference?

Don't ask me where I heard this but I do believe it was at that Carol Flexer

conference I attended years ago. Maybe this helps and maybe it doesn't. Just

sticking in my .02 worth.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Tish,

This is not a plug for cued speech. Cued speech was invented by Dr.

Cornett when he was teaching at Galludet and was astounded at how low

the deaf students reading skills were. He believed that reading should

be the window to a deaf persons world since they obviously could not

hear. He went about trying to find a way to make the spoken English

language visible so that the deaf person could assimilate the English

language " naturally " and would have a stronger grasp of the language

structure and phoenemes making it much easier to learn to read. The

reading skills of cued speech kids is on par or above their hearing

peers. This being said - there are parents on this list who have very

successful kids who have grown up using ASL.

Amy

Question...

Hello all,

I have a question for any of you to answer if you could. Our two

daughters had some reading and language comprehension testing done

several months ago. They are both in the 6th grade, and tested out at

anywhere from 3.0 to 3.9 (grade level) reading/language comprehension.

(This didn't surprise me as they were both adopted at a later age with

either no language, or very limited language.)

What did surprise me was this. Their TOD (teacher of the deaf)

compared that to the " typical " deaf child, and they supposedly compared

anywhere from 58% to 71% to the typical deaf child. She said the

statistics showed those reading/language levels of 58% to 71% were

consistent with the typical deaf child.

Do any of you have any other hard facts or statistics to compare

deaf individuals? I would certainly appreciate anything you have. My

concern here is their huge language/reading delay with be pooh-poohed by

the professionals that deal with them if they actually think just

because you are deaf means you will only read to the 3rd or 4th grade

level.

Thanks ahead of time.

Tish

*****************************************************************

Quote-- " I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are

deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness.

Deafness is a much worse misfortune for it means the loss of the most

vital stimulus--the sound of voice that brings language, sets thoughts

astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of men " --Helen Keller

& nbsp;

******************************************************************

[Guest guest]

Tish,

This is not a plug for cued speech. Cued speech was invented by Dr.

Cornett when he was teaching at Galludet and was astounded at how low

the deaf students reading skills were. He believed that reading should

be the window to a deaf persons world since they obviously could not

hear. He went about trying to find a way to make the spoken English

language visible so that the deaf person could assimilate the English

language " naturally " and would have a stronger grasp of the language

structure and phoenemes making it much easier to learn to read. The

reading skills of cued speech kids is on par or above their hearing

peers. This being said - there are parents on this list who have very

successful kids who have grown up using ASL.

Amy

Question...

Hello all,

I have a question for any of you to answer if you could. Our two

daughters had some reading and language comprehension testing done

several months ago. They are both in the 6th grade, and tested out at

anywhere from 3.0 to 3.9 (grade level) reading/language comprehension.

(This didn't surprise me as they were both adopted at a later age with

either no language, or very limited language.)

What did surprise me was this. Their TOD (teacher of the deaf)

compared that to the " typical " deaf child, and they supposedly compared

anywhere from 58% to 71% to the typical deaf child. She said the

statistics showed those reading/language levels of 58% to 71% were

consistent with the typical deaf child.

Do any of you have any other hard facts or statistics to compare

deaf individuals? I would certainly appreciate anything you have. My

concern here is their huge language/reading delay with be pooh-poohed by

the professionals that deal with them if they actually think just

because you are deaf means you will only read to the 3rd or 4th grade

level.

Thanks ahead of time.

Tish

*****************************************************************

Quote-- " I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are

deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness.

Deafness is a much worse misfortune for it means the loss of the most

vital stimulus--the sound of voice that brings language, sets thoughts

astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of men " --Helen Keller

& nbsp;

******************************************************************

[Guest guest]

Then they continue to read and see the word have, but misread it to mean own,

instead of having it. There

Yes that's what I was thinking, there are things like that if we are singing the

phrase " I want to see you " we would not sign see we would sign meet. But if

they are reading it they would read it as I want to see you and not really

understand what that means. That would be one of the more easy ones to

understand probably, but it's things like that. There was one my tutor was

talking about like signing the phrase " Spring is comming " She said you wouldn't

say comming because that would indicate something physical is moving toward you.

You would say something like Spring is almost here or something like that.

Anyway so if they see the word comming as an object moving toward you then that

would make reading quite frustrating. And yes I think learning any language by

reading it is hard. I can't immagine learning the actual spoken language

withoug being able to hear it, that's like for me to learn sign and become

fluent in it through a book, it just doesn't do things justice. Once you learn

quite a bit books can be helpful, but learning it all is just not easy, how do

you learn structure of it and all. I need to be corrected as well when I make

mistakes. Anyway I just have been a little frustrated lately thinking how hard

it is for little ASL users to learn how to read.

Re: Question...

[Guest guest]

Then they continue to read and see the word have, but misread it to mean own,

instead of having it. There

Yes that's what I was thinking, there are things like that if we are singing the

phrase " I want to see you " we would not sign see we would sign meet. But if

they are reading it they would read it as I want to see you and not really

understand what that means. That would be one of the more easy ones to

understand probably, but it's things like that. There was one my tutor was

talking about like signing the phrase " Spring is comming " She said you wouldn't

say comming because that would indicate something physical is moving toward you.

You would say something like Spring is almost here or something like that.

Anyway so if they see the word comming as an object moving toward you then that

would make reading quite frustrating. And yes I think learning any language by

reading it is hard. I can't immagine learning the actual spoken language

withoug being able to hear it, that's like for me to learn sign and become

fluent in it through a book, it just doesn't do things justice. Once you learn

quite a bit books can be helpful, but learning it all is just not easy, how do

you learn structure of it and all. I need to be corrected as well when I make

mistakes. Anyway I just have been a little frustrated lately thinking how hard

it is for little ASL users to learn how to read.

Re: Question...

[Guest guest]

Then they continue to read and see the word have, but misread it to mean own,

instead of having it. There

Yes that's what I was thinking, there are things like that if we are singing the

phrase " I want to see you " we would not sign see we would sign meet. But if

they are reading it they would read it as I want to see you and not really

understand what that means. That would be one of the more easy ones to

understand probably, but it's things like that. There was one my tutor was

talking about like signing the phrase " Spring is comming " She said you wouldn't

say comming because that would indicate something physical is moving toward you.

You would say something like Spring is almost here or something like that.

Anyway so if they see the word comming as an object moving toward you then that

would make reading quite frustrating. And yes I think learning any language by

reading it is hard. I can't immagine learning the actual spoken language

withoug being able to hear it, that's like for me to learn sign and become

fluent in it through a book, it just doesn't do things justice. Once you learn

quite a bit books can be helpful, but learning it all is just not easy, how do

you learn structure of it and all. I need to be corrected as well when I make

mistakes. Anyway I just have been a little frustrated lately thinking how hard

it is for little ASL users to learn how to read.

Re: Question...

[Guest guest]

I think cued speach is wonderful, although not for my son. He has so little

understanding of spoken language that I know he wouldn't pick up on it very

quickly. He is 3 and having issues with sign. I also was thinking after

looking into it that it would take longer to pick up on because they need to

become aware of certain sounds in the words and that would take a while to pick

up on. However I am not totally writing it off, it just isn't right now. I am

thinking in the future when shows the ability to pick up on sounds and try

to talk (maybe in then near future since he is repeating some vowel sounds when

it comes to music) we could use cues to help him to understand what the sounds

are that he is having trouble hearing. I am thinking that could be a really

good way to teach someone how to speak. I also have considered a modified form

of it with my older non-hearing impared son who has speech delay. He is 5 and

talks up a storm but he doesn't always hear certain sounds and or doesn't know

how to put them together, so if we modified the cued speech once he learns the

alphabet we could cue him with a sound he may not be using in a certain word to

help him articulate. Anyway Any suggestions on cued speech and younger children

would be great, I could be way off on this, I am making this assumption based

soley on what I have read, and I don't know for sure how well it would work on

younger children, I just know is reluctant to cooperate, because he still

doesn't understand that sign can really be a form of communication, and wants to

use gestures.

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