Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Hi everyone, I got this amazing fax yesterday from the Australian Thyroid Foundation. It was telling me that there is a meeting next Monday in my town to formally start a thyroid support group. Amazing as this town only has a population of about 11,000 people. It was recommended that the fax be sent to me as I knew a few people in this area with thyroid complaints. Well I phoned the people I knew and it was 7. Now I don't really know that many people, but when you think about it, its amazing that I know 7, plus me makes 8. I will be waiting to see how many go as that is already a lot for our area. I am also thankful of this group as I feel its got me through the last 10 months. I have no history of thyroid in my family and to tell the truth, when I was first told about thyroid, I had to ask where it was and what was it! How educated have I become in the last 10 months! I could probably tell my GP a thing or two. So I will go armed with my 'Why not to have RAI' list and the symptoms list. Plus I really liked the 'how many does it take to change a light globe' email. I will keep everyone posted on how it goes. Sue Mollymook, Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Sue Raccanello wrote: > > Now I don't really know that many > people, but when you think about it, its amazing that I know 7, plus me > makes 8. I will be waiting to see how many go as that is already a lot for > our area. I don't know the incidence figures of thyroid problems for Australia, but Aboriginal Australians often carry a mutation that affects thyroid binding protein. I think it is similar to sickle cell anemia (and some Africans), or Cystic Fibrosis (and some Europeans), so that must up the incidence of thyroid problems I would have thought, assuming some of you have some abo blood in there somewhere. No idea if this mutation carries some sort of advantage, but I suspect it must do otherwise it would have died out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Sue Raccanello wrote: > > Now I don't really know that many > people, but when you think about it, its amazing that I know 7, plus me > makes 8. I will be waiting to see how many go as that is already a lot for > our area. I don't know the incidence figures of thyroid problems for Australia, but Aboriginal Australians often carry a mutation that affects thyroid binding protein. I think it is similar to sickle cell anemia (and some Africans), or Cystic Fibrosis (and some Europeans), so that must up the incidence of thyroid problems I would have thought, assuming some of you have some abo blood in there somewhere. No idea if this mutation carries some sort of advantage, but I suspect it must do otherwise it would have died out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Sorry to disappoint, but the people I phoned are all English background. My family for one, are Irish English, and I know one lady Chrissie, well she is the only family member living in Australia, the rest of her family lives in England! So no Simon, no Aboriginal desendents in this lot. Sue Mollymook, Australia PS And if you were in Australia and called them Abo, you would be shot! Simon wrote: > I don't know the incidence figures of thyroid problems for > Australia, >but Aboriginal Australians often carry a mutation > that affects thyroid >binding protein. > > I think it is similar to sickle cell anemia (and some >Africans), > or Cystic Fibrosis (and some Europeans), so that must up the > >incidence of thyroid problems I would have thought, assuming > some of you >have some abo blood in there somewhere. No idea if > this mutation carries some sort of advantage, but I suspect it > must do otherwise it would have died out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 Simon-where on earth do you get all this information. You know a little about every topic in the universe, I think! I bet you always win at Trivial Pursuit, don't you? (Or do they play Trivial Pursuit in the UK?) :-) Holly Re: Support Group Sue Raccanello wrote: > > Now I don't really know that many > people, but when you think about it, its amazing that I know 7, plus me > makes 8. I will be waiting to see how many go as that is already a lot for > our area. I don't know the incidence figures of thyroid problems for Australia, but Aboriginal Australians often carry a mutation that affects thyroid binding protein. I think it is similar to sickle cell anemia (and some Africans), or Cystic Fibrosis (and some Europeans), so that must up the incidence of thyroid problems I would have thought, assuming some of you have some abo blood in there somewhere. No idea if this mutation carries some sort of advantage, but I suspect it must do otherwise it would have died out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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