You just don't hear much about this problem. The American Thyroid Foundation has a wonderful web site about information about thyroid medication . I have a book that talks about " Graves Disease" . My cyst Goiter on my left lobe is gone for good. The surgeon said that it should not come back on the right lobe. Now, if I had cancer then you do have to worry about getting a cancer on the other thyroid lobe. The books don't tell you how much your throat will hurt and how you just eat soup for a month and it takes your vocal cords a whole month to come back . Most the books tell is two weeks . It depends on the patient .

A lot of women has this problem and it should be brought out. There is breast cancer and AIDs , but nothing is said about thyroid disease.

I would not know where to start for doing research . Maybe the thyroid foundtion in Boston MA .

Think on it.

Nancy Thanks everyone

[ October 16, 2004, 09:23 PM: Message edited by: Nancy50 ]