been diagnosed with Grave's Disease, so they're removing my thyroid since it has a risk of cancer on it.

Wish me luck, homies

wishin you luck, homie!

Wishing you luck plus a swift and complete recovery.

The best of luck to you!
Get better soon!

good luck :)

Waoh jeez, gl man.

Good luck, get better soon.

been diagnosed with Grave's Disease, so they're removing my thyroid since it has a risk of cancer on it.

Wish me luck, homies

I've never heard of Grave's Disease, can you elaborate??

Graves' disease is a thyroid disorder characterized by goitre, exophthalmos, and hyperthyroidism. It is caused by an antibody-mediated auto-immune reaction as to form anti-TSH-Receptor antibody.

Graves' disease is a thyroid disorder characterized by goitre, exophthalmos, and hyperthyroidism. It is caused by an antibody-mediated auto-immune reaction as to form anti-TSH-Receptor antibody.

Sorry, but I'm not a doctor.....

thanks for the effort, but none of that registered in my brain

It basically causes over-activity in the thyroid gland. This over-activity is also sometimes called "toxic diffuse goiter." The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness.

It basically causes over-activity in the thyroid gland. This over-activity is also sometimes called "toxic diffuse goiter." The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness.

ooo alright gotcha thanks

Daaaaamn, I had no clue they could take out your thyroid :S

Good luck bro

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Oh MAN! Goddamn that sucks!!
I hope you get better, seriously. I hope it goes well!!

wtf happened to my comment?

Good luck, Will there be a period to where you can not skate?

Lots of luck to you man. hoping for a fast recovery for you as well :D

good luck brotha

Whoa, good luck bro. Crap your operation is today, hope you have a fast recovery dude!

It basically causes over-activity in the thyroid gland. This over-activity is also sometimes called "toxic diffuse goiter." The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness.

my sister had something like that a few years ago, but she never had to go into surgery i dont think, but she needed to take some sort of medication.

but good luck, hope you recover quickly

Graves' disease is a thyroid disorder characterized by goitre, exophthalmos, and hyperthyroidism. It is caused by an antibody-mediated auto-immune reaction as to form anti-TSH-Receptor antibody.

Ummmm... ?

all i understood was "it is caused by"

those are some big a words

OHH but i did understand your other one =P

What's up, guys. Just checking back in to let you know I'm still alive. Basically everything that could have gone wrong did.

First, the surgery itself took twice as long as it should have. My glands were so enlarged that they had to move stuff around haha.

Then the fun started. What should have been just an overnight stay in the hospital turned out to be 2+ weeks of torture. Apparently I had this problem for several years, and because of that my bones were being starved of calcium. As a consequence of getting the thyroid taken out they immediately wanted to be fed, and I guess that means that bones will leech it away from anything they can, including vital organs. It was so bad that had they not have had me on enormous dosages of calcium (pills, constant IVs, etc) I would have gone into cardiac arrest within hours. To make matters worse my bones actually hurt as they raced to repair themselves. Then up next was magnesium shortages.

They had to draw blood every six hours to keep on top of everything, so after about two days I look like a heroin junkie haha. It took a while but things finally stabilized enough for me to be released and go home to recover. That took another three weeks.

Things have finally started getting back to normal. I'm not in any pain any more, but I'm still dealing with chronic fatigue. I went from being able to skate for only about 5 minutes (just pushing around) to maybe 20-30 minutes. Anything other than an ollie over a board layed flat still scares me right now, but I'm working towards being my old and retarded self.

Things like this kind of put life in perspective. I thank you guys sincerly for all the kind words and motivation to get well. It really helped me even think about hopping on a board after this first month.

Much love!

That's a good thing they fixed you up. Just relax, listen to music, go on the internet, play an instrument, watch TV, cath on msn, and time can fly by.

Enjoi

What's up, guys. Just checking back in to let you know I'm still alive. Basically everything that could have gone wrong did.

First, the surgery itself took twice as long as it should have. My glands were so enlarged that they had to move stuff around haha.

Then the fun started. What should have been just an overnight stay in the hospital turned out to be 2+ weeks of torture. Apparently I had this problem for several years, and because of that my bones were being starved of calcium. As a consequence of getting the thyroid taken out they immediately wanted to be fed, and I guess that means that bones will leech it away from anything they can, including vital organs. It was so bad that had they not have had me on enormous dosages of calcium (pills, constant IVs, etc) I would have gone into cardiac arrest within hours. To make matters worse my bones actually hurt as they raced to repair themselves. Then up next was magnesium shortages.

They had to draw blood every six hours to keep on top of everything, so after about two days I look like a heroin junkie haha. It took a while but things finally stabilized enough for me to be released and go home to recover. That took another three weeks.

Things have finally started getting back to normal. I'm not in any pain any more, but I'm still dealing with chronic fatigue. I went from being able to skate for only about 5 minutes (just pushing around) to maybe 20-30 minutes. Anything other than an ollie over a board layed flat still scares me right now, but I'm working towards being my old and retarded self.

Things like this kind of put life in perspective. I thank you guys sincerly for all the kind words and motivation to get well. It really helped me even think about hopping on a board after this first month.

Much love!
Dude glad to hear you are feeling better. much love and hope you are completely healed soon :icon_bigg:icon_bigg:icon_bunc:icon_bunc

Hope to know that your back to your old and retarded self soon. ^^

Didn't get to wish you good luck before your surgery but I'm glad to hear that you are fine now even through the complications of the surgery. Hope your able to be back to full norm soon!

That really sucks man, and I'm sorry that happened to you, and not to quote Kanye West, but "that doesn't kill you makes you strongher" no? Hopefully things will stay smooth and allow you to skate again, later man.

good luck hope you recover anbd the disease doesnt slow you donw. and also hope they give u awesome pain meds

Yea, can't complain about the Percocet haha

Glad everythings getting back to good now.

Hope you stay well.