Thyroid cancer and life with out a thyroid

A pop quiz: What does your thyroid do anyway?Something to do with weight.Some weird gland thing that we all have but doesn't do much.I have no idea.The master gland of metabolism and energy.If you answered #4 you get a gold star. If you answered any of the others, you are not that different from the average person.The thyroid is our master gland of metabolism and energy. Every single body function that requires oxygen and energy -- basically, everything that goes on in our bodies! -- requires thyroid hormone in proper amounts. That means we need the proper balance of thyroid hormone in order to feel and live well. We need thyroid hormone to think clearly and remember things, to maintain a good mood, to grow hair and nails, to have basic energy to get through the day, to see well, to digest our food, to burn calories, to be fertile, to get pregnant and have a healthy baby, to have a good sex drive, and much, much more. In some ways, you can think about thyroid hormone as the gasoline that makes the car go. No gas, and there's no way to move forward.  So if you don't have a thyroid, life is very different.There are millions of Americans with thyroid cancer issues. But for the first time I have found something that explains, in layman's terms, what hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and the implications of a thyroidectomy after thyroid cancer.If your loved one has thyroid cancer, they have an entirely different challenge. The majority of thyroid cancers are consi...
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