Hi Bonni, I hope one of the clinical experts will be able to answer your questions soon but as you may have seen the forum is very busy. In the meantime there is a leaflet about hypoparathyroidism produced by our affiliated organisation Hypoparathyroidism (HPTH) UK in conjunction with the Society Fo...

Hi Janet, I'm not a doctor so I can't tell you what tests should be done and how often, which may in any case vary depending on your results to date and the medication you're on. I can though refer you to BTF's affiliated organisation Hypoparathyroidism (HPTH) UK which has a leaflet produced by its ...

The British GP Dr Denise Adams has experienced both sides of the doctor-patient relationship as she had thyroid and parathyroid surgery and ended up with hypoparathyroidism (which has fortunately since been cured). She was unprepared for the 'roller-coaster' of recovery. When she was well enough to ...

Hi Janet, The British Thyroid Association's (BTA) Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid Cancer (2007) that Professor Lazarus refers to above are available on line through the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) website: http://www.btf-thyroid.org/images/stories/pdf/thyroid_cancer_guidelines_2007.pdf...

I'm a thyroid patient myself as well as being the British Thyroid Foundation's newsletter editor so I've experienced my own frustrations at times in talking with my doctors. But from my own experience I also know that most of them really want to help their patients, if at all possible. Hypothyroidis...

Hi Bonni, I'm the British Thyroid Foundation's Editor and like you I'm a thyroid cancer survivor. We recently updated our booklet Thyroid Cancer - For Patients By Patients which can be ordered from the BTF website - http://www.btf-thyroid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&a...