Thyroid

[Ralphy]

Oh and it's in your neck below your adam's apple.

[Ralphy]

 Uranus.

 :nuts:

[Sade]

 I thought it was in Uranus..........Don't worry.

 :|

Girls don't have adams apples.

[Ralphy]

You mean your anus not uranus which is a planet.

[Sade]

:?  Thats why I said Uranus......well I thought it was funny!  :x

[sonic youth]

Isn't a thyroid problem an excuse used by fat people for being fat greddy bastards who can't say "no thanks I'm full"

it can also make you lose weight, depends on whether it's overactive or underactive.

i'm just lazy and fat, what's your excuse?  

[Ralphy]

Overactive thyroid makes you feel constantly hot, moody and lose weight whilst eating shed loads.

Underactive makes you feel cold all the time, memory loss, weight gain.

[Simon Pieman]

I think you were thinking of the Prostate Sade

[Panda Paws]

Overactive thyroid makes you feel constantly hot, moody and lose weight whilst eating shed loads.

Underactive makes you feel cold all the time, memory loss, weight gain.

My Missus has/had an overactive thyroid. The docs ended up zapping it somehow and she now relies on tablets to regulate hormones.

If it's overactive then you'll find that you have tonnes of energy and you're awake all of the time, almost a "burnout" type scenario. You'll probably also find that you have a very high metabolism - ie, you shit a lot.  Despite popular belief, and overactive thyroid actually makes you LOSE weight.

Here's a bunch of crap from the Bupa site. If you reckon you've got problems, go see the doc. Don't ask us fuckwits!


Symptoms

Hyperthyroidism can cause many different symptoms and the overall pattern can vary for different people, depending on their age and the amount of excess hormone being released. In general, the symptoms relate to a "speeding up" of the body's metabolism and they include the following:

feeling nervous, irritable or emotional
tremor (shaking)
sleeping poorly
being intolerant of heat and sweating more than usual
losing weight despite increased appetite (10% of people gain weight)
feeling tired and having weak muscles
increased heart rate or palpitations
having infrequent periods or problems with fertility
having more frequent bowl movements or diarrhoea
shortness of breath, especially when exercising
loss of hair or finer hair than usual
swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck - a goitre

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/overactive_thyroid.html

[Cookie]

Can I make my Thyroid overactive? I quite like the sound of having lots of energy, eating lots and still losing weight as opposed to being lazy, eating lots and getting fatter.

[Spud]

Typical Lazy Postman, pulling a Sickie.

[Danjackson10]

You may have an overactive thyroid but its rare amongst men, i think its somethink like 1 in about 1000! You do have some of the symptoms but it may be something much more simple. A quick blood test should be able to establish your problem! Its simple to treat however with either a antithyroid or you can have your thyoid suppressed then thyroid levels topped up with a drug called levothyroxine!

[Ralphy]

Typical Lazy Postman, pulling a Sickie.

I got some free holiday vouchers last week for good attendance over the past year so there!  

[Simon Pieman]

Typical Lazy Postman, pulling a Sickie.

I got some free holiday vouchers last week for good attendance over the past year so there!  

Good compared to what though? The other lazy postmen?

You're no Postman Pat Ralph.

[Spud]

Typical Lazy Postman, pulling a Sickie.

I got some free holiday vouchers last week for good attendance over the past year so there!  

Oh those vouchers they give out which you have to spend more money on said Holiday than you normally would to enable the vouchers to come into play, congratulations.