[TI] Grave's Disease (Melanie Holtz)

Tue Aug 26 13:20:09 CDT 2008

I have had hypthyoidism for 30years.
            Rose
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Geraci" <ken_geraci at yahoo.com>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] Grave's Disease (Melanie Holtz)


> Hi Melanie,
>
> Fascinating posting. My sister, (whom really seems to take after my 
> father's side of the family) was also diagnosed with Hashimoto's 
> thyroiditis, after first suffering from Grave's disease for a few years 
> when she was younger. The Grave's disease speeds up the thyroid so much 
> that it basically burns it out resulting in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (an 
> underactive thyroid).
>
> And even more interesting, with regard to your Madonie mountain remarks, I 
> have traced our Geraci family coat of arms to a possible connection with 
> the Ventimiglia family who lived in Geraci Siculo, a town nestled in the 
> Madonie mountains. So you may be on to something regarding the Madonie 
> area having more Grave's disease (although these mountains are still 
> pretty close to Termini).
>
> Since my last posting on this topic, while hanging out in the Rochester, 
> NY Border's bookstore (waiting to meet Paul Caito) I came across some info 
> that Sicilian-American mobster, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, was currently 
> suffering from Grave's disease. So this disease really seems to hit 
> Sicilians at a disproportionately higher rate that the general population. 
> A doctor told me less than 1% of the population gets Grave's disease but 
> if you look at Sicilians it would appear that this number would be far 
> higher.
>
> Ken Geraci
>
> --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Melanie Holtz <melanie_holtz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Melanie Holtz <melanie_holtz at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Grave's Disease
>> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 12:47 PM
>> I did some internet research a couple of years ago and found
>> Sicily had a high incidence of various thyroid problems.  A
>> good many of the Sicilian females in my line had/has some
>> form of thyroid disease.  I was diagnosed with
>> Hashimoto's thyroiditis a few years ago.  My problems
>> seem to have come down the ancestors that came from the
>> Madonie rather than the one from Termini.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Melanie D. Holtz
>>
>>
>> > From: nellie at woh.rr.com
>> > To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:58:45 -0400
>> > Subject: Re: [TI] Grave's Disease
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Ken Geraci"
>> > To:
>> > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:16 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [TI] Grave's Disease
>> >
>> >
>> >> Joan,
>> >>
>> >> Wow, I just made a very similar posting as I also
>> used
>> >> to suffer from this. The experts say that less
>> than 1%
>> >> of the world has this rare genetic disorder and
>> yet
>> >> here are you and I and Roseann's grandson who
>> all have
>> >> this (and my sister and Termini grandfather, too).
>> I
>> >> am convinced that the gene for Grave's disease
>> may be
>> >> more prevalent in Termini. Do any other list
>> members
>> >> have this disorder also? If you or a family member
>> is
>> >> especially thin, hyperactive, emotional and have
>> eyes
>> >> that might tend to bulge you may wish to have your
>> >> thyroid tested.
>> >>
>> >> Ken Geraci
>> >>
>> >> --- Joan Hegstad  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Roseann: My prayers are with your grandson - I
>> know
>> >>> what he is going through. I was diagnosed with
>> >>> Graves
>> >>> Disease at 28. (Actually I had Graves disease
>> >>> during
>> >>> my first pregnancy and didn't know it.) It
>> effects
>> >>> each person a different way. My eyes were only
>> >>> affected a little bit, but I had severe pain
>> in my
>> >>> legs and could barely walk up stairs. It also
>> left
>> >>> me
>> >>> very weak. I hope the doctors have gotten the
>> >>> disease
>> >>> under control already and now are taking
>> corrective
>> >>> action for some of the affects of Graves
>> disease. I
>> >>> was treated with radioactive iodine which
>> >>> effectively
>> >>> "killed" the thyroid. Since then I
>> have had to take
>> >>> thyroid pills and have blood tests regularly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Take care,
>> >>> Joan Dattilo Hegstad
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --- Roseann Lemp  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I would like to add my grandson Patrick to
>> the
>> >>>> prayer
>> >>>> list/
>> >>>> Pat has Graves Disease that effects the
>> thyroid.
>> >>> He
>> >>>> has been thru a lot and because of the
>> disease his
>> >>>> eyes have been affected. They are very
>> swollen
>> >>> and
>> >>>> he
>> >>>> looks like he has a donot surrounding each
>> eye.
>> >>> Next
>> >>>> tues February 19 Pat will under go the
>> first of a
>> >>>> searies of surgerys, to reduce the problem
>> with
>> >>> his
>> >>>> eyes. Please pray for him he is only 27
>> and we
>> >>> are
>> >>>> so
>> >>>> worried about him...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank You, Roseann (italian cousin)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
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