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The Graves' Disease and Thyroid Foundation depends on volunteers to to achieve our mission! Volunteers can:

  • Serve as facilitators on our forum, an online support network for patients, friends, and family members.
  • Become "advocates", providing one-on-one assistance in a particular area of expertise (i.e. Graves' and children, Graves' and men, thyroid disease and pregnancy, etc.)
  • Provide leadership for a local support group 
  • Organize a local fundraising event
  • Ensure that local doctors' offices are stocked with information about Graves' Disease and other thyroid-related disorders.

Are you interested in learning more?  Contact us at 877-643-3123 or at [email protected]

Recent News

Recent Forum Posts

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 17, 2020, 4:49 p.m.

    This is great news - thanks for the update!

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 17, 2020, 2:06 p.m.

    Thank you for all the great info and support. I DID start feeling better Saturday, which was 4 days after...

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 12, 2020, 6:11 p.m.

    Hello - as Liz1967 noted, your body needs some time to heal, and you will need some time (a few weeks) to...

  • Thyroid Cancer

    June 12, 2020, 6:04 p.m.

    Hello - For patients who are considered low risk, RAI is not always recommended after thyroidectomy. Your...

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 12, 2020, 10:43 a.m.

    Liz, Thank you for your informative post. They didn't tell me not to take calcium within four hours of my...

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 11, 2020, 1:35 p.m.

    Do not take any calcium within 4 hours of taking your thyroid replacement. It interferes with absorption. You...

  • Getting regulated after thyroidectomy

    June 11, 2020, 8:59 a.m.

    I had my thyroid removed on June 3 rd and felt normal again for about 4 days, then started to decline. I've...

  • Thyroid Cancer

    June 11, 2020, 8:54 a.m.

    Thank you for your encouragement! I really appreciate it.

  • Thyroid Cancer

    June 10, 2020, 4:33 a.m.

    This is one of the major reasons to choose a thyroidectomy as Graves patients have a higher risk for...

  • Thyroid Cancer

    June 9, 2020, 1:39 p.m.

    I am one week out of choosing a Thyroidectomy. I was diagnosed with Graves in February. Today, I went in for...

  • New to this and need advice!!

    May 21, 2020, 8:48 a.m.

    Hi Kelly, It took a long time for me to get to the right MMI doseage. At one point I had to be checked once a...

  • New to this and need advice!!

    May 20, 2020, 6:43 p.m.

    Hello and welcome - The experience with methimazole is very individual. Many patients end up doing well on a...

  • Newly Diagnosed and not doing well

    May 20, 2020, 6:39 p.m.

    Hello and welcome - You might also try the PM feature, as members don't always check back here once they are...

  • New to this and need advice!!

    May 20, 2020, 5:55 p.m.

    It is hard to keep levels where you want them on methimazole. It requires frequent monitoring and dose...

  • Newly Diagnosed and not doing well

    May 17, 2020, 2:02 p.m.

    geckomama Hi all, Thank you for the nice and detailed replies. Yes, I am on methimazole and propranolol....

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