http://www.trachkids.org/medical-conditions/familial-multiple-endocrine-neoplasia View Categorized TrachKid Profiles. en http://www.trachkids.org/members/938 <div class="trachkid-profile"> <span class="portrait" style="float:left;margin:0 0.5em 0.5em 0"><a href="/members/938"><img src="http://www.trachkids.org/files/imagecache/UserImage_Icon/files/portraits/Adam.JPG" alt="Adam.JPG" title="Adam.JPG" /></a></span> <p>Adam had to have an operation on 4/20/09 as he is a carrier of a rare gene that causes familial medullary thyroid cancer.&nbsp; His calcitonin levels (the indicator that the cancer was developing) was getting higher rapidly, and had already reached 10.6 pg/mL at the time of the operation.&nbsp; What was supposed to be a routine surgery and an overnight stay in the hospital to remove his thyroid</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.trachkids.org/members/938">read more</a></p> http://www.trachkids.org/members/938#comments Male North America One Familial multiple endocrine neoplasia vocal cord paralysis white Mon, 04 May 2009 23:45:10 -0400 rjfrederick 976 at http://www.trachkids.org