DEAR BERNIE, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU POSTED TO THE LIST .I WAS NOT GLAD TO HEAR OF ALL YOUR FAMILY PROBLEMS. I KNEW ABOUT YOUR SURGERY AND I HAD YOU IN MY PRAYERS. I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GOING THRU. GOD DOES THINGS FOR A REASON, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO QUESTION, BUT ITS DIFFICULT AT TIMES NOT TO. I JUST TRY TO ACCEPT WHAT HAND I AM DEALT WITH AND GO ON WITH MY LIFE. I AM NOT NO WHERE AS BAD AS YOU ARE YOUR FAMILY IS. I KNOW ALL ABOUT THYROID PROBLEMS, I HAD THE LEFT LOBE TAKEN OUT. I HAVE BEEN ON SYNTHROID FOR 18 YEARS.THEY KEEP DOING BLOOD TESTS ADJUSTING MY MEDS. I DO NOT HAVE HYPO ARE HYPER, I HAVE CYSTS AND NODULES THAT GROW ON MINE AND THEY FILL WITH BLOOD. WHEN IT GETS BAD ENOUGH THEY WILL TAKE THE RIGHT LOBE OUT, THEY LIKE TO LEAVE A PART OF YOUR THYROID IN. YOUR THEROID EFFECTS YOUR WHOLE BODILY FUNCTIONS. IT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SO BAD AND WEAK. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR DAUGHTER IS SO UPSET. LET HER KNOW SHE IS NOT ALONE AND JUST DO WHAT SHE CAN. I AM GLAD THAT THEIR MOMS CANCER IS IN REMITION. I HOPE AND PRAY IT WILL NOT RETURN. I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOUR YOUNGER DAUGHTER HAS, I HAVE BEEN OUT OF NURSING SINCE TM HIT ME 17 YEARS AGO, SOON 18 YEARS. I ONLY KNOW THAT YOU CAN E-MAIL ME , JUDE ANYONE AND YOU KNOW OUR TM FAMILY IS HERE FOR YOU. JUST KEEP THE FAITH, THINGS WILL GET BETTER. REMEMBER KIMS QUOTE FOR THE DAY ITS A GREAT ONE.I HOPE YOU WILL POST SOON AND LET US KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AND OUR WONDERFUL TM FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TIAD PAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000002)