Looks like more or less all of us here have been hit by cancer in some way.
Cancer claimed the life of my dad, he had thyroid cancer. Died in 1997. And whats worse is the fact that me and my sister inherrited it. . . So, we had to have our thyriods out. I now have to take 150mgs of thyroxine daily.
Oh yeah, and my auntie (my dad's sister) died of the same desiese very recently. She had the same operation me and my sister had when she was 16, but they apparently didn't remove all of the thyriod gland. . . She died when she was in her 50s.
Oh well, best of luck to your grandfather.
Hope he gets well soon.
- DH