I am presently speechless. Other sources will give you much better news recaps, but right now my brain has frozen. Rest up to 8 weeks? What?
Unfortunately looking forward to the apology from Amazin’ Avenue on Opening Day when the SS isn’t wearing #7. I still hope you guys turn out right, and I thought you had. Dang, this stinks.
crap
SSdS (same s**t different season)
There is so much circuitous logic and gibberish being thrown out there in that conference call. Reyes says he doesn’t have an overactive thyroid; Mets says he does. Mets say Reyes can keep exercising but no baseball, now they say he really shouldn’t even walk fast (no raising that heartrate). Minaya says NO TIMETABLE for return; agent says 2 weeks to 2 months. Both seem to agree that somehow if Reyes doesn’t eat seafood and sits on his arse for 2 months eating cheetos and watching tv, everything will be wonderful.
This makes the handling of the Beltran situation look masterful by comparison.
I just want to know what doctor can I go to to get a “treatment” of sit on your arse for 2 months, watch movies and eat pizza and you’ll be fine
Are we looking at possibly an entire year going by between Reyes starts?
2-8 weeks? I guess they are still trying to figure out how long it takes for the HGH to to go through his system to allow the thyroid levels to drop back to normal.
the real issue is, what does this do to any future installments of “Professor Reyes”?
Can you say “mi tiroides es activa”?
What bothers me about this whole situation is 2 days ago this was “not a big deal” completely treatable. When you use the term treatable you mean with medication. Now what they are telling us is it isn’t treatable because he just needs to rest. Even with a statement and a conference call things are still sketchy. It is past the time to simply clean house in the front office. Top to bottom Minaya, Ricco, Marketing, PR, Media Relations everyone get rid of em all.
If this season is anything like last year I hope “fire wilpon” chants reign down in citi-field. Fans need to express there displeasure point blank with the owners.
I fear “fire wilpon” because the next person might be worse. Remember “crazy George” – he went into exile and then someone else had to run the franchise and now the Yankees have had a great 15 years. The Mets need a baseball czar.
I love the prescription they gave him. I was joking yesterday when I blogged this: (http://madeinthesheade.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/paging-dr-nick-riviera-dr-nick-riveira/)
But it looks like I was having one of those visions. If I come up with the Lotto numbers any time soon, I’ll let you all know.
Thankfully I passed up on those season tickets and wonderful package deals. Lord knows I want my money to go towards paying millions of dollars to players who do nothing but sit on a bench.
There is a lot of misinformation being throw about too.
No way to put this other than completely and utter random disaster.
The first test, apparently, came back pretty good, the one Reyes was excited about. The second test was given after he worked out (apparently testing if he can play baseball or not). turned out badly.
So now, rest while the iodine from the diet works it’s way out of his system and stops teasingthe thyroid to overproducing hormones. impossible to figure out how long that will take.
The Mets have actually been very clear with the message here, though Reyes jumped the gun by exciting everyone that he was goingto be fine. Did he maybe not exactly understand exactly what they were testing the second tiem and why he wasn’t in teh clear yet?
Thinking “treatable” some how has to mean medications is just foolish. Honestly, the lack of medication is absolutely a positive outcome. I’ve seen hyperthyroidism treated chemically, which almost always results in a persistent/permanent condition of hypothyroidism.
If you think the NY media and fans are in mass “drama-queen” panic now. Think of what would happen if Reyes swelled up like the stay puft marshmallow man.
I hope the Blue Cap Army winds up meeting up at McFadden’s more than ever, because Reyes and Beltran being out for Opening Day (who’s next?) makes me want a drink!
when i say treatable and mention medication that is just one example. Treatable to me means chemicals, medication, radiation or some sort of action that makes the patient better. Sitting around twiddling your thumbs for 2-8 weeks although positive because maybe he doesn’t have this condition for the rest of his life means they are in a wait and see approach. What happens when they don’t treat the problem for 8 weeks and his levels don’t go down? Then they decide to treat it…could you imagine that nightmare? Met fans getting geared up for Reyes to start baseball activities but his levels never go down and it turns out he needs surgery or something else to treat this. This organization is a laughing stock as is imagine what happens if they muff this situation up even worse then they already have.
Shannon my problem with the Wilpons is about their approach/outlook. They talk the talk about wanting to win but never walk the walk. You knew that George would do anything possible to get his team a championship. The Wilpons aren’t bold enough to do that. Its half assed year in year out. Yes they bring 1 player in each year but its mostly to shut the fans up/spark season ticket sales. They are driven by turning a profit. Why George was brilliant is he built a brand that is never going to go away. By being bold the Yankees have once again become synonymous with winning and make money hand over fist because of the bold moves in making the team a perennial winner. I would love to see a guy like Mark Cuban come in and be the owner of the Mets. You know he cares about winning and if the rules allowed he would do everything in his power to win not to just turn a profit
Mark Cuban would be mega-entertaining, but again “the devil you know” scenario worries me. Mr. Cuban is the sort of fellow who believes in Newsday pay-walls, so who knows how he may feel about basic cable. Maybe he puts the “gold” games on pay per view. All speculation on my part, but I do love his blog: http://blogmaverick.com/
The Yankees spend a zillion dollars on a stadium, have a payroll in the stratosphere, yet somehow seem to make money by wearing traditional uniforms and winning. Minimal gimmicks. People can complain about them all they want but they have a winning formula.
I’m too lazy to look it up but didn’t the Marlins make more money than anyone in 2009? Maybe the Wilpons spend too much money and should just go 70-92.
The usual treatment for a hyperactive thyroid is to zap or remove the thyroid, essentially turning it into a hypoactive (or underactive) thyroid.
The reason for this is very simple. An underactive thyroid is extremely straightforward to treat with synthroid, which is simply synthetic thyroid hormones. Synthroid treats the problem of an underactive thyroid completely and without side effects, as long as the dosage is checked 4-5 times a year. The synthetic hormones are close enough to the ones that would be produced by a healthy thyroid that there is no downside to this treatment. The treatment has been in use for decades, and is easily managed by a competent doctor.
When my wife was diagnosed with a hypoactive thyroid a few years ago, we decided to go for a consultation with a top endocrinologist, who, after one look at her bloodwork and a quick ultrasound, told her that her condition was extremely routine and easily treatable. Either the Mets aren’t using competent doctors, or there’s more to this story than we’re being told…
did your wife watch movies for 2 to 8 weeks?