PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Mets shortstop Jose Reyes plans to undergo tests in New York after doctors in Florida discovered a thyroid imbalance, the team said Friday.

 

Reyes will have tests on Monday and it could take up to 48 after for doctors to receive the results. Reyes is not expected to take part in any physical activity while he is gone.

 

"We're going to be conservative," said Mets general manager Omar Minaya.

 

The thyroid is a gland in the neck that produces hormones that help control metabolism.

 

Doctors cleared Reyes to play Friday after he took a follow-up blood test to one conducted during his physical. However, Minaya said team doctors in New York wanted to take a closer look at the speedy infielder and pulled him out of pre-game stretching.

 

Reyes appeared in only 36 games last season because of a hamstring injury, which Reyes said has healed. The Mets have discussed moving him from the leadoff spot to third in the lineup while outfielder Carlos Beltran recovers from offseason knee surgery.

 

Reyes said he felt fine and has not experienced any dizziness, fatigue or any other symptoms of a thyroid problem. He said he was anxious to find out what is happening.

 

"We're not talking about my leg, nothing like that, we're talking about my health," he said, "so I have to be concerned about it."

 

Reyes said this is the first time an imbalance was found in a blood test, and maintained that he does not feel "haunted" by injuries after being summoned to New York.

 

"I don't want to say unlucky because leg-wise everything feels good," he said. "But this is different. We're not talking about an injury on the field."

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Why "quotation marks"? That's a real issue.

The thyroid problem is always the excuse fat people use.

 

While I dislike the Mets more than just about every other team, it's kinda hard not to feel a little bad form them as they get hit with injury after injury.

The thyroid problem is always the excuse fat people use.

 

While that's true that doesn't mean that sometimes it's a reason for health problems, not an excuse. Reyes obviously isn't fat.

I wonder if that's why he was being treated by the Canadian doctor in the first place?????

The thyroid problem is always the excuse fat people use.

 

While that's true that doesn't mean that sometimes it's a reason for health problems, not an excuse. Reyes obviously isn't fat.

 

I know sometimes it is. Reyes's thyroid is apparently over active. I believe is was Rosenthal on MLB tonight who said it is easily treatable.

If it is indeed an "over active" thyroid (the article doesn't say this), then Reyes has hyperthyroidism, which typically results in weight loss (not weight gain).

 

If Reyes, goes on drugs for this he won't be "cured"; he will merely be regulating his thyroid hormone levels. He won't be cured unless they treat him with radioactive iodine.