GP suggests I need RAI

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I just called my GP, he sounded concerned, and has asked me to see

him next week to do some tests. I can't believe it..he said at the

end of the phone call you might need to have the RAI. I'm a bit

disapointed because I called him at the start of the week saying I

was worried about the RAI and he wanted me to go in and have a talk

to him about it. He is a very good doctor, and he usually is very

open minded, so his comment about me needing to have the RAI, really

took me by suprise.

Kitty

> In a previous post, I told you all, how the endo put me on half a

> tablet ( a few days before xmas)and then in a month's time I'm

> supposed to do a month of no meds. until I see him next. Well I

have

> been getting all the hyper symptoms I haven't had for a very long

> time..rapid heart beat, diarrhea, anxiety, and yesterday afternoon

my

> mother looked at me and remarked that my neck was larger, she has

> never seen it look so big. I asked her when she first noticed this

> and she said within the last week!

>

> I live at home with my parents,and they were worried and said you

> have to go back on one tablet..actually my father is mad and wants

me

> to get a new endo. So I started back on one full tablet this

morning.

> I know that you are all wondering why don't I call the doctor

first,

> but he is away on holidays and I can't get a hold of him until the

> 29th of this month. I will try to get a hold of my GP today to let

> him know what is going on. My bf thinks maybe the doctor has done

> this, so he can say see you aren't improving we will have to do the

> RAI. When I do vist him next if he mentions the RAI, I intend to

ask

> him a few questions before I tell him no..such as how many patients

> have you had that have done RAI? over what period? and how many had

> negative outcomes? I'm asking this knowing that he won't be able to

> give me a satisfactory answer as I'm thinking he might be lacking

> experince.

>

> The endo is in his late 30's to early 40's..everytime I go there,

all

> his other patients are in their 60's and 70's..so I'm wondering

just

> how many he is treating for actual thyriod conditions, and on my

> first couple of vists when I would try and ask a question he would

> get stern with me and rattle off 5 or 6 common symptoms of hyperT

and

> say that if its outside of that it has nothing to do with your

> thyriod, it was so agrogant of him to do that two me at least

twice.

> When I first found out I got graves I became very sick, especially

> nausea in the stomach and went to a gastro (went to him first

before

> the endo) ..turns out it was the graves making me sick, he said he

> gets a lot of hyper patients, and he was more than happy to explain

> graves to me and how it effects the whole body, not like that idiot

> endo who can't look outside of 5 symptoms.

>

> Sorry about the rant..just had to get it off my chest.

>

> Kitty