Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 Hi Willem.... I have read that there are some rare cases of thyroids coming back after tx, but for the most generally they don't. How about anyone here....if you went hypothyroid during treatment, did your thyroid resume working after you stopped tx? Mine sure didn't? Claudine once posted some articles about this, but I no longer have them...when I tried upgrading Netscape once and didn't like it, my saved mail which had converted to the newer version could not be read by the older version I reverted too. If she no longer has those articles I can always upgrade again since I archived all those files on a CD and could find them for you. Willem, someone on one of my graphics lists from Holland signs her messages with the word 'liefs'...what does that mean? Blessings Tatezi willem landstra wrote: > HI.Thks for responding.Question.Can the Thyroid repair itself after > stopping treatment.I never had it tested.Since I joined this group I > dont think my Doc is that exellent which I stated before,becoming more > humble.Claudine you should get a medical degree.The sun is coming > through and I.ll try to get some LOL today.. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 Yes- mine went back to normal after stopping treatment. It and the RBC were the first things to normalize. Other problems took much longer. gail > From: Tatezi <tatezi@...> > Reply-Hepatitis C > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 04:44:36 -0500 > Hepatitis C > Subject: Re: Thyroid. > > Hi Willem.... > > I have read that there are some rare cases of thyroids coming back after > tx, but for the most generally they don't. > > How about anyone here....if you went hypothyroid during treatment, did > your thyroid resume working after you stopped tx? Mine sure didn't? > > Claudine once posted some articles about this, but I no longer have > them...when I tried upgrading Netscape once and didn't like it, my saved > mail which had converted to the newer version could not be read by the > older version I reverted too. If she no longer has those articles I can > always upgrade again since I archived all those files on a CD and could > find them for you. > > Willem, someone on one of my graphics lists from Holland signs her > messages with the word 'liefs'...what does that mean? > > Blessings > Tatezi > > willem landstra wrote: > >> HI.Thks for responding.Question.Can the Thyroid repair itself after >> stopping treatment.I never had it tested.Since I joined this group I >> dont think my Doc is that exellent which I stated before,becoming more >> humble.Claudine you should get a medical degree.The sun is coming >> through and I.ll try to get some LOL today.. >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 It generally doesnt come back to normal and you have to continue to take thyroid supplements for long. Dr Sharat Misra MD,DM,FACG ----- Original Message ----- From: Tatezi Hi Willem.... I have read that there are some rare cases of thyroids coming back after tx, but for the most generally they don't. How about anyone here....if you went hypothyroid during treatment, did your thyroid resume working after you stopped tx? Mine sure didn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 My thyroid didn't get extremely out of range while on treatment, my TSH got to 6 and I felt really bad, but it came down and my last TSH a few months ago was 3, but I still have to keep an eye on it (since I'm on interferon again). alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 , Sometimes during treatment the interferon will cause the thyroid to malfunction, and when interferon is stopped it's function will gradually return to normal. I think maybe it's a genetic type of thing. In my case, I have a strong family history of autoimmune disorders, so when my thyroid failed during treatment it was permanent. It would have probably happened anyway, I only needed something to trigger it into action. In fact, my thyroid function tests were not quite normal BEFORE treatment. It has continued to slowly get worse in the 3 years since I stopped treatment and my dosing of medications has had to be increased. But maybe in those who don't have the genes responsible for autoimmunity there is a better chance of it being temporary. For whatever reason, in some lucky few the thyroid will return to normal when treatment is stopped. Claudine __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 I'm amazed that no one was monitoring your thyroid. It is a known side of treatment and most doctors do a baseline before starting treatment and run a thyroid test at least once every 6 months. willem landstra wrote: > HI.After reading all that Thyroid-stuff,of which I was completely > ignorant,I saw my normal Doc,not the specialist who is treating me for > Hep,he immidiately send me to the Lab for bloodsample to check my > Thyroid.After 5 yrs of interferon he said it should have been done > much earlier.Thank you group,this is the info I want.Let you now the > results.I just heard on the news that one out of six people who hve > medical(and other)problems go to the internet for advise.My specialist > who is a bit old-fashion looks very sceptical at me when I show him > another print out from this group.Guess he is not having much LOL with > me.. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 I'm amazed that no one was monitoring your thyroid. It is a known side of treatment and most doctors do a baseline before starting treatment and run a thyroid test at least once every 6 months. willem landstra wrote: > HI.After reading all that Thyroid-stuff,of which I was completely > ignorant,I saw my normal Doc,not the specialist who is treating me for > Hep,he immidiately send me to the Lab for bloodsample to check my > Thyroid.After 5 yrs of interferon he said it should have been done > much earlier.Thank you group,this is the info I want.Let you now the > results.I just heard on the news that one out of six people who hve > medical(and other)problems go to the internet for advise.My specialist > who is a bit old-fashion looks very sceptical at me when I show him > another print out from this group.Guess he is not having much LOL with > me.. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 --- willem landstra <wmland@...> wrote: My > specialist who is a bit old-fashion looks very sceptical at me when > I show him another print out from this group.Guess he is not having > much LOL with me.. Hi , If you think YOUR doc doesn't like what you get off the internet, you should have seen my grandmother's doctor's face when I showed him the printout of all the prescribing information on a blood pressure medication he had prescribed for my grandmother!!! Right there under " WARNINGS " it stated it was NOT to be given to anyone with low sodium levels - and hers have been low for 3 months at least! He is not LOL with me either! Claudine __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 --- willem landstra <wmland@...> wrote: My > specialist who is a bit old-fashion looks very sceptical at me when > I show him another print out from this group.Guess he is not having > much LOL with me.. Hi , If you think YOUR doc doesn't like what you get off the internet, you should have seen my grandmother's doctor's face when I showed him the printout of all the prescribing information on a blood pressure medication he had prescribed for my grandmother!!! Right there under " WARNINGS " it stated it was NOT to be given to anyone with low sodium levels - and hers have been low for 3 months at least! He is not LOL with me either! Claudine __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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