Re: Does anyone feel tired

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann

yes, I have been suffering from extreme tiredness. Some days I can't even manage it through work and today I have been unable to get into work..I have been suffering on and off for the last year and half and initally it was put down to stress and depression. However, since discovering the ctoma a few months back I have felt the tiredness is related to that.

I have to let my colleagues at work know about my good days and bad....some days I feel like i'm drugged up and on another planet...from what I have read of other people's experiences..tiredness and fatigue seems to be quite common sympton..

regards (yawining!)ann_stargazer <ann_stargazer@...> wrote:

Hi,Again asking more questions. I'm waiting for my first c-toma removal. Diagnosed last Easter although ongoing ear problems last 7 years. But lately I'm feeling very tired. I would consider myself healthy - walk about 3 to 6 miles most evenings, double at the weekend. Eat healthy - I'm not overweight. I work in the IT industry which can be very stressful but I've been doing this for years - average working week used to be 60 hours but lately, I can just about manage a days work - come home, go for a walk and then I just want to collapse. I used to be someone who survived on 6 hours sleep - never bothered me but now after 10 hours sleep I'm still tired. I've seen loss of energy mentioned on a couple of web sites and was just wondering any of you guys experience the

same.Thanks.Ann.

[Guest guest]

Ann, get your Thyroid checked. This can be done through a blood test.

Tom

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann,

I must say that I have been complaining for about a year to my

husband that I have no energy and headaches. I have suffered from

Thyorid problems for 13 plus years and yes that wears me down but in

the past year it has gotten worse. My Thyroid levels are great so no

problem there. I don't know if its the Cholesteatoma as much as the

infections that I get in my ears. I know that an infection in your

body somewhere can drain you of energy. But if I were you I'd tell

the Doctor how you are feeling you never know what could be

bothering you. And I must say also when you get somewhere in your

30's your energy level slow's anyway. It is hard for me to make it

past 9:00 p.m. anymore. Well good luck and take care.

Sue

> Hi,

>

> Again asking more questions. I'm waiting for my first c-toma

> removal. Diagnosed last Easter although ongoing ear problems last

7

> years. But lately I'm feeling very tired. I would consider

myself

> healthy - walk about 3 to 6 miles most evenings, double at the

> weekend. Eat healthy - I'm not overweight. I work in the IT

> industry which can be very stressful but I've been doing this for

> years - average working week used to be 60 hours but lately, I can

> just about manage a days work - come home, go for a walk and then

I

> just want to collapse. I used to be someone who survived on 6

hours

> sleep - never bothered me but now after 10 hours sleep I'm still

> tired. I've seen loss of energy mentioned on a couple of web

sites

> and was just wondering any of you guys experience the same.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Ann.

[Guest guest]

Tom,

Thanks for reply. But getting Thyroid checked would mean more doctors - so do not want to go there. As a matter of interest, if it is a thyroid problem - is this bad ?

I'm waiting for c-toma op - I've spent the last four years with docs - three tiny operations and then loads of check ups and cleanings. I abhor this because I was always healthy and was never sick.

Thanks anyway - if I can pick up the courage, I'll go get checked !!!

Ann.

GTW9356@... wrote:

Ann, get your Thyroid checked. This can be done through a blood test.Tom

[Guest guest]

Sue,

Maybe it is old age (I'm 36). I get the headaches also - kind of used to them at this stage but some of them are mind numbing.

Thanks for reply. I'm glad I've found this group - at least there are other people here who understand me. I feel sometimes with family and friends that I just don't bother complaining anymore. They think it's in my head !!!

Ann.sue <sues8550@...> wrote:

Hi Ann, I must say that I have been complaining for about a year to my husband that I have no energy and headaches. I have suffered from Thyorid problems for 13 plus years and yes that wears me down but in the past year it has gotten worse. My Thyroid levels are great so no problem there. I don't know if its the Cholesteatoma as much as the infections that I get in my ears. I know that an infection in your body somewhere can drain you of energy. But if I were you I'd tell the Doctor how you are feeling you never know what could be bothering you. And I must say also when you get somewhere in your 30's your energy level slow's anyway. It is hard for me to make it past 9:00 p.m. anymore. Well good luck and take care. Sue > Hi,> > Again asking more questions. I'm waiting for my first c-toma > removal. Diagnosed last Easter although ongoing ear problems last 7 > years. But lately I'm feeling very tired. I would consider myself > healthy - walk about 3 to 6 miles most evenings, double at the > weekend. Eat healthy - I'm not overweight. I work in the IT > industry which can be very stressful but I've been doing this for > years - average working week used to be 60 hours but lately, I can > just about manage a days work - come home, go for a walk and then I > just want to collapse. I used to be someone who survived on 6 hours > sleep - never bothered me but now after 10 hours sleep I'm still > tired. I've seen loss of energy mentioned on a couple of web sites > and was just wondering any of you guys experience the same.>

> Thanks.> > Ann.

[Guest guest]

Ann, the thyroid is what regulates the body. An inactive thyroid can wreck havoc

on your body. A simple blood test can determine if it is underactive or not.

Medication can fix any problem. Fairly simple and does not take much time. I'm

on medication for an underactive thyroid and feel like new money.

Tom

[Guest guest]

Tom,

Thanks so much for replies. Can I ask another stupid question - would an ordinary GP be able to do this blood test. I can't remember the last time I was with a GP - it's always an ENT consultant with my ear.

Thanks again.

Ann.

GTW9356@... wrote:

Ann, the thyroid is what regulates the body. An inactive thyroid can wreck havoc on your body. A simple blood test can determine if it is underactive or not. Medication can fix any problem. Fairly simple and does not take much time. I'm on medication for an underactive thyroid and feel like new money.Tom

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann. I have no thyroid gland, it was way too overactive as a child

and they couldn't get it under control and it died. IF it get's out

of wack boy do you feel poor!!!!

My GP regulates it now, all he does is send me to get blood drawn. I

know when my husband went in for his yearly physical the doc. sent him

to get some routine blood test and one of them was a thyroid test.

It's very easy!

> Ann, the thyroid is what regulates the body. An inactive thyroid can

wreck havoc on your body. A simple blood test can determine if it is

underactive or not. Medication can fix any problem. Fairly simple and

does not take much time. I'm on medication for an underactive thyroid

and feel like new money.

>

> Tom

>

>

[Guest guest]

yes a GP can do it

[Guest guest]

I get my thyorid checked ever year. I have a under active thyroid

the bloodtests I have through my GP are TSH and T-4 (and the other

is I belive called a T3 uptake). And like you I am also 36 so it

could be a combo of alot of factors. Also another really good clue

if you have thyroid problems are dry hair that falls out very easy

and a lump below your adams apple (goiter). But have you been

fighting infections in your ear and how extensive is your

cholesteatoma? The best thing is to call your GP hopefully you fell

that you can share all of your problems with your GP. I hate to tell

mine how I feel because I don't want him to think I am a whiner. But

when I do get the courage up to say something he always find the

problem he's a awesome GP. Good luck.

Sue

> Ann, the thyroid is what regulates the body. An inactive thyroid

can wreck havoc on your body. A simple blood test can determine if

it is underactive or not. Medication can fix any problem. Fairly

simple and does not take much time. I'm on medication for an

underactive thyroid and feel like new money.

>

> Tom

>

>

[Guest guest]

if you're asking can a GP test for thyroid function...the answer is a sort of

yes. In the UK, unless requested by another doctor....your GP is usually the

first port of call. It is likely that they would conduct a thyroid function

test along with a routine set of bloods. This is one needle, one collection

of blood and the amount divided into various test tubes for the different

tests. It is often undertaken at the local hospital or clinic, though some GP's

do

take the blood themselves and send it off to the hospital of lab analysis.

It is likely with tiredness, that one of the other things they would look at

is your haemoglobin level (Hb), a low level of this would indicate anemia and

can also make you tired. Often with thyroid function test you are requested

to fast before hand, worth checking that one out, especially if you have to

make a timed appointment.

Mononucleosis/glandular fever can also give rise to bouts of tiredness...this

can also be tested for with routine bloods, though like thyroid is not part

of the usual routine tests done. You need to ask for those separately, though

they usually appear on the same form. (tick the box).

hope this helps a bit