Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hi Everyone It's a couple of weeks since I posted re my visit to see my new endo following my lovely previous endo retiring. well I am starting to struggle now, going downhill quickly. The outcome of my visit to the new Dr M following these blood results taken over 24 hours from last dose of Armour T4 6.0 T3 4.4 and TSH 0.03. was to remain on 2 grains until I see him on 22nd December. To recap I had been on 3 grains of Armour but I had chosen to cut it down as I was suffering from missed heartbeats. I had got down to 2 grains and was struggling to get any higher but felt that I probably needed to be on a dose midway between the two, I had been on 2 grains for 4 weeks when the bloods were taken. Dr.M was concerned about my TSH and is obviously not going to allow me to increase until the TSH comes up to nearer 1.0. I know that this is wrong but i feel stuck as I am reliant on my Armour prescription through the hospital and if I don't see him i will be back to funding my own Armour and having no-one to arrange blood tests etc. Well it looks as though the heartbeats have now settled down but I am feeling so very tired again and down and the joint pains are back and see myself going further and further into a black hole before I see him again and then I will have to build back up to somewhere normal. I am also going to be almost out of Armour by the time I next see him my prescription has been at the hospital for over 2 weeks waiting for more stock to come in and Dr M said that the hospital had only agreed to fund Armour and to get any of the alternatives would involve going through the same lengthy process as it took to get my armour which was 6 months. I am unsure what to do. I see a miserable few weeks and Christmas ahead of me brought on by a Dr who dosen't know his stuff and do not want to go backwards. I wish I had not told him the truth when I saw him and said i was taking more Armour then I could have increased it when I felt I needed to. any advice please Love Lizzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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