Worried!!!

[Guest guest]

Just got back from an appointment with my endo and I'm really worried. He said

that he wants to reduce my dosage of Armour based on the blood tests, I said I

disagreed and said that I would rather up my dose a half grain as I am getting

some symptoms. No he said, your TSH is very supressed and it can damage your

heart and cause bone damage too.

I said I didn't agree and that I did not believe the blood test in isolation

means anything at all. He then hinted that I had better find a GP to prescribe

my Armour as he might discharge me!

I told him that I had been to see his secretary after the last set of bloods and

she had given me the results - all normal. So what was the problem? I said,

then I was told that T3 is dangerous, I came back with, 'That's not what the BTA

say, they say it is inactive and doesn't work', he had no answer to that and

gave me another appointment for 6 months.

I told him I would rather die of heart attack than go back to the state I was in

before and felt that I should be upping my medication based on how I feel not

random blood tests which, in my view, prove very little.

I asked how he can believe in blood tests after I had gone through 7 years of

having perfect scores and still being so ill I had contemplated suicide on more

than one occasion? He said Armour is

different...............................!!!!

I'm worried now, what do I do if he refuses to give me any more prescriptions?

There is no way I could afford to buy it myself.

[Guest guest]

Why not ask for all the checks that he can refer you for - ECG & bone density? That way you are being co-operative, and show that you care about your health, and assuming they are all fine, hopefully he will feel happier about what you are taking.

Val

I told him I would rather die of heart attack than go back to the state I was in before and felt that I should be upping my medication based on how I feel not random blood tests which, in my view, prove very little. I asked how he can believe in blood tests after I had gone through 7 years of having perfect scores and still being so ill I had contemplated suicide on more than one occasion? He said Armour is different...............................!!!!I'm worried now, what do I do if he refuses to give me any more prescriptions? There is no way I could afford to buy it myself.