My sister has had 5 years of Graves with no relief

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Can anyone please help my younger sister. She has had 5 years of HELL (her

words) and different medications plus heart tablets. She's seen a couple of

Endos. She has shakes, scabby skin, hairloss, weight fluctuation, headaches,

sweats, insomnia, weakness, bulging eyes etc. Now she is practically houseboud

due to panic attacks. She used to be so outgoing. She feels that, if they

can't get her Graves under control in 5 years, they never will.

I have an underactive thyroid (hashimotos) and I have a really active life with

no symptons. I put this down to seening Dr P. very early on in my journey and

self managing with NDT, aswell as the support I got from this group. My sister

sees this and wants to be the same. Our mother had Graves and then after the

operation, she had underactive. She suffered terribly and having it removed

didn't really help her as she was on Levo.

My sister is considering having it removed/RAI. Can anyone offer any advice

please? Has anyone had it removed and got their life back.