Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Just saying hello, Teri. Hello! You're in the right place. Introducing myself.. Hello, My name is Teri and I subscribed to this list last week. I am new to Hyperthyroid, just having been diagnosed this past January, through a routine blood test at my gyno ) I have since been referred to an endo and saw him for the first time last week. I was started on 50mg PTU once a day, then upped to 100mg once a day. plus beta blockers (a godsend!...so lovely to be able to do anything without feeling I might pass out because my heart is beating so fast) I am feeling a bit better on the meds...and although I didn't go in with any hyper related complaints, when I was diagnosed and started reading up it clicked why I had been feeling so crappy! I'm guessing my thyroid started going wacky a bit over a year ago, in looking back. I find that I have a lot of *nervous* energy but can't seem to find the *physical* energy to accomplish anything. My concentration skills are about nil right now. So that's about it...I had more blood drawn last week and am waiting on the results now. I have enjoyed reading the posts so far and hope to be able to contribute in the future. Thanks again! Teri Visit my websites:http://www.geocities.com/luvmygrls2002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi Teri, Welcome to the group. Once your thyroid levels come down into the normal range, you'll find yourself better able to focus. Let us know when you get your results. Best to you, Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi Terri, PTU girl here too. Welcome to the list. Concentration skills are the first to go I think. Sheesh, there for awhile I wondered if my mind would ever come back. But I can now say it will. So hang in there, and know that you may go up and down a bit, but you will return to normal. Are they going to send you a paper copy of your lab results ? This is the only way I was able to keep track. Write down your symptoms now, and attach them to the lab report. You will start a file, and later, when you get to the fine adjustments of medication, this file will save you much time health wise. -Pam- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Thanks to everyone for their warm welcome.. Someone asked about labs...so far I only have my initial labs which started me down this road: Thyroxine (T4) Free, Direct, S T4, Free (direct) 2.01 the lab range is 0.61-1.76TSH, High Sensitivity, Serum 0.08 the lab range is 0.35-5.50 This was January, I had labs re-done end of Feb and the results are in the mail. The doctor is keeping me on PTU (which is fine, I don't have a problem with it) and the beta blockers (yay )) and blood re-check in 6 weeks doctor visit in 4 months unless I start feeling bad again. Thanks again. Ta, Teri Visit my websites:http://www.geocities.com/luvmygrls2002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Hi, My name is . I have two different mutations of Charcot- Marie-Tooth, CMT1A and CMT1B. I knew all my life something about me was different from other kids, but didn't know why or what it was until I was about 12, and was officially diagnosed via genetic testing in 2000 at age 33 after the birth of my first son. (Both of my sons were diagnosed last year via genetic testing as well.) I'm a 5th generation female with automosal dominant CMT (I do genealogy and have traced through family and such back to my grandmothers grandmother having CMT, last count I had was 25 family members with the disease though some are now deceased) my mother has the disease and has progressed to the point that at 62 she is in a wheelchair, though she does still get about as much as she can with a walker at home. I have two sons and both have CMT, the older has CMT1A and the baby has CMT1B. Our geneticist isn't sure why my older son is already 'presenting' with CMT as much as he is except that perhaps by my having the two types his is a different mutation.. his weaknesses are in his knees, hips and shoulders more than feet and ankles. I'm not sure if I am not a typical person with CMT, I have never talked to anyone other than family with it.. I look forward to finding out if anyone else as the same problems I do, I tend to feel like a fish out of water most of the time. I will be nice to learn if the things that happen to me happens to everyone else. One example is this.. does anyone else find that when they have times of high adrenaline that it makes them shaky and extremely weak? - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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