Need a doctor

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Hi all: Hope you had a nice holiday and didn't eat too much turkey!

I wonder if any of our members can help me. I need to find a new doctor. I am in

Austin, but I can travel to other areas of the state if necessary. I would like

to stay on my current medication, which is a combination of 88mg synthroid and

12.5mc cytomel. I've been on that combination for about 5 years and I currenty

feel fine.

I recently had to stop seeing my endo who is in NYC, because I wanted someone

local. I have had two appointments with Austin Diabetes and Endocrinology, the

first appt. was with Dr. Espinosa who in an endo. I went to her because

her front desk people told me she did prescribe my combination of meds.

Dr. Espinosa wanted me to back off a little on my synthroid, because my TSH was

too high (I guess that should have been my first clue), but did look at the

other labs and we discussed the fact that my TSH has high but that other levels,

such as Free T4, T3, etc. are mid-range. She told me to cut my synthroid in half

one day a week and do another test in 3 months and I made another appointment

for three months later.

At my second appointment, three months later, I saw a Certified Diabetes

Educator, because my blood sugar is high, 102 morning fasting, to be exact. I

talked to her about diet and other ways to bring that number down. Then she said

my TSH was still too high. She said " which med do you want to change the

synthroid or the cytomel? " (Odd that she asked me rather that ask the doc!)I

told her I wanted to stay on the cytomel, because prior to using that med I

always felt bad. So she gave me a script for 75mg. of synthroid and kept the

cytomel at 12.5mc.She also gave me a lab form for a test in 6 weeks. I didn't

think much about it at the time since I was thinking about the blood sugar issue

and the fact that I had not seen the doctor but was now being treated for my

hypo issues by a CDE rather than a doctor.

When I finally looked at the lab form I saw that she had ordered only TSH. So I

called the office and this time was directed to the CDE's assistant. I asked her

if the lab form could be right and her response was that the doctor's here only

use TSH to treat thryroid issues.

Sorry to be so long winded, but the bottom line here is: I would like to see a

doctor, not an assistant or an assistant's assistant! Does anyone have a

recommendation for a doctor that treats with Synthroid and Cytomel and who uses

a full range of tests to determine your meds? I do have insurance but would be

willing to go private pay if necessary.

Thanks in advance, Suzanne