Saw a new Endo today

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Wish I could say it was a good visit. But, it was just like the

others. A friend recommended him, but she doesn't have Hashi - just

had her Thyroid removed when she was younger - not sure why. It's

just so frustrating to hear the same old thing - You have two small

kids, you're supposed to be tired. And my personal favorite - loose

weight and you'll feel better. Gee, I'd love to loose weight - tried

it - doesn't do a thing. Why do docs assume that if you're

overweight you must eat gallons of ice cream and donuts at every turn

and are just in denial about how you became fat? I don't get that.

Maybe I should ask, " If I were average weight and came in with the

same symptoms what would your protocol be? "

He did order some tests - but it was very clear he didn't expect

anything to show up. He's even running the antibody test again

to " document the Hashimotos. " So i guess the previous test didn't

document it?

So here's my question. Is it possible to have symptoms just because

you have Hashimotos or do you ALSO have to consistently have low TSH,

T3, or T4? That's what I'm not clear on because in my previous labs -

my T3 was low - everything else normal. Then the next one they were

all normal. But I still feel TERRIBLE. The impression I get from

the Doctors I've talked to thus far seem to " think " that you only

feel bad from Hashis if the Thyroid tests are not normal - otherwise

they just don't believe there's a problem. I'm so confused - doesn't

anyone know what this condition causes or doesn't cause? Geesh.

Oh well, guess my dr. shopping continues. I sort of expected this

visit to be a crap shoot and I was right. Guess we'll see what the

labs say and move on to the next doc.

Anyone in Southern CA who can recommend a good dr. to treat this?