& anyone: Re: how to get endo to relate

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I don't know what my latest FT3 is yet. Had blood test yesterday.

Will find out next Friday at appt.

Another thing to think about is that I went for a brain MRI and will

get results this coming Tuesday. This was ordered from eye doc who

saw some swelling behind my dilated eyes. I had the test on Oct

8th, and haven't received a call yet, so I guess its normal. I am

trying to rule anything from pituitary and hypothalmus out.

(Anything in my head!) I will get a copy of the report and take to

endo on Friday.

As far as the adrenal scan...I really think that it is a good idea.

I will try to convince her that since my cortisol came back high two

times in blood and urine, which she ordered, and then saliva testing

showed it high too, then maybe I should get either an MRI or scan on

adrenals. I have a 50/50 chance with her. Lets pray!

What if my FT3 comes back normal, even high normal? What then? I

do have a feeling that my TSH will be elevated again. What causes

this? Since taking a larger dose of T4 has made me worse in the

past, whats to say it won't again? Not to mention T3 addition made

me feel terrible too. That tells me that its adrenals or maybe

female hormones (progesterone). What do you think?

Also, Multiple Chemical test? What would that prove and how is it

done? I do work indirectly in a sheet metal shop, and have been for

18 years. I don't have alot of contact with the metal, as I work in

the office. Maybe there is some connection there?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Isn't it sad when we rely on docs to solve our health mysteries?

Thanks for your help!

> Do we know what your Free T3 is yet? It is very important to know

this, for

> it is not a small thing. I doubt that you will convince a doctor

who sees

> it one way only, to see it your way. You are obviously still

hypothyroid,

> but the T3 factor has been left out, evidently, with this doctor.

The next

> thing is that whacky, dysregulated cortisol. You are in almost

constant

> " fight or flight " syndrome, for one thing, except for it dropping

down in

> the evening, and if this endo is observing these tests the way I

think she

> is, she may only be looking at it from the worst-case-scenario,

i.e., has to

> be Cushing's, or there's no problem (in her view or in the view of

these the

> way these tests may be done; I don't see the ranges, so I don't

know). May

> I throw a suggestion out there about maybe having a scan done

directly on

> the adrenal glands? Would the doctor go for this, or can you see

someone

> who might be more pliable to have this done? Some tumors of the

adrenals

> can cause this kind of dysregulation, and it certainly wouldn't

hurt for

> them to take a look at it. I think that a Multiple Chemical

Sensitivity

> thing might be possible, or possibly a sensitivity to something

around you.

> You need a doctor who is more learned in all of this. An endo

many times

> will not budge.

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> how to get endo to relate

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> > Ok, I am going to my endo next Friday. It takes two months to

get

> > an appt. to see her. So I need to know exactly what to say to

her

> > to get my point across. I don't want to waste this precious time

> > with her (although I may be wishful thinking...I do pray).

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> > Short history: