Guest guest Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 , Is that Angleton Texas? My husband grew up there. We are in East Texas... halfway between Dallas and Texarkana. >From: " " >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: >Subject: Re: tests >Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:04:04 -0600 > >To tell you the truth, I was a little frightened by the prospect of having >to drive from here to the moon, if the closest Lab One was in Houston or >somewhere like that, but low-and-behold, it happened to list the in-hospital >lab of my local hospital right here in Angleton as the only one available >this close. Couldn't believe my luck. As for making an appointment, in my >case, the lab said to come any time between the hrs of 6am and 6pm, so that >gives me a wide time frame, being as I'm a night worker-day sleeper (from >around 11am on). The one and only time I had the blood drawn with >HealthCheck, I went straight after I got off work and had it done. The lab >tech seemed a little sarcastic when he asked where to send the results and I >told him that all the info he needed was right there in the paperwork. He >then looked at it and said "It doesn't say whether this blood sugar is >fasting or not". I then looked him straight in the eye and said "THEY >advise right there in the paperwork to make it fasting, and I SAY it's >fasting, so therefore, it is fasting!" I had fasted for 12 hrs, while I was >working the night before, and if you think THAT wasn't fun!----I'm used to >eating every 2 to 3 hrs. Anyway, even with lab personnel, you face that >strange look when you tell them you didn't need a doc's order for your >bloodwork, you're doing it yourself. He asked me where I worked, and when I >told him it was a nursing floor, that seemed to be a little more ok ( as >though ANYONE can't read lab values on a piece of paper!). HealthCheck is >great in that they send along a paper booklet that tells what each separate >test is about, what to compare it to, and which combinations might refer to >disease or might need further investigation. You're not really alone when >reading them. They have an online chart that shows it in graph form, >showing overlapping values as related to the body systems. It is really >neat. ly, you don't need to be licensed personnel to read and >understand it. > > > > Re: tests > > > > Emmy, > > > > I don't know how your finances stand, but might it be possible to check > > to see if you have a Health Check affiliate in your area? > > www.healthcheckusa.com The two tests that they offer that cover the > > free's cost $75 and $100 (with a bunch of other things too). You find a > > lab one clinic in your area off their web site, make the appointment, > > have the blood drawn, they send it to a lab in California, the results > > are then available online or are sent to you via snail mail. They you > > would have the info that you need, black on white to give to your > > doc..... and set up your dosage on those more complete numbers. > > > > I've not yet done it myself, I dont' have the money, so I go by basals > > and symptom observation to self medicate, but I've heard good comments > > about them. > > > > I'd like to treat myself to a blood test in July, for my birthday, if I > > have the money by then... Can't think of a better present for myself..... > > hehehehehehe That will be the two year mark since I started self > > medicating. > > > > I'm doing a thousand times better now then I ever did on Synthroid. > > > > Topper () aka ThyroGeek > > Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 One and the same . Whose your folks here? I came to the Gulf Coast with my first husband, who was killed in a motorcycle accident, then married my second husband down here, whom I divorced many yrs ago, and is since deceased. Re: tests , Is that Angleton Texas? My husband grew up there. We are in East Texas... halfway between Dallas and Texarkana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 and , This is Deborah, a fairly new member, and I am also from the Gulf Coast. I grew up in Alvin, TX and my husband in Baytown, TX. We live in Maine now, but still have relatives in the area. I have been wanting to ask you why it is so important to be tested for Hashi.? Is the treatment any different or does it mean anything different for the body? Since it is an autoimmune problem can that ever be changed? My husband and I are both on Armour but have not been tested for Hashi. I am on 90mg and he 60mg and neither of us feel any particular difference yet. We are increasing our dosage by 30mg every two weeks til we feel better but was not sure how long to expect it to take. Is there an average dosage or is everyone truly individual in this? Deborah Re: tests , Is that Angleton Texas? My husband grew up there. We are in East Texas... halfway between Dallas and Texarkana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 It truly is such a small world! It is important to be tested for the Hashi's antibodies because these things can spend yrs attacking your thyroid, prolonging the agony, if you will. It is the most common cause of hypothyroidism, but that doesn't mean that it does a very "short" attack and then goes away. I'm sure that in some people that's how it works, but for the rest of us, it can be a very prolonged process. The inflammation that can be cause by the antibodies, and, also depending at which microbiological location that they attack, can be devastating and so puzzling. The blood tests are virtually worthless when thyroid antibodies are still doing their dirty work because we can have exacerbations of both hyperthyroidism AND hypothyroidism from time to time. With Hashi's, that's why it's really so important to watch the blood levels of the Free T3 and Free T4 so often (about every 3 months or so, unless the thyroid is in a totally destroyed state, with no life in it, i.e., fibrosed). Contradicting myself about the blood levels being worthless? No. Because most doctors will leave us on one dose of medication for a long time, up to a yr. Meanwhile we're having all these symptoms, back and forth, up and down. The bouncing syndrome. Maybe we had blood tests 6 months ago that said everything looked fine, and we may have even been feeling fine, but low and behold one or two months down the road, the antibodies are at it again, and we OR the doctor don't even know it, if we don't have this information. There are even foods and supplements that affect the antibody counts. I was diagnosed with thyroid disease 10-11 yrs ago, and I've felt better before during the last 10 yrs than I have in this yr. I never even had this type of thyroid inflammation until now. Reason is probably antibodies deciding to rear their ugly little heads again, due to whatever (your guess is as good as mine, i.e., air pollution, stress, other hormonal changes, no telling what all). There's a lot more to it than this, but this letter is so long. One more thing is that if you go to a doctor who says, and I quote "Once the diagnosis of hypothyroidism has been made, there is virtually no change in damage, and almost never a change in the amt of med that you take."------Then run just as far and fast as your little legs can carry you right out the door, because this will be the doctor who helps kill you. Re: tests and , This is Deborah, a fairly new member, and I am also from the Gulf Coast. I grew up in Alvin, TX and my husband in Baytown, TX. We live in Maine now, but still have relatives in the area. I have been wanting to ask you why it is so important to be tested for Hashi.? Is the treatment any different or does it mean anything different for the body? Since it is an autoimmune problem can that ever be changed? My husband and I are both on Armour but have not been tested for Hashi. I am on 90mg and he 60mg and neither of us feel any particular difference yet. We are increasing our dosage by 30mg every two weeks til we feel better but was not sure how long to expect it to take. Is there an average dosage or is everyone truly individual in this? Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2003 Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 , Actually, it was just my husband, his 3 brothers, his dad, and I think his grandmother at one point. They have all since moved on... I really want to visit there sometime, and see where he grew up. My husbands dads name is Lawrence , in case you may have known him. He moved out of state, but now has moved to Mathis... which is about 40 miles away from Corpus. >From: " " >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: >Subject: Re: tests >Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:33:55 -0600 > >One and the same . Whose your folks here? I came to the Gulf Coast with my first husband, who was killed in a motorcycle accident, then married my second husband down here, whom I divorced many yrs ago, and is since deceased. > > > > Re: tests > > > , > > Is that Angleton Texas? My husband grew up there. We are in East Texas... halfway between Dallas and Texarkana. > > > > Winterize your home with tips from MSN House Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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