Re: Newly diagnosed, kinda' scared

[Guest guest]

By long cycles, do you mean a lot of distance between your periods AND a few

scanty days, or do you mean long heavy periods, with a lot of distance

between them. In the former case, I'd say he's probably right, but one

thing is that your other hormones DO get messed up, right along with the

thyroid. Your thyroid hormones, in concert with other hormones and chemical

reactions do regulate your menstrual cycles, and both estrogen, and

particularly progesterone---or it can be vice-versa. The lack of

progesterone can be a key to adrenal and thyroid connectors. Both systems

(adrenal and thyroid) work intimately together to produce all these

reactions.

Tx

Re: Re: Newly diagnosed, kinda' scared

> Hi! I appreciate yours and everyone elses comments.

> This is ALL so new to me. I don't have numbers or lab

> results to give. I am assuming I need to get them

> from my dr. I 1st went to my GYN b'cuz my menstrual

> cycles were VERY long...(like 17 days late).

> Anyway..I had a feeling that my female hormones were

> messed up, but they were fine, but he said my thyroid

> was messed up and showing hyper. I think he said my

> t3 level was elevated. Anyway...he referred me to my

> family dr. He felt swelling on R. side of my thyroid

> gland and took more blood...which confirmed my thyroid

> was hyper. The thing is...I was diagnosed as having

> hyperthyroid while I was pregnant 2 years ago and my

> GYN shrugged it off. I had EXTREME morning sickness

> and ended having pre-eclampsia and had to deliver

> early. I am wondering if my thyroid could have been

> to blame!?!

>

> My ultrasound was fine. Painless and quick. I also

> had a catscan done due to very frequent headaches. I

> don't know when I will find out results.

>

> I am glad to have found this group. I have a lot of

> unanswered questions and concerns.

[Guest guest]

,

Call up your doc and request a copy of your labs so that we can see....

We need the values and the lab ranges.

If you are going in for more tests make sure that besides the TSH they

also take Free T4 and Free T3.

Hyper does mess up periods, more than hypo, I think.... when I was hyper

mine went away completely and didn't come back again until a few months

after my RAI..

Topper ()

Some women have fluctuations of thyroid activity during pregnancy, so

it's not an uncommon thing, but your doc should have monitored you more

closely and then followed up after your delivery to see if your thyroid

levels normalized.

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:18:37 -0800 (PST) julie abston

writes:

> Hi! I appreciate yours and everyone elses comments.

> This is ALL so new to me. I don't have numbers or lab

> results to give. I am assuming I need to get them

> from my dr. I 1st went to my GYN b'cuz my menstrual

> cycles were VERY long...(like 17 days late).

> Anyway..I had a feeling that my female hormones were

> messed up, but they were fine, but he said my thyroid

> was messed up and showing hyper. I think he said my

> t3 level was elevated. Anyway...he referred me to my

> family dr. He felt swelling on R. side of my thyroid

> gland and took more blood...which confirmed my thyroid

> was hyper. The thing is...I was diagnosed as having

> hyperthyroid while I was pregnant 2 years ago and my

> GYN shrugged it off. I had EXTREME morning sickness

> and ended having pre-eclampsia and had to deliver

> early. I am wondering if my thyroid could have been

> to blame!?!

>

> My ultrasound was fine. Painless and quick. I also

> had a catscan done due to very frequent headaches. I

> don't know when I will find out results.

>

> I am glad to have found this group. I have a lot of

> unanswered questions and concerns.

[Guest guest]

I got back my ultrasound results which showed a nodule on my R. and L.

side. I go to the hospital this Thursday to take a pill?...and then

Friday to get a more in depth scan. They called it an uptake. Does

this sound like appropriate measures? Also...I have been very short

of breath recently. Is this pretty normal with having hyperthyroid

problems? Thanks!!

> ,

>

> Call up your doc and request a copy of your labs so that we can see....

> We need the values and the lab ranges.

>

> If you are going in for more tests make sure that besides the TSH they

> also take Free T4 and Free T3.

>

> Hyper does mess up periods, more than hypo, I think.... when I was hyper

> mine went away completely and didn't come back again until a few months

> after my RAI..

>

> Topper ()

>

> Some women have fluctuations of thyroid activity during pregnancy, so

> it's not an uncommon thing, but your doc should have monitored you more

> closely and then followed up after your delivery to see if your thyroid

> levels normalized.

> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:18:37 -0800 (PST) julie abston

> <jules_4827@y...> writes:

> > Hi! I appreciate yours and everyone elses comments.

> > This is ALL so new to me. I don't have numbers or lab

> > results to give. I am assuming I need to get them

> > from my dr. I 1st went to my GYN b'cuz my menstrual

> > cycles were VERY long...(like 17 days late).

> > Anyway..I had a feeling that my female hormones were

> > messed up, but they were fine, but he said my thyroid

> > was messed up and showing hyper. I think he said my

> > t3 level was elevated. Anyway...he referred me to my

> > family dr. He felt swelling on R. side of my thyroid

> > gland and took more blood...which confirmed my thyroid

> > was hyper. The thing is...I was diagnosed as having

> > hyperthyroid while I was pregnant 2 years ago and my

> > GYN shrugged it off. I had EXTREME morning sickness

> > and ended having pre-eclampsia and had to deliver

> > early. I am wondering if my thyroid could have been

> > to blame!?!

> >

> > My ultrasound was fine. Painless and quick. I also

> > had a catscan done due to very frequent headaches. I

> > don't know when I will find out results.

> >

> > I am glad to have found this group. I have a lot of

> > unanswered questions and concerns.

[Guest guest]

Yep, the scan would be the next step... and yep, shortness of breath can

be common when hyper. Your body is running faster than normal, needing

more oxygen, so you need to breath more... sometimes that need for more

air is more than what your regular breathing brings in and it can make

you feel short of breath.. Take it easy and don't push yourself... let

you body just do what it has to to keep up with the 'high speed' mode

until they determine what is going on and what they need to do to slow

you down....

The pill that they will give you as a small amount of radioactive iodine

in it... Iodine is absorbed quickly by the thyroid and it will filter out

the radioactive tracer, that why the scan will be able to see a clearer

picture of the gland and what's going on.

It wouldn't hurt if you took a minute, as you think of it, and do some

deep breathing.... fill your lungs all the way up... hold for a few

seconds and then let it all the way out... give yourself an extra shot of

oxygen... it keeps the shortness of breath episodes farther apart....

Topper () *who got to watch the monitor after I took mine and saw my

thyroid magically appear as it sucked it up!*

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:46:48 -0000 " jules_4827 "

writes:

> I got back my ultrasound results which showed a nodule on my R. and

> L.

> side. I go to the hospital this Thursday to take a pill?...and

> then

> Friday to get a more in depth scan. They called it an uptake.

> Does

> this sound like appropriate measures? Also...I have been very

> short

> of breath recently. Is this pretty normal with having hyperthyroid

> problems? Thanks!!

[Guest guest]

Before my hyst, my periods were nonstop for two yrs, despite the treatment

of the times, which was medroxyprogesterone. Heavy, painful, and I thought

I was going to bleed to death, frankly. It should have been the first clue

about a screwed up thyroid.

Tx

Re: Re: Newly diagnosed, kinda' scared

> ,

>

> Call up your doc and request a copy of your labs so that we can see....

> We need the values and the lab ranges.

>

> If you are going in for more tests make sure that besides the TSH they

> also take Free T4 and Free T3.

>

> Hyper does mess up periods, more than hypo, I think.... when I was hyper

> mine went away completely and didn't come back again until a few months

> after my RAI..

>

> Topper ()

>

> Some women have fluctuations of thyroid activity during pregnancy, so

> it's not an uncommon thing, but your doc should have monitored you more

> closely and then followed up after your delivery to see if your thyroid

> levels normalized.