Re: Re: Waiting for tests (HyperT)

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My GP blew off my thyroid also. Funny thing is my OB/GYN is the one who pushed for testing after noticing that my thyroid looked swollen. Sad thing is that the doctors who primarily work on the other end know more than the ones we are supposed to be able to take care of everything else. Scary!!! Needless to say I stopped seeing my GP shortly after that. Good luck with your tests and docs!

Kim

Re: Waiting for tests (HyperT)

My Mom is hypo so I would ask for some blood work every few years - my last being 4+ years ago. My OB/GYN noticed my thyroid gland being swollen a 2 years ago, but when I went to my GP - she blew me off. This last time I went to the doctor b/c I was trying to get pregnant, but wasn't having a menstral cycle at all. She tried to blow me off, but I demanded blood work. So here I am. I just got more extensive blood work done today. Next week I have 2 thyroid scans then the following week I have an ultrasound. Once that is all over - I have to decide how I want to be treated. My doctor didn't go into any pros or cons of any of the treatments, but I'm going to try meds first.I'm sorry to hear about your poor treatment from doctors in your past. It's all so frustrating.Holly> Definitely let us know what the results were... I was in thyroid storm,> and had been for a year when I finally got tested.. at that point my> thyroid was double normal size. All they told me was that it was genetic> and don't cancer.> > Since then I've pieced together the clues.... After some tests my brother> had done, and finding my missing half sibs and that two of them had the> same thing... Darn docs never told me... even if I had known by the time> they finally treated me I had no options and had to have RAI, or die.... > > If the first doc I had seen had tested me, with my VERY obvious symptoms,> I still would have had some serious decisions to make, but at least I> would have had more than a few hours to absorb it and such...> > So remember to count yourself lucky that you are being tested early> enough to have choices.... > > Do you know what tests will be run?> > Topper () *15 years post RAI*> > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:23:32 -0000 "Holly" <holly_otoole@h...>> writes:> > I just came back from my endocrinology appointment with a doctor who > > barely spoke english. It was very hard to understand what was going > > on, but luckily I did my homework before the appointment.> > It appears that my thyroid is 2X the normal size. I'm having blood> work done, thyroid scan and an ultrasound done over the next 3 > > weeks. He says that I have until our next appointment to decide how > > I want to be treated. He didn't explain the options, but yet again > > thankfully I did my homework and will choose meds for now. > > He didn't explain anything to me. Granted I still have tests that > > need to be done, but I was hoping to get some insight into > > hyperthyroidism.> > I'm just so upset over the appointment. I guess I was hoping for > > more answers than what I got. > > I guess I'm back to waiting for some answers! > > > > Holly

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Well... we're here now so that others can learn from our experiences...

that may save others some grief....

I hope....

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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:33:55 -0000 " Holly "

writes:

> My Mom is hypo so I would ask for some blood work every few years -

> my last being 4+ years ago. My OB/GYN noticed my thyroid gland

> being

> swollen a 2 years ago, but when I went to my GP - she blew me off.

> This last time I went to the doctor b/c I was trying to get

> pregnant,

> but wasn't having a menstral cycle at all. She tried to blow me

> off,

> but I demanded blood work. So here I am. I just got more extensive

>

> blood work done today. Next week I have 2 thyroid scans then the

> following week I have an ultrasound. Once that is all over - I have

>

> to decide how I want to be treated. My doctor didn't go into any

> pros or cons of any of the treatments, but I'm going to try meds

> first.

>

> I'm sorry to hear about your poor treatment from doctors in your

> past. It's all so frustrating.

>

> Holly

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I was diagnosed by an orthopedist... on sight... then verified with labs....

I'd been having problems with my shoulders.... she had me take off my shirt and mimic the movements that she was making so that she could see how I moved... I think I completed the second movement when she started asking questions and then pulled my chart.. She told me that I was hyper... AND that my chart showed I was hyper when I'd been in 10 months before.. and that the doc chose NOT to test! His reasoning... even though I'd lost 40 pounds in a month, had a BMI of only 21% BEFORE I started dropping the weight.. he felt that I was too fat to be sick....

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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:09:27 -0500 " Graham" writes:

My GP blew off my thyroid also. Funny thing is my OB/GYN is the one who pushed for testing after noticing that my thyroid looked swollen. Sad thing is that the doctors who primarily work on the other end know more than the ones we are supposed to be able to take care of everything else. Scary!!! Needless to say I stopped seeing my GP shortly after that. Good luck with your tests and docs!

Kim

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It was the opthamologist who said that my eye problems(fast -growing cataracts and glaucoma, both at a very early age)were endocrine-related(thyroid! non-diabetic).

ThyroFeisty(Feisty)

Re: Waiting for tests (HyperT)

My Mom is hypo so I would ask for some blood work every few years - my last being 4+ years ago. My OB/GYN noticed my thyroid gland being swollen a 2 years ago, but when I went to my GP - she blew me off. This last time I went to the doctor b/c I was trying to get pregnant, but wasn't having a menstral cycle at all. She tried to blow me off, but I demanded blood work. So here I am. I just got more extensive blood work done today. Next week I have 2 thyroid scans then the following week I have an ultrasound. Once that is all over - I have to decide how I want to be treated. My doctor didn't go into any pros or cons of any of the treatments, but I'm going to try meds first.I'm sorry to hear about your poor treatment from doctors in your past. It's all so frustrating.Holly> Definitely let us know what the results were... I was in thyroid storm,> and had been for a year when I finally got tested.. at that point my> thyroid was double normal size. All they told me was that it was genetic> and don't cancer.> > Since then I've pieced together the clues.... After some tests my brother> had done, and finding my missing half sibs and that two of them had the> same thing... Darn docs never told me... even if I had known by the time> they finally treated me I had no options and had to have RAI, or die.... > > If the first doc I had seen had tested me, with my VERY obvious symptoms,> I still would have had some serious decisions to make, but at least I> would have had more than a few hours to absorb it and such...> > So remember to count yourself lucky that you are being tested early> enough to have choices.... > > Do you know what tests will be run?> > Topper () *15 years post RAI*> > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:23:32 -0000 "Holly" <holly_otoole@h...>> writes:> > I just came back from my endocrinology appointment with a doctor who > > barely spoke english. It was very hard to understand what was going > > on, but luckily I did my homework before the appointment.> > It appears that my thyroid is 2X the normal size. I'm having blood> work done, thyroid scan and an ultrasound done over the next 3 > > weeks. He says that I have until our next appointment to decide how > > I want to be treated. He didn't explain the options, but yet again > > thankfully I did my homework and will choose meds for now. > > He didn't explain anything to me. Granted I still have tests that > > need to be done, but I was hoping to get some insight into > > hyperthyroidism.> > I'm just so upset over the appointment. I guess I was hoping for > > more answers than what I got. > > I guess I'm back to waiting for some answers! > > > > Holly