Guest guest Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 hello today at work ( it was busy day) all of a sudden a began to have periodical chest pains ( I just returned to work after doing rai on 11 feb and began taking thyroid medicine on 17 feb) Anyone else ever had this or is it stress or something. Sofi Sofi_Ryden@... _________________________________________________________________ Kom med i världens största e-posttjänst; MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com/sv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 Hi, I have chest pains as well. Christmas Eve I swore I was having a heart attack they were so bad. I was not being properly suppressed by my levoxyl and the doctor believes that was the reason. I also thought it might be my lungs and freaked out. After having a clean scan last week, and being off meds for over a month, my chest pains have worsened. My doc ordered a CT scan of my lungs just to re-check and give me some peace of mind. I got my results and they were normal!! Yeahh! I was petrified of a spread. I really think it is the TSH on the rise because all the aches and joint pains came on at once. My endo recommended a tylenol /motrin combo for all the pain. It worked wonders last night. I felt much better today. I cannot wait to get my labs back to determine if I need RAI or not. Hopefully they will be back tomorrow and I will be a step closer to back on my meds!! Good Luck. from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 Sofi: I had chest pains, fast heartrate, shortness of breath but I'd been on .2 of Synthroid for a while. They put me through the stress tests and said it was the Synthroid so they cut my dose to .1. Two years later it happened again and after they confirmed that it wasn't my heart they started me on a beta blocker to compensate for the fast heartrate that the Synthroid gives me. I'm not a doctor but I'd sure want to get it checked out. Pat Arizona 1981 Papallary Ca. .5 cm chest pains hello today at work ( it was busy day) all of a sudden a began to have periodical chest pains ( I just returned to work after doing rai on 11 feb and began taking thyroid medicine on 17 feb) Anyone else ever had this or is it stress or something. Sofi Sofi_Ryden@... _________________________________________________________________ Kom med i världens största e-posttjänst; MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com/sv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi , The first time I went hypo after my surgery (only 18 months ago), I had a muscle cramp across my chest while doing crunches. I thought I was having a heart attack. It terrified me. I immediately wrote to this list and found out that muscle cramps while hypo are very common. Then, after being on levoxyl a few months, I got a muscle cramp in my calf that still gives me nightmares. Then when I went hypo about 4 months ago for my one year scan, I got muscle cramps across my back while lifting weights. The pain was absolutely excruciating until I figured out a way to stretch out that muscle. If you are having muscle cramps, then I really feel for you. My muscle cramps really disturbed me. I've mentioned it to my doctors and the response is always, " hmmm, never heard that before " then it's on to other things. Betty mailto:bettyy@... At 8:37 PM -0500 3/5/2002, devtoth@... wrote: >Hi, I have chest pains as well. Christmas Eve I swore I was having a heart >attack they were so bad. I was not being properly suppressed by my levoxyl >and the doctor believes that was the reason. I also thought it might be my >lungs and freaked out. After having a clean scan last week, and being off >meds for over a month, my chest pains have worsened. My doc ordered a CT >scan of my lungs just to re-check and give me some peace of mind. I got my >results and they were normal!! Yeahh! I was petrified of a spread. I really >think it is the TSH on the rise because all the aches and joint pains came on >at once. My endo recommended a tylenol /motrin combo for all the pain. It >worked wonders last night. I felt much better today. I cannot wait to get >my labs back to determine if I need RAI or not. Hopefully they will be back >tomorrow and I will be a step closer to back on my meds!! Good Luck. > from CT > > >For more information regarding thyroid cancer visit www.thyca.org. If you >do not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a >blank email to thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi Marilyn, I had no contrast. My new endo was so funny and said if they try to come near you with a needle turn snd use it on them. I am waiting for the Tg. It was sent out to a special lab in California and has taken a bit longer than expected. I just want to get on with this already and get back to " normal " if there is such a thing. Lol. Take care. from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi Sofi, It is very difficult for any of us to know what is going on. Any chest pain needs evaluated by your doctor. Then he will determine if further testing is needed. Best wishes, in OH Thyca & hypoparathyroidism onset 1965 Sofi Ryden wrote: > today at work ( it was busy day) all of a sudden a began to have periodical > chest pains ( I just returned to work after doing rai on 11 feb and began > taking thyroid medicine on 17 feb) Anyone else ever had this or is it stress > or something. > Sofi > Sofi_Ryden@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 I assume they are waiting for your Tg results to come back even though your scan was clean. If they do need to give RAI, I hope your CT was done without the use of contrast because contrast can reduce the effectiveness of RAI. Do you know if the CT scan was done with or without contrast? Hopefully all your bloodwork was fine and you can resume meds this week! Marilyn > After having a clean scan last week, and being off > meds for over a month, my chest pains have worsened. > My doc ordered a CT scan of my lungs just to re-check > and give me some peace of mind. I got my > results and they were normal!! Yeahh! I was petrified > of a spread. I really think it is the TSH on the rise > because all the aches and joint pains came on at once. > My endo recommended a tylenol /motrin combo for all the pain. > It worked wonders last night. I felt much better today. > I cannot wait to get my labs back to determine if I need RAI or not. > Hopefully they will be back tomorrow and I will be a step closer to back on my meds!! Good Luck. > from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Hi. I get a lot of muscle cramps already. Sometimes orange juice and banana helps - when I'm low in potassium. Sometimes yogurt or milk helps - when I am low in calcium. Calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, there are several minerals that have to be in balance for muscles to keep their stasis. I also now use a drop of rosemary essential oil mixed in a vegetable oil (almond, for example) which I mix in my palm and then rub on the muscle that is cramping. This helps calm the muscle down while the minerals are working. The muscle across the chest is the diaphram and I get that one a lot - it is scary! take care, dx thyca 1/02 tt 2/02 pap/foll with mets to one lymph node and connective tissue currently on Cytomel waiting to go off in prep for RAI in April Re: chest pains Hi , The first time I went hypo after my surgery (only 18 months ago), I had a muscle cramp across my chest while doing crunches. I thought I was having a heart attack. It terrified me. I immediately wrote to this list and found out that muscle cramps while hypo are very common. Then, after being on levoxyl a few months, I got a muscle cramp in my calf that still gives me nightmares. Then when I went hypo about 4 months ago for my one year scan, I got muscle cramps across my back while lifting weights. The pain was absolutely excruciating until I figured out a way to stretch out that muscle. If you are having muscle cramps, then I really feel for you. My muscle cramps really disturbed me. I've mentioned it to my doctors and the response is always, " hmmm, never heard that before " then it's on to other things. Betty mailto:bettyy@... At 8:37 PM -0500 3/5/2002, devtoth@... wrote: >Hi, I have chest pains as well. Christmas Eve I swore I was having a heart >attack they were so bad. I was not being properly suppressed by my levoxyl >and the doctor believes that was the reason. I also thought it might be my >lungs and freaked out. After having a clean scan last week, and being off >meds for over a month, my chest pains have worsened. My doc ordered a CT >scan of my lungs just to re-check and give me some peace of mind. I got my >results and they were normal!! Yeahh! I was petrified of a spread. I really >think it is the TSH on the rise because all the aches and joint pains came on >at once. My endo recommended a tylenol /motrin combo for all the pain. It >worked wonders last night. I felt much better today. I cannot wait to get >my labs back to determine if I need RAI or not. Hopefully they will be back >tomorrow and I will be a step closer to back on my meds!! Good Luck. > from CT > > >For more information regarding thyroid cancer visit www.thyca.org. If you >do not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a >blank email to thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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