Crazy hypo Mom/thanks linda

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Thank you for responding. I Had a benign tumor. They first told me

it was acid reflux, that was why I felt something. I was told

repetatively that I wouldn't be able to feel a tumor. Over this

time I developed virtgo at work. Hot flashes, dizzy spells,

excessive weight gain, memory loss, like once i fogot i left my

infant in the car, and my then nine year old asked me if i was going

to get the baby. I never remembered putting her in the car. Then i

was told I had a bad case of depression. I was sent to a councelor

and put on zoloft. I had to quit working after a while. I would

get so dizzy i couldn't do my job. I was then told I had anxiety

disorder. I persisted on for two years, an emergency care doctor

when i had strep was checking and asked if i knew i had a nodule in

my throat. he sent me to have it biopsied. it came back

suspicous. they removed half. then when is said i was tired all

the time still and couldn't loose weight no matter what I did he

said I was in the range of normal and to get off my butt once in a

while. I was so mad I was a full time wife and mother to four at

the time. I also used to be able to work nights as a bartender and

turn around and get the kids off to school and rock all day with the

babies and keep up with the house. Then the zoloft made me a non

feeling zombie. About a year ago I stopped the zoloft cold

turkey. My five year old nephew passed away and I couldn't cry. I

didn't have any side effects like they say either. Maybe because I

didn't need it. I am now seeing a doctor since we moved from ORegon

to Texas. Oh, during that time I also had two misscarriages and

bled more than not. Doc said it was stress. This new doc in texas

put me on armour thyroid a low dose i suddenly got pregnant. Since

he was born i am now on 120 mg. of armour a day. and an all natural

progesterone of 50mg twice a day. I even have a sex drive. A

little to late though. My husband wants to leave because while I

was an emotionless zombie he fell out of love, and now that I am a

woman again it might just be too late. I blame the doctors from

before. I trusted them. Now I fee a nodule again. The doc did an

ultra sound I go in thursday for the results. She says I may need

to up my thyroid dose as well. I also have elevated kidney levels

and had that ultra sounded. I don't know what my thyroid levels are

I will ask on wednesday when i go in. My memory is still crap.

But it's a little better. I have slowly dropped some weight but not

where I was before. My energy is better but not where it was. Any

suggestions on those front would be greatly appreciated.

> Ultra sounds are now considered better then uptakes.....

>

> Some questions.... you had a partial thyroidectomy.... because of

tumor?

> Or Nodules? What dose of replacement hormone are you on now? Do

you have

> copies of your labs, with ranges, to show us?

>

> It's not unusual for docs to be dense about this stuff.. so don't

feel

> that you're alone in this... part of why we are here is to share

our

> experiences and research AND to empower each other to stand up for

our

> health and not just slink away when we're told it's no big deal,

or all

> in our heads.

>

> Tell us more about what went on two years ago....

>

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> On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:33:20 -0000 " rosey5kds " <rosey5kds@s...>

> writes:

> Is this an effective way to detect a tumor? I had one two years

ago

> that felt like a chicken bone stuck in my throat. It took two

years

> just to convince a doctor I wasn't crazy. This is how they want

to

> check this time. I only have half a thyroid left.