Guest guest Posted October 19, 1999 Report Share Posted October 19, 1999 Gosh almighty! I also had an ovarian cyst rupture! So as not to assign all health problems to thyroid disease, I did not connect it! I know for a fact that this happened, as they wanted me to have my ovary removed because of the " cancerous " cyst picked up on an ultra scan. I said, " no " , let's just monitor it. On the second scan, they claimed it was encapsulated. On the third scan, voila: it was GONE! I had a fourth scan to make sure that it was really gone. Is there anyone else out there who has had an ovarian cyst rupture? At 10:30 AM 10/19/99 -0700, you wrote: > > >Hi - > >Those are all things I had happen to me when I was hypo, especially the >ovarian cyst rupture, dry cracked skin, weight gain, fatigue, coldness >(sometimes I'd get too hot too) and neuropathy. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 1999 Report Share Posted October 19, 1999 Redhen, I think that I'm hypo now and if I'm not now , I will definitely be soon because I'm getting RAI. I was wondering how do you know if you have an ovarian cyst? Thanks, Josie > >Reply-To: graves_supportonelist >To: graves_supportonelist >Subject: Ovarian cyst rupture >Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:41:02 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From errors-266303-328-wjosie Tue Oct 19 15:24:13 1999 >Received: from [209.207.164.233] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailB9D62E740051D820F3D9D1CFA4E90D790; Tue Oct 19 14:33:09 1999 >Received: (qmail 15744 invoked by alias); 19 Oct 1999 21:13:23 -0000 >Received: (qmail 15642 invoked from network); 19 Oct 1999 21:13:21 -0000 >Received: from unknown (209.207.164.239) by pop1.onelist.com with QMQP; 19 >Oct 1999 21:13:21 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.rev.net) (206.67.68.2) by >mta1.onelist.com with SMTP; 19 Oct 1999 21:13:21 -0000 >Received: from default (dial-12-26-101-195.rev.net [12.26.101.195]) by >mercury.rev.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA24013 for ><graves_supportonelist>; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:13:20 -0400 >Message-Id: >X-Sender: redhen@... >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) >In-Reply-To: >References: >Mailing-List: list graves_supportonelist; contact >graves_support-owneronelist >Delivered-To: mailing list graves_supportonelist >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:graves_support-unsubscribeONElist> > > > >Gosh almighty! I also had an ovarian cyst rupture! So as not to assign >all health problems to thyroid disease, I did not connect it! I know for a >fact that this happened, as they wanted me to have my ovary removed because >of the " cancerous " cyst picked up on an ultra scan. I said, " no " , let's >just monitor it. On the second scan, they claimed it was encapsulated. On >the third scan, voila: it was GONE! I had a fourth scan to make sure that >it was really gone. > >Is there anyone else out there who has had an ovarian cyst rupture? > >At 10:30 AM 10/19/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > >Hi - > > > >Those are all things I had happen to me when I was hypo, especially the > >ovarian cyst rupture, dry cracked skin, weight gain, fatigue, coldness > >(sometimes I'd get too hot too) and neuropathy. > > > >>------------------------------------- >The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not >intended to replace expert medical care. >Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. >---------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 Dear Josie, As far as I know, an ovarian cyst can only be confirmed by some sort of scan (or surgery). The doctor may be able to feel a suspicious area on the ovary in an internal exam, but I'm not sure if there is an optic probe available to most physicians. In my case, I was initially being scanned to look for gallbladder disease, as I was having some serious pain in one upper quadrant. I suppose that the pain could have been from the cyst. Gallbladder disease has never been found. Anyway, I wouldn't go looking for trouble, if I were you. I'm starting to suspect that many women have ovarian cysts which rupture cyclically without any major symptoms. It may just be a natural ocurrence. I'm not even sure if it is really related to thyroid disease or if it's just so prevalent in the general population of women. Boy, I hope I live long enough to get most of my questions answered! See: ask me a question, and I'll ask you five more! Now...about the RAI... You have done your research, haven't you? (Another question.) At 10:03 PM 10/19/99 PDT, you wrote: > > >Redhen, > >I think that I'm hypo now and if I'm not now , I will definitely be soon >because I'm getting RAI. I was wondering how do you know if you have an >ovarian cyst? > >Thanks, >Josie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 Redhen wrote:>Now...about the RAI... You have done your research, haven't you? (Another question.) Hi I'm still hyper on Tapazol ,could you please tell me what I should know about hypo,is hyper better in a way ? Do the emotions settle down after RAI ? Is the weight gain and depression and dry skin enough to keep a person from getting it ? Will my eye's be affected ? I never noticed that my eye's were getting as big a cow eye's before I got treated; I had large eye's for year but now they seem so small and I have bags under them and like a heavy lid type of thing.In other words I'm scared to go hypo I know pretty well how to live with hyper so that's the reason going hypo doesn't sound much better to me but if there are benefit's I would like to know. Another question because; I have to say yes the ovarian cyst thing came up and so did a hysterectomy 4 years not because of the cyst thing though and Osteoporosis the doctor said I should be on estrogen but I tried one and I had the feelings of hypo really bad.What does one do to be able to take this med..I have a wee bit of one ovary left nothing els. I really don't think it's working. So far I haven't seen anyone els on the list in my situation. BTW how long can I stay hyper on 1/2 Tapazol a day any ideas. ? Thanks Kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 Hi Kit, Independently from Redhen's reply to this post of yours, I would suggest you to go to the Archives, search for 9th, 10th and 11th October, and you will find excellent, really excellent posts to Josie sent by U. ( Utecht), Elaine, Redhen, B and Xenoi. Have a glympse at them. They are all first class comments to RAI theraphy and its consequences. Care yourself . > >Reply-To: graves_supportonelist >To: <graves_supportonelist> >Subject: Re: Ovarian cyst rupture >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:23:22 -0400 > >Redhen wrote:>Now...about the RAI... You have done your research, haven't >you? >(Another question.) > >Hi I'm still hyper on Tapazol ,could you please tell me what I should know >about hypo,is hyper better in a way ? Do the emotions settle down after RAI >? >Is the weight gain and depression and dry skin enough to keep a person from >getting it ? Will my eye's be affected ? I never noticed that my eye's were >getting as big a cow eye's before I got treated; I had large eye's for year >but now they seem so small and I have bags under them and like a heavy lid >type of thing.In other words I'm scared to go hypo I know pretty well how >to >live with hyper so that's the reason going hypo doesn't sound much better >to >me but if there are benefit's I would like to know. >Another question because; I have to say yes the ovarian cyst thing came up >and so did a hysterectomy 4 years not because of the cyst thing though and >Osteoporosis the doctor said I should be on estrogen but I tried one and I >had the feelings of hypo really bad.What does one do to be able to take >this >med..I have a wee bit of one ovary left nothing els. I really don't think >it's working. So far I haven't seen anyone els on the list in my situation. >BTW how long can I stay hyper on 1/2 Tapazol a day any ideas. ? >Thanks Kit > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >------------------------------------- >The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not >intended to replace expert medical care. >Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. >---------------------------------------- ><< text3.html >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 Hi Kit, Independently from Redhen's reply to this post of yours, I would suggest you to go to the Archives, search for 9th, 10th and 11th October, and you will find excellent, really excellent posts to Josie sent by U. ( Utecht), Elaine, Redhen, B and Xenoi. Have a glympse at them. They are all first class comments to RAI theraphy and its consequences. Care yourself . > >Reply-To: graves_supportonelist >To: <graves_supportonelist> >Subject: Re: Ovarian cyst rupture >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:23:22 -0400 > >Redhen wrote:>Now...about the RAI... You have done your research, haven't >you? >(Another question.) > >Hi I'm still hyper on Tapazol ,could you please tell me what I should know >about hypo,is hyper better in a way ? Do the emotions settle down after RAI >? >Is the weight gain and depression and dry skin enough to keep a person from >getting it ? Will my eye's be affected ? I never noticed that my eye's were >getting as big a cow eye's before I got treated; I had large eye's for year >but now they seem so small and I have bags under them and like a heavy lid >type of thing.In other words I'm scared to go hypo I know pretty well how >to >live with hyper so that's the reason going hypo doesn't sound much better >to >me but if there are benefit's I would like to know. >Another question because; I have to say yes the ovarian cyst thing came up >and so did a hysterectomy 4 years not because of the cyst thing though and >Osteoporosis the doctor said I should be on estrogen but I tried one and I >had the feelings of hypo really bad.What does one do to be able to take >this >med..I have a wee bit of one ovary left nothing els. I really don't think >it's working. So far I haven't seen anyone els on the list in my situation. >BTW how long can I stay hyper on 1/2 Tapazol a day any ideas. ? >Thanks Kit > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >------------------------------------- >The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not >intended to replace expert medical care. >Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. >---------------------------------------- ><< text3.html >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 First of all, I'd say that Jeannette and maybe some other people on this list have been on ATD (antithyroid drug) therapy long-term and have achieved a euthyroid state. They can tell you about this. I made what I consider a WRONG decision to have RAI at the insistence of my doctor, who was worried about the long term side effects of ATDs. I felt very good on Inderal and Tapazole. I looked fine and felt energetic. RAI left me in a sad and very hypo state. If you check the archives for this group, you'll find a recent post of mine describing some of this. To me, the hyper state is much preferable to hypo. However, that's MY OPINION, and although I'd like to influence people's decisions about therapy in terms of freely shared experience, I'd never want to make the decison for anyone. I've made a lot of gutsy decisions since, but again, I'd never suggest that others should imitate me. For instance, after having had an unnecessary hysterectomy at age 30, I've done all I can to avoid further surgery. If I'd listened to the doctors, I'd be hollow by now. There is some research out there which suggests that RAI treatment will exacerbate Thyroid Eye Disease. Please look for it and read carefully. You may also want to check out our evolving Atomic Women website at: http://members.tripod.com/~LittleRed_2/index.html We will soon add numerous links to information about I-131 to help people make informed decisions about therapy for Graves'. If anyone wants to contribute links or other information, please do. I've also stopped taking estrogen, as it made me nauseous and had other unwanted side effects. Unfortunately, insurance won't pay for natural progesterone, so I'm just doing without. Guess what? It's not that bad. So, I really can't tell you what would help with the estrogen, but you may want to check out the available information on natural progesterone cream. Dr. Lee seems to be the most knowledgeable medical source of information on this. At 01:23 PM 10/20/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi I'm still hyper on Tapazol ,could you please tell me what I should know >about hypo,is hyper better in a way ? Do the emotions settle down after RAI >? >Is the weight gain and depression and dry skin enough to keep a person from >getting it ? Will my eye's be affected ? I never noticed that my eye's were >getting as big a cow eye's before I got treated; I had large eye's for year >but now they seem so small and I have bags under them and like a heavy lid >type of thing.In other words I'm scared to go hypo I know pretty well how to >live with hyper so that's the reason going hypo doesn't sound much better to >me but if there are benefit's I would like to know. >Another question because; I have to say yes the ovarian cyst thing came up >and so did a hysterectomy 4 years not because of the cyst thing though and >Osteoporosis the doctor said I should be on estrogen but I tried one and I >had the feelings of hypo really bad.What does one do to be able to take this >med..I have a wee bit of one ovary left nothing els. I really don't think >it's working. So far I haven't seen anyone els on the list in my situation. >BTW how long can I stay hyper on 1/2 Tapazol a day any ideas. ? >Thanks Kit > >>------------------------------------- >The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace expert medical care. >Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. >---------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 1999 Report Share Posted October 20, 1999 First of all, I'd say that Jeannette and maybe some other people on this list have been on ATD (antithyroid drug) therapy long-term and have achieved a euthyroid state. They can tell you about this. I made what I consider a WRONG decision to have RAI at the insistence of my doctor, who was worried about the long term side effects of ATDs. I felt very good on Inderal and Tapazole. I looked fine and felt energetic. RAI left me in a sad and very hypo state. If you check the archives for this group, you'll find a recent post of mine describing some of this. To me, the hyper state is much preferable to hypo. However, that's MY OPINION, and although I'd like to influence people's decisions about therapy in terms of freely shared experience, I'd never want to make the decison for anyone. I've made a lot of gutsy decisions since, but again, I'd never suggest that others should imitate me. For instance, after having had an unnecessary hysterectomy at age 30, I've done all I can to avoid further surgery. If I'd listened to the doctors, I'd be hollow by now. There is some research out there which suggests that RAI treatment will exacerbate Thyroid Eye Disease. Please look for it and read carefully. You may also want to check out our evolving Atomic Women website at: http://members.tripod.com/~LittleRed_2/index.html We will soon add numerous links to information about I-131 to help people make informed decisions about therapy for Graves'. If anyone wants to contribute links or other information, please do. I've also stopped taking estrogen, as it made me nauseous and had other unwanted side effects. Unfortunately, insurance won't pay for natural progesterone, so I'm just doing without. Guess what? It's not that bad. So, I really can't tell you what would help with the estrogen, but you may want to check out the available information on natural progesterone cream. Dr. Lee seems to be the most knowledgeable medical source of information on this. At 01:23 PM 10/20/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi I'm still hyper on Tapazol ,could you please tell me what I should know >about hypo,is hyper better in a way ? Do the emotions settle down after RAI >? >Is the weight gain and depression and dry skin enough to keep a person from >getting it ? Will my eye's be affected ? I never noticed that my eye's were >getting as big a cow eye's before I got treated; I had large eye's for year >but now they seem so small and I have bags under them and like a heavy lid >type of thing.In other words I'm scared to go hypo I know pretty well how to >live with hyper so that's the reason going hypo doesn't sound much better to >me but if there are benefit's I would like to know. >Another question because; I have to say yes the ovarian cyst thing came up >and so did a hysterectomy 4 years not because of the cyst thing though and >Osteoporosis the doctor said I should be on estrogen but I tried one and I >had the feelings of hypo really bad.What does one do to be able to take this >med..I have a wee bit of one ovary left nothing els. I really don't think >it's working. So far I haven't seen anyone els on the list in my situation. >BTW how long can I stay hyper on 1/2 Tapazol a day any ideas. ? >Thanks Kit > >>------------------------------------- >The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace expert medical care. >Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. >---------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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