- Re: Input from Group - please

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your good news!

You ask some excellent questions that are tough to answer. You know we can

only give our own experiences, with no guarantees of how you'll feel in 5 days

from now.

My first reaction is that you're wise to have decided against going.

I would guess you won't be feeling up to this conference. It's a long drive

and a long conference, and, I assume, another long drive.

You don't say what dose you're taking, but chances are it's not what will

ultimately be your suppressive goal. It's pretty certain you'll still be hypo

next week, although just how hypo, of course, I can't

predict.

I think it's not likely that you'll jeopardize your health (although your immune

system is probably suppressed from the RAI), but I do think you may well overtax

yourself, and be frustrated by what you want

to do but can't (like stay awake).

Then again, I don't know what kind of conference this is; if it's a massage

therapy conference and you'll be a volunteer, I'd say go for it :-)

My advice? Take a nap instead :-)

NYC

" " wrote:

> Hi All

> First I want to share the good news. I had my RAI on Feb. 10th and the

> WBS on this past Thursday, 2/20.....it looked good and clean! I don't

> need to have another scan until next year (Thank God! What an awful 4

> weeks it has been).

>

> Now, the question. I've only been on sythroid for a week now. Very

> slow uphill climb back to feeling " normal. " I pretty much expected

> that...(minus the cold I seem to be getting). I was supposed to attend

> a national conference in Atlanta (5 hours away from here) 4 days, and

> I just don't know how I " m going to feel 5 days from now. The way I'm

> feeling now, it seems all too overwhelming and I just don't know if

> I'm up to it, I'm afraid it will set me back healthwise. But what if,

> 5 days from now, I feel really good?

>

> What should I expect after being on synthroid for 2 weeks? I was told

> that it could take 2-3 weeks to really feel better. Could I jeopardize

> my health by overdoing, after the whole surgery, hypo and RAI thing?

> Right now, I've pretty much decided not to go...

>

> What are your thoughts?

>

> Thanks,

> in SC