Re: getting diagnosed - another poll

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I was diagnosed fairly early on...after maybe only 6 weeks of symptoms but I

thought I was heading into serious menopausal action due to light periods, hot

and sweaty when I had always been the cold one in the crowd. I was also sure I

was developing Parkinson's disease or some other awful condition because the

tremors were so bad. I also began having what felt like anxiety spells with

hyperventilation in public situations which was not normal for me. All of this I

would have ignored a lot longer but I had a bronchitis that was not clearing up

so I went in and while there my BP was 160/112 and my heart rate was sky

high...somehow this cute little PA....looked about 15...thought I should get my

thyroid checked...along with many other things. I had to go back to make sure I

wasn't a true diabetic because this condition also had my blood sugar too high.

She called me as soon as the results were in and told me she thought I had

Hashimoto's...but after being referred to an Endo...the official dx was GD. It

is interesting to hear all these diagnosis stories.

Ruthie

Re: getting diagnosed - another poll

If you count all the times I went to my doc about my awful diarrhea and the

times I questioned my gyno about hot flashes and night sweats...then it took

me years to be diagnosed. I have old T4's that were run in 1994 that shows

me normal, became symptomatic with hot flashes in 1996....was diagnosed by

" accident " in 1999 after we moved to a new town I went to a new doc to see

about my feet peeling. She was thorough and included a TSH in her new

patient blood work. It came back 0.08 and she referred me to an Endo.

Doris

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Hi Ruthie,

Boy your story sounds so much like mine! Even with the bronchitis, but I

thought mine was pneumonia...mine sent me into thyroid storm because the doc

I went to for the chest stuff told me it was pre-pneumonia and gave me

antibiotics and decongestants.

Jody

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Hi Ruthie,

Boy your story sounds so much like mine! Even with the bronchitis, but I

thought mine was pneumonia...mine sent me into thyroid storm because the doc

I went to for the chest stuff told me it was pre-pneumonia and gave me

antibiotics and decongestants.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi Ruthie,

Boy your story sounds so much like mine! Even with the bronchitis, but I

thought mine was pneumonia...mine sent me into thyroid storm because the doc

I went to for the chest stuff told me it was pre-pneumonia and gave me

antibiotics and decongestants.

Jody

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