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Just wanted to intro myself. I came from Elaine 's Yahoo

Graves Disease board,

Just had a total thyroidectomy a month back and was not able to see

my endo until last week.

Right after surgery I was put on 50 mcgs of Synthroid. Felt great.

2 weeks after I started radiation treatments for my TED (was losing

vision back in August and put on Prednisone).

Towards the end of my radiation treatments, I started to become very

sleepy and for a few days, slept a lot, couldn't function,

constipated, bascially all signs of hypo activitiy, until I saw my

endo.

She upped my Synthroid (Abbott) to 88 and 100 mcgs -- take 88 one

day and 100 the next because she felt that 88 may not be enough and

that 100 might be too much (I did not have blood work at this point

and still had leftover thyroid hormone circulating in my bloodstream

that was clearly dying down).

But I feel very tired and cold yesterday and today, after just one

week of having my Synthroid upped. I can't stop yawning.

I had bloodwork done yesterday morning (FT4, FT3, TSH and other

stuff -- my doc basically checked off all pertininet labs since I

just had surgery -- she wants to check *everything*) so I should

know by Monday what's going on.

Do you think I already need to adjust my Synthroid levels again? Or

too soon? I'm really watching for hypo signs -- primarily

sluggishness, coldness and poo problems as well as strange rashes

from being either hypo or hyper (too much Synthroid can make me

tempoarily hyper, correct?).

I did develop a slight rash on the side of my face. Does not itch

with tiny flesh-toned bumps, barely perceptible, but it's been there

for the past week.

And I'm a bit confused about Synthroid -- how do you know what

dosage is for you and why does it need to be tweaked every so often,

esp. since I no longer have a thyroid gland?

I know someone who is taking Armour and I don't know what's wrong

with her but she is cold ALL the time. I'm freezing right now, esp.

my feet and legs.

I also noticed what seems to be water retention in my legs since my

endo upped my medication.

Thanks for any replies.