aarrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Does that sum up my appointment?!?!?!?!?!

Well let's see - I saw the Physicians Assistant (PA) and explained

that I wanted a script for Thyrolar 1s as I have 7 days worth of meds

and I don't know how long it will take for Medco to get the 3s. WELL

she thinks I am overmedicated going solely by my TSH and I could end

up in a thyroid storm and I need to call her if I get a fever or some

other things that I don't remember. Well the endo said if I feel fine

at this dose that's fine just as long as I keep in mind I might get

osteoperosis and heart disease etc. The PA agreed and said the

calcium is being leeched from my bones. So as a comprimise and I take

1 1/2 6 days a week and 1 1 day a week.

BUT guys and gals it gets better. She wanted to run a blood test

right than and have me come back in 6 weeks for another. (She also

asked if I had a scan if my thyroid (no) and felt it.) Well PA I

wasn't planning on a blood test so I haven't been drinking water and

I've been running around all morning. Oh no problem. Fine so they

take me in the room where they do a blood test and this other woman

is there. Well now I find out she wants to test my iron because my %

saturation is elevated. I'm like - but the endo doesn't think I have

hemochromatosis because usually your iron is the 1000s and mine

isn't. Oh she's aware of that but she still wants to test it. So from

the sounds of it they were just going to test iron and % saturation.

I'm like well shouldn't you test ferritin as well as that is the

storage part of it? Well than the other lady said oh and a THYROID

PANEL!!!!! as they are going over everything (plus a CBC.) I'm like

well what about the FT3 and FT4. Oh the PA didn't want to test those.

Well it doesn't matter I want them tested. So they had to add them.

WELL now comes the really good part!!!! After the car accident my

veins have become weird so they check one arm and nope let's try the

other. They finally find the vein and the PA inserts the needle and

the vein collapses!!!!!! So than they tried to get blood from my

hand. Remember I've told them that I haven't been drinking water -

must have gone in one ear and out the other. Well she finds the vein

easily in my hand and the blood is coming out. Well halfway through

the 1st tube IT STOPS!!! Not enough blood!!!!!!!

So they want me to come back Tues but I am seriously thinking of

going to my Dr who left and started her own practice. She has even

noted on my results that it's ok as long as I don't have symptoms.

And she doesn't sit there and add a whole bunch of tests that I know

nothing about. I'll think about it this weekend.

Well that was my day. Phooey - and I'm like as much as we dislike

endos - they do know more than a PA. And it's an odd situation - my

ferritin is around 30 and my % saturation is elevated (like 40%.) The

PA did say that maybe my thyroid meds are affecting my iron levels.

Don't know.

Louise

PS I had brought copies of stuff from the neuro's office and I guess

they no longer keep paper copies - they scan them in a computer.

Weird. This office used to have 3 Drs and 2 PAs. Well one Dr went to

California, the other started her own practice (she's the one I like

and she's a DO) and took one of the PA's and now they have one MD and

2 PAs. It's just that my Drs office isn't that close. But, who knows,

I might have to go to her.

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Just bumping this up.

>

> Does that sum up my appointment?!?!?!?!?!

> Well let's see - I saw the Physicians Assistant (PA) and explained

> that I wanted a script for Thyrolar 1s as I have 7 days worth of

meds

> and I don't know how long it will take for Medco to get the 3s.

WELL

> she thinks I am overmedicated going solely by my TSH and I could

end

> up in a thyroid storm and I need to call her if I get a fever or

some

> other things that I don't remember. Well the endo said if I feel

fine

> at this dose that's fine just as long as I keep in mind I might get

> osteoperosis and heart disease etc. The PA agreed and said the

> calcium is being leeched from my bones. So as a comprimise and I

take

> 1 1/2 6 days a week and 1 1 day a week.

> BUT guys and gals it gets better. She wanted to run a blood test

> right than and have me come back in 6 weeks for another. (She also

> asked if I had a scan if my thyroid (no) and felt it.) Well PA I

> wasn't planning on a blood test so I haven't been drinking water

and

> I've been running around all morning. Oh no problem. Fine so they

> take me in the room where they do a blood test and this other woman

> is there. Well now I find out she wants to test my iron because my

%

> saturation is elevated. I'm like - but the endo doesn't think I

have

> hemochromatosis because usually your iron is the 1000s and mine

> isn't. Oh she's aware of that but she still wants to test it. So

from

> the sounds of it they were just going to test iron and %

saturation.

> I'm like well shouldn't you test ferritin as well as that is the

> storage part of it? Well than the other lady said oh and a THYROID

> PANEL!!!!! as they are going over everything (plus a CBC.) I'm like

> well what about the FT3 and FT4. Oh the PA didn't want to test

those.

> Well it doesn't matter I want them tested. So they had to add them.

>

> WELL now comes the really good part!!!! After the car accident my

> veins have become weird so they check one arm and nope let's try

the

> other. They finally find the vein and the PA inserts the needle and

> the vein collapses!!!!!! So than they tried to get blood from my

> hand. Remember I've told them that I haven't been drinking water -

> must have gone in one ear and out the other. Well she finds the

vein

> easily in my hand and the blood is coming out. Well halfway through

> the 1st tube IT STOPS!!! Not enough blood!!!!!!!

>

> So they want me to come back Tues but I am seriously thinking of

> going to my Dr who left and started her own practice. She has even

> noted on my results that it's ok as long as I don't have symptoms.

> And she doesn't sit there and add a whole bunch of tests that I

know

> nothing about. I'll think about it this weekend.

>

> Well that was my day. Phooey - and I'm like as much as we dislike

> endos - they do know more than a PA. And it's an odd situation - my

> ferritin is around 30 and my % saturation is elevated (like 40%.)

The

> PA did say that maybe my thyroid meds are affecting my iron levels.

> Don't know.

>

> Louise

>

> PS I had brought copies of stuff from the neuro's office and I

guess

> they no longer keep paper copies - they scan them in a computer.

> Weird. This office used to have 3 Drs and 2 PAs. Well one Dr went

to

> California, the other started her own practice (she's the one I

like

> and she's a DO) and took one of the PA's and now they have one MD

and

> 2 PAs. It's just that my Drs office isn't that close. But, who

knows,

> I might have to go to her.