YoungBoy - Re: Thyca and men - Waiting for my first scan in May 6 months after surgery

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Hi, YB

-- In Thyca , YB Lim <yb_lim2000@y...> wrote:

> I sweat while I am a sleep. So, my pillow is soaked when I get up.

> I wasn't like that before TT. I told my onco about it and he

> didn't say anything. Is this normal when you are on thyroxin?

It's not normal, though it can be a symptom of being hyperthyroid.

> Also I have muscle aches on my neck and upper shoulder. Is this also

> common/normal?

Again, I don't think it's normal - it may not have any connection with

your thyroid meds. Muscle aches can be a symptom of being hypo.

Just to confuse things, a percentage of people (my endo says about

10%) have hyper symptoms when hypo and hypo symptoms when hyper. And

there are other things that can cause both of these things.

> I used to jog a lot. 3 or 4 times a week, 8 km each time. Is it

> safe for thyca like me to work out and sweat a lot? I want to get

> back to jogging as i used to before thyca?

As far as I know, we have no restrictions at all as far as exercise.

> > Does your oncologist seem to know the correct

> > protocols?

>

> What do you mean? What protocol?

Does he seem to understand a lot about thyca? For example - does he

know about keeping your TSH suppressed to <0.1, about doing an LID,

about timing between scans...stuff like that. It's important to be

treated by someone who understands how things should be done, because

the treatment and followup for thyca is different from other cancers.

> Also, what is foggy brain? how does it happen? Do I have it?

Tee hee..foggy brain, or brain fog (I like your version!) is when

things like this happen:

You start a sentence and can't remember the rest of your thought.

You can't think of a word as you're talking.

You walk into a room to get something and forget what you wanted.

You do weird stuff like...um...pour orange juice in your coffee.

Some of the things are similar to stuff women go through around

menopause, or things that happen when you're REALLY sleep deprived.

When I was telling friends that I was doing this, they all said " I do

that stuff all the time :-) "

It's like fog has settled over your brain and dulled it. It's

probably one of the most common symptoms of being hypo. I can't tell

you if you have it, but I bet you'd know :-)

> I feel like a dry sponge!!!

Do you mean your skin? That's often a symptom of being hypo...really

really dry skin, eyes, etc.

Cheers,

Alisa

Currently - TSH 0.09, 140mcg Levoxyl

2/15/2002: Nodule found 2/27/2002: FNA

3/4/2002: Hysterectomy/oopherectomy-possible ovarian cancer - BENIGN!!

4/9/2002: TT - Stage 2 pap 2.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm nodule, dx Hashimotos

5/28/2002: 100 mCi RAI

12/16/02: WBS (5 mCi): clean scan - no thyroid tissue in body!!!

Age: 49 -- Location: near Seattle WA --- Check out my posts:

Radioactive Girl - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19472

My LID - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15872

My RAI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15873

LID stuff - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/25430