Labs

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Thank you for getting back so soon. I'm not sure what the lab results

were. If a patient requests them, will hospital send results? The

doctor I'm seeing now told me the same thing about the lab results.

The nurse probably misunderstood the numbers. High numbers = low

thyroid, low numbers = high thyroid. It's so apparent to me now that

it's time to take action concerning my health. Unfortunately, the

doctors are so busy these days that it's difficult to know what's

going on. Some of them give you an attitude if you ask any questions,

or they seem to have some unwritten rule on the number of questions

you can ask.

My first trip to the E.R. in November was something out of a

King novel. A nurse hit me on my kidney and after she saw

me " go through the roof, " she tols me that my problem was kidney

stones. Scan results showed none. The doctor let me go without any

anti-biotics, telling me that there was sludge in my gall bladder.

When I asked her about the kidney pain, she told me that there were

cysts on both kidneys (which I already knew)and sent me home to

suffer for 3 more days. The next E.R. (different hospital) diagnosed

kidney stones.

Since the radio-iodine, my health has seemed to slowly

deteriorate. I've had about 4 or 5 UTI's, which is rare in men and

this last time apparently the UTI went to kidneys. About 3 years ago,

I was hospitalized for a week with pain in my back and abdomen. They

couldn't find the problem and sent me home, saying it was possible

that there were kidney stones that didn't show up on scan or ultra-

sound.

I will try to get lab results and will let you know the results. I

do have some lab results from a year ago, will get back to you with

them. All the time on the net and never thought to type in " support

group. " It means a great deal to me just to be able to talk to

someone that has an idea what I'm going through. It's brutal! The

good news is that their were some people that went through similar

experience and had the kindness and compassion to pass it on to

others. That is truly awesome!

By the way, I'm a 53 y/o male. From what I've read, this seems to

happen to females quite a bit more. My mother and all 3 of her

sisters had thyroid problems. Nobody on my father's side as far as I

know. It's incredible how such a small gland can have such

devastating effects on the mind and body. I'll be looking forward to

learning more about my condition and how to take some positive action

toward living a better life! Please excuse me for jumping around so

much, my thoughts seem to get scrambled quite a bit. Thank you again

for listening and taking the time to respond. Jeff