Worry about illness led to tragic death

[Guest guest]

I read this article this morning. Isn't it tragic, I

bet no-one tested the poor woman for thyroid issues,

she lived not far from my home and I couldn't walk

before anyone thought to run a thyroid panel for me.

Worry about illness led to tragic death

13 April 2007 09:10

A woman killed herself after becoming increasingly

frustrated at the failure of medical tests to confirm

her belief that she had a serious illness, an inquest

has heard.

Joanna , 33, was found hanging at her family's

farm in Henstead, near Lowestoft, after suffering six

months of turmoil.

She underwent a series of tests as doctors tried to

get to the bottom of what was causing her many

symptoms and had convinced herself that she had

contracted the HIV virus.

Three tests over an 11-month period had proved this

not to be the case and after investigations for other

conditions came back negative, doctors considered she

may have been suffering from the debilitating

condition ME.

Miss , who worked at a vets' surgery, was

referred to a specialist, but took her own life on

November 13 last year before she could attend her

first appoint-ment.

Yesterday, her grieving father , of Toad

Row, Henstead, called for more research to be carried

out into ME, which is estimated to affect up to

240,000 people in the UK.

Mr said: " It bears out the seriousness of ME

and it does emphasise how important it is that more

research is carried out. It can strike the fittest of

people. It just added to Joanna's frustration that she

couldn't do what she used to do. "

ME affects many parts of the body and the symptoms

include severe fatigue, problems with memory and

muscle pain.

Wednesday's inquest at Lowestoft County Court was told

that Miss first showed signs of ill health

after she stopped taking the contraceptive pill in May

of last year. Her abdomen became bloated and she

started to show weight loss, as well as reporting

other symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, panic

attacks, night sweats and tiredness.

Miss , who lived in Toad Row, paid several

visits to her GP's surgery at Field Lane, Kessingland,

and attended the A&E department at the Paget

University Hospital, in Gorleston, on a number of

occasions.

She was referred to specialists and the inquest heard

that over a six-month period she had several tests for

a range of ailments, which came back negative.

Giving evidence, Dr ston, of the Field Lane

surgery, said: " Her symptoms had been nearly six

months in duration. This led me to think it could be

post-viral fatigue syndrome or ME. We felt nothing

more could have been done to prevent this tragic

incident. "

In a statement, Miss 's partner of 9½ years,

Ywain Prior said: " In the last two weeks of her life

she became very quiet. She sorted out her personal

filing and she said to me that if anything happened to

her… I should find myself another princess. I never

thought she was depressed and never thought she would

commit suicide. I was totally shocked. "

Suffolk coroner Dr Dean explained his ruling

that Miss had taken her own life was based on

the content of a note found after her death at

Baldry's Farm. He stressed that he believed no one was

to blame for the tragedy and said doctors had been

faced with a " very difficult set of circumstances " .

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[Guest guest]

, what do the letters ME stand for? Yep, it looks like thyroid to

me, sad to say. Remember that woman in India a few yrs ago who set herself

on fire and killed herself because noone would treat her already-diagnosed

thyroid disease? Horrible that they're so dumb and can't see the forest for

the trees.

Worry about illness led to tragic death

I read this article this morning. Isn't it tragic, I

bet no-one tested the poor woman for thyroid issues,

she lived not far from my home and I couldn't walk

before anyone thought to run a thyroid panel for me.

Worry about illness led to tragic death

13 April 2007 09:10

A woman killed herself after becoming increasingly

frustrated at the failure of medical tests to confirm

her belief that she had a serious illness, an inquest

has heard.

Joanna , 33, was found hanging at her family's

farm in Henstead, near Lowestoft, after suffering six

months of turmoil.

She underwent a series of tests as doctors tried to

get to the bottom of what was causing her many

symptoms and had convinced herself that she had

contracted the HIV virus.

Three tests over an 11-month period had proved this

not to be the case and after investigations for other

conditions came back negative, doctors considered she

may have been suffering from the debilitating

condition ME.

Miss , who worked at a vets' surgery, was

referred to a specialist, but took her own life on

November 13 last year before she could attend her

first appoint-ment.

Yesterday, her grieving father , of Toad

Row, Henstead, called for more research to be carried

out into ME, which is estimated to affect up to

240,000 people in the UK.

Mr said: " It bears out the seriousness of ME

and it does emphasise how important it is that more

research is carried out. It can strike the fittest of

people. It just added to Joanna's frustration that she

couldn't do what she used to do. "

ME affects many parts of the body and the symptoms

include severe fatigue, problems with memory and

muscle pain.

Wednesday's inquest at Lowestoft County Court was told

that Miss first showed signs of ill health

after she stopped taking the contraceptive pill in May

of last year. Her abdomen became bloated and she

started to show weight loss, as well as reporting

other symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, panic

attacks, night sweats and tiredness.

Miss , who lived in Toad Row, paid several

visits to her GP's surgery at Field Lane, Kessingland,

and attended the A&E department at the Paget

University Hospital, in Gorleston, on a number of

occasions.

She was referred to specialists and the inquest heard

that over a six-month period she had several tests for

a range of ailments, which came back negative.

Giving evidence, Dr ston, of the Field Lane

surgery, said: " Her symptoms had been nearly six

months in duration. This led me to think it could be

post-viral fatigue syndrome or ME. We felt nothing

more could have been done to prevent this tragic

incident. "

In a statement, Miss 's partner of 9½ years,

Ywain Prior said: " In the last two weeks of her life

she became very quiet. She sorted out her personal

filing and she said to me that if anything happened to

her. I should find myself another princess. I never

thought she was depressed and never thought she would

commit suicide. I was totally shocked. "

Suffolk coroner Dr Dean explained his ruling

that Miss had taken her own life was based on

the content of a note found after her death at

Baldry's Farm. He stressed that he believed no one was

to blame for the tragedy and said doctors had been

faced with a " very difficult set of circumstances " .

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

ME is myalgic encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome. I was diagnosed with ME or CFS before the

hypothyroid diagnosis and,when I failed to recover on

his treatment regime, my GP continued to insist that

my symptoms were too severe to be attributable to a

thyroid disorder and so it must be CFS. It took a

visit to a private doctor and the prescription of T3

to sort me out.

--- marin@...> wrote:

> , what do the letters ME stand for? Yep,

> it looks like thyroid to

> me, sad to say. Remember that woman in India a few

> yrs ago who set herself

> on fire and killed herself because noone would treat

> her already-diagnosed

> thyroid disease? Horrible that they're so dumb and

> can't see the forest for

> the trees.

>

>

>

> Worry about

> illness led to tragic death

>

>

>

> I read this article this morning. Isn't it tragic, I

> bet no-one tested the poor woman for thyroid issues,

> she lived not far from my home and I couldn't walk

> before anyone thought to run a thyroid panel for me.

>

>

>

>

> Worry about illness led to tragic death

>

>

>

> 13 April 2007 09:10

>

> A woman killed herself after becoming increasingly

> frustrated at the failure of medical tests to

> confirm

> her belief that she had a serious illness, an

> inquest

> has heard.

>

> Joanna , 33, was found hanging at her family's

> farm in Henstead, near Lowestoft, after suffering

> six

> months of turmoil.

>

> She underwent a series of tests as doctors tried to

> get to the bottom of what was causing her many

> symptoms and had convinced herself that she had

> contracted the HIV virus.

>

> Three tests over an 11-month period had proved this

> not to be the case and after investigations for

> other

> conditions came back negative, doctors considered

> she

> may have been suffering from the debilitating

> condition ME.

>

> Miss , who worked at a vets' surgery, was

> referred to a specialist, but took her own life on

> November 13 last year before she could attend her

> first appoint-ment.

>

> Yesterday, her grieving father , of Toad

> Row, Henstead, called for more research to be

> carried

> out into ME, which is estimated to affect up to

> 240,000 people in the UK.

>

> Mr said: " It bears out the seriousness of ME

> and it does emphasise how important it is that more

> research is carried out. It can strike the fittest

> of

> people. It just added to Joanna's frustration that

> she

> couldn't do what she used to do. "

>

> ME affects many parts of the body and the symptoms

> include severe fatigue, problems with memory and

> muscle pain.

>

> Wednesday's inquest at Lowestoft County Court was

> told

> that Miss first showed signs of ill health

> after she stopped taking the contraceptive pill in

> May

> of last year. Her abdomen became bloated and she

> started to show weight loss, as well as reporting

> other symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, panic

> attacks, night sweats and tiredness.

>

> Miss , who lived in Toad Row, paid several

> visits to her GP's surgery at Field Lane,

> Kessingland,

> and attended the A&E department at the Paget

> University Hospital, in Gorleston, on a number of

> occasions.

>

> She was referred to specialists and the inquest

> heard

> that over a six-month period she had several tests

> for

> a range of ailments, which came back negative.

>

> Giving evidence, Dr ston, of the Field

> Lane

> surgery, said: " Her symptoms had been nearly six

> months in duration. This led me to think it could be

> post-viral fatigue syndrome or ME. We felt nothing

> more could have been done to prevent this tragic

> incident. "

>

> In a statement, Miss 's partner of 9½ years,

> Ywain Prior said: " In the last two weeks of her life

> she became very quiet. She sorted out her personal

> filing and she said to me that if anything happened

> to

> her. I should find myself another princess. I never

> thought she was depressed and never thought she

> would

> commit suicide. I was totally shocked. "

>

> Suffolk coroner Dr Dean explained his ruling

> that Miss had taken her own life was based on

> the content of a note found after her death at

> Baldry's Farm. He stressed that he believed no one

> was

> to blame for the tragedy and said doctors had been

> faced with a " very difficult set of circumstances " .

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Ah yes. Some consider it to be two different disorders, but a whole of us

say that CFS is a result of unrecognized low thyroid. CFS only appeared as

a " disease " on it's own after the advent of modern blood tests for thyroid,

tests which are obviously skewed to include a lot of hypo people on the

upper end of that scale.

Re: Worry about illness led to tragic

death

Hi ,

ME is myalgic encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome. I was diagnosed with ME or CFS before the

hypothyroid diagnosis and,when I failed to recover on

his treatment regime, my GP continued to insist that

my symptoms were too severe to be attributable to a

thyroid disorder and so it must be CFS. It took a

visit to a private doctor and the prescription of T3

to sort me out.