Guest guest Posted September 7, 2002 Report Share Posted September 7, 2002 Hi , Thank you for your kind words. More importantly, how are you doing right now? Have you made any headway with the doctors? I know your busy with life and kids, but hope you will share what is going on and how your doing. Did you connect with a at mediboard for a doctor in the Indy area...I know she left you a private message there that she has a good recommendation for you. To get your private messages at mediboard, click on the 'my profile' link at the top right, under the mediboard logo All PM's are there. Write soon and update, please. Jody _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2002 Report Share Posted September 7, 2002 Hi , Thank you for your kind words. More importantly, how are you doing right now? Have you made any headway with the doctors? I know your busy with life and kids, but hope you will share what is going on and how your doing. Did you connect with a at mediboard for a doctor in the Indy area...I know she left you a private message there that she has a good recommendation for you. To get your private messages at mediboard, click on the 'my profile' link at the top right, under the mediboard logo All PM's are there. Write soon and update, please. Jody _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2002 Report Share Posted September 7, 2002 Hi , Thank you for your kind words. More importantly, how are you doing right now? Have you made any headway with the doctors? I know your busy with life and kids, but hope you will share what is going on and how your doing. Did you connect with a at mediboard for a doctor in the Indy area...I know she left you a private message there that she has a good recommendation for you. To get your private messages at mediboard, click on the 'my profile' link at the top right, under the mediboard logo All PM's are there. Write soon and update, please. Jody _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2002 Report Share Posted September 8, 2002 txinmommy wrote: > > How am I do, you ask? Like hell. In addition to the GD stuff, I > have a sinus infection. Weaning off Inderal and methimazole isn't > making my body feel too good either. I have gained weight over the > past few weeks; my joints ache today; my neck is swollen - that > started yesterday. It's weird - I woke up a it felt swollen and it > looks noticably swollen too. Sinus trouble can be hypo, as can joint aches, weight gain and a swollen thyroid. Maybe the symptoms just caught up with you as you started dropping the dose? I think hyper symptoms are much more obvious when they come back, so you'll be running to the doctor (or promising sounding endo) in no time. Grave's can creep up on you, and hypothyroidism stops you noticing as it creeps up, but once I stopped being hyper, when it comes back I really knew about it! First " hyper " headache I had after being euthyroid had me wondering how I'd lived with those headaches several times a week for four years, but it was straight down the doctors and I knew exactly what was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2002 Report Share Posted September 8, 2002 Hi, Just wanted to clarify something you wrote: > First " hyper " headache I had after being euthyroid had me > wondering how I'd lived with those headaches several times a > week for four years, but it was straight down the doctors and I > knew exactly what was wrong. So you had these headaches prior to treatment of GD? Does being hyper cause headaches? (If so, man, this is the first I've heard! OMG, I have been getting loads of headaches for years!!) > > > > How am I do, you ask? Like hell. In addition to the GD stuff, I > > have a sinus infection. Weaning off Inderal and methimazole isn't > > making my body feel too good either. I have gained weight over the > > past few weeks; my joints ache today; my neck is swollen - that > > started yesterday. It's weird - I woke up a it felt swollen and it > > looks noticably swollen too. > > Sinus trouble can be hypo, as can joint aches, weight gain and a > swollen thyroid. > Maybe the symptoms just caught up with you as you started > dropping the dose? > > I think hyper symptoms are much more obvious when they come > back, so you'll be running to the doctor (or promising sounding > endo) in no time. Grave's can creep up on you, and > hypothyroidism stops you noticing as it creeps up, but once I > stopped being hyper, when it comes back I really knew about it! > > First " hyper " headache I had after being euthyroid had me > wondering how I'd lived with those headaches several times a > week for four years, but it was straight down the doctors and I > knew exactly what was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2002 Report Share Posted September 8, 2002 txinmommy wrote: > > So you had these headaches prior to treatment of GD? Does being > hyper cause headaches? (If so, man, this is the first I've heard! > OMG, I have been getting loads of headaches for years!!) I had chronic migraine like headaches from the ages of 17 to 21. They got more frequent during the period till they reached 3 or 4 a week. They only rarely included nausea, or flashing lights, so were distinct from migraine. At age 18 they would follow immediately after strenuous physical exercise, so I abandoned my weekly swimming sessions. I saw at least 6 doctors during this period, was prescribed enough paracodeine to sink a battleship, and told it was probably stress. Looking back I did at age 20 develop other signs of Grave's, including increased sweating, chronic insomnia and tremour. My main GP prescribed creams for fungal infections that developed from sweating too much, but still didn't twig that I had something other than stress. December 1990 I started losing weight fast, and was diagnosed by end of January, after two more failed diagnoses. Within 3 days(!) of starting Carbimazole the headaches were gone. I later discovered I also shared my father allergy to peanuts (well probably the moulds that grow on them!), which also cause dreadful headaches, but the Grave's headaches were so frequent I couldn't identify the peanut allergy. A case of hiding a needle in a needle factory. So yes Grave's not only causes headaches, it can " present " as headache. I went through the usual headache cause tests (other than thyroid function testing!), was it my teeth grinding, other dental problem, was it the prescription for my glasses, was it allergies (we were very suspicious of peanuts, but I could go to a party, not eat peanuts, not drink, and still have a hangover!). I even volunteered to be a guinea pig in developing a machine to give electric shocks to people grinding their teeth at night, the offer wasn't taken up. The diagnosis of Grave's suddenly made sense of everything that had been happening to me for 4 years. I'd concluded by December 1990 that, I had a chronic illness, and that no doctors believed me, and that as a result I'd probably die of it, so I was quite relieved to get ANY diagnosis, and when it was apparently cured by little pink pills I was elated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2002 Report Share Posted September 8, 2002 I am sitting here with my mouth hanging open in the realization that my severe monthly headaches for the past 8 years (since my 2nd child) were probably GD!! Yes, once I started on ATD's, I had noticed that my migraines stopped!! Woah, finally an answer. I even went off birth control pills since we thought it was from that. It wasn't and it didn't help. So, I just lived with the headaches. Then, about 6 months before I was diagnosed (read really showing symptoms of GD), I started getting bad headaches very often throughout the week. I am so glad of this group b/c I'm always learning so much! The diagnosis of Grave's suddenly made sense of everything that > had been happening to me for 4 years. I'd concluded by December > 1990 that, I had a chronic illness, and that no doctors believed > me, and that as a result I'd probably die of it, so I was quite > relieved to get ANY diagnosis, and when it was apparently cured > by little pink pills I was elated! I too felt, or rather *knew* that something was wrong with me and felt like I'd die too. No, it didn't feel like it was something like cancer, but I thought " if they don't find out soon, I'm gonna be in a pickle. " To be honest, I diagnosed myself. Punched in my symptoms in the Yahoo search engine and it kept coming up with Graves. Yet, my doctor couldn't figure that out!!! That's when I got another doctor and was finally diagnosed! Actually, my first sign that something was changing in my body and the first thought that something might be wrong with me, was that I always had beautiful, strong fingernails. Then, they started to get weaker and thinner. All along, my mom kept saying " tell your doctor b/c your nails say alot about your health. " Boy, she was right!! Of course, that he blew me off and told me to take vitamins! I saw that doctor tonite at church, and I had to pray really hard to not have a heavy heart at him! > > > > So you had these headaches prior to treatment of GD? Does being > > hyper cause headaches? (If so, man, this is the first I've heard! > > OMG, I have been getting loads of headaches for years!!) > > I had chronic migraine like headaches from the ages of 17 to 21. > They got more frequent during the period till they reached 3 or > 4 a week. They only rarely included nausea, or flashing lights, > so were distinct from migraine. At age 18 they would follow > immediately after strenuous physical exercise, so I abandoned my > weekly swimming sessions. > > I saw at least 6 doctors during this period, was prescribed > enough paracodeine to sink a battleship, and told it was > probably stress. Looking back I did at age 20 develop other > signs of Grave's, including increased sweating, chronic insomnia > and tremour. My main GP prescribed creams for fungal infections > that developed from sweating too much, but still didn't twig > that I had something other than stress. > > December 1990 I started losing weight fast, and was diagnosed by > end of January, after two more failed diagnoses. > > Within 3 days(!) of starting Carbimazole the headaches were > gone. > > I later discovered I also shared my father allergy to peanuts > (well probably the moulds that grow on them!), which also cause > dreadful headaches, but the Grave's headaches were so frequent I > couldn't identify the peanut allergy. A case of hiding a needle > in a needle factory. > > So yes Grave's not only causes headaches, it can " present " as > headache. I went through the usual headache cause tests (other > than thyroid function testing!), was it my teeth grinding, other > dental problem, was it the prescription for my glasses, was it > allergies (we were very suspicious of peanuts, but I could go to > a party, not eat peanuts, not drink, and still have a > hangover!). I even volunteered to be a guinea pig in developing > a machine to give electric shocks to people grinding their teeth > at night, the offer wasn't taken up. > > The diagnosis of Grave's suddenly made sense of everything that > had been happening to me for 4 years. I'd concluded by December > 1990 that, I had a chronic illness, and that no doctors believed > me, and that as a result I'd probably die of it, so I was quite > relieved to get ANY diagnosis, and when it was apparently cured > by little pink pills I was elated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 txinmommy wrote: > > Of course, that he > blew me off and told me to take vitamins! I saw that doctor tonite > at church, and I had to pray really hard to not have a heavy heart at > him! It is easy to be cynical, but most doctors go into the profession with good intentions. If they just wanted the money they all (well mostly have the brains to get money through less taxing professions, with less exposure to infectious diseases and unpleasant ailments. I liken medicine to my troubleshooting in computing, sometimes it requires a deep amount of knowledge to solve a problem, others any PC support phone line can solve, often you'll be told to " reinstall " which is the equivalent of " take two aspirin and go to bed " . Of course the biggest skill is identifying quickly whether it is a problem you are likely to be able to solve, or pointing people at the appropriate guru. But it is rare you get someone who doesn't genuinely want to help, even if they create more problems than they solve in trying. This morning I think my Bios battery is flat, Okay maybe you can take an analogy too far. Simon, of to download an immune system update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 txinmommy wrote: > > Of course, that he > blew me off and told me to take vitamins! I saw that doctor tonite > at church, and I had to pray really hard to not have a heavy heart at > him! It is easy to be cynical, but most doctors go into the profession with good intentions. If they just wanted the money they all (well mostly have the brains to get money through less taxing professions, with less exposure to infectious diseases and unpleasant ailments. I liken medicine to my troubleshooting in computing, sometimes it requires a deep amount of knowledge to solve a problem, others any PC support phone line can solve, often you'll be told to " reinstall " which is the equivalent of " take two aspirin and go to bed " . Of course the biggest skill is identifying quickly whether it is a problem you are likely to be able to solve, or pointing people at the appropriate guru. But it is rare you get someone who doesn't genuinely want to help, even if they create more problems than they solve in trying. This morning I think my Bios battery is flat, Okay maybe you can take an analogy too far. Simon, of to download an immune system update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 txinmommy wrote: > > Of course, that he > blew me off and told me to take vitamins! I saw that doctor tonite > at church, and I had to pray really hard to not have a heavy heart at > him! It is easy to be cynical, but most doctors go into the profession with good intentions. If they just wanted the money they all (well mostly have the brains to get money through less taxing professions, with less exposure to infectious diseases and unpleasant ailments. I liken medicine to my troubleshooting in computing, sometimes it requires a deep amount of knowledge to solve a problem, others any PC support phone line can solve, often you'll be told to " reinstall " which is the equivalent of " take two aspirin and go to bed " . Of course the biggest skill is identifying quickly whether it is a problem you are likely to be able to solve, or pointing people at the appropriate guru. But it is rare you get someone who doesn't genuinely want to help, even if they create more problems than they solve in trying. This morning I think my Bios battery is flat, Okay maybe you can take an analogy too far. Simon, of to download an immune system update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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