Re:Tina - More advice is needed!

[Guest guest]

I think it's the generation your mom is from. I know people who are the same

way...if the dr. says that's the way it is, then that's it. My mom used to be

the same way. when she was finally tired of feeling like you-know-what, she

stood up for herself.

It's your body and your life. If your doc doesn't like it that you are

knowledgable and that you want extra tests done or diff. meds, move on.

Barb

tina83862 <tina8386@...> wrote:

My mom is going though the same thing and I can't tell you how mad I

am right now---the excuses are just amazing!!! down to the well you

don't need T3---what idiots these people are--T3 is the working

engine for thyroid without it you will not feel much better and this

is the problem here for you as well----you must tell them you want

this test--you must tell them you want armour---tell them you don't

feel 100% on what you are using now. Some it works but the majority

it does not--they need some extra t3.

I am too angry now to think straight because now my mom is going to

wait till her next appt. 3 months from now. She still has leg pain,

asthma and colds that won't go away. I am losing it with these

doctor!!!!

Anyway you must be strong and DEMAND!!!!! don't take no for an

answer!!!

It makes a huge difference when you finally get that t3!!!!!! tina

> Ok guys forgive me!

> I know I just asked on my labs from Dec. But now I have new ones.

My notion

> that doctors know best is just about gone!

> I know most people has recommended me be on Armour and I am ready

to try it.

> I am making an appointment for this Monday to see my family doc and

if I

> give him good reasoning he will probably give it to me.

> The endo is out! I'm sick of that whole damn place!

>

> I just got my lab report in the mail. They didn't even check my T3.

>

> TSH 0.28 (0.27 - 4.20)

> FT4 1.35 (.93 - 1.70)

>

> Comments from the nurse practioner: I think @ 137 mcg daily this

will be too

> low. Instead try alternating 137/150mcg every other day.

>

> I have been on 150mcg synthroid since Oct. 03 until they switched

me to

> 137mcg twice a week back in dec. On 1/22/04 I convinced her to

drop me to

> only 137mcg a week ago because I thought I was having Hyper

symptoms and now

> I get this note today. I am continuing to feel crummy since last

Feb so I

> don't see how that is going to help me. Does anyone else?

>

> I really want to try Armour but since I have insurance I would

rather get it

> prescribed if I can, it will be cheaper plus I need to keep getting

my tests

>

>

> Please give me good points that I can bring up to my doc on Monday

to why I

> should switch based on my test results. I know a lot of info is out

there

> for me to research and believe me I do, but I have a hard time

retaining a

> lot. Plus it's hard for me to worry about too many things at once.

The docs

> just discovered a lump in my 26 year old brothers prostate and my

attentions

> has been focused on that this last week.

>

> What test should I ask him to send me for?

>

> Thank you and God bless you all!

>

> -Dana

>

>

[Guest guest]

I agree Barb! Looking back, my mother had every Hypo-symptom in the book.

She had five children by the age of 23! and we all know how pregnancy can

affect a woman with this disease...

She was always told, it's " just part of being a woman " . You are tired all of

the time

because you have too many babies, your hair is falling out because you

colored it

too much... you are overweight because you do not exercise. (you can't

exercise

when you can't get out of bed!) I remember my mother being very sad and very

aggressive at times too, so I know she had a whole host of emotional

difficulties

as well.

She underwent a quadruple bypass at age 47. She is expected to " outlive " the

surgery and will have to have to repeat it.

Both major arteries in her neck have been stripped.

She has always had arthritis.

She has had surgery to correct life threatening varicose veins in her legs.

When they did the heart surgery, they sewed her back together crooked.

The scarring is at times very overwhelming and depressing for her.

But, these kinds of circulatory, cholesterol problems are very common

among Hypothyroid patients.

She was tested last year, when I was....guess what?

Worse than me.

Probably always was, and had she stood up to any one of the doctors that

told her to " get a grip " she may be an entirely different person.

Women especially are so much more in tune with their bodies...

we really DO know when something isn't right.

I for one, have learned not to be the least bit embarassed by suggesting

to any doctor that I have been too, that they may not know it all.

(unfortunately the majority of docs in this area are men, and they especially

do not want to hear that.)

Health care is a group effort. We as patients have to be very specific

about our concerns, and find doctors who at the very least, are receptive

to us. Times are changing, the more informed we become, the less the

medical profession can manipulate us.

I realize every day how fortunate I am to have the resourses that I do, so

that I will not end up like my mother. I hope to help make it even better

for those to come after me. Sticking up for yourself is the only way to

initiate change.

Chriss.

[Guest guest]

great letter Chriss I could not agree more!!!!!!!!!!!

> I agree Barb! Looking back, my mother had every Hypo-symptom in

the book.

> She had five children by the age of 23! and we all know how

pregnancy can

> affect a woman with this disease...

> She was always told, it's " just part of being a woman " . You are

tired all of

> the time