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Re: Weight & Underactive Thyroid GlandFrom: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:18:42 -0600 (CST)
At Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Shelly wrote: > >You might want to switch to Armor thyroid med. Stay away from >Synthyriod. > >At Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Gail wrote: >> >>For a period of two years now I have been on Thyroxine for underactive >>Thyroid Gland, but instead of getting better,my levels just keep >>changing all the time, >>1.How long should this last? >>2.When part of the problem is weight gain & an effect of Thyroxine is >>weight loss, why should I still be gaining weight? 3st in less than 3 >>years and still growing. >> >>Has anyone got an answer to this, as I am really at the end of my >>tether, after many years of feeling ill and being told I had Chronic >>Fatigue, then to be told my problems were Thyroid, I thought onto >>Thyroxine and I'll be normal, not so! Still tired, dry skin, bloated, >>odema,dry hair, very little energy and only then for short periods. >>I am 46 year old woman and feel at least 90 most of the time. I HAVE BEEN GOING THRU THYROID TREATMENT NOW FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS AND AM STILL HAVING TROUBLE BEING REGULATED ON MY SYNTHROID. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN OVER ACTIVE THYROID ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO AND WAS PUT ON TAPAZOLE. I WOULD START TO FEEL BETTER AND MY TSH WOULD LEVEL OUT, SO THEY WOULD TAKE ME OFF OF IT. WELL WITHIN WEEKS MY LEVELS AGAIN WERE OUT OF WHACK. SO THEY WOULD PUT MY BACK ON THE TAPAZOLE. WELL WE PLAYED THIS GAME FOR AROUND 3 YEARS. FINALLY AFTER MANY YEARS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS REGIMEN MY ENDO FINALLY RECOMMENDED SURGERY. HE KNEW I WAS TOTALLY AGAINST THIS BUT FINALLY PERSUADED ME TO HAVE IT DONE. HE TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE AFTER THIS TYPE OF SURGERY USUALLY LOSE CALCIUM SO HE PUT ME ON A CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT BEFORE SURGERY. WELL I WENT IN (BECAUSE I TRUSTED HIM) AND HAD THE SURGERY (ALTHOUGH I ALMOST BACKED OUT AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE) AND HAVE BEEN IN H*LL EVER SINCE. THAT NIGHT AFTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL I WAS IN THE ER. I GAVE THEM MY SYMPTOMS AND THEY RAN SOME TEST AND FOUND MY CALCIUM LEVEL TO BE DANGEROUSLY LOW. I WAS GIVEN A SHOT OF CALCIUM REPLACEMENT AND SENT HOME. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN HAVING PANIC ATTACKS ALONG WITH A RACING HEART RATE WHICH I HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH MY THYROID BEING REMOVED. I HAD NEVER HAD ONE OF THESE BEFORE AND ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE (AT THE FIRST ONE, I WOULD HAVE WELCOMED IT) WELL THERE ALMOST HASN'T BEEN A DAY TO GO BY WHERE I HAVEN'T HAD AT LEAST ONE ATTACK AND AM REALLY TIRED OF LIVING LIKE THIS. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND HE HAS BROUGHT ME THRU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE. BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND MADE IT THRU PLEASE GIVE ME A RING. YOU CAN SEND YOUR EMAIL TO cntrymom40@aol.com. I FEEL LIKE I AM AT THE END OF MY ROPE. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS
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