The THYROID Thread

Hey everyone :wave2:
I'm newly diagnosed hypothyroid. Been on Armour 60mg for 3 weeks now and still not feeling much better. How long does it take until I start noticing a difference?
Thyroid issues suck :sad1:

Sorry I am not familiar with armour. My cousin takes it though. I think for meds like synthroid it takes 6 weeks to get the full effect, maybe I am wrong. Someone chime in.

I hope the med works for you and you get to feeling like yourself.
 
What is the lid diet? I did get the pathology report back and the lymph nodes (3) were all benign. I don't have the report handy for spelling but it was papillary follicular variety, about 3cm. No other signs and they said no other treatment is required. For peace of mind along I did request a body scan though. I am putting weight on again and the leg pains. I have enough meds to move up to 150, waiting on the doctor to give me the green light because after a few years of feeling really good, going back to the no energy, achy way of life again is unappealing.

The lid is the low iodine diet many doctors make patients do before rai. You dont have to worry about that because your dr. said no further treatment. So I guess that is good for you for sure. Hope the scan turns out good too. Let us know.
 
Mikayla - How are you doing?? I am asking babywise of course. Hope things are going well.

How is your mother in laws treatments going?

Prayers always.

Christine - hope things are healing emotionally for you and your co workers.:hug:My dh is on his presentation trip. We shall see what happens. I think tomm. is the q and a sessions.
 
You're so thoughtful, LMP.

They think the baby might have a small hole in his heart that would have to be repaired sometime around age 1.

I am feeling very well, other than driving myself crazy trying to figure out what to register for, which would still be happening regardless of the medical stuff.

MIL's treatments started Monday and go for 5 weeks, but just radiation, no chemo thankfully. So far she feels fine, but I hear it tends to catch up with you over time.
 

Well I took the plunge and called the dreaded cardiology dept. I did find out that this testing is done in the same building as the endo so its not in the actual hosp. so I am happy not to go there.

They give me a date for the echo on Nov. 4th, the earliest and that is the same date I am suppose to go back to the internist. It will be a busy medical day. Then I ask about the stress test and can I do it the same day etc. She tells me you have to have an echo before the stress test I need and the one I am doing is 4 hours long:scared1: I said I will ask about scheduling it when I go for the echo. She did say the dr. can pull up the preliminary results that afternoon so that would be good I guess.

Quickly saw dh who literally flew in last night and has flown out again this morning. Sigh. He did ask when are we going to Disney for Christmas:):). Hearing this ds 21 says I want to go too. Hmm, what happened to alone adult time??? Well they could only come for the week end anyway as its near finals time. So far we already had 2 nights booked at the Beach Club for Dec. 3rd and 4th I think. I will have to work on all of that next.

Christine - I won some more books. I am now reading another Amish fiction. Its called The Dawn of Christmas by Cindy Woodsmall. Just started it.

Micayla - I never look at the registry. I hate to shop so I usually give money or a check and just put some little things in the gift bag too. One day in the future pm me your address. I would love to send you something for the baby.:) The last baby shower at church I went to the girl got 3 of the same thing. Some rocker/bouncer thing. Hmm, how did that happen?? I gave money. Cant go wrong with that! I looked her registry though and the only things left were dumb and of course the $200 plus stroller.
 
Micayla - I never look at the registry. I hate to shop so I usually give money or a check and just put some little things in the gift bag too. One day in the future pm me your address. I would love to send you something for the baby.:) The last baby shower at church I went to the girl got 3 of the same thing. Some rocker/bouncer thing. Hmm, how did that happen?? I gave money. Cant go wrong with that! I looked her registry though and the only things left were dumb and of course the $200 plus stroller.

I am so touched that you would ask that! It's no wonder your DS wants to be a nurse, clearly his mom taught him to care about people!
 
Well I went for the echo yest. and they said it looks good as far as they can tell. Some of the pictures werent good and they wanted to inject something into me. I said, um no way! I also had ds there with me as a little learning experience.

Then I went to the internist. First I had a student. He was slower than molasses and he had an accent I couldnt understand. He was so slow we were the only people left in the place with the dr. Needless to say she rushed through me. She keeps insisting I get the sleep study and holter monitor.

I got a flu shot because my immune system stinks. It takes me like 3 weeks to get rid of a cold etc.

Worst part was I gained another 12 lbs:confused3 Umm this was in like the last 6 weeks again. I am really upset about this. She says I need to go on a diet. I asked her if she though the thy med needs to be increased. She said um no you need to stop eating etc. and only eat protein and no carbs. every 3 hours.

Remember I said how the last blood test from the endo had my tsh going up slightly. I dont know if even a slight amount could cause this much weight gain.

Honestly I am not eating all that more just normal as always and I am suppose to go see the endo late Jan. I think.

She sent me to this dr. and I am really not liking her all that much. I just think she has no bedside manner and is test crazy. She wants to see me in 3 months and see if I lose any weight etc.

I honestly dont know if I should go back to the drawing board and find another gp/internist.

Oh and then I asked about this stress test at the cardiology place. They said yeah, its 4 hours with dye etc. I said what if something goes wrong? They said they will call an ambulance.

So I asked the internist if I could to it in the hosp. because dh was sitting there saying he didnt want me to even have it etc.

So she is going to ask the cardiology dept. if I can have it in the hosp but she said usually they only do it there for the inpatients etc.

Well if they say no we shall see where to go from there.

My head spins and I am getting so sick and tired of all this medical stuff. Thank heavens the only other thing I am doing now is the mammo.

I am def going to be needing and enjoying that disney vacation next month!

OK. enough of my carrying on. Check in when you can and give an update everyone. Hope everyone is great.
 
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luvmarypoppins--you certainly are having a time of it! I've known a few people that have had the 4 hour nuclear stress test and it's not that bad--just a VERY long day. Whatever they inject you with is not iodine so there's a very low chance of reaction or discomfort. But yeah, the process is 4 hours because I think after you get injected there is some time that you have to sit and wait so it's not like you are actively being stressed for 4 hours.

Not much going on here. Last TSH had me at 0.16. I lowered my intake of T4 and had a repeat test this past Friday. Still waiting for those results. I know the doctor has them because they are quick tests but he just hasn't called.

I can't say I'm feeling a lot better. I've been having "head" issues since early September. Maybe like a feeling of being off-balance but not quite what I would call dizzy. It comes and goes. The worst part is that I've been feeling funny when I drive. It has turned into panic attacks now, while driving. Fun stuff. It only happens on highways where I'm going over 60mph. I swear it's a visual/balance thing. I keep hoping that my medication/TSH being off is the culprit but I haven't gotten much improvement since lowering my meds. It's all just become so depressing.

I'm still doing a lot of teleworking but trying to get up to our alternate work area once a week. We are slated to move in permanently by January. It stills blows my mind how one person could do so much damage. Breathtaking. Besides losing 12 people, I'm sure no one has realized how much this shooting is costing the taxpayer due to absolute destruction and movement of 3000 people.

Hope everyone is feeling well and getting ready for that holiday season!
 
So how is everyone doing? Can you believe it was snowing here today!

That inspired me to go and book the rest of our disney trip. I think it will be a good trip. Its only dh and I. The ds said they dont want to come for the week end. We are staying Dec 3 and 4th at the Beach Club in a water view room. That we are paying for with a discount and then we are staying in a garden view room from the 5th to the 8th for free with dh ff miles and then we are hopping over to the Boardwalk which we have never stayed at in a standard room from the 8-10 for free with dh ff miles.

I am doing good with the diet I think. I am really cutting back on the carb stuff and eating a lot of fruit and vegs. Not as bad as the lid diet but we shall see what happens and only water too.

Next up is a mammo. so I am glad that is all the med. stuff for me at the moment.

Check in when you can. Hope everyone is well.
 
Hi new here and to thyroid issues. Last Wednesday I got results of an MRI I had done for a neck injury. It showed a mass somewhere near the thyroid. I haven't had any thyroid problems but I have been shedding hair for months. I was very nervous and saw my internal doctor that night. He felt a soft nodule on my thyroid and did bloodwork for thyroiditis. Friday I saw an endo who did an ultrasound and saw a nodule. He also said my thyroid was heterogeneous and wants the bloodwork results. Then surprise, he biopsied the nodule. I called today for the results but he is not in the office until tomorrow. I hate the waiting and not knowing.
 
Hi new here and to thyroid issues. Last Wednesday I got results of an MRI I had done for a neck injury. It showed a mass somewhere near the thyroid. I haven't had any thyroid problems but I have been shedding hair for months. I was very nervous and saw my internal doctor that night. He felt a soft nodule on my thyroid and did bloodwork for thyroiditis. Friday I saw an endo who did an ultrasound and saw a nodule. He also said my thyroid was heterogeneous and wants the bloodwork results. Then surprise, he biopsied the nodule. I called today for the results but he is not in the office until tomorrow. I hate the waiting and not knowing.

My best friend has developed three nodules and all her thyroid labwork is normal. One of the nodules is so big that I've named it!!! She's had a few biopsies now and just had one at Washington Hospital Center (which is a major thyroid cancer center) and so far, so good. The nice part about going there is that the pathologist is in the room during the biopsy and the read the slides there.

She is seeing a surgeon tomorrow because, even though her lumps are looking benign, the one is just too big to live with.
 
Well my bloodwork was normal except for the antibody. Its not full Hashimotos byt Dr said it could develop. The biopsy showed atypical cells so they are doing genetic testing. I shoud hear next week so I am naturally very worried.
 
3DisneyBuggs - welcome and wishing you all the best with the testing. Hoping you get good results! Just curious as to what kind of genetic testing they are doing? Does it have anything to do with the MEN syndrome. (I think its called something like that) They were checking me out for something like that. My family has a bad genetic history to begin with.

Micayla - I hope you are ok and that the tornadoes did not affect you.

Christine - hope things are doing well.

Nothing new medically here, so that is a good thing. I am trying to be good about the diet. Tomm. I am going to try and book a mammo. Its just crazy around her with dh traveling. He is off today to the west coast, coming back for thanksgiving and then he goes to boston the day before our trip. I told him his suitcase must be packed by that sun. and then after we come back I think 2 days later he is off to the coast again. This makes my head spin. I am getting so weary of this and i am not even the one traveling! I wish he would slow things down but that does not seem to be the case. He already said he had like 3 possible trips to Siberia next year, sigh.

And again pixie dust got dumped on us. I am seeing it pays to look for adrs around 1 am eastern time, lol. What popped up but Be Our Guest, so I asked dh if he wanted to eat there again and he said sure! So we are going. I think the only things I have left to do for the trip is book the limo, wheelchair and the MVMCP tickets.


Hmm, we never heard how dmiliani dh made out if he had to have radiation etc.

Check in when you can.
 
luvmarypoppins--I think 3DisneyBuggs is referring to the Affirma/Veracyte testing which is a type of gene testing they do for inconclusive biopsies. It's not "genetic" testing it that they are looking for anything heredity. It is more like changes to the genes that they look for in an inconclusive biopsy that would be a better indicator for cancer.

I'm not sure how your husband does all that traveling. I could not do it. I find traveling extremely exhausting. He must be a superman.

I have started taking Synthroid again after MANY years. I have spent the summer in an awful way and, I have to say, after only a few days on it, I feel 50% better. The dizziness has pretty much disappeared. I'm not totally better but better enough that I think many of my problems were due to either the generic levothyroxine fillers and/or the Tirosint. I have a hard time accepting that but I don't know what else to think.

I'm still working at home because we don't have office space. For the first time this week, I went back into BLDG 197 at the Navy Yard. Oddly enough, I did fine with it but it was really something else to walk through and see where all of the stuff happened. Bullet holes ALL OVER THE PLACE, ripped up walls, carpeting, destroyed cubicles. It's amazing how much damage one person can do. It was sad seeing some of the areas where people lost their lives. They have done a good job to try to make those areas neutral, but it is obvious. A few people had laid flowers on some of the victim's desks. It was all pretty sad. But it did bring some sort of closure to me and I was able to tolerate being in the building. We will probably move to our temporary location in January.

Otherwise, my friend is going through some thyroid issues and she will be having a total thyroidectomy in December. So far everything is benign, but you never know until it's all out. She's been receiving her treatment at the Washington Hospital Center, which is THE thyroid place in this area. I don't go there because my treatments began well before they became the place to be with thyroid cancer. But it's interesting how they handle things and they are very efficient and know what they are doing. If I ever get into trouble, that's where I'll go.

Hope everyone is gearing up okay for Thanksgiving. My son comes home tomorrow and my daughter on Sunday.
 
Just popping in to say have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving everyone!

Well we are off to disney on tues. I had my ds help me with this fast pass plus stuff and the magic bands. I hope it works out with our 3 resort stays in one trip, etc. etc. I heard horrors of people linking their ap's to the bands but that is what we did so I will see what happens.

This time I picked blue for the both of us. Its my favorite color. Last time they just gave us both grey. I was actually thinking of getting one of us a red one and one a green for christmas, :)

The next day after we come back from disney I am going for the mammo. I always am a little concerned since I already had the tumor once and throw in the thy ca too.

Check in when you can.
 
I received a good message from my Doctor today - the testing they did showed no cancer. I go back for an ultrasound in May. I wish everyone on this board a happy thanksgiving and hope for a healthy 2014 and beyond. Thank you for listening to my concerns. Luvmarypoppins enjoy your trip!
 
Blessings to all for a Happy Thanksgiving! Looking forward to our January WDW trip! Last year was our first time in the winter and it was great. We have decided we don't need any more "stuff" and are taking advantage of DD long college winter break as our Christmas gift to each other. Will be extra nice to spend the time together, as DD has been in London this whole semester!

Monday to the cardiologist for regular appointment to watch Bp. Been short of breath lately, so we'll see if meds need to be adjusted.

Stay well, everyone!

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I received a good message from my Doctor today - the testing they did showed no cancer. I go back for an ultrasound in May. I wish everyone on this board a happy thanksgiving and hope for a healthy 2014 and beyond. Thank you for listening to my concerns. Luvmarypoppins enjoy your trip!

Fabulous news! Makes Thanksgiving extra special.
 
Hi everyone :wave2: Sorry to meet under these circumstances.

Long story short. My female doctor thought my throat felt a little "weird" back in May. She refereed me to my doctor, who was also concerned. Blood work, and one ultrasound later, I was told that I have hypothyroidism and a goiter. The Dr. prescribed 50mg of Levothyroxine, blood test 60 days later confirmed that my dose needed increased. So she increased me to 75mg.

Six months later (today) I had another ultrasound on the thyroid to check if the medication has stopped the growth, or if it's still growing. I received a phone call from my doctors office today. Apparently my goiter is still growing, so I'm being refereed to a endocrinologist.

My Mom is hypothyroid, and my Grandma is hyperthyroid. My grandma also developed a goiter, her's was cancerous and removed.

I'm 38, been over weight most of my life. But I'm new to all of this, and it's all so confusing.
 
Hi everyone :wave2: Sorry to meet under these circumstances.

Long story short. My female doctor thought my throat felt a little "weird" back in May. She refereed me to my doctor, who was also concerned. Blood work, and one ultrasound later, I was told that I have hypothyroidism and a goiter. The Dr. prescribed 50mg of Levothyroxine, blood test 60 days later confirmed that my dose needed increased. So she increased me to 75mg.

Six months later (today) I had another ultrasound on the thyroid to check if the medication has stopped the growth, or if it's still growing. I received a phone call from my doctors office today. Apparently my goiter is still growing, so I'm being refereed to a endocrinologist.

My Mom is hypothyroid, and my Grandma is hyperthyroid. My grandma also developed a goiter, her's was cancerous and removed.

I'm 38, been over weight most of my life. But I'm new to all of this, and it's all so confusing.

Do you have a goiter (enlarged gland) or a nodule? Goiters, themselves, aren't usually a big deal; however, nodules represent a different issue. So I was wondering exactly what you do have (nodule(s) or goiter).

I would say that your next step with be a biopsy of the suspicious area. The fact that your grandmother had thyroid cancer would have me doing that. Not that *most* thyroid cancers are considered hereditary--they are not; however, there is something to it if others in the family have had it.

Hopefully being on meds, at least, is going to make you feel better over time. Did they tell you what your TSH levels were?
 





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