Re: Re: RA and link with thyroid problems

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Thanks for your input there. I might have to go the ablation route myself. I have huge growths on my thyroid and they will keep growing unless I kill it with radiation. I remember the rapid heartbeat and insomnia. I am so not looking forward to that at all. Still the alternative is worse. Hugs, Deborah

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Rue <maryrue@...> wrote:

Yes I have. They diagnosed my thyroid as Graves disease. It was

hyperthyroid. I was having symptoms like yours with a rapid heart

rate, being very tired all the time, hair loss, and the worse part

was the muscles kept getting weaker and weaker and made it hard to

even walk, They put me on thyroid meds to bring the level down to

normal and also on a drug to slow down the fast heart rate. After I

was back to normal after 2 years they said sometimes they can take

you off the med and it will stay down . We gave that a try but it

went back up. We tried the meds again but this time they made me

break out in hives. So it was either surgery or Radioactive Iodine

Treatment We did the radioactive and it pretty much destroyed. For

two years the levels were maintained normal with the little bit of

thyroid left. Now I am on Synthroid to keep the level normal.

I had the RA long before the Thyroid came along and are also a

diabetic.

Rue

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> > > I have suffered with RA for quite some time and take

Methotrexate.

> > > However, recently, I have been feeling very tired (exhausted

even !) I

> > > know that this is common with RA and have been putting up with

this

> > > exhaustion, but just recently I have been suffering from a

pounding in

> > > my ears and palpitations. I have today seen my General

Practitioner

> > > (not the Rheumatologist) and he has oredered more blood tests

because

> > > he feels that I may be suffering from under active thyroid. He

tells

> > > me that this is quite common with RA patients, because this too

is an

> > > auto immune problem.

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> > > My question is - has anyone out there suffered the same, ie -

Thryoid

> > > problem plus RA. I would be interested to hear from you.

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> > > Best wishes - Lynda

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