RE: Re: Update and test results

[Guest guest]

Ann - we do have a list of 'good' doctors but we don't

publish this because we don't want to put our doctors careers at risk. We don't

publish a list of 'bad' doctors as we don't wish to put ourselves at risk of

being sued for naming doctors we consider bad. A better way is for patients to

report their doctor if they are bad to their local primary care trust or to the

General Medical Council instead of treating them like gods and not daring to

say a word to them about what their bad practice. It is we patients who

have put our doctors on a pedestal and allowed them to treat us so badly

unfortunately.

You should write to the doctor who refuses to treat you with

levothyroxine asking him why he refuses to prescribe levothyroxine for

you when you have been diagnosed hypothyroid. He is withholding medication that

will make you well, without which, you will become more ill. Tell him that you

wish to be referred to an endocrinologist as he refuses to treat you and make

sure you send a copy to the Practice Manager. You could send a copy to your

local Primary Care Trust too. Make sure you Cc these on the bottom of your

letter so your GP knows you have done this. Also, ask in the letter that it is

put into your medical notes. If he still refuses to refer you to a specialist

or refuses to prescribe levothyroxine for you and you become ill, he can be

reported to the GMC for withholding treatment - and your letter will be

evidence that you made these requests to him. List your last blood

results again with the reference range as I have forgotten.

Luv - Sheila

I've just found out that I am hypoT (over the normal range) according

to my blood tests and one of the docs. at the surgery won't treat me

with thyroxin even though I told him how ill I am, and it runs in our

family - my mother and sister have it and are being treated with thyroxin.

Its nice to hear someone is getting somewhere with their doc.

.._,___

[Guest guest]

,

did you also look at that link I posted this morning about the other

unrecognised symptoms of low adrenal reserve - see if any of your symptoms

could be related. it really is an excellent idea to get the 24 hour salivary

adrenal profile done. You can get this test from www.gdx.uk.net

8 hours

is still too short a time to have a blood test done for your thyroid function.

It does need to be at least 24 hours without any thyroxine or the results can

be skewed and yes, you can be having an thyroid antibody attack one day which

will show very different thyroid function tests to another day when the

antibodies are doing nothing. A visit to Dr Peatfield would most definitely

help and if you let me know where you live, I will see if we have a 'good' NHS

endocrinologist in your particular area that you can be referred to. We DO have

some good one's who know their business, but most do not sadly.

Luv -

Sheila

I do remember reading somewhere that in the presence of high Thyroid

antibodies all the other test results can be skewed and unreliable. My

tests in August showed very large TPAB (>1013) and TGAB (115.7)

antibody levels, although they weren't tested this time.