Guest guest Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hello all. I have just joined this group. I had a total thyroidectomy in December 2009 after several years of Grave's disease, and an unsuccessful radio iodine which didn't reduce my thyroid hormone at all. My doctor decided that 250 Mcg Levothyroxine daily was too high a dose, even though I was doing fairly well on it. He only based this on lab reports. You know, since coming off hospital care and into the care of my GP, I have never once been asked how I feel. It seems the doctors are blind beyond their computer reports from the lab. He cut me down to 200Mcg daily, and now a couple of months later I feel like death warmed up. My legs ache, I have an almost constant headache, I spend half the day asleep and my weight is ballooning. Before he reduced my dose I was cycling 150 miles a week. Now I can't do 5 miles before exhaustion sets in. When I told him this all I got was " Well your test reults are OK " I am due a blood test next week so hopefully that will indicate I need a higher dose. I just don't know what to do. We cannot just buy Thyroxine so if the doctor wont prescribe it we can't get it. I am not happy buying off the internet when we know so many online pharmacies sell fake or low quality medicines. I wish I hadn't had the surgery, but too late now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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