Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi all, Just thought I'd share that I had a chance to speak to some 3rd year medical students today about my thyroid condition. Hopefully as a result there are 4 more potential doctors out there who understand (a) it's important to not just do TSH and T4 blood test, but much more including including ferritin and thyroid antibodies. ( someone's tsh can be very low (<0.01) while other results (FT3 and FT4) are also low and out of range and their dose might still need adjusting upwards © it's all about the symptoms and not the numbers and PLEASE listen to your patient and last but not least (d) thyroxine doesn't work for everyone and T3 was the key to at least one patient returning to good health. I would like to think that in a small way I have helped at least one person who, in the future, these future doctors might come across. If so, it was worth an hour of my time. Nadia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Congratulations and well done Nadia. This is great news. How do you feel it went, and did you get the feeling that they were genuinely interested in what you were telling them, and probably, were they quite surprised also? Luv - Sheila Just thought I'd share that I had a chance to speak to some 3rd year medical students today about my thyroid condition. Hopefully as a result there are 4 more potential doctors out there who understand (a) it's important to not just do TSH and T4 blood test, but much more including including ferritin and thyroid antibodies. ( someone's tsh can be very low (<0.01) while other results (FT3 and FT4) are also low and out of range and their dose might still need adjusting upwards © it's all about the symptoms and not the numbers and PLEASE listen to your patient and last but not least (d) thyroxine doesn't work for everyone and T3 was the key to at least one patient returning to good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thats so good Nadia and you honestly never ever know how your words like a pebble in a pool will go out and positively effect others..... Thank you for seeing the opportunity to tell the truth to these future Doctors who in their professional lifetime will see thousands of patients. Never know, one of them may become another Dr Lowe. F > > Hi all, > > Just thought I'd share that I had a chance to speak to some 3rd year medical students today about my thyroid condition. Hopefully as a result there are 4 more potential doctors out there who understand > > (a) it's important to not just do TSH and T4 blood test, but much more including including ferritin and thyroid antibodies. > ( someone's tsh can be very low (<0.01) while other results (FT3 and FT4) are also low and out of range and their dose might still need adjusting upwards > © it's all about the symptoms and not the numbers and PLEASE listen to your patient > and last but not least > (d) thyroxine doesn't work for everyone and T3 was the key to at least one patient returning to good health. > > I would like to think that in a small way I have helped at least one person who, in the future, these future doctors might come across. If so, it was worth an hour of my time. > > Nadia. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 HI Sheila, I felt it went very well. I didn't try to 'lecture' them, just told them my story and also what with hindsight would the medical profession could have done to help me but didn't. They all seemed genuinely interested and concerned that I could have been diagnosed much earlier if my GP had done more tests and paid more attention to what I was saying rather than relying on the numbers of the TSH test. That was one of the main thing I wanted to get across. I made a point of telling them that my TSH is no <0.01 and stays there even when I am undermedicated and my other numbers (FT4 and FT3) fall well below the reference range. Also that thyroxine alone didn't help me AT ALL and that T3 made a big difference. I will never know if it makes a difference to how they treat patients, but they were very honest with me saying they'd never talked to anyone with hashimoto's before and asked my opinion on a couple of things, so hopefully somewhere along the line they will be sitting with a patient who doesn't 'fit the textbook' and remember our conversation and take a bit of extra time to find out what's wrong. At least, that's what I hope. Nadia > > Congratulations and well done Nadia. This is great news. How do you feel it > went, and did you get the feeling that they were genuinely interested in > what you were telling them, and probably, were they quite surprised also? > > Luv - Sheila > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Well done Nadia, best wishes Bob > > HI Sheila, > > I felt it went very well. I didn't try to 'lecture' them, just told them my story and also what with hindsight would the medical profession could have done to help me but didn't. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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