Re: Newbie Advice Needed - docs tomorrow!

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Hi newbie, you may not be converting the T4 into T3.! for a good doc in your area try the dove clinic. it is in Hampshire. i was a patient their for two years.and they understand the thyroid, but they are private and i bit pricey. angel.

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You are entitled to know your test results, just ask for them. If there is any

opposition, tell them that under the terms of the 2000 freedom of info act, you

are reuesting them.

You don't have to give any reason for the results and does it matter if the

doctor thinks you are a hypochondriac? In fact, does it matter what anyone else

thinks? The important thing is for you to have a look at the test results, so

you can decide if they really are normal.

The days when we just trusted the word of the doctor are, I'm afraid to say,

long gone. Now we are bassed and treated with a one size fits all. It's

easy to be missed and easy to be fobbed off. You have to be a bit of a

nusance to get anywhere with them.

You shouldn't need to beg for a referral, the doc has failed to treat you for

the past four years, as evidenced by you feeling slightly better with a higher

dose. a normal replacement dose can be anywhere up to and over 200 mcg per

day.... If the doc won't increase the meds and won't refer you, ask him what

his diagnosis is.

Often they tell you that your symptoms are down to something other than thyroid.

If he tries this one, ask what the name is of this new illness, and what he

going to do to cure it?

Good luck!

x

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> I've been hypo for 14 years, and for the last 4 have been suffering terrible

coldness, where I feel chilled to the bone, from the inside out, I break out in

goosebumps constantly. I've spend every evening (and some afternoons) with a hot

water bottle and in desperation often resort to warming up by sitting with the

hair dryer running for 20 mins! The room thermostat is on 22 degrees. I am

equally cold on summer evenings and have a hot water bottle at night, even in

summer. I also get hands and feet burning from time to time and going bright

red and a bit swollen but I'm not aware if this is thyroid related.

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> Saw doc 8 weeks ago who upped thyroxine from 100 to 125 even tho TSH was

'normal' on 100. Within a couple of weeks I found that I was no longer losing

hair (I thought I could see lots of hair loss when washing it because I'd grown

it long so it was more visible). I have bags more energy (thought I was just

tired from kids) I don't feel low any more (thought I was just naturally

grumpy!) None of these things had I relised was down to thyroid - I just

thought that was how I was.

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> I am still cold, although not as bad as I was. But I'm not right. Tomorrow I

go back to doc to tell him how I've got on. I'd really like him to increase me

up to 150 but I don't think he will as my TSH was 'normal' on 100 and it took a

lot of persuasion to get 125.

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> I'd like to ask for a copy of my blood results but I'm too frightened to as

think doc will think I'm a hypochondriac! Could a receptionist do it so doc

doesn't need to know I'm making a pain of myself?

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> If I have to beg for a referral, do you know of a doc near me that knows what

he's doing? I live in Fleet, Hampshire. Thanks for any advice!

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