Thyroid/autoimmune disease??

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Any of you posters out there have RA as well as thyroid situations

going as well??

My doc/then endocrinologist says that I might have Hashimoto's

thyroiditis which CAN/may be linked to other auto immune types of

disease (eg, lupus, sjogrens, RA, etc)

I have pretty normal blood tests BUTTTT I am wondering if ALSO the

thyroid is/can be another bodily system affected by these insidious

diseases?

Oh by the way, thyroid ultrasound indicated small nodules but heck I

see no difference in the size of my neck?..now he wants to do a fine

needle aspiration?..not sure what that is...HATE NEEEEEEDLES!!!!!

I wonder at times if these docs want to just do all these procdeures

on us to get moolah!..growl!

GOD BLESS to you fellow sufferers of RA and other associated auto-

diseases.....

Hoping for a cure one of these days to our diseases......sigh....

from Reagan country.....

Mtx for 6 yrs, RA, possible Hashi's ...