Re: The Universe is Testing Me

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Can we say trying to make a lot of money off of you..... cha-ching

cha-ching.....

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> I just saw a blood doctor because I wanted to get a prescription for

> blood draws to treat my high ferritin (tested at 414 in April 2008, up

> from 292 tested April 2007). He said that a high ferritin level by

> itself doesn't mean that anything's wrong. He said there are 2

> conditions, hemachromatosis and hemastomosis, that can cause high

> ferritin, but hemastomosis isn't harmful.

>

> OK, fine... Maybe that's true.

>

> But then we started talking about my adrenals and thyroid, and he

> totally ripped into me, saying that low cortisol doesn't automatically

> mean that your adrenals are weak. I told him that it makes sense

> because I had low cortisol symptoms when I was younger (allergies,

> asthma, and dry skin).

>

> He wants me to stop Isocort and get a ACTH stim test and a pituitary

> MRI! Even though when I tried reducing my Isocort dose a few months

> ago everything went to hell!

>

> He also said that my thyroid is normal. These were my tests in April

> when I wasn't taking any thyroid meds.

> TSH 0.588 (.350-5.5)

> Free T4 1.50 (.61-1.76)

> Free T3 3.5 (2.3-4.2)

>

> How could my thyroid be normal when my temps were horrible before

> starting T3 and I had all the symptoms of hypothyroidism??? I'm

> finally starting to feel better as I'm ramping up TiTre.

>

> He also said that T4 is MORE IMPORTANT than T3??? What???

>

> If he were to treat me, he wants me to stop TiTre and Isocort and get

> a whole bunch of crazy tests, like an ultrasound of my abdomen and a

> I-131 thyroid uptake (some sort of radioactive test???)

>

> Sorry to vent, but this just really sucks. It seems like every new

> doctor I see goes totally against everything I've learned. After

> staring TiTre, my temps are almost at 98.6 and I'm finally having hope

> that I will feel normal soon. So it seems like I'm on the right track.

>

> But he also said, " Just because a med makes you feel better, doesn't

> mean it's good for you. " Maybe I can see the validity in that. I don't

> know, I just feel really discouraged right now.

>

> Does anybody know anything about what this doctor is talking about?

>

> -Jung

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