Guest guest Posted January 17, 2002 Report Share Posted January 17, 2002 Hi, My name is and I just joined this group. I recently had a total thyroidectomy based on a diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. I'll be undergoing RAI in Feb. Is there anyone who was diagnosed with thyca while pregnant. Does anyone have experience taking birth control pill and thyroid medication. Can you take a birth control pill that contains estrogen? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2002 Report Share Posted January 17, 2002 For all practical purposes there are no major problems taking thyroid hormones and estrogens at the same time. You just have to tell your doctor about it and if you stop taking the estrogens you should let the doctor know as well. Estrogens may increase the dose of thyroid needed a little bit and they also change the blood tests for T4, T3 and T3 Uptake. ############################################## Arturo R. Rolla, MD Boston,MA USA arolla@... arolla@... arolla@... arolla@... ############################################## Birth control pills > Hi, My name is and I just joined this group. I recently had a > total thyroidectomy based on a diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. > I'll be undergoing RAI in Feb. Is there anyone who was diagnosed with > thyca while pregnant. Does anyone have experience taking birth control > pill and thyroid medication. Can you take a birth control pill that > contains estrogen? > > Thanks. > > > > > > For more information regarding thyroid cancer visit www.thyca.org. If you do not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2002 Report Share Posted January 17, 2002 Hi . I can only help you out with the first part of your question. I had a baby in November of 2000. I was diagnosed with Pap thyca in March of 2001. Since Thyca is such a slow growing cancer, I am convinced that I had cancer while I was pregnant. I did have some complications while I was carrying. I developed pre-eclampsia and put on bedrest for the last month of my pregnancy. I ended up delivering 3 1/2 weeks early but my baby was perfectly healthy. She was 4lbs. 13oz. Very small but very healthy and today (at one year of age) she's perfect. The dr's say what happened with me during my pregnancy was not because of the cancer. I'm not so sure and I probably will never know. I wish I could help you out with the other part of your question, but I'm sure someone on the board will answer. This group has been so helpful for me and I know that there are several out there who have had no problems with pregnancy after thyca. Good luck dx pap thyca 3-01 TT 5-01 100 mCi RAI 6-01 100 mCi RAI 1-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 , Yes you can take estrogen containing birth control pills with thyroid replacement. However, you *may* require more thyroid hormone then you would when not taking birth control pills. For 6 years, I took thyroid medication with birth control pills. I was nicely, evenly regulated on .137 of Levothroid. Earlier this year, I began taking birth control pills and my TSH quickly dropped to the hypothyroid range and I had a devil of a time getting it back down. In fact, I couldn't get it back down without going through a lot of med changes and tests, so I gave up the birth control pills. Since you are just starting out, you should be able to start off and get it down from the start and maybe your body will react a lot better than mine did. But overall, it is no big deal to take both. In a message dated Thu, 17 Jan 2002 3:38:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, " hredlich " writes: > Hi, My name is and I just joined this group. I recently had a > total thyroidectomy based on a diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer. > I'll be undergoing RAI in Feb. Is there anyone who was diagnosed with > thyca while pregnant. Does anyone have experience taking birth control > pill and thyroid medication. Can you take a birth control pill that > contains estrogen? > > Thanks. > > > > > > For more information regarding thyroid cancer visit www.thyca.org. If you do not wish to belong to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to thyca-unsubscribe > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 Hi, I had the same thing happen to me. I started taking hormone replacement therapy and I started to gain weight and couldn't wait to get home from work and go to bed. I was exhausted. I had my TSH checked and was very hypo 8.0, which as you know is a big problem. I never got a real yes or no answer from the endo., pharmacy, or GYN if the hormone therapy had altered my synthroid. But I went hypo on it, so I told my GYN and went off the drug 2 1/2 months ago. I had to increase my synthyroid to 150 (highest I've taken) and my TSH is down to .22. Debbie --- ChristiNorman@... wrote: > , > Yes you can take estrogen containing birth control > pills with thyroid replacement. However, you *may* > require more thyroid hormone then you would when not > taking birth control pills. For 6 years, I took > thyroid medication with birth control pills. I was > nicely, evenly regulated on .137 of Levothroid. > Earlier this year, I began taking birth control > pills and my TSH quickly dropped to the hypothyroid > range and I had a devil of a time getting it back > down. In fact, I couldn't get it back down without > going through a lot of med changes and tests, so I > gave up the birth control pills. Since you are just > starting out, you should be able to start off and > get it down from the start and maybe your body will > react a lot better than mine did. But overall, it > is no big deal to take both. > > > In a message dated Thu, 17 Jan 2002 3:38:01 PM > Eastern Standard Time, " hredlich " > writes: > > > Hi, My name is and I just joined this > group. I recently had a > > total thyroidectomy based on a diagnosis of > papillary thyroid cancer. > > I'll be undergoing RAI in Feb. Is there anyone who > was diagnosed with > > thyca while pregnant. Does anyone have experience > taking birth control > > pill and thyroid medication. Can you take a birth > control pill that > > contains estrogen? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > For more information regarding thyroid cancer > visit www.thyca.org. If you do not wish to belong > to this group, you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a > blank email to thyca-unsubscribe > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 Debbie - I assume you are aware that .22 is still higher than the suppression level of less than .10 generally recommended for thyroid cancer patients? There are exceptions to this, of course, but it may be something to discuss with your endo. - Debbie wrote: > Hi, I had the same thing happen to me. I started > taking hormone replacement therapy and I started to > gain weight and couldn't wait to get home from work > and go to bed. I was exhausted. I had my TSH checked > and was very hypo 8.0, which as you know is a big > problem. I never got a real yes or no answer from the > endo., pharmacy, or GYN if the hormone therapy had > altered my synthroid. But I went hypo on it, so I told > my GYN and went off the drug 2 1/2 months ago. I had > to increase my synthyroid to 150 (highest I've taken) > and my TSH is down to .22. > > Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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