Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 I just got the results of my 1st blood test after surgery. I had a TT on 12/13/01, I started the Armour thyroid 1 grain (60 mg) on 12/14/01 and had the blood test a couple of days ago 1/9/02. Now from what I am reading 1 grain is a low dose for Armour they make 5 grain pills so I didn't expect my TSH to be in the normal range which it was. I am extremely tired and cold, dry skin, etc... Most of the classic hypo symptoms even though I can work and I think my worst symptoms is my dry eyes. They make my contacts blur and I can't see the computer screen unless close up. And since I just had an eye doctors appointment on 1/9/01 and my prescription has not changed its not that my eyes are worse. Anyway below are the tests, the doctor increased my hormone to 1.5 grains of the Armour during the appointment before the tests. Thyroid Antibodies 1.5 Range 2.3 - 4.2 TSH 3.39 Range .35 - 5.5 T4 3.7 Range 4.5 - 12.0 Free 1.1 Range 1.2 - 4.9 Tg 8.0 Range .5 - 55.0 Does anyone have experience with this type of thing. I assumed my TSH would be out of the range still. I know he will continue to increase my hormone replacement until at least .35 since he told me that, but I don't know how that small amount of change will alleviate all of my hypo symptoms. 35 Georgia TT 12/13/01 Diagnosed follicular variant of papillary carcinoma 1.3 cm and a 2nd pap carcinoma .5 cm. 12/17/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 fdeg: In response to your confusion. You can always tell if you are in afib by either feeling your radial or brachial pulse or by listening over your heart with a stethoscope. It will always be irregular. The irregularity is more discernable with a slow rate. The faster it goes the more difficult to call it irregular. The thing that you feel that is one hard and 2 soft would be safe to call just ectopy because it's only three beats. Afib would be at least somewhat sustained. There is also a phenomenon called escape beats or escape rhythm which occurs when a person has sinus bradycardia. When a sinus rhythm drops below 60BPM, the AV node might look at it and say " I can do it faster than that " . In that case you would have AV junctional escape beats or escape rhythm. If your sinus rate dropped below 40BPM your ventricles are also capable of their rhythm. " I can do it faster than that " and the ventricles could take over with a ventricular escape rhythm. The ventricles are only capable of escape rhythms of 20-40BPM. With your hx of rheumatic fever and LA hypertrophy, I couldn't say. I had a two fold problem - paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and a sick sinus syndrome. I walked around most of the time with a heart rate of 40 and a BP of 80/50. When I began to have atrial fib, in order to accomodate the decrease in heart rate and BP which is caused by beta blockers and/or antiarrhythmics, they had to give me a pacemaker before starting anything like Fleccanide. SSS (sick sinus syndrome), I don't believe can be diagnosed by simply an EKG. Perhaps a holter monitor. Mine was diagnosed in the cath lab during an EP study. Francis you sound so like me except I didn't have rheumatic heart disease. Where you have PSVT, I have Afib with rates at onset of 160 - 180BPM. Ask your cardiologist about tachy/brady syndrome or SSS. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Pam, Thanks so much for your detailed response. One of my docs a while back suggested SSS, but we never did an EP study. In April I had a mitral valvuloplasty (unsuccessful) and went into some sort of bad rhythm on the table. I do not know what it was, but they put me on Coumadin, so I suspect it was Afib. I quite often have very low rates 42-50 and lightheadedness, with either high or low BP. This afternoon I had that rhythm again, pulse measured 39 but BP was high. I think you are right about the escaped beats and the ventricle taking over. Because my heart is enlarged and I am thin, when I have arrhythmias I really feel them and see my left ventricle moving in my chest. When I get these rhythms it feels as if my heart is pulling very hard to the left. I think you are also correct about the RHD damaging the sinus node. Why did they finally give you a pacemaker? Because of the slow rates, or the fast ones. I would much rather not get a PM as I'm already being awarded two mechanical valves........ > fdeg: In response to your confusion. You can always tell if you are > in afib by either feeling your radial or brachial pulse or by > listening over your heart with a stethoscope. It will always be > irregular. The irregularity is more discernable with a slow rate. > The faster it goes the more difficult to call it irregular. The > thing that you feel that is one hard and 2 soft would be safe to call > just ectopy because it's only three beats. Afib would be at least > somewhat sustained. There is also a phenomenon called escape beats > or escape rhythm which occurs when a person has sinus bradycardia. > When a sinus rhythm drops below 60BPM, the AV node might look at it > and say " I can do it faster than that " . In that case you would have > AV junctional escape beats or escape rhythm. If your sinus rate > dropped below 40BPM your ventricles are also capable of their > rhythm. " I can do it faster than that " and the ventricles could take > over with a ventricular escape rhythm. The ventricles are only > capable of escape rhythms of 20-40BPM. With your hx of rheumatic > fever and LA hypertrophy, I couldn't say. I had a two fold problem - > paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and a sick sinus syndrome. I walked > around most of the time with a heart rate of 40 and a BP of 80/50. > When I began to have atrial fib, in order to accomodate the decrease > in heart rate and BP which is caused by beta blockers and/or > antiarrhythmics, they had to give me a pacemaker before starting > anything like Fleccanide. SSS (sick sinus syndrome), I don't believe > can be diagnosed by simply an EKG. Perhaps a holter monitor. Mine > was diagnosed in the cath lab during an EP study. Francis you sound > so like me except I didn't have rheumatic heart disease. Where you > have PSVT, I have Afib with rates at onset of 160 - 180BPM. Ask your > cardiologist about tachy/brady syndrome or SSS. > > Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 > Hi all. Im starting the SBD on Saturday, so I'm just getting all the > info as possible before starting. I'm just confused about one thing. > In Phase 2, is there only so much good carbs you can add back into > your diet in a day??? Or can I have like 3 legal fruits, and a > sandwhich with 2 pieces or bread at lunch and oatmeal for breakfast? > > Thanks, Devon Right now, just concentrate on Phase 1. Phase 2 will get here in its own time. At that point you will be able to judge better just how many carbs you can add in to your diet each day. -- Ann You spend your life fighting dirt, and when you die they bury you in it. hayakawa@... North Bend, Oregon, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 That's probably too much. You need to add back in slowly, one at a time so you can see how it affects you. Don't eat more than one starchy carb per day at first. Don't worry, Ph 2 takes a little tinkering. Good luck. Confused > Hi all. Im starting the SBD on Saturday, so I'm just getting all the > info as possible before starting. I'm just confused about one thing. > In Phase 2, is there only so much good carbs you can add back into > your diet in a day??? Or can I have like 3 legal fruits, and a > sandwhich with 2 pieces or bread at lunch and oatmeal for breakfast? > > Thanks, Devon > > > > > Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. > > For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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