Re: Most Common Symptons of Hypothyroidism

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> Wrote:

>This is interesting. Here is one lady that also made the connection to Fibro

and the thyroid.

Hi ,

Thanks for your reply and for the information and websites you've provide. I'll

take a look at them for sure. Right now I don't know what to eat as I'm in so

much pain and my doctor ND has told me until I have an ultrasound done on my

gallbladder and kidneys I' not to eat high fats or any dairy. This situation

started after an extremely miserable day with hormone problems, I know it's

hormones as I experience a similar thing in 1995 following a hysterectomy

because of endometriosis. Then suddenly Wednesday night while laying on our bed

watching t.v. I got pelvic pains, then stomach pains, nausea, and pain going

through to my back and around the side to my ribs just below my right breast.

Off to my GP next for an ultrasound to be done ASAP. The wait for tests can be

long here but I was told this should not be because of what was written on the

report from my ND so maybe I'll be lucky and get rushed in or get the first

cancellation. I just want the pain to end SOON. Painkillers I'm on don't even

touch it!

Just learned from my naturopath that endometriosis is a result of having had TOO

much estrogen in my body. In 17 years no medical person ever told me that! My

ovaries had formed cysts too which had strangled one ovary and the other was

covered with endometriosis. I was 46 at the time and the MD I had then just

kept putting me on birth control which did nothing. I was constantly bleeding.

In retrospect I realize he had no idea what was going on. Finally he decided I

should see a specialist, duh, but the next day I collapsed in agony.

I was rushed to hospital and had a specialist appointed to me. He just shook

his head when I told him what treatment my G.P. had given me. Ultrasound showed

a " gray mass " so it could have been endometriosis or cancer. An exploratory was

done and the outcome was not what I wanted. I remember with a chuckle here that

prior to being taken into the operating room a nurse gave me some forms to sign

which said something like " if the doctor felt it was required he could do this

and he could do that " . No way in hell was I agreeing to that, my ovaries were

not going to be removed if I could prevent it so I wrote on the form " not to be

removed until the doctor talks to my husband " . the nurse was angry and she

commented the doctor wouldn't like it to which I said then he can think about

his wife being on a table and my husband operating on her.! She insisted I could

not do that! I commonly looked at her and said I'm a legal assistant and I know

I most certainly can because this was MY body we were talking about and my

husband and I had talked and he knew under what only conditions the ovaries

could be removed. HE would be my spokesperson for me. I learned later that the

doctor did indeed leave the operating room (not in the least angry) and went to

speak with my husband. He sadly explained there simply was no chance of saving

them, but my husband had the right to know that and make the decision for me.

During the nineties, I remember in both Canada and the U.S.A. so many

hysterectomies were being done on women, women under than I was at the time,

that it was almost looking like it was being used as a form of contraception! I

pray for a LOT of young women that they didn't allow that to happen. Uterus OK,

ovaries NO WAY. Your hormonal system is complete askew after that.

I stopped eating soy years ago because I researched and leaned about chemicals

being use in the process processing of soy. Being diagnosed with FMS I

gradually cut more and more foods out of my diet, drink absolutely no liquor or

wine. I used to LOVE a glass of red wine with my meal. Some foods that I found

bothered me a few years ago, I can eat again. Other times it. what can I eat

today.

So, once I'm back on my feet and feeling like I can eat again I'll definitely

look at what you posted. Thank you very much.

I hope you continue to feel better and better.

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Since I had my thyroid taken out for Hashimotos which is an auto immun disease

and fibromyagia has always been thought to be a co existing auto immune disoder

with something else, it is very commn.

Don't let the word Common put you in a box, I couldn't swallow and lost fifty

pounds while people with hypothyroidism usuallly gain weight, my nodules were

grown inside my thyroid like bubble wrap and it did not show up on ultrashounds

and the specialist didn't do thre tests for thyroid panel.

So I had my thyroid removed by a surgeon I trusted and the thyroid was

nodulated,scarred, and attached with another mass. I appreciated his concern and

I was thrown into " thyroid storm " which you can die from and ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT THING TO WATCH AND COMMON IS " HICH BLOOD PRESSURE " and it was so high

I got TIA's which cause the the slurred speech, and you can be unaware of this.

Since the Thyroid regulates hormones this is a normal response and the lady

probably had her surgery as her trigger for her fibro.

Endometriotriosis can be caused by other things than too much estrogen and

stages of endometrosis are gauged by all hormones and people with polysistic and

pelvic inflammatory disease are known to get endometriosis.

Here is a site that explains it better

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/endometriosis/article_em.htm

Bennie

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> Bennie Wrote:

> Since I had my thyroid taken out for Hashimotos which is an auto immune

disease and fibromyalgia has always been thought to be a co existing auto immune

disorder with something else, it is very common.

Hi Bennie,

Thank you for your posting. I am the lady that wrote about the hysterectomy.

I am so sorry for what you have suffered. As you had nodules grow inside your

thyroid, did you also suffer with goiter? At one time I would have asked how

your specialist did not do the three tests of the thyroid panel, but not after

what I've experienced recently. It only surprises me to the point that you'd

expect more from a " specialist " . I have a friend in Mexico who is currently

being treated by T4 (her T3 was fine) as she has thyroid nodules and is hoping

treatment will shrink them and she won't need surgery. She said days after being

on the T4 she felt she had far more energy and a week later she felt like her

old self, well. I guess time will tell what will happen with the nodules and I

sure hope she'll not require surgery.

I knew nothing about a " thyroid storm " until my recent research on

hypothyroidism and I read about Hashimotos. I've read so much recently, I'm

trying to recall. I believe the article said that a thyroid storm is caused when

hypothyroidism goes untreated for too long and leads further symptoms,

possibility of death and to the removal of the thyroid. What treatment did they

give you during the episode and following it. How are you feeling now? I

cringe just thinking about.

Thank you also for pointing out to me that my surgery might have been my trigger

to fibromyalgia. I didn't think of that before, but it's possible. Years ago I

attended a group for How to Recover from Fibromyalgia and it was interesting to

learned that out of 15 people 12 had suffered auto accidents! I've also read

that trauma whether emotional or physical and trigger FMS.

I used to do what I think most people do and that is when you get test results

back and a doctor says " you're o.k " you'd feel relief and think nothing more

about it; or you'd look at the figures on the test sheet, see what your Result

figure was, then check the range and if your figure fell within that range you'd

say " it's ok " . I'd only question something if a bold H was beside it. Now,

those figures have been helpful to me to KNOW that while the doctor says I'm

withing " normal " range my body sure doesn't and my 34 symptoms say more. In

retrospect I'm glad my MD truly angered me as he made me look for help elsewhere

which has been far more beneficial.

I have found conventional doctors have little to offer suffers of FMS and I have

had more relief from pain with osteopaths, chiropractors, myotherapists (work

Trigger Points), massage therapists and my nauropathic doctor who is interest in

fibromyalgia.

I've ordered my ultrasound test and was told the next available date is June

4th! If there's a cancellation I said I'd take it. I just want to get all the

results so whatever treatment I need can begin. I get frustrated waiting, but

this week I should get something back from Dr. Coe, ND about my hormones.

Take Care