Re: off thyroid me one week

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie,

I'm sorry you are having such a " let down " from stopping your thyroid

medication. Since I haven't been able to be on the computer much lately or been

able to read the posts I don't know why you are stopping it. I take Synthroid

(generic) for underactive thyroid. The effects that I would have if I stopped

taking it would include being quite fatigued. Add that to fibro and you get a

massive fibro fog. I hope you get over the effects soon or go back to taking it.

Blessed be,

Marti

deebs87 wrote:

Since I have been off Levoxyl one week, my fibro fog has worsened.

Also

much more tired then I usually am. That may also be because I have to

take Neurontin in the afternoon. Hope my symptoms don't get too worse

so I won't be able to drive.

Debbie J

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marti,

Hope you are feeling better now. Did answer your post about where

your daugther took you to a restaurant.

Anyway, had to stop my Levoxyl (thyroid med) for my thyroid cancer

treatment. My treatment is radioactive iodine to kill of cancer

cells. Any thyroid tissue absorb iodine. While I am off my med, my

TSH will keep getting higher. Once it's above 30 it will be a good

range for the cancer treatment. So my thyroid cancer tissue will

readily abosrb more iodine at the high TSH level. CAn't take my

Levoxyl till after my cancer treatment.

This was hard to explain. Hope it makes sense to anyone.

soft hugs,

Debbie J

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> Hi Debbie,

> I'm sorry you are having such a " let down " from stopping your

thyroid medication. Since I haven't been able to be on the computer

much lately or been able to read the posts I don't know why you are

stopping it. I take Synthroid (generic) for underactive thyroid.

The effects that I would have if I stopped taking it would include

being quite fatigued. Add that to fibro and you get a massive fibro

fog. I hope you get over the effects soon or go back to taking it.

> Blessed be,

> Marti

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> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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[Guest guest]

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Yes, you need to be able to

keep driving if at all possible.

Jeanne in WI

> Since I have been off Levoxyl one week, my fibro fog has worsened. Also

> much more tired then I usually am. That may also be because I have to take

> Neurontin in the afternoon. Hope my symptoms don't get too worse

so I won't be able to drive.

>

> Debbie J

[Guest guest]

Makes perfect sense to me. Hope you reach that treatment number quickly so

you can get on with it and then back on your medication.

Jeanne in WI

> Hi Marti,

> Hope you are feeling better now. Did answer your post about where your

> daugther took you to a restaurant.

>

> Anyway, had to stop my Levoxyl (thyroid med) for my thyroid cancer

> treatment. My treatment is radioactive iodine to kill of cancer cells.

> Any thyroid tissue absorb iodine. While I am off my med, my TSH will keep

> getting higher. Once it's above 30 it will be a good range for the cancer

> treatment. So my thyroid cancer tissue will

readily abosrb more iodine at the high TSH level. CAn't take my Levoxyl

till after my cancer treatment.

> This was hard to explain. Hope it makes sense to anyone.

>

> soft hugs,

> Debbie J

[Guest guest]

> Makes perfect sense to me. Hope you reach that treatment number

> quickly so

> you can get on with it and then back on your medication.

I haven't had anything to add to this, but hope that Debbie you will

do well with your treatment.

The only thing I can relate is that I had a big tabby cat who

developed hyperthyroidism in 1999. It often happens with older cats,

and is usually from thyroid cancer. Frisky had the radioactive

iodine treatment. The cancer pretty much affected her entire

thyroid, so she had no function left afterwards. I gave her pills

for the rest of her life. Pilling her was not fun, and a friend

finally figured out that if we squished up the pill and mixed it with

baby food, she would happily lick that off my finger. She did just

fine after the treatment and lived to a ripe old age. Her only major

problem was that she threw her back out chasing the kittens I got

for her after her buddy died

Not sure how this helps you except that the treatment works well, and

Frisky reported that the pills are acceptable if mixed with baby

food. And be careful chasing kittens. ;D

I'll be thinking of you, and Frisky, as you go through this.

Z

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your response and sharing the story about Frisky. We have

a big tabby also so will pay attention to how she acts now.

Debbie J

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>> The only thing I can relate is that I had a big tabby cat who

> developed hyperthyroidism in 1999. It often happens with older

cats,

> and is usually from thyroid cancer. Frisky had the radioactive

> iodine treatment. The cancer pretty much affected her entire

> thyroid, so she had no function left afterwards. I gave her pills

> for the rest of her life. Pilling her was not fun, and a friend

> finally figured out that if we squished up the pill and mixed it

with

> baby food, she would happily lick that off my finger. She did

just

> fine after the treatment and lived to a ripe old age. Her only

major

> problem was that she threw her back out chasing the kittens I got

> for her after her buddy died

>

> Not sure how this helps you except that the treatment works well,

and

> Frisky reported that the pills are acceptable if mixed with baby

> food. And be careful chasing kittens. ;D

>

> I'll be thinking of you, and Frisky, as you go through this.

>

> Z

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