Re: new to group

May 23, 2003

Sherry,

You poor thing. If I were you I'd probably find another gyno. It sounds

like it is a female problem. You have options!

Good luck,

W

May 23, 2003

Welcome Sherry,

Congratulations on all of your healthy

babies. I bet your both very busy raising

them and realize all the joys of parenting.

I'm sorry to hear about the ovarian cysts

and fibroid uterus. Are the cysts simple or complex?

I agree with you about getting a consult from

a physician who does tubal ligation reversals, if

the cyst condition originates from that procedure.

Was poly cystic ovararian syndrome ruled out? (PCOS)

S/he may also be helpful in referring for help

with the fibroid, ie someone experienced in myomectomy.

Your soooo very young Sherry to go through surgical

castration (BSO) and hysterectomy. If you can get

past a few more decades, without hysterectomy, you

reduce your chances of heart disese, osteoporosis,

and other potential hysterectomy complications.

If however, you would receive an endometrial biopsy

indicating cancer, of course, you have hysterectomy

as a last resort.

I hope you can resolve both the Ovarian cysts

and the fibroid, keeping your organs for as long

as you can. They will serve you well through

your 30's, 40's, and on.

There are so many helpful wonderful women here

who can lend information, anecdotal stories, and

support.

Hang in there with us.

Marsha

from a specialist who deals with potential post tubal

ligation problems, ovarian cysts

i am lost and dont know if i should get a second opinion i mean how

much do i have to hurt and feel bad about my body before they will do

something. thanx for listening and for your help

>

> sherry

May 23, 2003

Hi Sherry,

Welcome to the group. I have a few questions regarding your ultrasound. Did

they do an ultrasound on the outside of your belly and the inside of your

vagina? Forgive me but I don't remember the medical terms for that. Have you

had a pap and uterine biopsy to check for cancer? Based on what you have posted

I think a second opinion would be a good idea. Also I do not know much about

ovarian cysts, I have only uterine fibroids no ovarian cysts, but there are

other options besides an hysterectomy for fibroids. Have you researched about

hysterectomy? Do you know what you may be getting yourself in to? I choose not

to have a hysterectomy because I have researched and found out that it causes

incontinence, no sex drive, no orgasm, painful sex, fatigue, menopause or

menopause to occur earlier than normal, possible hormone therapy, and the list

goes on. Some women do great after a hysterectomy, some women don't. In my

mind hysterectomy wasn't a good choice. It seemed to me that you are going from

a list of problems caused by fibroids to a much longer lists of problems caused

by hysterectomy. Keep in mind it's your body, your uterus, and your choice. I

have found that Carla's website " sex, lies, and uterine fibroids " to be very

informative. Here is the link. http://www.uterinefibroids.com/ It lists the

other options that are available to treat fibroids.

Cheryl

new to group

I had my tubes tied in 2000 which i was suppose to have them done right after my

first child because i have large children. they weighed 10 pounds a piece. my

third child was taken by c section because of her size. since then i have

suffered from ovarian cysts that are painful and bloating and swollen abdomen. i

look like i am 7 months pregnant. well two months ago my gyno sent me back to my

regular doctor telling me that something else is causing the cysts. so my

regular doc. did a whole abdominal ultrasound and found a tumor in my uterus on

the wall and my uterus was enlarged. my doc said that if i was getting cysts

then my ovaries were not working right and in turn would cause the hormones were

messed up and would cause the tumor so he sent me back to the gyno and went to

him yesterday and he said that he still thinks something else other than female

problems is what is causing all this and said that he didnt have enough evidence

to get the insurance to give me a hysterectomy.

May 23, 2003

Hi Sherry! You have many options. Don't rush into anything (hysterectomy)

without exploring all of them. It's best to take care of things in the

right way, rather than the quick way. Find out exactly what your options are &

take your time to decide what is right for you. See another doctor for another

opinion & read some posts from this group. The more you know about what

exactly is going on in your body, the better you or anyone giving you advice

will

be in helping to decide what to do. We're here for you!

Colleen

May 25, 2003

Sherry

I really think you need to get another opinion. I would think that since it

concerns your uterus, the gyno would be the person to see. If they think it

might be cancerous, you might want to see an oncologist.

October 17, 2004

> I'm new to this group and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm

>also new to all this Thyroid stuff and honestly don't know much

>about it or the medications. I was recently diagnosed as

>Hypothyroid.

Hi . I am going to presume you have been put on a T4-only

med like Synthroid or Levoxyl, correct?? Most docs are ignorant, and

most docs put thyroid patients on a T4-only meds.

T4 is a storage hormone. It is mostly inactive, and is meant to

convert to the active hormone T3. But here's the rub--your own

thyroid would NOT be ONLY giving you T4!! Your thyroid gives you T4,

T3, T2, T1 and calicitonin (the latter helps keep the calcium in

your bones.) And....Armour gives you exactly the same as above.

T4 meds work in varying degrees on different folks. Some folks do

fair on them. Other folks, like myself, do absolutely LOUSY.

But...ALL folks, even those who feel they do fair, HAVE SYMPTOMS

WHICH ARE RELATED TO BEING ON AN INFERIOR MED. Those include

continued dry skin and hair, and/or chronic low-grade depression,

and/or hard or small stool, and/or high cholesterol, and/or aches

and pains, and/or CFS.........the list is endless.

Additionally, as you develop these symptoms, your doc will tell you

it's not your thyroid, since of course, your lab numbers are " in

range. " That, dear , is a bunch of hooey. SYMPTOMS are MUCH

more important than labs. Folks SCREAM with hypo symptoms, but docs

will instead put you on an anti-depressant, or MANY other pills to

correct " other " problems.

Armour works. It's a far superior treatment. And...if you want to

continue being the best mama to your kids, the best wife to your

husband, or the best in your business, it would be quite wise to

look into Armour. Check out the FILES section on this site, and

read, read.

Janie

>

October 17, 2004

Hi , glad you found us. I'm another Texan (Houston). I am hypothyroid

and am now self medicating due to my dr's ignorance of my bloodwork. I started

taking it in April/May 2004 and I'm loving it. Nice to meet you!

SandyE~Houston

New to Group

Hi Everyone.

I'm new to this group and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm also

new to all this Thyroid stuff and honestly don't know much about it

or the medications. I was recently diagnosed as Hypothyroid.

I live in Centrel Texas and I've been married for 8 years and have 2

handsome little boys'. I'm a Stay at home Mom and have my own

business as a Creative Memories Consultant. (I teach classes and

workshops to help you preserve your families photos and memories...

I also sell the products to help you to do this)

Looking forward to being part of the group.

--

Hugs,

January 28, 2008

> I work in the medical field and believe that if you can't show me a

> test result that proves I have this, then it isn't real. right.

> Part of me feels that I should toughen up and quit whining...that's

> the part in total denial of the diagnosis.

Working in the medical field, you must know that there are many

illnesses that are diagnosed now that didn't have tests. There

wasn't a test for HIV when it first came into the public

consciousness; does that mean it didn't exist? Remember when ulcers

were from stress in Type A personalities? Darned if they didn't

discover H-Pylori and, lo and behold, a test for it. There didn't

used to be a test for cervical cancer. We can go back to when

illness was caused by ethers and vapors, before instruments were

invented that could look at bacteria and viruses. Heck, we could go

back to when the sun and the planets revolved around the earth!

Which, by the bye, is flat and rides on the back of a turtle. ;D

You can drive yourself nuts if you have an illness that has no test,

if you go by a criteria that " if there's no test for it, there's no

illness " . Fibro is a frustrating illness, because we don't *look*

sick, and there aren't blood tests. We've been through a rash of

that this past week or so since that opinion piece masquerading as a

news article was published in the NY Times.

Toughen up all you want, but chances are you can't " bully yourself

well " (as my sister puts it). Fibromyalgia seems to be an illness

that requires frequent attention and working with yourself and your

body to learn to live with, and hopefully avoid and minimize, flareups.

Welcome to the group!

Z

January 28, 2008

There are a number of tests that are 75% positive for FM one would be a sleep

study, I nearly went bankrupt paying for mine but it proved to me that without

apha-waves I am screwed and yes I'm missing them, no deep sleep for me. You can

go through the list of 75% positive for FM and then knock yourself out " proving

how you feel " I don't have to prove it to anyone anymore I am who I am and

that's that.

Bonnie