Re: GENERAL-Not feeling well/Simon

[Guest guest]

Aldyth Rae wrote:

>

> So I had a good moan, and told him the Endo vs GP problem, and he said that

the Endo is a thyroid specialist and used to work in Chicargo (I think I was

mean to be impressed but unfortunately it didn't mean anything to me).

Chicago is home to such luminaries as LeGroot (contributor to

www.thyroidmanager.org) at the Thyroid Studies Unit. Come to

think of it how many Universities have a thyroid study centre?

Sounds like you are probably in experienced hands, you'll

struggle to find anything published by my endo on topics other

than diabetes, so you can guess his speciality. Still I think

most NHS endocrinologists handle a fair mixture of patients, so

I don't think he lacks experience.

> What do you think?

I still think you may be slightly hypo, although if you have flu

or similar as Elaine suggests you might feel similarly blah - I

did for most of the summer.

You'll probably find out after the tests.

> He also said that Graves was only about 15%-20% remission rate, I thought it

was higher than that.

The quoted figures vary, but 40% and 65% come from many studies.

I suspect the figure is lower is you require no relapse ever,

but I think what we want is extended periods of good health,

ideally free of potent medications, and if we relapse and have

to do ATDs again, well so be it.

Anyway hope you've stopped fretting on getting repreat

prescriptions, and the like.

Simon

[Guest guest]

Aldyth Rae wrote:

>

> So I had a good moan, and told him the Endo vs GP problem, and he said that

the Endo is a thyroid specialist and used to work in Chicargo (I think I was

mean to be impressed but unfortunately it didn't mean anything to me).

Chicago is home to such luminaries as LeGroot (contributor to

www.thyroidmanager.org) at the Thyroid Studies Unit. Come to

think of it how many Universities have a thyroid study centre?

Sounds like you are probably in experienced hands, you'll

struggle to find anything published by my endo on topics other

than diabetes, so you can guess his speciality. Still I think

most NHS endocrinologists handle a fair mixture of patients, so

I don't think he lacks experience.

> What do you think?

I still think you may be slightly hypo, although if you have flu

or similar as Elaine suggests you might feel similarly blah - I

did for most of the summer.

You'll probably find out after the tests.

> He also said that Graves was only about 15%-20% remission rate, I thought it

was higher than that.

The quoted figures vary, but 40% and 65% come from many studies.

I suspect the figure is lower is you require no relapse ever,

but I think what we want is extended periods of good health,

ideally free of potent medications, and if we relapse and have

to do ATDs again, well so be it.

Anyway hope you've stopped fretting on getting repreat

prescriptions, and the like.

Simon

[Guest guest]

Aldyth Rae wrote:

>

> So I had a good moan, and told him the Endo vs GP problem, and he said that

the Endo is a thyroid specialist and used to work in Chicargo (I think I was

mean to be impressed but unfortunately it didn't mean anything to me).

Chicago is home to such luminaries as LeGroot (contributor to

www.thyroidmanager.org) at the Thyroid Studies Unit. Come to

think of it how many Universities have a thyroid study centre?

Sounds like you are probably in experienced hands, you'll

struggle to find anything published by my endo on topics other

than diabetes, so you can guess his speciality. Still I think

most NHS endocrinologists handle a fair mixture of patients, so

I don't think he lacks experience.

> What do you think?

I still think you may be slightly hypo, although if you have flu

or similar as Elaine suggests you might feel similarly blah - I

did for most of the summer.

You'll probably find out after the tests.

> He also said that Graves was only about 15%-20% remission rate, I thought it

was higher than that.

The quoted figures vary, but 40% and 65% come from many studies.

I suspect the figure is lower is you require no relapse ever,

but I think what we want is extended periods of good health,

ideally free of potent medications, and if we relapse and have

to do ATDs again, well so be it.

Anyway hope you've stopped fretting on getting repreat

prescriptions, and the like.

Simon