Re: Holly/ELAINE: question about embolisms

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Hi Holly,

I was just commenting to my husband last night that my legs and both

arms are feeling more achy again. I work on the computer a lot

during the day and I have to switch which hand I use for the mouse on

a regular basis otherwise it bothers my arms/shoulders. I've had

problems with that since about 2 years ago. I have never had this

feeling of a " catch " in my lungs when I breathe in deeply though and

that is why I'm more concerned this time. The catch part started out

as just sort of a dull ache when I'd take a deep breath to cough and

that started about a week ago. Then over the weekend my shoulder

started hurting bad when I slept on it wrong and then Monday both

pains were really bad but now they're back to more of the aching

and " catch " feeling when I take a deep breath. My GP just really

freaked me out yesterday about the blood clot possibility. I do

*not* have shortness of breath though and when I called her back

after the appointment she said she doubted it was a blood clot but we

should wait and see how I feel in a day or two.

Thanks for your reply!

> ,

>

> When I'm hypo, and I get what I call my fibromyalgia flare-up, one

of the

> first places I feel it is between my shoulder blades. It's like a

sharp

> pain, rather than the typical burning, cramping pain that I get

everywhere

> else. It ALWAYS goes away when I get my levels back closer to

normal. It

> may simply be a hypo symptom for you.

>

> I don't know what to tell you about the dye test....

>

> Holly

> Dx. 8/2001; 2.5 mg. MMI

>

>

> ELAINE: question about embolisms

>

>

> Hi Elaine & others,

>

> I saw my GP yesterday with complaints about pain between my

shoulder

> blades and pain on the front in my chest on right side. I have had

> problems before with this shoulder, and I'm just now finally

getting

> over a cold where I had a lot of coughing at the end. She had a

> chest x-ray taken to see if there was any sign of pneumonia or

> pluresy, which there wasn't. She then was concerned that it might

be

> a blood clot and wanted to have a CT scan done. They inject an

> iodine contrast dye for that, so I was concerned about having that

> done. I'm taking 50/25/25 mg PTU each day currently and I think my

> latest lab results (done Monday) came back with me slightly hypO,

but

> I'm waiting to hear back from my endo on those. She did talk to my

> endo and he said the CT scan would be fine since my thyroid is so

> suppressed right now.

>

> Can an ultrasound be used instead to detect this? Does GD or the

use

> of PTU increase the risk of a blood clot? I also take birth

control

> pills, which I know can potentially increase the risk of these.

>

> My doctor finally agreed to let me wait a day or two to see if I

felt

> better. The pain was worst Monday but was better yesterday and is

> about the same today as it was yesterday. I'm just freaked out now

> about the possibility of it being a clot!

>

> For the most part it doesn't hurt unless I move my arm to lift

> something while being slightly bent over or if I take in a deep

> breath.

>

> Thanks for your insights.

>

>

>

>

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