Re: Daughter with Hashimotos ????

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In a message dated 3/23/2005 9:30:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ddwilde@... writes:

> He did test and said her thyroid level is a 10. He sends her to an

> endocrinologist here in our town.

> Well, he said he thought she had Hashimotos

good lordy...he THOUGHT...why didn't he check for antibodies and find out for

sure. Yes, a 10 is too high. Also check Free T4 and Free T3.

Cindi

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In a message dated 3/23/2005 9:30:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ddwilde@... writes:

> He did test and said her thyroid level is a 10. He sends her to an

> endocrinologist here in our town.

> Well, he said he thought she had Hashimotos

good lordy...he THOUGHT...why didn't he check for antibodies and find out for

sure. Yes, a 10 is too high. Also check Free T4 and Free T3.

Cindi

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Oh this is so sad. With proper medication she MIGHT be able to get her periods

back and even become fertile. But Endos are not the doctors to do it

unfortunately. I am assuming that 10 that her thyroid is is a TSH result? If so

that is very high and she definitely needs meds for this, not only to get her

periods back but to feel well. I would be in the phone to every doctor in the

area asking about treatment with Armour Thyroid. Also ask if they treat by

symptoms instead of relying strictly on labs. She needs to have her Free T3 and

Free T4 tested as well as Ferritin and thyroid antibodies. There are labs where

she can order her own testing for these things! Go to www.healthcheckusa.com .

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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Thanks for your reply, . I am going to go with her to the doctor and see

if I can ask some of these questions. She said she was so nervous when she was

in his office that she didn`t really get to say much. I know he is doing more

labs. I will go to the site for doing her own labs and see what it is about.

This is supposed to be the best thyroid (endo) in our town. I would be willing

to take her to Dallas , Fort Worth ,or Austin, Texas to get help. If anyone has

any names of docs ,please share.

Thanks again .

Donna