Re: /Thyroid Testing

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>

> Hey : I posted the following to another board earlier but

I

> wanted you to know how the appt went. As you can see from what I

> posted I am not gonna get anywhere I believe:

>

> What do you do if you believe your child has thyroid issues and the

> tests

> come back normal. I just came back from Endo with my son and she

> doesnt

> believe he has thyroid problems just from initial visit but did

take

> blood

> for Free T4 and wants a bone density test run on him for his lack

of

> taking

> in Calcium. I am not holding my breath on the test results, but I

> did an

> iodine test on him myself and the patch never lasted longer then 14

> or 15

> hrs I believe and his morning temp was 96.1 on average of a week of

> testing.

> So what are the answers? I mentioned the iodine test and she

said

> she

> knew of it after all she is an Endocrinologist but when I asked to

> have his

> iodine levels tested she said conventional doctors (which she is)

> dont do

> that testing we would have to go to an alternative doctor for

that.

> She

> tried to explain other things and how the TSH test was an accurate

> testing

> procedure (what I have read it is not) and I sort of lost her as my

> son was

> being totally obnoxoius and I couldnt really take in the rest of

what

> she

> was saying. The blood work should be back in a few days and she

said

> she

> will call me to discuss. Didnt even ask to have us make a second

> appointment so I know where this is going.

Reading this got me thinking...were you and your son in the room next

to me??? Either that or our drs. went to the same school.

What a bunch of baloney.

Kathy