need advice to get this ball rolling?

[Guest guest]

first ? how many men out there with graves? and is anybody from the

north alabama area? I guess my biggest problem is being a man i have

not been vary proactive with my medical treatment.I have had the

symptoms for about 6 years and just in feb.03 found out it was

GD. Now i am 4 months into RAI my thyroid levels have only been

tested once sence and were still hyper.I have had no thyroid meds.

sence the RAI a boy let me tell you i feel like poo-po. its to the

point i'm ready to feel better or go ahead and just die.but thats

not a option. I go back to my endo wensday, so can anybody help with

what i need to ask him or tell to help me get to feelin better? or

should just go and punch him out? i know this must have been goin

untreated for about 6 years and i'm worried what other damage this

may have already caused to my body? and i need my life BACK.any

advice would be greatly appreciated . thank you to everybody.

[Guest guest]

ph,

It's good news you're going to your endo. Ideally you should have your blood

tests FIRST, so that you have something other than just symptoms to discuss

when you see the endo--cause docs don't seem to do as well with " I feel like

poo-poo " as they do with test results. I haven't had RAi, but there have

been plenty of people here who have--some, left untreated as you are

afterwards have even lapsed into comas and come close to death because

doctors didn't realize how hypo they had become.

And yes, there have been men in the group, still are but they've not been

posting much.

If possible go tomorrow first thing to the lab for tests. Get the endo to

fax a request to your closest lab, for free t4, free t3 and TSH tests. I've

found that providing the phone number and fax number of the lab to the

doctor will get the best results. You should get results in a day, delivered

to the doctor before your visit hopefully, so that when you go to see the

endo, you are prepared. And please, get copies of the test results and share

them with us. You will undoubtedly need to go on replacement hormone at this

point, and when you do you should start to feel better. More than that,

going this long without testing and treatment is endangering your health

long-term.

I am sure that others with more knowledge than me will pipe up here--but

please, I do know enough to be absolutely certain you need these tests, NOW

and that you and your doctor, from the results, should be able to start you

on meds that help you.

Terry (in California)

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> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:40:33 -0000

> To: graves_support

> Subject: need advice to get this ball rolling?

>

> first ? how many men out there with graves? and is anybody from the

> north alabama area? I guess my biggest problem is being a man i have

> not been vary proactive with my medical treatment.I have had the

> symptoms for about 6 years and just in feb.03 found out it was

> GD. Now i am 4 months into RAI my thyroid levels have only been

> tested once sence and were still hyper.I have had no thyroid meds.

> sence the RAI a boy let me tell you i feel like poo-po. its to the

> point i'm ready to feel better or go ahead and just die.but thats

> not a option. I go back to my endo wensday, so can anybody help with

> what i need to ask him or tell to help me get to feelin better? or

> should just go and punch him out? i know this must have been goin

> untreated for about 6 years and i'm worried what other damage this

> may have already caused to my body? and i need my life BACK.any

> advice would be greatly appreciated . thank you to everybody.

>

>

>

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