FW: Sick and sleep trouble

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I have not gone for new labs yet, am scheduled for an appt. with my endo

in Sept. The endo is over 30 miles from me so it's a haul to go there.

Lately I have been having trouble sleeping, which is very unlike me.

Normally once my head hits the pillow I am down for the count until

morning. Lately I am waking up at 3:30 or 4:00 AM and then having

trouble going back to sleep. It's been getting worse and worse lately to

where it's happening 4 or 5 times a week.

Along with the sleep problems I now have a cold. I haven't had a cold

that has lasted more than one or two days in a while. Maybe I'm heading

a little hypo instead of being hyper? Guess I'll have to wait until next

month to know for sure. My next appt. is Sept. 16 and I'll go for labs a

few days before.

Good news is though that my goiter has shrunk even more. Yippee!

in MA USA

Graves since March 1997

Currently on 2 PTU tablets per day

Was in remission from 2000-2003

Will not undergo RAI

[Guest guest]

Why not have labs done locally (your GP or a lab)?

At 03:22 PM 8/27/2003, you wrote:

>Hello everyone,

>

>I have not gone for new labs yet, am scheduled for an appt. with my endo

>in Sept.

[Guest guest]

I haven't had new labs done basically because of insurance. The lab or

doctor has to be within a certain medical group for it to be covered.

Both my GP and my endo are 30+ miles from where I live and work. I moved

not too long ago and don't want to change doctors. But neither of them

have any lab affiliations near me so I can't get labs done near me. It's

kind of a pain but when you have doctors you really, really like and

have a good relationship with it's too hard to change!

I could go and get labs done but I would be really late for work and

currently don't have any sick or vacation time available to me. I used

all my vacation time for, well, vacation and my sick time was used up

with doctor's appointments and trips for labs.

in MA USA

Graves since March 1997

Currently on 2 PTU tablets per day

Was in remission from 2000-2003

Will not undergo RAI

Re: FW: Sick and sleep trouble

Why not have labs done locally (your GP or a lab)?

At 03:22 PM 8/27/2003, you wrote:

>Hello everyone,

>

>I have not gone for new labs yet, am scheduled for an appt. with my

endo

>in Sept.

[Guest guest]

,

Would it be worth it for you to go to a local lab and just get a FT4 done,

at your own expense, if your doctor can't authorize it? I mean, if you

really suspect something is amiss. Just an idea.

At 03:42 PM 8/27/2003, you wrote:

>I haven't had new labs done basically because of insurance. The lab or

>doctor has to be within a certain medical group for it to be covered.

>Both my GP and my endo are 30+ miles from where I live and work. I moved

>not too long ago and don't want to change doctors. But neither of them

>have any lab affiliations near me so I can't get labs done near me.