Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 10:02 PM, LISAREYNOLDS64@... wrote: > > The biggest problem may be finding a doctor who will properly treat > your > hypothyroidism and not leave you floundering in a hypothyroid state > for years to > come. This, to me, is one of the most compelling questions (and, mind you, I am not anti-RAI). What we are talking about here is some dude looking at a range of numbers and deciding -- utterly without regard to whether his patient has become slow, fat, and stupid -- what's best for the little woman (usually) planted in front of his desk. Hey, if she is slow and stupid, well then he'll say she is just getting old. If she is fat, well then he'll say she is just getting old. Or lazy. But my guess is that one thing he will never ever do is say that she needs more synthroid or that she needs to come up out of the low normal range. Now on ATDs, you at least have some control. You can reduce your dose of ATDs and at least have a life. But post-RAI, you are at the man's mercy. For me, I will be watching my doctor carefully during my first two years on ATDs and I am going to ask myself if I can trust him to keep me out of hypo post-RAI. I'm going to ask myself if he will do it for the rest of my life. I'm going to wonder if he won't -- or can't -- who will? Because one thing we know absolutely: After RAI everything from your basic emotional state to your waistline depends entirely on the dose in those little pills. And the dose depends on whether that man in the white coat thinks " stupid " is just your normal state. Jae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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