Re: This has been some day. It is offical, I am now a man with Graves

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> I'm scheduled for a thyroid uptake test next monday with follow up

> tuesday.

An ultrasound should provide the info your doctor needs.

My Medical Doctor had perscribed Tapazol 3 times per day

> and I can't start taking it until my thyroid uptake test is done.

> I sorry that I don't have the test numbers yet or the dosage amount

> for the tapazol.

Good that he prescribed it for 3X a day. I would expect it to be for a

total of 30 mg. a day. Possibly 45 but 30 is more likely.

Take care, Fay

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Some day indeed.

Best you slow down and continue figured all this out. Sounds like they are

playing fast and loose with your money and health.

I just received this today, and came back here to share it with you.

http://snurl.com/2zg0

Funny... all the symptoms listed in this article are also thyroid symptoms.

Have you printed out and reviewed the REAL list of hyper and hypo symptoms

we have on our home page ?

It is worthy of printing, and review over time, as the subject is one many

are confused over often.

Even at my experience level the list helps, because when my levels are not

correct, my 'Forgetter' tends to have a firmer grip on me. :-)

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No, you do NOT want a scan !

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/graves_disease/64958

The iodine can easily cause more problems for you, and the eyes have the

track record of being one item sometimes damaged by the scan. Do NOT allow

them to hold you hostage and refuse meds until they get their $1,700 out of

your insurance co. for a useless scan, with many false results, and a real

possibility of causing harm.

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Now the first thing you want is the lab results.

Do not take a single Tapazole until you see these copies of your labs.

You have no way of knowing what you have for sure, and if proper base line

readings on WBC and a liver panel were done . Please get these. Walk in and

have them make a copy and hand it to you.

It is your legal right and very important.

The paper will have each test done, and the normal level for THAT lab. Many

labs have different normals.

IF proper labs have not been done for the baseline readings, you could have

a heap big problem on your hands in the next few months . They often only do

these tests AFTER meds are started... they are off ( by Graves' itself ) and

the patient is then told the pills are doing this, the Tapazole prescription

is refused and RAI is supposedly your only choice left.

This is a darn lie.

You will doubt my word right now, but stick with us, and you will see this

dirty trick/ ignorance ? played out over and over.

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I also have read about male breast enlargement and possible milk secretion

with hyper. Now that is really fascinating . Amazing what our body do and

how everything is tied together.

You may want to research how the testosterone plays into thyroid hormone.

For us gals, our estrogen level affects thyroid levels as estrogen competes

with binding to proteins , and thus the thyroid levels , a competitor ...

changes. This is why the women can not use a total T3 / T4 reading to judge

thyroid levels. We must have the FREE T3 and FREET4 tests done.

Wonder what testosterone does ?

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Hang in there Del, you will get this straightened out, and feeling better is

on the horizon

-Pam L-

..

3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU.

Remission since Jan. 28th. 2002 !

Key: SLOW reduction of PTU (despite an incompetent endo ! ), eight hour

dosing,labs every 4 weeks, improved lifestyle, REAL food/ no processed

pre-made food, herbs, and looking at the big picture.

Triggers are: MSG/any 'flavorings', glutamates ,aspartame, pesticides,high

iodine foods.

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Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal.

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* " What a long, strange, trip it's been " ...Jerry .... Peace*

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I had Tapazol prescribed before my trip to the endo...at 45 mg per day..3

doses every 8 hours of 15 mg, and I have to say I am feeling so much better.

My GP prescribed it based on my thyroid tests. I will be posting those

results later tonight...He also stated that more people are using medication

therapy now instead of the RAI and surgery, and they do well with it...????

Is he special or what?

Dale

-- Re: This has been some day. It is offical, I am

now a man with Graves

> I'm scheduled for a thyroid uptake test next monday with follow up

> tuesday.

An ultrasound should provide the info your doctor needs.

My Medical Doctor had perscribed Tapazol 3 times per day

> and I can't start taking it until my thyroid uptake test is done.

> I sorry that I don't have the test numbers yet or the dosage amount

> for the tapazol.

Good that he prescribed it for 3X a day. I would expect it to be for a

total of 30 mg. a day. Possibly 45 but 30 is more likely.

Take care, Fay

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:03:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) " Dale Kerwin "

writes:

> I had Tapazol prescribed before my trip to the endo...at 45 mg per

> day..3

> doses every 8 hours of 15 mg, and I have to say I am feeling so much

> better.

Wonderful! This IS a very high dose; you may be ready to go to 30 within

a month, from there you may do well decreasing in 5 mg. increments every

4-8 weeks.

He also stated that more people are using

> medication

> therapy now instead of the RAI and surgery, and they do well with

> it...????

> Is he special or what?

Yes. He's good to have in your corner before you face your endo. 3 years

ago I was told that 80% of endos recommend RAI as a first option for

treatment of GD so odds are you'll face this.

Take care, Fay

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