first endo visit - the right thing?

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Hi!

I had my first endo visit and he said am a classic Graves patient

that will never have a chance at remission because of my family

history.

He laughed when I pointed to the 1998 Italian study of RAI. I said if

those results were typical, he could just as well treat me with leeches

and I'd have a 15 percent chance of being healthy.

He admitted that RAI is completely dependent on the dose and he said

the dose is ONLY a guess. If you get too much, your whole thyroid dies

and you are hypo forever. If you get too little, you are still hyper

and at best only 50% of the patients get the right dose.

But, you know, there are new gene therapies and laser therapies that

will be out in a few years and if I still have my thyroid, maybe I

can get a cure???

I decided to try drug therapy for a while. He put me on 10 mg tap. I

have very, very itchy legs that I am hoping will be helped by this.

Of course, I have my second thoughts. ...

My question is: IS ANYONE HAPPY ON ATDS? DOES ANYONE HAVE A LIFE?

Will I become fat, morose, irritable? The doctor suggested I would.

Jae