Guest guest Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Pam-- thank you very much for the concern. You guys are great- the er dr did an ekg and a chest xray blood work but im not sure what-- wish i had read that last post about what to have him run but i was already on my way. My heart is fine -- says it is just stress--which i know to be true--got a lot of stuff going on im my life personally--with the biggest issue right now being my daughter going to live with her father this weekend. I have an apt with my reg dr and i will be taking some info with me and asking for beta blockers. I am determined to fight this without destroying anything permanently. I have made my mind up in that respect. Thank you all for you posts and help-- it is nice to talk to someone who knows what im going through. gives me confidence and peace. Love and light to you all. Yvonne > Hi > Yvonne ! > > I am the one that was rushing off to work, and only had time to find that > one link for you. I am not the fastest typist, and I always seem to think of > MORE to say once I start a reply. So I am sorry to have only sent that. > > But I see both Pam B and stayed there with you and gave you very > accurate information. Yeah team ! > > I thought about you several times today, worrying about you ending up out > there in nowhere with a serious problem. I know a gal up in Alaska with > Graves' and there is no proper medical care around. > So I am relieved to hear you are starting to take this seriously. > > Do let us know how it goes with the trip to ER. > > -Pam L - > > > 3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU. Remission due to SLOW reduction of PTU > (despite an incompetent endo ! ), improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition, > herbs, and looking at the big picture. > Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 Yvonne, First off, I'm glad your heart is fine. However, no one here was suggesting there was something wrong with your heart. Unfortunately, it sounds like you had a wasted trip to the ER, as if that is all the doctor did and said, he was looking in the wrong place! You needed a thyroid work-up (and specifically for Graves'), not a cardiac evaluation. Did he say anything about your thyroid?? Or your eye symptoms?? Stress cannot make your TSH decrease to .02. However, stress can trigger Graves', and Graves' can cause your TSH to be .02. I have found that in our health care, we need to be proactive -- getting informed, asking for what we need, and ultimate making decisions for ourselves with regard to treatment options. I know it would be an inconvenience, but any chance you'd be willing to go back and get them to have someone who knows something about endocrinology (preferably an endocrinologist) evaluate you? Graves' is not some rare or mysterious disease, so someone at the hospital should be able to diagnose you and offer you an ATD and a beta blocker, if your test results confirm that you have Graves' and need them. P.S. I'm glad you won't let them destroy anything permanently. Especially at this point, when you haven't even been tried on medication. Many (and perhaps most) people do well with the meds, and if that doesn't help, you can research and consider a more definitive (permanent) treatment later on. Personally, I would have surgery done before RAI, as RAI can trigger or worsen eye symptoms in 15-30% of people, amongst other problems. I don't see RAI in my future. However, every doctor I ran into so far said that RAI ablation would be their #1 choice; one of those doctors actually said it was " required " in this handout he gave me, and he wouldn't even consider giving me medication (he also said no surgeon would touch me, as I don't have a goiter -- I guess he thinks he can speak for all surgeons). The other doctor gave me the meds, and so far so good. At 03:50 AM 6/28/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Pam-- >thank you very much for the concern. You guys are great- the er dr >did an ekg and a chest xray blood work but im not sure what-- wish i >had read that last post about what to have him run but i was already >on my way. My heart is fine -- says it is just stress--which i know >to be true--got a lot of stuff going on im my life personally--with >the biggest issue right now being my daughter going to live with her >father this weekend. I have an apt with my reg dr and i will be >taking some info with me and asking for beta blockers. I am >determined to fight this without destroying anything permanently. I >have made my mind up in that respect. Thank you all for you posts >and help-- it is nice to talk to someone who knows what im going >through. gives me confidence and peace. Love and light to you all. > >Yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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