Re: Long term effects of ATD's & THANKS

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your responses Aileen and Terry. The article that you posted,

Aileen, was particularly useful, and I will take that to my doctor the next

time I see her. I truly believe that the small risk entailed using ATD's is

nothing compared to the risk that a person takes having RAI or surgery. And

I am definitely in the club that wonders why a healthy thyroid should be

removed because of an incorrectly functioning immune system.

Also while I am here typing I would like to say a huge " THANKS " to the

person who originally put the spreadsheet for monitoring the hormone levels

out here on the board. I have been using that to monitor my levels, and took

it with me to my PCP when I asked her to take over. It was a great visual

aid, especially when she was querying as to how long I had been on ATD's. I

said, " yes, I have been on ATD's for two years, but look at this... the

first year I went from hyperT, to hypoT, to hyperT, to HypoT.. it took at

least a year for me to even stabilize, let alone start seeing a steady

improvement. " . So even though the doctors say we should be on the ATD's for

1-2 years they should take into account the history first, before they rush

anybody to decrease their dosage. So anyways, I thoroughly recommend

maintaining s spreadsheet of thyroid levels, with attached graph. You may

find it VERY useful at a later date.

Take care,

Katy.