Re: Period probs!/Pam L

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Hi again Aldyth,

You said: boy have you been through the mill

Nagh.... I'm just old. :-) Makes the story LONGER.

Now THAT does not make sense. With your FT3 too low, it causes the

antibodies to INCREASE>>>>

NOT weaning off the ATDs causes the body to REBOUND . That is why , even

once we have our antibodies at less than 2 %, we still continue the slow

weaning process.

We each choose our own path, but I suddenly remember the DAY. The day I

stood there with a pill in my hand and a glass of water. I had labs showing

too hypo and I was under orders to stay on the same dose I had been on. I

looked at that pill in my hand and knew that in about half an hour I was

going to feel worse than I already did. It was as if I was poisoning myself

little by little.

If I didn't swallow the whole thing my doctor might refuse to treat me or

say only RAI for you little missy.

I stood there over my kitchen sink and cried my eyes out. All of the " what

if's " raced through my head.

I broke the pill in half.

I still feel like it was a big risk.

Now , I did spend the rest of the night " looking " at the other half of the

pill and fretting... but in the end this was the right choice for me. Keep

in mind, those labs proved I was too hypo. I did not do this without

evidence. And my next labs came in fine. They had gotten closer to normal,

and my horrid symptoms were clearing up.

I never lied to my endo. That appointment, I said something like

" I hope you are not going to fire me but here is what I did. These are the

last labs and these were the symptoms. Here are my new labs and here is

what has happened. Here is the dose I have been taking the last four weeks.

What is your opinion? "

Trust me...it was longer than that, and that day is documented some where in

our dusty archives here. But I had the experience by that time and thanks to

Elaine and the veterans here, I just knew it was right for ME.

I do not want to encourage any new Graves' patients to ever start self

adjusting meds, but there does come 'that day'... when we have had the time

to KNOW what we are doing and take the responsibility on ourselves... no one

else. And the answer will not be the same for each of us.

So that is my story and I hope you are all cuddled up with hubbie. THAT is

the very best medicine. In fact... I bet we could find a study and results

somewhere. ;-) If not, we shall have to do one ourselves.

-Pam L- with the beautiful ,golden ,late summerday ,sunrays just starting to

appear... gotta get out there and 'feel' them.