Re: Thyroid question, I'm freaked

[Guest guest]

At 12:54 AM -0700 9/2/01, Hawkins wrote:

>Hello all,

>

>I take levothyroxine to regulate my thyroid (very low amount, .15 mcg)

>. IT has remained normal since diagnosis in 1994. I was gaining weight

>before that for years, and also after that another 100 lbs, all the while

>with my thyroid readings normal..... I don't think it's related to my

>weight gain ups and downs over the years....

>

>Is there any reason this condition would prevent this surgery??

Should not prevent the surgery. My guess is that if thyroid function

were to be quite low, then the docs (and the insurance companies)

would first want to see if thyroid hormone would help you lose weight

and make surgery unnecessary. So, they might try that first to see

if it would work. In your case, my guess is that, cince you are

already on thyroid hormone, they could skip that step.

--Steve

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[Guest guest]

Hypothyroidism is not a contraindication for the surgery.

But because most thyroid medications are fat-soluable, you may have

to change your doseage a few times after surgery. I get my tsh level

tested this month for the same reason HTH, Meli

-- In duodenalswitch@y..., Hawkins <netmaker2@y...> wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> I take levothyroxine to regulate my thyroid (very low amount, .15

mcg)

> . IT has remained normal since diagnosis in 1994. I was gaining

weight

> before that for years, and also after that another 100 lbs, all the

while

> with my thyroid readings normal..... I don't think it's related to

my

> weight gain ups and downs over the years....

>

> Is there any reason this condition would prevent this surgery?? I

thought

> I heard somewhere this may be a factor in not getting surgery?? I

sure

> hope not.

>

> I have a cousin who is very lean with the same thing and has taken

it for

> 30 years.

>

>

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> Hawkins

> netmaker2@y...

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> " Those who can't laugh at themselves leave others to do the job! "

[Guest guest]

Losing wt should help with your thyroid. There are some schools of

thought that you should have so much thyroid according to your body

surface area. I went to an osteopath who felt this way. He felt that

all obese people needed to have more hormone becuase of thier

increased need. Don't know if this is just his BS or there are more

people on this bandwagon.

Pammi