Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 I also have the same problems you do. My hair falls out, my finger nails are brittle. I am so fatigued everyday. I get chills and have to cover myself up with sweaters and blankets. My family also has hypothyrodism. My dad, aunt, younger sister and I all have it. I gained 30 lbs. when they put me on Synthroid. I am only taking .25mg. They all tell me my blood tests are fine but my body is telling me another thing. I find it all hard to deal with. So don't feel your alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 you really shouldn't tolerate poor thyroid treatment. What's the point? Simply fire useless docs, after a while they might get the hint. http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com Gracia I also have the same problems you do. My hair falls out, my finger nails are brittle. I am so fatigued everyday. I get chills and have to cover myself up with sweaters and blankets. My family also has hypothyrodism. My dad, aunt, younger sister and I all have it. I gained 30 lbs. when they put me on Synthroid. I am only taking .25mg. They all tell me my blood tests are fine but my body is telling me another thing. I find it all hard to deal with. So don't feel your alone. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 5/14/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I was recently diagnosed with PA after spending 6 months in pain and finally putting my foot down with my doctor and issist on getting some answers. My biggest issue is that I've had a kidney transplant which failed after 10 years and I'm now in dialysis. The problem is that even thought I found a great rhumatologist is that all the treatments they are afraid to use because of my lack of kidney function. Hello......the damned kidneys don't work I just want some relief it's not like they can cause it further damange. I spent 10 years on 7.5mg of daily prednisolone for the transplant and within 2 months of taking my final dose of it once the kidney failed all this came to the surface and the pain begain. Basically all they've done is diagnose that this is definately PA and give my ultram for the pain. It helps but there are days I feel like a zombie from it. I had an extremely painful 3 days last week where I could not move. I broke down and started back on prednisolone. I've actually had 6 days that have been pain free.........OMG what a relief!! They know the prednisone works for me I told them the only time I've ever felt good was when I was on it. I know it's hard on your joints but I just can't take all this pain. I'm cutting the dose back gradually weaning myself down again and I'm going to keep working at it until I get to a dose where I can function with tolerable pain. I'm pretty sure that I can get buy with alternating days at 1.5mg every other day. When I was on that lowest dose I felt ok had some pain but nothing like the last 6 months have been. I'm staying on the pred till my next appointment and when I go to see her I'm telling her what I'm doing. I honestly don't know how some of you deal with this. I have a pretty high pain tolerance due to a bad car wreck in 92 but this has just totally wrecked my life so much more than the dialysis ever has. I even managed to work full time for 18 months once I started back on dialysis but then all this surfaced and working became impossible. Celeste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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