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Can Someone Please Explain?
| Wed, 07-21-2004 - 10:21am |
Hi everyone...coming out of lurkdom here...
I was diagnosed w/ hyperthyroidism at age 12 (about 12 yrs. ago), and had radioactive iodine treatment to completely kill off my thyroid, thus becoming hypOthyroid.
Anyway...lately I've been sooooo sluggish and gaining lots of weight even with diet and exercise, so they did my draws again for the first time in a year or so, and called me today to say I needed to come in, that my TSH was 27. So, does that mean I have too much thyroid or not enough? Hyper or Hypo? Could that mean that is the reason for my fatigue and weight gain? If they straighten it out,will the weight come off?
As you can see...I'm not very informed about my own illness...Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Eryn
I was diagnosed w/ hyperthyroidism at age 12 (about 12 yrs. ago), and had radioactive iodine treatment to completely kill off my thyroid, thus becoming hypOthyroid.
Anyway...lately I've been sooooo sluggish and gaining lots of weight even with diet and exercise, so they did my draws again for the first time in a year or so, and called me today to say I needed to come in, that my TSH was 27. So, does that mean I have too much thyroid or not enough? Hyper or Hypo? Could that mean that is the reason for my fatigue and weight gain? If they straighten it out,will the weight come off?
As you can see...I'm not very informed about my own illness...Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Eryn

Hi Eryn,
The TSH of 27 is fairly high so I'm not surprised you're having hypo symptoms.
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