Been lurking here for a week or so

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Registered: 05-19-2004
Been lurking here for a week or so
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Thu, 09-30-2004 - 6:06pm
and finally decided to jump in and ask a few questions. I don't know why it's so hard to do. But maybe you can clear a few things up for me.

Background: Life seems to have changed since my last child was born. He's four now, and the first two years seemed okay. But, I breastfed him for 19 months, so maybe that masked a lot of things As soon as I stopped though, I started gaining weight. I kept thinking I was doing something different, even though I was doing the same things that I did before I had him - things that kept me at a size 6-8. Yet, in spite of eating a reasonable amount for me, and walking a few times a week at least I have gained 25 pounds in a little over two years, and the gain is speeding up! No matter what I do I cannot lose it.

I don't have problems with hair or fingernails, except my hair hasn't gotten any longer in years, but after a lifetime of always being too hot whevever I went, I find I need to wear a jacket around the house. If I sit down in the afternoon I am asleep in minutes. I"ve taken my temperature at various times of the day and it's always been least 1 degree Celcius below normal - according to my converter, that makes it 96.8 f.

I did have a basic check a few years ago because of miscarriages (I've had 6) and my GP pronouncd it 'within normal range' but since we decided to quit ttc, I never had the details tests the m/c doc requested. Oh, and I realised I should add, my cycles changed - went from 28 days exactly to 24-26 with occasional longer ones and I'm on day 9 of AF....and it should have stopped after 5.

I read a lot about coconut oil, and tried that. For a while it seemed to work, but I found I hate coconut oil. Ugh, gag.

So, you're the experts...any thoughts?

CJ


Edited 9/30/2004 6:21 pm ET ET by crackrjack13

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Thu, 09-30-2004 - 10:31pm

Hi CJ,


Thanks for coming on board and sharing.

 

Calley7

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Registered: 05-19-2004
Fri, 10-01-2004 - 5:55am
THanks for your response.

I made an appointment today and went to see my doc. I have been putting it off for ages, for fear of not being listened to and sounding like I'm just getting older, lazy and eating too much and wanting to blame it on someone or something else. But he has scheduled me for basic tests next week, both thyroid and diabetes. I know they won't go beyond basic tests most likely and if it comes out 'normal' they probably won't persue it and I"ll ahve to go somewhere else, but I'll think about that if and when it happens.

I looked everywhere for my test results. My miscarriage stuff is the size of a small novel, but I didn't find it. I looked at it on teh computer at the doc and there were no numbers, it just said 'normal range'. How helpful is that?

Thanks for your help,

CJ

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Registered: 11-09-2001
Fri, 10-01-2004 - 9:49am
Hi and thanks for "de-lurking"! I agree with Calley. You sound like you have many classic symptoms. There isn't anything you can really do for yourself in terms of treating it. You need to see an endo and have your thyroid tested again. Try to get the full panel of thyroid tests which includes TSH, T3 and T4, as well as antithyroid antibodies. Then ask for the results in actual numbers. Ask the nurse to send you a copy so that you have everything in front of you and for future reference. It sounds like this is a condition that you've had for quite some time. I hope you find a good doctor and get a diagnosis soon. Please let us know how you do! Cathy :)