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| Mon, 10-25-2004 - 5:52pm |
Just a quick refresher, I noticed a very visible goiter a couple of weeks ago. First, I went to the only Dr I had, my ob/gyn and she ran a full thyroid panel. Well, I found a family practice dr I could afford (no insurance). The thyroid panel results came back normal. (TSH = 2.319 T4=7.5 T3 Uptake 29% Triiodothyronine = 127 and Free T4 Index 2.2) Besides the goiter, I have a high heart rate (normal for me though), my blood pressure is high for me (like 140 when I am normally 105), no real weight change or change in eating habits, no hair changes, but when you put a piece of paper on the back of my hand you can see a slight tremble. My family dr put me on 50mcg of synthroid and said he thinks it is Subclinical Hyperthyroidism. He is sending me to an endo, but that will take a while to get into see him/her. Anyone else here with this? I have read up on it a bit on the web, and it almost seems like a "pretend" diagnosis. You know. like the dr's don't know what is wrong so they make up a name like that solves anything. Am I wrong? Any tips or suggestions?
Thanks for listening,
Suzie
| Mon, 10-25-2004 - 8:16pm |

