I'm sure you don't remember me but

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Registered: 05-27-2003
I'm sure you don't remember me but
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Tue, 11-23-2004 - 3:04pm

I posted a few times back in the spring/summer.  Around May I was officially diagnosed as having Hashimoto's but I've always been hyperthyroid.  I went to the doctor earlier this month and he finally explained it better to me.  I thought I might relay it in case it helps someone else. 


Officially, I have Hashimoto's.  I have had hyper stints that last a month to well over a year.  Currently, I am clinically normal with a low TSH.  My TSH is around .5 - .7.  So, because I am "normal" my condition hasn't reared its ugly head enough for us to know what direction it is going.  Make sense?  Because I've Hashi's, he expects to see me hypo but I'm not.  But I'm also not continuously hyper.  I hope I am making sense! 


So, that is it.  I have Hashi's.  We are waiting.  We are waiting for a drastic effect one way or the other.  I understand this man's reasoning.  I know he can't diagnose me as being hyperthyroid when I have a disease that normally creates the opposite.  It is unusual for Hashi's to create hyper but we all know that.  He's never treated me being hyperthyroid. He doesn't have first hand experience with me.  So, that's it.  Maybe that will help someone else in the future.


OH!  He did tell me I still can't get pregnant.  Pregnancy is one big autoimmune state and to top that off with an autoimmune disease that hasn't declared itself is tricky and he's afraid of what may happen.  {Can you tell I didn't see this man before my January 04 baby, hee hee}  Understandable.  Anyway, that's it!


 

Emily & Reynolds 1/25/04

 

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Registered: 11-09-2001
Tue, 11-23-2004 - 3:46pm
Hi Emily - of course I remember you!! Ihope you're doing well. It's nice of you to come back and share that info. It might help someone who is in the same situation. Are you feeling any symptoms of being hyper right now? Cathy :)
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Registered: 05-27-2003
Tue, 11-23-2004 - 4:02pm

Actually no!