going for Uptake scan and more test..??

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Registered: 05-30-2006
going for Uptake scan and more test..??
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Thu, 06-15-2006 - 4:00pm

Okay....finally got into the endo today and nothin ew has come about. She was scratching her head with the one normal and one low TSH results and with me having no other symptoms or family history....duh me I had been pocking around in my heck before she came in trying my hardest to feel the thyroid and NOTHING..well my feeling made the nech swell so according to her she could feel it...and then she had me hold my hand out and nerves got to me so it was not even shaky, just not 100% still @@ so now I have my list of tests and I'm wondering if anyone can give me any info...

I have to go for the uptake 6 hour and 24 hour and the sonogram. How are they? I read the uptake scan takes about 30 minutes...??? So I take some radioactive iodine (I'm assuming this is completely safe correct??) and go back for a 30 scan 6 hours and 24 hours later??? Will I be able to see the scan and notice if it is bad or good?? Or is it cleary only readable by the "trained" eye?? Secondly the sonogra...would I be able to notice something on that???

My blood work is for (and please let me know if there is something else that should be checked) Thyroid stimulating immun., FREE T4, antithyroglobulin antibodies, TSH, FREE T3, Anti TPO antb., Vitamin b12 (assuming this is for alopecia), and testosterone (free and total).

I'm going to request that the lad faxes the results to me when they send to the doctor. Thanks to the WWW I'll be able to get answers way before my next visit 3 weeks...and UGH I HATE WAITING on health stuff...and why don't doctors get that???

She gave me no tips on the hair loss so I guess I will keep at the vitamins and hope something works. Thanks in advance for any information and anyone out there that is HYPER...please please tell me of any little hidden symptoms as I am out of places to look for and nothing I have found matches up with me. Thanks!!

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 06-15-2006 - 4:47pm

Hi I_luv_my2girls,


Thanks for giving us all that complete information.

 

Calley7