Have goiter...

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Registered: 08-16-2006
Have goiter...
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Wed, 08-16-2006 - 10:46am

Im new to this board.....

I was diagnosed with a goiter about a year ago... they kept monitoring it. My blood levels staying about the same high levels.. (Don't remember the numbers.. But after reading the boards, I will ask for my lab results at my appointment in two weeks.) The doctor has several sonograms of my thyroid and has been monitoring the size. I also had the radioactive test done and that came out normal but that was close to a year ago...
In April she put me on 1 - 25 mcg of synthroid and 3 months later took blood work. She explained nothing happened.. She is trying to lower my levels and shrink my goiter, if possible. She now has me on 3 pills a day and I don't know the results yet. I don't know if what she is treating me for is hypo or hyper... Just wondering if anyone could help me figure out which one I have. Has anyone had a similar situtaion? Any information would be helpful...

Thanks.... Kirstine

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Registered: 05-19-2004
In reply to: beyes80
Wed, 08-16-2006 - 1:00pm

Hi, you can get a goiter from your thyroid working too hard...which in your case is probably more hypothyroid. If levels (tsh)

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: beyes80
Wed, 08-16-2006 - 9:55pm

Hi Kirstine,


Welcome to our board.


From your description about getting your levels lower, I would think you are in the hypo range.

 

Calley7