Dealing with hypothyroidism 2 years

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Registered: 09-20-2006
Dealing with hypothyroidism 2 years
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Wed, 09-20-2006 - 6:24am

Well where do i start. I moved from another state to oklahoma where it is very hard to find a Endocronologist with in the area. I was having problems with having very bad cramps and really bad periods and lots of pain. I got referred to a gynacologist and she took lab tests and told me that I had thyroid problems. She put me on 25 mcgs and said that she would see me in a couple weeks. To make a long story short I ended up getting a partial hystorectomy. I told her my primary dr told me it was fine and the number was with in the limit where it is sapposed to be. She told me the number was a normal range but not for my body type and for me. Anyways the day of the surgery they found out I was a type 2 diabetic due to prlonged hypothyroidism diagnoses. This made me very angry. I got refferred to an endocronologist who didnt seem to give a crap and he saw me every six weeks. I ended up getting another refferal for another endocronoligist and he ended up having to up my synthroid to 125mcgs and I take cytomel 3 times a day. I am so tired and so fatigued and cronically constipated and just feel like somthing is wrong. Our bodies tell us somthing is wrong then usually we ended up being right. my lymphnodes have been swelling on and off and didnt really pay attention and thought i might be fighting off the usual cold or flue bug. Well the only sucess I have had is that I lost 45 lbs and I chose to have elective surgery. When the Dr. was doing my surgery he found bilateral lower abdominal lymphnodes that were so swollen they were a grey to blackish color. He sent it off to a pathologist for diagnoses and the report read that is was reactive hyperplasia and anthracosis. I tried looking it up on the net and basically no luck. Each month I feel as if i am getting worse and i feel like I need to do somthing. One thing did puzzle me he asked me when it was the last time i saw a neurologist? Should I call the neurologist and make an appiontment?

Im just confused and sick and tired of being sick and tired!

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 09-21-2006 - 9:19pm

Hi Flamingogirl26,


That's a good question - where do you start.

 

Calley7