Finding a Doctor--Help!?!?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-01-2007
Finding a Doctor--Help!?!?
1
Thu, 03-01-2007 - 11:49am

I think my mother is having thyroid problems--she has had some muscle weakness,has lost weight (without trying), she says she's forgetting things, and now her hair is falling out. And I didn't realized that heart palpitations were a sysmptom of thyroid problems; but she has those also.

My great great grandfather had thyroid problems, as did my great grandmother, my grandfather and my mother (had thyroid surgery).

I asked her if she had been checked recently and she said that she had been last year. She said that every time she is checked they say it's normal. I have read that what reads "normal" for some people is not actually normal for them and it was suggested that they be put on a small dose on a trial basis. But how do you find a doctor that will work with you on that? Most of them just want to get you in and get you out. If you're not seriously ill, they don't want to spend any time on your problem.

Avatar for cl_calley7
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 03-01-2007 - 10:19pm

Hi jolenemc,


What you're saying about the normal readings is true.

 

Calley7