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| Thu, 12-15-2005 - 11:28am |
I am a 42 year old female, I was diagnosed 16 years ago with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, so I have become used to the symptoms of this. My TSH levels have been really good for quite sometime now. But I have started having a number of other symptoms, I have had all of these symptoms at various other times over the past 3 years, but they would come and go and usually would only last for a few days to a week, very seldom ever lasting longer than that. I currently take Levoxyl for the Hypothyroidism, Lipitor for high cholesterol, and Nexium for heartburn.
Here are the symptoms that I am experiencing most of them on a daily basis, and these have been getting worse over a period of about 1½ months. My eyes jerk involuntarily, I have some occasional eye pain, and my eyes are usually dry. I have been having muscle weakness, muscle stiffness, muscle pain, and muscle twitches. I have moderate joint pain and stiffness. Sometimes my body jerks involuntarily usually at night. I sometimes have numbness in my arms and fingers. I seem to itch all over my body. My coordination has gotten worse I can’t hold my arm out to the side and touch my nose, I will usually end up touching my lip or chin, this seems to be a little worse with my right hand, which confuses me a little since I am right handed. I walk a little funny now, I have to keep my feet farther apart than normal to try and keep my balance, and my right foot seems to drag every once in a while, I also bump into things while walking. My hands shake when I am trying to do something, my writing has gotten terrible, sometimes it seems I have forgotten how to spell properly(thank goodness for spell checkers), I miss things that I reach for, I drop things more frequently, and my grip has gotten weaker. I have a hard time keeping my balance, and I can’t close my eyes and bow my head while standing without swaying. I get dizzy and light headed. Sometimes my speech is jumbled, and I sometimes don’t comprehend what is said to me, so far this does not happen too often. I am very forgetful, and it I have frequent trouble concentrating, or thinking. I get weird sensations sometimes it feels like a mild electric shock. I have some abdominal pain with minor bloating, and alternating constipation and diarrhea. I have started having more problems with nausea. I have started having some bladder control problems with approximately 12 “accidents†the past two days, I have also had two episodes of bowel control problems. If I don’t take the Nexium I get heartburn daily, but so far the Nexium is controlling that. I have frequent spells of getting slightly choked or strangled when swallowing. I seem to be sensitive to heat and cold, but my body feels cold most of the time. My hands turn pale and throb when they get cold. My palms have a reddish tint to them. I have a faint pink color that has come up on my cheeks and across my nose. I get frequent headaches, I stay tired no matter how much I rest. Over the past week my blood pressure has been higher than normal. I stay thirsty and my mouth usually seems dry. I have been having daily recurrent chest pain on my upper left side that seems to radiate down my arm sometimes. My menstrual cycle has changed or gotten irregular going from 3 to 6 weeks in between, I have currently been on my period for 10 days, normal for me has been being around 4 days.
I went to my general practitioner Monday, for some routine blood work and a follow up on the Nexium and Lipitor. I told him about some of these symptoms or at least the ones I thought of at the time. While I was there for my checkup, he checked my blood pressure and at the time it was 138/104, before that normal for me was around 110-115/60-70. He ordered a stress test which was done Wednesday. During my stress test they wanted my heart rate to get to 178, and I managed to get to that point, before the test started my blood pressure was 127/66, which I assumed was normal. At the end of the test my chest had started hurting mildly, I was somewhat short of breath, dizzy and light headed and my blood pressure was 166/28. The cardiologist said the EKG was normal, but that in a female that didn’t necessarily mean anything, that he wanted to do another test. So I now have a Persantine Nuclear Scan scheduled for next week. I have a gynecologist appointment next week, an upper GI next week, and a neurologist appointment scheduled in Jan. All of these were on the recommendation of my general practitioner.
I am sorry this was so long, but I feel like I am falling apart, my husband, my daughter and my parents are worried about me because they have noticed the changes in me, and I am beginning to get a little worried. I would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions.
Thank you,
Kachasende

Greetings and Welcome Kachasende,
Having Hashimoto��s Thyroiditis besides several other illnesses, I know about becoming use to symptoms.
See the doctors your GP recommended and let us know what they say.
Kachasende what did you find out?
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
Sorry I have not been back for a while. The doctors and tests have kept me fairly busy. My nuclear heart scan showed that blood flow to my heart muscle was adequate. My upper GI showed a hiatal hernia and I am not sure if anything else showed up, I have got to follow up with my GP, when he gets the results back from the heart tests and the upper GI. I go at the end of the week for a mammogram and a pelvic ultrasound because during my annual exam my gyn found a great deal of cysts in my breasts and she wants to be sure they they are all fibroids, and she found a mass in my uterus. My blood sugar was normal. My sodium was high and my bun was low in my blood work. I am still having chest pain, problems with coordination, joint pain, muscle pain and twitches etc. Here lately I am in pain every day, and I still have a few more dr. visits and tests before I know what is going on.
Everyone take care,
Kachasende
Kachasende,
Have a wonderful blessed and safe end to 2005 with a great and peaceful beginning for 2006.