[Ski]

#1071305

TRY to put it out of your mind ~ you’ve come to a decision, and you’ll be further along the road SOON. It sounds like you’ve got a really good attitude, given the circumstances! I know the anxiety is tough, and I know you’re impatient AND lots of your feelings are due to chemical imbalance, so it’s nearly impossible to just "talk yourself out of it." Do your best to celebrate your bf’s birthday. Laugh! That can dissipate all kinds of negativity. ” title=”Very Happy” />

We’ll be thinking of you on Tuesday!

[Hopeful23]

#1071306

Thanks, I will try to ” title=”Smile” /> I will keep everyone posted on my first 3 days when I get the chance to. Thankgoodness my phone has internet ” title=”Smile” /> One question SKI, I dont quit understand. How can you tell the diff btwn Graves and just hyper.

[Hopeful23]

#1019381

i go tomorrow and friday for my uptke scan… then tuesday is the big day. i feel at ease compared to the surgery consultation. the only down side is its my bf bday. i am starting to be more moody and jumpy again cause my anxiety over this is thru the roof. it will soon be over..

[cathycnm]

#1071307

Hopeful – Most hyperthyroid is Graves. It is, as we so frequently discuss, an autoimmune disease that fools the thyroid into producing more hormone than needed by basically turning off the feedback to the thyroid that enough is enough. The other kinds of hyper and usually related to nodules that produce too much hormone. So, if you don’t have nodules and you have hyper – it is a fair assumption that you have Graves.

[Ski]

#1071308

The uptake/scan is usually conclusive for Graves’ ~ between the pattern of uptake in the scan, and the percentage of uptake, Graves’ can be conclusively diagnosed. A Graves’ thyroid will have a consistent pattern of uptake across the thyroid gland, and a high percentage of uptake. Hot nodules will take up ALL the iodine into themselves, so there is one big bright ball of uptake within the thyroid in a defined spot. Cold nodules will take up NO iodine, so they are a big black spot on the uptake. You can also test the bloodstream for Graves’ antibodies, but that isn’t done very often, probably because the uptake/scan is conclusive if the pattern and percentage are very obvious. It’s also possible to have a false negative for Graves’ antibodies, if you test during a "low" period of antibody action.

There is also one more cause of hyperthyroidism, which is transient thyroiditis following a virus, but that typically ends in six weeks or less. If your symptoms have gone on longer than six weeks, you can say that’s not the cause for you. Oh, and one more thing the doctors need to consider ~ some people buy thyroid hormone replacement pills on the black market and take them as a weight loss pill. If only they understood….

A very high percentage of hyperthyroid patients are hyperthyroid due to Graves’.

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