Hello everyone!!
I would just like to say thank you to everyone who contributes to
this BB, because it has been a wonderful, informative resource and support
for me since I was diagnosed in October. I suffered for years with this
infuriating illness before being correctly diagnosed by a sensitive doctor.
I am now on Tapazole, and have decided, with my doctor, that we are
going to be conservative about this and try the drug route first before
RAI. I know, now, that it might be a long time, with setbacks, but I will
try to be patient and work towards remission.
The minute I found out I had this (Can you believe I was diagnosed with
Graves on Halloween?) I got on the net, and started reading as much of this
BB as I could fit into my workday. I was utterly overwhelmed with medicine
and information, but this BB has been a Godsend to me, as I am sure it has
been to thousands of other people.
I was very sick over the holidays and I may have to increase the Tapazole
again, but just knowing that this illness is NOT IN MY HEAD and that there are
many others suffering like I am somehow makes it easier to deal with.
Just as an aside, I see that there are many Dianne’s on this BB, so I
am going to use the alias Sundance ( the make of my old car, which keeps going
like the energizer bunny, hope I do,too!).
Thank you again–all of you– and especially Bruce and Jake for their
comforting quotes, poetry and ancient lore. In the spirit of the season, PEACE & LOVE.
