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  • SueAndHerZoo
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    July 14, 2013 at 10:01 am
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    I just want to thank everyone who responded to this thread (and to Mamama for starting it) because I found it all very comforting and reassuring. I am going in for my TT on Tuesday (Yes -2 days from now!!!!) and even though I have been 100% confident of my decision for months now, I am thinking about (not quite worrying, but thinking about) all the same concerns Mamama expressed. All the responses here were wonderful and I am back to being very eager and excited about Tuesday.

    My counselor asked me the other night if I was nervous about surgery and I told her I wasn’t and then she asked if I were nervous about how I would feel 1 month, 2 months, etc. after surgery. I told her I was, of course, concerned, but that even if I were tired and a bit lethargic/depressed it would STILL have to be better than what I’ve been living with for years with Graves.

    I have also found that this whole experience has caused me to look at my issues with vanity and self-esteem….. for my entire life I have been very stringent about my appearance, but now I am relaxing and learning to be OK if I don’t have my make up on when someone stops over or if all my accessories match, so if I put on some weight, so be it. I am choosing to be “fat and happy” if that’s what happens.

    So Graves has taught me not only a lot about my body, but my mind, also. Sorry for the ramble and the hijack.
    Sue

    Kimberly
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    July 15, 2013 at 10:58 am
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    @Sue – Will be thinking about you tomorrow…hope that all goes smoothly!


    @mamama28     – When you review information on the Internet, it’s important to make sure that the info is both *reliable* and *current*. Several years ago, the FDA did have these concerns. Therefore, in 2007, they tightened up potency (strength) requirements through the drug’s entire shelf life for all replacement hormone products, with manufacturers given two years to meet the new rules. Here is some additional info:

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