[Anonymous February 24, 1997 at 1:08 am Post count: 93172]

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I am so proud I finally found people like you to understand! I am 44 years
old, 35 pounds over weight, can’t sleep without medication, tired all the
time and half the time can’t remember what day it is….I have GD. Three
weeks ago I had RAI treatment. How do I feel..same as above. I keep
waiting for it to kick in, what ever that is. I was given the news about
my GD June 25, 96 just before I went into surgery for my knee. I was on medication
for 6 mon. but it didn’t help. My children don’t undersand, but that is
o’kay, because sometimes I don’t understand. The only thing I have going
for me is that I am a hard-headed Alabama woman…an I will make it.

Good luck and thanks for being here!

cj

[Anonymous February 24, 1997 at 6:18 am Post count: 93172]

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Hey, CJ, hang in there. The RAI doesn’t work instantaneously. There was, for me, a brief period, about a week after RAI when I was a lot MORE hyperthyroid than before. It depends on how big a dose you were given, and what your doctor is trying to do with it (some doctors deliberately go for quicker results than others), but you will start to feel better, little by little. My doctor went for a quick result, and I was no longer hyper after one month. For others the process can be a bit slower.

Good luck

Bobbi

[Anonymous February 24, 1997 at 5:19 pm Post count: 93172]

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tahnks bobbie for leting me know about RAI. I am still upset about
the mitral valve prolaps. My heart is still beating me to death. Today
@ work I couldn’t hold my hands still. Will I ever stop shaking? I am
tired all the time, all I want to do when I come home is lay down. My hair
is still falling out all the time. I have loose hair on my cloths all the
time. I guess today I am just having a pitty party. I go back to the
endo Thursday, hoping she will tell me good news, at this point any thing
would be good news.
I have to go and have my teeth cleaned tomorrow, so I had to start taking
infection meds today. If anyone has MVP, premedicate before having your
teeth cleaned. Also tell your dentist about your GD.
My eyes have also given me problems. A year ago the doctor told me I
had an eye lid blocking my vision. I had surgery, 6 week later it was back
the same as before. I was cut from one ear across my head to the other
ear, and 6 weeks later the doc wanted to do it again. NO THANKS!
I now know it was the GD. I have gone to another eye doc (he is the one
who got me my endo) and he is saying we will wait as long as we can
before doing surgery. Now you know part of the story and can see why
I feel like I am on a merry-go-round.

Thanks for listening,
cj

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