[Anonymous January 30, 1997 at 5:58 pm Post count: 93172]

#1165219

From my ex-doctor:

“Carolyn you’d be fine if you just figured out a way to utilize that
over-active immagination of yours!”

From my boss just prior to diagnosis:

“I bet that you are just “stressed” don’t they have tapes or something
for people like you!”

From my clueless brother:

“If you just keep positive thoughts, you can think this “whatever it is
thing” away, thats what I do when I have a headache, works for me hon…
give it a try.”

gotta love ’em! ….Carolyn

[Anonymous January 30, 1997 at 6:57 pm Post count: 93172]

#1057108

The endocrinologist who eventually diagnosed my Graves’:

“Well, you’ve definitely got the fine tremor. You can’t fake that. I’ve tried it, and it’s virtually impossible.” !!!

You can imagine my reaction — now I know how a dog feels when someone kicks it when it’s down.

[Anonymous January 30, 1997 at 8:09 pm Post count: 93172]

#1165220

Beeeeautiful! Dontcha just love it!

[Anonymous January 30, 1997 at 10:33 pm Post count: 93172]

#1165221

My former Internist, “Well, you told me you wanted to lose the weight you gained with
this pregnancy.” (Not on the “Hell’s Spa Diet”)

An ER doctor in the beginning of this when I asked what to do with my
major heart palpitations: “Just chill out.” (Like THAT is possible).

A woman recently who called to say (very uncompassionately) that her
elderly mother now has Graves’ and spent 3 days in intensive care:
“Well, you MUST not have been that bad since you didn’t get hospitalized.”
(Is this a contest? No, lady I just became a near agrorophobic trying to
retain my sanity, take care of my family and make it through the first three months).
Then she continued to drag the poor sick woman through
the mud for inconveniencing them all with her health and mood swings,
likening it to what she put as “audacity of some people who blame
PMS” for things.

[Anonymous February 1, 1997 at 2:17 am Post count: 93172]

#1165222

Let me add my two cents:

Some months before I saw my doctor and had bloodwork, I suspected I was
hyperthyroid from my symptoms: high pulse, constant eating, no weight
gain, etc. I told a close friend at work and she said “No, you’re
just a hypocondriac.” (where’s the spell check on this thing?) About two
months later, I started gaining weight, so I figured maybe it was just
stress. It took a few months, and a pulse rate of 130 before I visited
the doctor. He suspected, and blood work confirmed, that I was hyper.

This is a trying disease, physically and mentally. My SO, who
thankfully, has finally developed some understanding after I asked him
to move out once made a real gem of a comment: “Your problem is like
all women. You think a pill will make you better.” This was said when
the meds were making me very depressed and hypo feeling.

Linda

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