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Wow! Sounds like we all live parallel lives! Today’s a ‘better’ day. I will call the endo tomorrow and see if there’s a cancellation list. Thanks for the tip! I don’t do the waiting game very well. I suppose there are other things that are worse. I count my blessings that GD can be controlled. I read somewhere that it’s hereditary? Is this true? I don’t know about my mother’s side of the family, but no one on Dad’s side has it. I pray I don’t pass it down my kids.

It’s late. Tomorrow’s a student holiday; I can see my stress level rising. Must get to bed to prepare for the ensueing chaos.

Trish

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This is my 2nd case of grave’s disease (after a 5 year lapse) and back in March my TSH was .01 my T4 was 65 and my T3 was 23. I have chosen to proceed with no medical intervention eg. neomercazole or RAI and have recently been tested and my new levels are TSH .005 T4 23 and T3 12.4. I feel fine apart from the occassional palpitations and trembling and possibly continuing weight loss( hey – nothing wrong with that). It appears as if I am returning to “normal” without intervention. My ? is has this happenned to anyone previously and should I be doing something about this?

I am aware of the dire consequences that can occur if prolonged hyperthhyroidism is left untreated but I also feel that medicine is not an exact science and that everyone differs enormously. If I am feeling fine why intervene?
Thanks for listening to my ramblings, any help or further insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous]

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In the days before our current treatment options, approximately 50% of hyperthyroid patients died of the disease. Of the remaining 50%, I would assume that many of them were invalids. Hyperthyroidism can ruin our heart function: it causes our hearts to beat too fast (and inefficiently at that) for too long; it also disrupts the “electrical” controls of the heart which keeps it beating in a proper rhythm, and arrythmias are very dangerous. Hyperthyroidism can also lead to strokes. The weight loss from being hyperthyroid comes from the body eating up muscle mass. Over time, we get weaker. Remember, the heart is also muscle. So, while modern medicine may not be perfect, it is infinitely more perfect than non-treatment of the disease.

Bobbi — NGDF Online Facilitator

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