[Anonymous August 20, 1997 at 7:07 pm Post count: 93172]

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I appreciate your response. I think the reason I get asked if I still have GD is because family, friends really want to think this is not a real problem. You know…take a pill, feel better! They can’t seem to get it when we are down sliding, having a bad day, week, etc. Sure, no one likes a whiner but a little empathy would be soooo helpful and I think those that haven’t been there like to think we are “all better now”. I wonder if any of the rest of you find it much more difficult to recover from “ordinary” illnesses now. (The average sinus infection that hangs on for 3 extra months inspite of antibiotics, etc.) I feel like it takes so much longer to shake the routine stuff and I know that drives everyone around me crazy. I’m a grouch when I don’t feel good! Who isn’t? And, I hate that it this disease puts us in the position of defending ourselves during the lows!!!

[Anonymous August 22, 1997 at 8:16 am Post count: 93172]

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One of my younger brothers has GD, but his was caught in it’s early stages, and he can’t understand why I just can’t seem to loose weight or get around like I used to. I was diagnosed in ’95’ and my doctor listed all the other things that were wrong, and said they were due to having GD for a long time and not being treated for it. So, some people who have it, are not as bad as others with this disease. Most days, it’s a chore just to get out of bed. And then to have to go to work, ha. There are a lot of days I wish I hadn’t been diagnosed. At least by now I’d be dead and no longer in pain. But, I guess I just have to make the best of a bad situation and hang in there. Since we can’t get my thyroid under control, I guess it will just be a matter of time. One step forward, two steps back. sigh.

Pat

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