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in reply to: At a crossroad, want your opinion, please. #1068627

Oh yaaaay. That last smilie showed up when typed a colon and a left parenthesis. Who knew!! ” title=”Smile” />

[Ciona]

in reply to: At a crossroad, want your opinion, please. #1068626

Thank you. Thank you all you responders. Today is a better day. I know you are just giving me your lay opinions but it is so great to have you out there. I am glad to hear all the different ideas and approaches to have to this disease. I have been dealing with GD for a while. I’ve been told it’s the most treatable AI disease, that’s it’s no big deal. After reading other posts and hearing from all of you I have now given myself permission to accept the GD is having a significant impact on my life. I need to think and rethink about my options and I am very grateful that I have options. As for 100% comfortable I’m not sure I will ever get there but I may be able to decide that I am more comfortable with my other options than with what I have now.

I do worry about my liver and my white blood cells. I do have them check annually. My hypo and hyper episodes while on ATD have always been in the normal range but I do wonder about the toll this is having on my body. I am thinking that I have been experimenting with my body but now the results are in and the experiment didn’t yield the positive result I was hoping for. On to plan B.

James, I feel that your situation is most similar to mine. I wonder if you would share a few more details like: How long were you on ATD? How long has your remission lasted? Have you ever relapsed?

Anyway, I will let you all know when I make a decision.

TTFN Ta ta for now

P.S. How come the smilies I inserted didn’t show up when I posted and the font color didn’t change?? Bummer ” title=”Sad” />

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