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in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184042

Kmess, so sorry to hear what a rough time you are having. I too have had a lot of emotional ups and downs. I think they come from feeling so helpless as you said. I am a very motivated person. I work 2 jobs, have my own business, have kids, a husband and am trying to go back to school for my graduate degree. It used to be a rush to balance all this. Now I can barely make it through the day. I get very little done. I feel like a failure most days. I keep trying to cut myself some slack, but it is hard. Understand, I am only saying all this so you know you are not alone. I yell at my kids, then I cry, then I drink too much wine. But I am doing my best. This forum has helped me to know I am not alone. I hope it helps you feel less alone too.

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in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184038

Thank you snelson. I am having an uptake tomorrow and then will be starting atd. I am really looking forward to any relief at this point. Your words as others’ have helped me feel validated. I am really looking forward to recognzing the woman I am again.

[JenP]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184035

My endocrinologist did not mention it. I have been very recently diagnosed and just found her quickly so I may seek an expert in Graves now that I have researched more. I am not sure I am ready for the permanence of surgery or RAI, so I think I am going to start with ATD and see how it goes.

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in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184034

Thank you for this info!

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in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184033

Vicky, I am so new to this I cannot offer any advice, but I do understand how it feels to be so lost. I do feel better now that I know what is causing all these problems I have been having, and finding this group will be a huge advantage I think as well. I hope you find some relief knowing that you are not alone. I know I feel very isolated as well. I have felt so bad for so long and have been faking it for so long, I too feel like my family does not get it, but hopefully with time, they will. I guess, I can offer you understanding and support, and maybe those who have been dealing with this longer can give us both advice.

[JenP]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184032

Vicky, I am so new to this I cannot offer any advice, but I do understand how it feels to be so lost. I do feel better now that I know what is causing all these problems I have been having, and finding this group will be a huge advantage I think as well. I hope you find some relief knowing that you are not alone. I know I feel very isolated as well. I have felt so bad for so long and have been faking it for so long, I too feel like my family does not get it, but hopefully with time, they will. I guess, I can offer you understanding and support, and maybe those who have been dealing with this longer can give us both advice.

[JenP]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184031

Vicky, I am so new to this I cannot offer any advice, but I do understand how it feels to be so lost. I do feel better now that I know what is causing all these problems I have been having, and finding this group will be a huge advantage I think as well. I hope you find some relief knowing that you are not alone. I know I feel very isolated as well. I have felt so bad for so long and have been faking it for so long, I too feel like my family does not get it, but hopefully with time, they will. I guess, I can offer you understanding and support, and maybe those who have been dealing with this longer can give us both advice.

[JenP]

in reply to: Things my Forum Friends have taught me … #1183959

Thank you so much for this post and the responses. I am one of those newly diagnosed and scared out of my wits. I am still waiting to start treatment and have been very sick for a long time before finally being diagnosed. I am so happy to have found this forum. I already can see a light (way off in the distance, LOL) at the end of this journey.

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in reply to: Diagnosed with Graves’ #1184009

Hi, I too am newly diagnosed. I have been sick for months (it started with heart issues) and I was too stubborn to see a doc. Then when I finally did they spent months and tons of money putting me through every heart test imaginable. Luckily all that was wrong was tachycardia and elevated BP. Finally after months of that and tremors and insomnia and weight gain and fatigue and anxiety, and so on, I finally went back to the doc and begged for a blood test for my thyroid. So I just got my TSI back, it is extremely high, and my TSH doesn’t even register with the new tests. I too am so happy to have found this forum and hope to connect with others facing similar struggles and those who have been living with them as well. I cannot offer you advice as I am so new to this and am in mass confusion right now, but I can offer support and say that you are not alone, and now, neither am I.

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