[JoyWV]

in reply to: New to Graves and struggling with life… #1075375

I am kinda shocked reading some of these posts. Is it true that stress is a big trigger in Graves? I’ve been under astronomical amounts of stress since Christmas of last year. I’ve made some poor decisions that I take the blame for but mostly going through domestic violence (nonstop since then) and multiple issues at work, since he destroyed my equipment once, I do transcription from home. So this can go away if I get rid of the stress???? I still think my doctor will think I am cookoo if I tell him this stuff. I just recently came back to my husband a few weeks ago. I am already feeling the pains of wishing I would have stayed gone this time. I am paying the price physically, emotionally and financially to give him his dream of having a baby of his own, just to get a slap in the face. Seems he only wants to fight more when I am sick. I am not looking for sympathy, just answers. I would do anything not to have to deal with this stuff.

Joy

[JoyWV]

in reply to: New to Graves and struggling with life… #1075368

Thank you for listening to me! I see with your name, you must be a midwive, right? I had a midwive for my second pregnancy and LOVED IT. She left the area and then I hooked up with a great doctor, who just recently left the area too. So I was in quite a pickle after the tubal reversal and all of these symptoms. I thought people would look at me like I am cookoo or something. Thanks again! ” title=”Very Happy” />

[JoyWV]

in reply to: New to Graves and struggling with life… #1075366

I haven’t seen an endo yet. I will probably be referred to one once I deliver. Right now I just see a maternal fetal medicine specialist (high risk doctor) and my OB. My levels are still undetectable, I guess that would be the TSH or T3 or 4. Not sure. But I tested positive for Graves on all of the diagnostic tests that they do. I get my blood drawn about every 3 weeks, I feel like a pin cushion. Before I found out I was pregnant (I had a tubal reversal surgery 03/11/2008), so this all happend fairly quickly. The only symptoms I had were extreme fatigue (which is normal with pregnancy), I would feel steam rolled just by going to the grocery store and I would have palpitations (which I thought were just panic attacks), and hot flashes. On a hunch I thought I had something else going on and at my first appointment with my new OB, I told them the problems I was having and they took all the necessary steps to find out what else was going on besides early pregnancy. Sure enough, they called me and told me that my levels were undetectable and that I needed to start that PTU ASAP. It put me in fear mode because no one that I know of in my family has it, and the only thyroid problems in my family were hypothyroidism, the opposite of what I was diagnosed with. My question is, why wasn’t I losing weight before I got pregnant? I was doing Weight Watchers and walking 3-4 miles a day at one point and still not losing. Then, I got to the point where all I wanted to do was eat and sleep, which I thought was depression, then finding out I was pregnant on top of it.

[JoyWV]

in reply to: New to Graves and struggling with life… #1075364

I am new to this Graves thing too. When will I get my energy back? I am 21 weeks OB and I am getting a break from this PTU for a little while (3 weeks) and I should find out any day if I have to go back on that horrible toxic tasting stuff. Is there another option other than a thyroidectomy or RAI?

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