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  • NikkiDay
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    December 6, 2011 at 8:09 am
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    in reply to: post RAI one year/pregnancy update #1169817

    I hope you don’t mind if I ask – but was the need for a fertility specialist a result of the RAI or was that due to something else?

    NikkiDay
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    December 6, 2011 at 7:30 am
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    in reply to: Will I Ever Be Normal? #1169774

    I contacted my endo. today to ask if there was anything that I could take for these emotional rollercoasters – she said that I should take the Propranolol for the palpitations and tremors – but no comment about the anxiety and emotional issues – she said they shouldn’t be too severe since my levels weren’t that high….

    I also just spoke with my OBGYN’s office trying to get an appointment to get her opinion on RAI and how it will affect my ability to have a healthy pregnancy and she can’t see me for a week and a half. AHHHHHHH!

    NikkiDay
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    December 6, 2011 at 6:19 am
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    in reply to: Will I Ever Be Normal? #1169773

    I’m not on meds right now – I was just diagnosed and am currently trying to decide on treatment. I think that I am leaning towards RAI – I’m waiting on some information from an OBGYN on their opinion as to whether the treatment will have any long term affects on my ability to safely carry a child.

    The worry that I have is maybe these things are more than just from the Graves’ disease – maybe there’s something more serious going on mentally with me – and then I wonder if that’s just the high level of anxiety from the disease. It’s like a never-ending circle – and the worst part is that I KNOW that I’m crazy and not acting rationally but I can’t stop. I feel very much at my wits end.

    NikkiDay
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    December 5, 2011 at 8:06 am
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    in reply to: Will I Ever Be Normal? #1169769

    Thank you, it just helps to see people saying that I’m not being absolutely nuts!

    I know that a major part of it is probably that this is such a stressful time – trying to learn about the disease and understand it and find a treatment that fits what I want. I think the fact that my biological clock is ticking so loudly and many of my friends and family are pregnant is adding to the stress. I just want a healthy body that will be safe to carry babies in!

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