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in reply to: Eye plugs????? #1073091

I’ve had eye plugs – the type that slowly dissolve – put in twice post Lasix. It doesn’t hurt at all and may itch a bit at first and I got used to them within a couple days. They helped so much and got me past some very dry eye problems. I’d recommend them highly.

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in reply to: Have I been blessed with Grave’s Disease? #1073873

I’m doing just fine Sarabear. Thanks for asking. I don’t see my Endo until mid-next week. In the meantime….I’m status quo which is a good thing.
For sure: let us know how your visit goes. I’m hoping you get some positive news. Okay; no cures BUT maybe a definitive direction you can move towards and feel confident with.
Take care…..post soon.

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in reply to: Have I been blessed with Grave’s Disease? #1073871

Thanks Sarabear, for your kind words of encouragement. To answer your question about my decision to just have my thyroid taken out I’d say it’s two-fold. Number one: I already take Lipitor and it’s hard on a person’s liver as is the Methimizole. Methimizole isn’t really a maintenance drug as is Lipitor and given a choice I feel it’d be better for my liver to take only the one drug. Thyroid Hormone is a maintenance drug; taken like Lipitor and for the rest of one’s life. I don’t pretend to think it’ll be a picnic getting the dosage correct right away and am willing to work toward that goal. Surgery? Sure it’s scary but I’m a firm beliver in following ones gut feeling and my gut tells me to take out a sick organ and hopefully….be done with it….moving on with keeping everything else in tow and praying that GD doesn’t get me elsewhere. Number two: I won’t do the RAI; just doesn’t appeal to my sense fo well being. It can work wonderfully for others but I don’t want the uncertain fallout from RAI.
I will be seeing my Endocrinologist in a couple weeks – for the first time since being diagnosed by him. After he sees my blood results he may have his own ideas but I will definately talk surgery to him. When he initially saw me he told me my three choices and we went with what, I’m sure, everyone has to do for the first couple months in order to get through being hyperthyroid. If all is calm in that area; I’m hoping for the surgery. My husband is going with me on the upcoming visit as well, and I know between what I hear and what he hears – a good decision will be made. We shall see.
I’m also at what I’m hoping is the end of the menopause tunnel; which as far as I know has been about ten years going and the last three I’ve been taking hormones. I’m also in the process of tapering those down to stop taking them within the next year or so.
Thanks again for asking and take care. Please post after you see your Endocrinologist. We all care about each other’s results on this board and I know I appreciate knowing what another is experiencing.

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