[RebeccaJF]

in reply to: lab work question #1179800

So happy to hear your news, allie! What a relief!

msled, I think doctors assume it’s Grave’s since it’s the #1 cause of hyperthyroidism? Is that right? But they should verify before doing drastic things like RAI. I’d be interested to know if can be transient. Or can it sometimes be cause by the hormonal imbalance from menopause? It all seems to be related.

Hope you can get this sorted out.

Becky

[RebeccaJF]

in reply to: Just need to vent…in other words, at my wit’s end… #1179917

Hi everyone!

Thanks so much for the warm welcome and all the wonderful advice. I really appreciate it. It’s nice to not feel alone and since this started, I’ve definitely felt alone at times.

Just for a little background, I think I’m so impatient because this has been a rough 15 months and I’m ready to feel better and have some fun, and actually enjoy life. It’s been one depressing thing after another lately. It started 3/19/12 when my Mom passed away from complications from a stroke. She was 87. Ok, I dealt with that. Then my husband fell 25 feet off a scaffold at work on a school in south Philly on 9/19/12 (what’s with the 19th?) and broke both of his legs and had to have titanium rods put in both legs. Could’ve been worse, thank God there were no head or spinal injuries. He’s recovering but we don’t know if he’ll ever work as a mason again. So it’s no wonder I ended up with Grave’s. Then Ed’s Dad passed away 5/12/13 from cancer. I know life can be very rough and we all go through tough patches. But it’s just like all the life has been sucked out of life lately.

I feel bad for my kids. My son Charlie is 11 and my daughter, Jodi, is 10. They lost 2 beloved grandparents within a year and have had both parents down and out. Through it all, they’ve kept up with schoolwork and activities. They’ve been amazing! But they’ve also learned to be more independent, which is a good thing out of all this.

Kimberly – Yeah, when the endo in the hospital explained the RAI, he said it would be a while before things were right, but he made it sound simple, simpler than it is that’s for sure.

Karen – Gabe – Guess I should be glad the RAI worked so quickly because they told me 2-6 months. I just feel like a yo-yo. The TSH going to 81 surprised everyone. Wish they’d caught it sooner, but who knew? No idea how long that high a TSH takes to come back down.

Allie – Congrats on graduating from college! That’s an amazing accomplishment considering what you’ve been going through! I hope things will get better.

Sue – I just keep repeating…this will be a distant memory…you will get your life back.

Karen Z – can totally relate, wife and Mom syndrome, it’s true, we don’t take care of ourselves and run ourselves into the ground…until I finally landed in the hospital, then I had no choice. Guess that’s why we get smacked with it, to remember to slow down.

Diane – glad someone else is on Tirosint as well. Praying this works. You would think drug companies would learn not to put all these fillers and binders in things with all the allergies around. That’s probably WHY there are so many allergies. And to have trouble with a pill you need to live, yikes. My vitamin D was a 7 back in March, now it’s up to 90 so I stopped supplements temporarily. And I had the series of 3 B12 shots so that’s better as well. And I still have anxiety and panic attacks here and there. I think our bodies have yo-yo’d so much, they don’t know whether to be hyper or hypo.

Marg – you might not have Grave’s???? That’s scary! They did the antibody test in the hospital, so I know I have it. But I’m approaching menopause, too. That’ll probably throw a monkey wrench into getting to the “sweet spot” and staying there.

Again, thank you to all!

Here’s to all of us getting better and starting to enjoy life again!

Becky

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