Hi,
I love how we all have received such varied opinions of things. My endo told me yes, get the flu shot, regardless, but I’m asthmatic (allergy related) and can only get the shot, so…
My TSH has never read above 0 at this point. I was just recently diagnosed, too, in March of this year. I’m on a very low dose of methimazole, and was on atenolol due to my heart rate. I was totally freaked out–I had historically low blood pressure, was rarely sick, and had this crazy sinus infection, and that lead me to the Dr and there I was diagnosed. I had been in for a physcial not three months prior and was fine.
At the time of my diagnosis, I was exercising daily, raising my heart rate, and sitting in a sauna afterwards, raising my blood pressure–my endo said just keep doing it. My body had obviously adjusted well. He was shocked at how well I was handling it, and well, here we sit. I’ve been able to maintain my weight, not lose, but not gain, but being conscious of it all.
I’ve even been one of the few that have the Graves’ eye disease, where my right eyelid has slightly retracted, and I’ve learned to deal. I totally wigged when I saw that, called my endo at like 7am freaking out about it. I was pretty vain when it came to my eyes.
Give the meds some time, do some research, keep talking to people and asking questions, and tell everyone. You’d be surprised at how many people are educated on the subject. You’ll get through it, we all will.
