[StellaC]

in reply to: Need Advice #1066057

I had just started grad school when I was first diagnosed with Graves. Thankfully in my situation I was only carrying a part-time load – there’s no way that with the ADD and exhaustion that came with being hyper and the brain fog and exhaustion that came with being hypo I could have maintained a decent GPA. Since my load was so much lighter then yours, I’m not sure that I can be much help with advice on that account, however I was also working fulltime and my boss wasn’t particulary supportive (far from it really ) so I ended up having my Dr. write a letter explaining the severity of my illness and the symptoms I was experiencing … I mean as sick as I was he should have been grateful that I didn’t take a medical leave of absence …. blech. Anyway – Make an appt to talk to your profs and let them know what’s going on and that you are concerned that your grades may begin to suffer due to your illness. I understand that you want to get through school on the time schedule you planned for, but Graves really doesn’t work according to our schedules – it doesn’t make you less intelligent, less committed, or less driven if you have to drop a few hours and graduate a semester later … especially if that keeps you from failing a class! Good luck!

[StellaC]

in reply to: anyont NOT have a bad taste with ptu? #1066231

Nope … it was really, really awful tasting for me … so bad it left a lingering aftertaste … I went through a LOT of scope

[StellaC]

in reply to: Need some encourgement please! #1066695

Thanks for the replies and support you guys. The muscle wasting and subsequent weight gain after my thyroid was "killed" were brutal. In a lot of ways I know I’ve spent the last several months mourning the body I had before Graves. I’m so very grateful that I survived the thyroid storm and then the very slow process of building back up to a normal range of T4 – I need learn to be patient with myself and my body and to keep things in context – this too shall pass – and hopefully before I know it I’ll be strong and healthy again.

Stella

[StellaC]

in reply to: Armour Thyroid vs. Synthroid #1066774

I haven’t had any experience with Armour Thyroid, but when I first went hypo (and I went really, really hypo … ) my endo stared me out on 25 mcg of Sythroid (we had to take things slow) and because I was literally weeping with exhaustion in her office she also put me on Cytomel for 2 weeks to try to get me to feel better sooner. Cytomel is T3, has a really short half-life compared to synthroid (T4) and in my experience was really "potent." In fact it made me feel like I was hyper again – heart palpations, nervousness and irritability all returned full force while I was on it. Personally, although I’d really LOVE to have more energy I’m scared to do any sort of T3/T4 combo … I think I’d just as soon let my body convert the T4 into T3 at its own pace.

[StellaC]

in reply to: Need some encourgement please! #1066685

Bobbi – that’s a great idea and thanks for mentioning it – I’ll talk to my Endo and PCP about maybe getting into a physical therapy program – the army of "cute young things in thongs" at the local gym is a downer …

Thanks, Stella

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