Danilynn1975 Member

I quilt to alleviate the old triggers for me. it de-stresses me greatly. thank you for this. I needed it today.

Very small town in the deep south. This year from March forward I have been taken on and off meds. The levels either shoot up or drop down to far. Currently off meds. Nect scheduled trip to New Orleans for a doctor appointment is in early September for more blood work. Have been every 5 weeks since late March after an…

(((hugs))) It's a long, expensive road filled with lots of blood work and frustration. I hope you find answers, help and a fabulous doctor.

I could post my entire medical record and you'd still disagree with me, it's pointless. just suffice it to say I live in my body and not everyone has a great experience with finding a doctor or receiving treatment. So who is your doctor? I'm willing to empty my 401K to travel to find this holy grail of doctors that may…

every time I hear someone boast of their magnificent doctor medicating their thyroid issues so marvelously, I have to restrain the urge to ask , who they are, what the doctor's number is and if they take insurance. Because from experience there are WAY more craptastic doctors not even attempting to actually properly treat…

This is, hands down the nicest post I have seen in these boards in forever. ***

Inflammation means my thyroid throbs, my face swells, all over swells up. Like the skin is too tightly stretched. Then the joint pain starts in, mainly in my neck, my ankles, my wrists and thumbs. I have another nifty thing that happens when inflammation hits, my collarbones get pushed out because of swelling. they will do…

Op, for whatever it's worth my next door neighbor is 98, lives alone still. Has family that come by only 2 times a week to check on her, is in fabulous health. She drinks this stuff every morning. She seems to think it does wonders for her. She's a super sweet lady. She hasn't been sick with anything in years according to…

The biopsy was to rule out cancer. Came back inconclusive. Repeat it in 6 months. Did show Hashimoto's. The biopsy was done after a white blood cell came back 3 times very high and other blood work off as well. The biopsy came quickly after the ultrasound showed growths and swelling. Then 3 different sets of more blood…

My mom has Sjogren's , Crohn's and Rheumatoid arthritis, and Fibromyalgia. My niece was diagnosed Celiac at age 10, now has Juvenile RA. She's 19 this year. they rarely present alone.

Eyelashes are gone. Sort of speaks volumes something is wrong. The endocrinologist confirmed everything the New Orleans doctor found. Redundant blood work.

Cone back in 6 months for more blood work and an ultrasound. Take selenium and vit d 10,000 iu a week because my vitamin d test revealed my level is a 13, optimal range is supposed to be around 80. Also found my iron levels are super low too.

It was my eye doctor who told me what to go ask to be tested when after losing all my eyelashes on the bottom lid and 90% of the top. If you have another reason my eyelashes fell out, I'll be more than happy to check it out. I miss them and would like them back. The endocrinologist did confirm via a needle into my throat…

Look up the literature. reference ranges were lowered. with Hashimoto's it is entirely possible to be hypothyroid and have wonky tsh because the gland occasionally works until it doesn't. the TPOab numbers along with the ultrasound and fine needle aspiration I went which had hurthle cells confirm my diagnosis. My tsh has…

See, the thing about those spots bolded is that not everyone gets that lucky. Not many "good" doctors out there. I've been to 10 doctors now over the last 5 years telling them something wasn't right. They all until doctor number 9 and several thousands of dollars spent after insurance and a large, large chunk of it out of…

Just got out of the hospital on Wednesday, exercise isn't a priority right this minute and probably won't be until I recover and even then it may be an iffy thing. but if you can, enjoy it. If you don't do it, that should be ok too. everyone is different. No judgments coming from here either way you go with it.

My friends can see mine. The rest can not. Absolutely no way I'd ever open my food journal up to some of the comments I have seen made in these forums. Just a big fat nope, not gonna happen.

Do you keep a fairly consistent wake/go to bed time, even on weekends? Sometimes that will throw off sleep. You said they did blood tests, but are there any other symptoms besides just tired? Sometimes other symptoms can help narrow down what a doctor checks for. Are you in or near menopause? My mom said she was exhausted…

5'7", 40 years old. 154pounds. Everything weighed on a scale. typical day clocks in about 5 miles minimum. I have medical issues, confirmed. my metabolism is slower. Very rarely hungry. if I am I go over calories and eat.

Been maintaining for over 2 years. My average fluctuation is 2 pounds. If it gets above that and stays for more than 5 days, I dial everything way back until it comes back into range.

1450 per day is my maintenance. Which is about 500 lower than MFP says for me.

In for the suggestions. I wish my insomnia would go cheat on me with someone else.

I make these black bean brownies with no sugar of any kind regularly and take them with me. They are good. But if you are used to sweetener you might need to tweak them for that. There are awesome recipes out on the web for them. They have a good amount of protein and travel well. If you don't have access to a fridge, they…

I test water for safety of discharge to the environment. Pretty fascinating stuff. I have tested bottled water against drinking water from the tap against EPA regulations and a lot of the pre-bottled water would be boil notices if it came from your tap. Lab numbers and scales and seemingly useless data is often worth a…

As a lab tech this is absolutely fascinating. With the analytical balances in my lab, we calibrate with S1 weights daily. Both before the sample and at the end of samples. Usually if we get that much variation its due to air current. But then an analytical balance scale can be the tickiest piece of equipment in the lab.…

currently not overweight, but have lost more than half my hair among a whole host of other hypothyroid symptoms. so just numbers alone do not complete the whole picture.

Actually, not always. My TSH 1.64 My TPOab 1153 My T4, T3 both in range, although barely. can't say about weight for me, (But everyone is different.) currently because well, half of what I personally eat isn't staying down, I really wish that would stop. And I severely restrict calories to combat weight. So if you just ran…

Most doctors only test the TSH. Very few will test the full thyroid panels because of insurance issues and payment. I know first hand because of having to drive 3 hours to New Orleans to get a doctor willing to order all of them and pay out of pocket for both doctor and labs. $1500 later I know I have thyroid problems and…

I don't have fibro, but do have other issues and some of them are the same. I battle insomnia and fatigue that lacks a good description daily. In January I fainted and fell down the stairs in our house. I haven't been upstairs since then. (for fear of it happening again.) The fatigue has impacted my balance and this is…

Maybe try not to stress until after your endocrinologist appointment and seeing what your blood work looks like. It's been particularly cold here lately and that alone is a stress on certain medical conditions.