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not taking meds

so last year i had thyroid cancer, they remove all my thyroid in late december. i have not had any meds going on like 3 weeks. i moved out of state so  no insurane. how bad could this end up being? i also have lupus and have had no meds for that either
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many years ago when you had to have a whole body scan after surgery, you had to be off synthroid for 3 weeks.  I was tired and my legs were in so much pain I could hardly walk. I felt weak and tired. Please go to any clinic you can and get help fast.
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Yes, I agree, you could go into a coma and die, your body cannot live without thyroid medication. I lasted 7 weeks at the most, I was pretty hypo and felt like crap. I don't know about the lupus, but you must have thyroid hormone to survive.  
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Hi,

without a thyroid your body makes no thyroid meds.  If you don't take thryoid meds your body will shut down and you will die.

I suggest you find a cheap clinic and get a new script for your thyroid meds.    If you can show them your previous script, they should just be able to give you a repeat.

Not taking thyroid meds can be life threatening.  Please do something about this immediately.
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