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Female, 45, Healesville - Australia, member since Jun 2007
I am a woman, at least I was when I checked a few minutes ago. I have had two thyroid operations in less than 6 months..grrrrrr.....last one caused me to go onto medication. Oh fun! I have three cats. Moppet (who is a boy...loooong story) Milo who is a boy, and Kimba wh...
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Oh here we go again!
May 15, 2008 11:56PM
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Bah and a swear word and maybe a real good Gordon Ramsay temper tantrum to boot! Grrrrr and growl and stomping of feet! There! I feel better now....sort of!
Got my 6 week blood test results today....now those of you who have followed the saga of "Maria the ever medical freak", shall now know that last blood test meant I was hyper....That was on 150mcgs of thyroxine...so down to 125mcgs we went. (Remembering that 100mcgs made me SUPER hypo to the point of being dead!) NOW I am not much bloody better for losing 25mcgs dose a day........waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!
For those interested here are the last 3 blood test results; remembering our date is back to front to yours, so it's 4th Feb etc...Dosages at the time of results and what I was on 6 weeks prior to the test is written under the dates and results.
04/02/08 20/03/08 12/05/08 Lab ranges
Free T4 18.3 25.7 24.2 (9.0 - 25.0 pmol/L)
TSH 11.24 0.06 0.06 (0.35 - 5.50 mIU/L)
Free T3 3.9 4.9 4.7 (3.5 - 6.5 pmol/L)
DOSE 100mcgs 150mcgs 125mcgs
So as you can see I am not a happy little Vegemite at the moment......
My calcium was down to 2.12 (Taking 2 x 600mgs a day) previous was 2.18 when I was taking 2 x 600mgs a day, March was 2.30 when I was taking 4 x 600mgs a day..got told to drop to 2 a day and as you can see my levels have gone down and down and down! So back up to 4 a day........sigh........What beats me is no-one can tell me WHY my levels are so low even WITH medication....
I told my doctor that each and every time I have any stress, good bad, or indifferent, large or small I get symptoms of severe nausea, diahorrea, and migraine. His response is that I am under enourmous stress and my body is reacting. REALLY? Says me? You're joking! To think I had malaria or something, oh silly me! Of course I am under stress you freaking great ning nong! Coz you doctors never believe a word I say!!!! Perchance it coudl be coz I am SUPER HYPER on medication? Or perhaps you might like to run a Cortisol test to see if my poor adrenal glands are still actually performing? No he says, you need a break. yes, I muttered, I need a break alright, I'll BREAK your legs!
So, sign the dotted line of payment and trot off home again to pour out my woes to my only true friends in the whole wide world; My Fellow Thyroidians. Oh and my cats, they love me no matter what, and the dog, but she's only interested in a ball...sigh......
On a happier note..You people better watch out! My ex-who-is-relationship-challenged is on your shores as I type! He left here yesterday and landed early morning your time. So Bend Oregon look out! Hee hee. He was wonderfully affectionate and that was nice. He is still going on about me coming over and I will do my absolute best to get there in August. Now all you lovely people have to buy stuff from me on ebay (I'm gracefulangels ) and that will help me get there with enough money to eat for 6 weeks...(am I allowed to promote myself on here, oh well, too late now!)
At least the sun is shining today, at least I am not trapped under rubble in China and about to die...so for that I think my whinge is now in perspective!
Got my 6 week blood test results today....now those of you who have followed the saga of "Maria the ever medical freak", shall now know that last blood test meant I was hyper....That was on 150mcgs of thyroxine...so down to 125mcgs we went. (Remembering that 100mcgs made me SUPER hypo to the point of being dead!) NOW I am not much bloody better for losing 25mcgs dose a day........waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!
For those interested here are the last 3 blood test results; remembering our date is back to front to yours, so it's 4th Feb etc...Dosages at the time of results and what I was on 6 weeks prior to the test is written under the dates and results.
04/02/08 20/03/08 12/05/08 Lab ranges
Free T4 18.3 25.7 24.2 (9.0 - 25.0 pmol/L)
TSH 11.24 0.06 0.06 (0.35 - 5.50 mIU/L)
Free T3 3.9 4.9 4.7 (3.5 - 6.5 pmol/L)
DOSE 100mcgs 150mcgs 125mcgs
So as you can see I am not a happy little Vegemite at the moment......
My calcium was down to 2.12 (Taking 2 x 600mgs a day) previous was 2.18 when I was taking 2 x 600mgs a day, March was 2.30 when I was taking 4 x 600mgs a day..got told to drop to 2 a day and as you can see my levels have gone down and down and down! So back up to 4 a day........sigh........What beats me is no-one can tell me WHY my levels are so low even WITH medication....
I told my doctor that each and every time I have any stress, good bad, or indifferent, large or small I get symptoms of severe nausea, diahorrea, and migraine. His response is that I am under enourmous stress and my body is reacting. REALLY? Says me? You're joking! To think I had malaria or something, oh silly me! Of course I am under stress you freaking great ning nong! Coz you doctors never believe a word I say!!!! Perchance it coudl be coz I am SUPER HYPER on medication? Or perhaps you might like to run a Cortisol test to see if my poor adrenal glands are still actually performing? No he says, you need a break. yes, I muttered, I need a break alright, I'll BREAK your legs!
So, sign the dotted line of payment and trot off home again to pour out my woes to my only true friends in the whole wide world; My Fellow Thyroidians. Oh and my cats, they love me no matter what, and the dog, but she's only interested in a ball...sigh......
On a happier note..You people better watch out! My ex-who-is-relationship-challenged is on your shores as I type! He left here yesterday and landed early morning your time. So Bend Oregon look out! Hee hee. He was wonderfully affectionate and that was nice. He is still going on about me coming over and I will do my absolute best to get there in August. Now all you lovely people have to buy stuff from me on ebay (I'm gracefulangels ) and that will help me get there with enough money to eat for 6 weeks...(am I allowed to promote myself on here, oh well, too late now!)
At least the sun is shining today, at least I am not trapped under rubble in China and about to die...so for that I think my whinge is now in perspective!