Hey all,
I was diagnosed with Papillary thyroid cancer back in 2015, which had local spread to some lymph nodes. I had two doses if Rad Iodine, and have been taking my levo. I was laid off a few months ago, and haven't had insurance. I felt off, face and body ballooning, SUPER coma like tired, cold to the bone (need three pairs of socks and two sweaters) Dazed...just feel super bad. Our local hospital allows you to go in and pay 25 to have your TSH checked, so I did. I got my test results back and it was 48.7.
I know I need to keep it suppressed to keep the cancer from coming back. Is my TSH this high something I should be worried about? Can I cut another pill in half and take it with my regular meds to get it back down? They didnt offer the Thyroglobulin along with the TSH and its not one they offer for the discounted price and now Im super worried that it being so high for so long with allow the cx to grow back. I have an entire bottle of old dosage meds (not expired) which i could take as my new endo i got last year decreased my dose by half..
Like I said I am without insurance right now and my endo wont make any changes to meds without seeing me....