Thyroid disorder chat room

[mudkme83]

One thing I have noticed about the thyroid disorder section is we all play cat and mouse with the current q&a system provided. I've also noticed we all tend to be online at about the time responding back a fourth. I would like to know if anybody would like a chat room here?Not only would it bring more people here to discuss thyroid issues, maybe dr.Lupo or another reputible endo could chime in at a planned time every week and answer questions.Its probably far fetched but worth the shot right.

[jennifer3000]

hello

[Barb135]

This is a very old thread and your issue would get a lot more attention if you started a new post of your own, since this post is about a "chat" room vs answering specific questions....

You can go to:   http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Thyroid-Disorders/show/73?controller=forums&action=show&id=73&camp=msc  to start a new thread.  Just click on the orange "Post a Question" button at the top of the page.......  

[Cat67cat]

I take Levothroxine daily.  I have been doing great on it for the past year until the past month.  I am starting to have the fatigue and extreme exhaustion all over again.  Is there a reason this is happening?

[Roxanne862]

I did not get to vote in the poll but YES it is a wonderful idea. I have often wondered why in the computer age we are playing cat and mouse like this. It would be a big hit.  Also think of the people it would help. Usually we stumble in here after searching the net and well this way it would be instant. Great Idea.

[nowuccas]

My current doctor is not knowledgeable about such matters. I have found compounding pharmacies in New South Wales, (recommended) and Victoria, but need a prescription locally, in South Australia.

Some of my weblinks: www.feelingfff.com  &
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com & http://www.armourthyroid.com & www.realthyroidhelp.com & http://www.peertrainer.com/LoungeCommunityThread.aspx?ForumID=1&ThreadID=40858  www.realthyroidhelp.com  http://www.thyroid.org.au/ThySoc/ThySocReplce.html   http://www.thyroid.org.au/   http://www.naturalthyroidchoices.com/Bromide.html   http://iodine4health.com/   http://www.pharmaceutical.co.nz/  ~~~ THYROID

The following is new: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/02/Many-Symptoms-Suggest-Sluggish-Thyroid.aspx

[jengee]

last August 08, I had a total thyroidectomy due to hasimoto disease and a large goitre. Prior to this i was on 50mg 75 then 100 mg thyroxine. After op I went from 150 feling amazing, 125 still pretty good, 100 great, and now 75mg at present and all hypo symptoms have retuned. Last blood test when taking 100mg  my resutls were TSH .035 and FT4 23.6. Can someone tell me why I might be feeling low with these reults?

Jengee

[Krispriss]

Hello, I have hypo and was wondering if anyone else has experienced what I did upon first taking the meds. It seems as though I just dropped weight very quickly over an 8 week period keep in mind that I was very very strict with working out 6 days a week to include 3 days of weight training. I noticed that when I stopped doing the cardio on and empty stomach other than the armour and coffee and stopped going to the gym so much I put on about 15-20lbs which is what I lost in 8 weeks before. So now I am working out again and very strict with my diet and I realize its only been a week but I am very discouraged that my jeans do not seem to be much loser at all, am I being unrealistic? My diet is not over 1300 calories a day so I am thinking surely thyroid problem or not, if I am eating very clean and working out surely I will lose the weight?

[PPhelps]

The women on the Ovarian Cancer Forum used to throw Cyber Parties. A snow storm started it all. I think they picked one night a week at a certain time, and had fun talking and chit chatting. It was so funny.  Everyone had a great time. It was a time to lose oneself, to stop thinking, and just have a good time getting to know one another. Live chat is good, but as someone metioned you loose alot in chats. Some don't type as fast as others and it gets to confusing. Thats why I don't like chat rooms. I can never keep up.

[Pandorasbx]

I would use the chat room. I'm new here and am looking for answers..like everyone else. Plus, it's a good way to get to know the community members I think.

Pandorasbx

[MKlacza]

I'm in!! :)

[Barb135]

I voted no for the chat for the same reasons everyone else has given, but the "pub" is a good idea.  Like AR said - in chat, you can't spend enough time to compose an answer/comment and there's too much room for misinformation.  

Being a real "newbie" at this thyroid thing, I really depend on the answers that some of you post in response to questions asked and I think I'd miss out on a lot of that in a chat setting.  

[Smilerdeb]

Chat room is no good for us in Australia as we are roughly 16 hours in front.
Also sometimes there can be misleading or wrong info given.
So I'm not too keen on the idea.
Soz guys.

[AR-10]

You do realize that creating a thyroid chat room would in reality create a seperate thyroid board.


How can you have live chat and spend ten minutes typing a proper reply? None of the chat rooms I have been in are conducive to anything more than a sentence here and a sentence there, usually in "text speak" or some type of shorthand to speed things along.

  

[stella5349]

I'll ride this sticky for a few more days to see the outcome on the poll.

Please don't vote a hundred times  it's on your honor

OK?

[ChitChatNine]

We could do our Pub again .. that would be awesome!  We kind of stopped when everybody was oh so busy between Halloween and Winter Holidays but let 'er rip again!

A chat that's live like they do in weight loss on a thread I like .. it can be more medical than social ... I've been over on the one in WLD and it's really great.

We can even invite a CL from another forum as our guest on some nights to offer advice to us thyroidians if it pertains to something we deal with.

Just my 2 cents.

I've been following the thread but NO TIME to reply between swim meets and wrestling tournaments but tomorrow I'm brining my laptop so hope to respond to more threads!!!

C~

[laura1967]

Okay... I vote no to chat and yes to pub night!
This is a different forum than weightloss and diet....this is medical. There are too many people who try to use the internet rather than going to the doctor. Even though none of us here are doctors, this is still serious and we have to answer people responsibly. All questions pertaining to medical should be in their own posts so they can be looked after.
That is why there are moderators.
That is just my point of view.
Looking for the pub....I could use a nice cold drink and a round of darts! Oh yeah....in the pub we are all normal and not thyroid sufferers....thyroid disease doesn't exist in the cabin does it? lol   lol  

[stella5349]

Book - 'em Dan-O

:)

[AR-10]

*sniff*...I'll do ya proud, Stella.

No peanut shells on the floor people, please.

You'll know the thread when you see it.
LOL!!!!!

[stella5349]

I dusted off utah's stupid chair and stock piled the Zinfadel ( since AR is a wine dude )

can't spell  " con - da -sewer " LOL  LOL  LOL

Hmmm
since AR is GUN HO on this pub tonight - I think he should pop the big one and get that PUB posted !!!!!!

[AR-10]

Well, how about we have Pub Night tonight?

There will be a thread posted.

The genius behind Pub Night is this;

We meet in this quaint pub. Make fun of the decor and order wild drinks. Appoint a bartender and ridicule TheCarMan (that's my job). Non alcoholic beverages are served as well. Discuss how our day went, or what sorts of torture are permitted for our doctors. The topic can be all over the map, or if a guest is invited, we get the guest drunk and pump them for information on how to deal with stress, or anxiety, or heart stuff.

The "cyber drinking" may bother a few, but it is the glue that holds the fantasy Pub together. Fighting over the only recliner is half the fun. Along the way we get our frustrations out and people get to know each other a little better.

Saturday night is the perfect time.
Be there or...you may already have a life.

Coming tonight, LIVE (echo, echo, echo).

[mudkme83]

I agreed with Selma. A live chat also will  provide support to those that need it as well.Although the current system does work, technology continues and we should take advantage of that.And of course the chat will have it's social aspect too.That is a key factor in support.

[selmaS]

yes...this is medhelps version of live chat!!

[AR-10]

We are discussing this live, now.
It's just a little slower.

We used to have Friday Night at The Pub. It was fun. Then it got a little old. We had a few "guests" come in on Pub night, and that turned out well, too.

A true chat room is completely different and has no place here. We have two general discussion forums for people looking to talk about other things.

Pub Night- yes.
Chat Room- no.

[mudkme83]

I agree with you about that.That will always be a problem, unless it's a specific question it's probably already been asked and answered at some point.Ususally by the same group of people.A chat room may or may not help with that,who knows.If we had one we could be discussing this live right now...LOL.It's a better form of communication and sets a standard medhelpneeds.Live webcast might also benifit us as well.A new doctor each week presenting thyroid patients with new options to there treatment etc.If a chat room is not proposed.