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Thyroid nastyness
Marie
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 12:00 PMre: Thyroid nastyness
Teri Robert
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 12:29 PMMarie,
I so see what you mean. The problem, in my experience, is finding a doctor who knows enough about ALL the parts. I've just never found that doctor. Or maybe I should say I've never found that doctor close enough to home.
My primary care doctor doesn't want to seem to help with anything but the basics. She agreed to treat my hypothyroidism, and we even set a TSH target level. She started me on thyroid meds, saying we'd test again in three months and adjust the level. Three months later we did the blood work, but instead of adjusting my meds, wanted to refer me to an endocrinologist -- without increasing my meds even one time.
I drove 8 hours each direction to see a doctor who could help with my Migraines.
Drove 3 hours each direction for a surgeon who could address my progressing glaucoma.
I guess the key is to find a primary care doctor who will at least consider all the possibilities and be sure we get the care we need for EVERYTHING. It took me 10 years for hypothyroidism to even be diagnosed.
Teri
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I read too that high cholesterol and thyroid problems are bed fellows as thyroid, migraine, fibromyalgia joint and muscle pains.
Lucky me I have all these together and had thyroid surgery 1/2 on my gland is gone in the garbage leaving me with a fussy remain.
I only hope that medicine would look at us, migrainers, fibroites, etc. as a whole not in parts like one dr. does toes and the other legs, you see what I mean....