Question:
Aiee, Mary: Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis) was my first autoimmune issue to appear — I guess it’s now considered part of my Lupus. I think it was just discovered through routine blood tests… I guess it made me a bit sluggish and stiff, especially in the mornings, but supposedly my blood results are now normalized by my taking synthroid. In any case, now I have plenty of reasons for feeling stiff and sluggish! (My doctors do a blood test every few months to make sure I’m on the right dose of synthroid…) Grace.
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Grace, I had the same situation you discribed. I was in total misery, no energy (what I call "human rug" syndrome). I went to the rheumatologist I have just returned to after an 8 year hiatus. He was the first one to diagnose me. All my tests were normal with a few thyroid peroxidase antibodies floating around. But he just looked at me… I don’t know what he saw… I didn’t have brittle hair or slow heart rate (tend to be tachy). But this doc, just looked at me and said, "Oh I see this all the time. Women go ten years or so like this before they ever get treatment." He just stuck me on levothyroxine, and three weeks later, I was *rollerblading!* Now, just as you say, I have a whole slew of syndromes that follow me around like pesky mosquitoes. Unlike mosquitoes, they do bother me more in the morning than in the twilight hours. Best regards, Mair "Grace Casselman" <gr…@casselman.net> wrote in message
news:3E5E6D48.565056A1@casselman.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Aiee, Mary: > Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. > Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis) was my first autoimmune issue to > appear — I guess it’s now considered part of my Lupus. I think it was just > discovered through routine blood tests… I guess it made me a bit sluggish and > stiff, especially in the mornings, but supposedly my blood results are now > normalized by my taking synthroid. > In any case, now I have plenty of reasons for feeling stiff and sluggish! (My > doctors do a blood test every few months to make sure I’m on the right dose of > synthroid…) > Grace.
Response:
Hi, boy this thyroiditis is something you want to avoid if possible. The up side is that I do get about 30 minutes of energy before I go into insane nervousness… then I take a downer, which tends to take away my energy. I do a lot of reading… the last three novels I have read, just happen to be about German Catholics, which is what I am. Kind of an interesting coincidence. Here’s something kinda funny. I live in a duplex; my landlord lives in the other half. His style has been, if he hears me hammering, he will call me up to try to make sure I am not tearing the place down. So now I just wait until he is out to do my hammering. I got a coat rack mounted by the door, and I hung my *huge* mirror which I keep in the living room for doing Tai Chi. I am starting the T’ai Chi again, very slowly, just to keep my joints limber at this point. It is back to rest for me now. Good day to everyone! Mair — stin…@earthlink.net http://radio.weblogs.com/0114986/
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