thanks, and I hope the meds turns out nice, too, as those side effects had better be worth it. plus! I now will need to monitor my white cell count (among other things, I guess?), so me and my needle phobia will have fun with that. blood draws are the best!
I know, why can't they just point a thingy at me and tell me what's up??
yeah, I do prefer knowing. it gives direction and purpose. but it can still kind of suck. I will just concentrate on looking forward to feeling better once treatment kicks in.
Thyroid problems are never fun (my family is a hotbed of hypothyroidism), but it must be a relief to have a diagnosis to work with, at least. I hope your meds make things better quickly, and that you don't have to fiddle too much with them to arrive at an effective treatment.
You know, for the longest time I and my doctor suspected it was hypOthyroidism? it went along with my depression and sensitivity to cold and unusual-for-my-body weight gain and all that. So when the tests started coming back in the other direction it was like SURPRISE! no, instead I have the one that does anxiety and heat sensitivity. what. but I'm told a lot of the symptoms for hypo and hyper can overlap, it is just general thyroid malarkey going ARGLE BARGLE
My lab results are actually pretty hilarious. In one measure, I am an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE above normal? The usual result is 0-34, and mine was almost 400. I fee like I deserve a ribbon or something.
The thyroid is seriously the WORST GLAND for fake-outs and sneakiness and weird symptoms. It's like the thyroid is just flailing and bellowing, "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME."
And you should frame the results and put them on your wall, because that is kind of amazing. Mine just squat right at the edge of normal; jostle them a bit, and I get to join the rest of the family on Synthroid.
Most of my results fall between twice normal and order-of-magnitude normal. Apparently I was PRETTY SICK? =|
And yeah, since Grave's has a high genetic component, I've told my family (we're semi-estranged, I don't spend funsies time with them or share my life, but I'm okay helping them with money and stuff). I'm trying to convince my mom (who is a model of fatigue and stress if there ever was one) to get herself checked out, and they can also keep an eye on my sisters =\
I'm glad there is possible treatment for you! I know a few people who have thyroid problems (though I don't know for sure if it's the SAME thyroid problem) and who have been pretty happy/successful with their med. I really hope the same is true for you!
The needle thing sounds like the worst kind of misery (I am also highly phobic). If it's possible to get some kind of anti-anxiety thing for the blood draws, maybe that would help? Kind of a tangent: when I had my wisdom teeth removed, they basically roofied me to keep me from freaking out. I remember going to the dentist and I remember getting home but very little else. That's probably not a BEST solution but there's gotta be some middle ground between that and a panic attack. <3
I actually already *have* a scrip from my very nice GP. It's what made this whole diagnosis adventure possible, as I really don't think I could have done the bloodwork stuff without it -- and the first one, I did do without the Xanax and it was seriously one of the very worst days of my life. Maybe that will sound like hyperbole, and I've had some pretty bad days in my life, but when you have a screaming needle phobia, horrid 10-hour-plus migraine you can't take anything for because medical fasting, and the nurse patronizes you and tell you to smile, there's a good girl while you're sobbing in the chair... yeah, I think it was a pretty shitty day =|
But now I have the Xanax. It doesn't really fix anything -- I'm still fully aware and I remember everything -- but it takes the edge of enough that I can at least deal. My heartrate still rockets and I can feel myself panicking, but it's at least to a point where I can mostly control it and just endure. So... it's not great, but it's way better. And especially as I'm going to have to be monitoring my blood regularly now, I'm glad to have it =\
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thanks, and I hope the meds turns out nice, too, as those side effects had better be worth it. plus! I now will need to monitor my white cell count (among other things, I guess?), so me and my needle phobia will have fun with that. blood draws are the best!
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Here's wishing for Star Trek-style medical tricorders within our lifetime.
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yeah, I do prefer knowing. it gives direction and purpose. but it can still kind of suck. I will just concentrate on looking forward to feeling better once treatment kicks in.
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My lab results are actually pretty hilarious. In one measure, I am an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE above normal? The usual result is 0-34, and mine was almost 400. I fee like I deserve a ribbon or something.
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And you should frame the results and put them on your wall, because that is kind of amazing. Mine just squat right at the edge of normal; jostle them a bit, and I get to join the rest of the family on Synthroid.
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And yeah, since Grave's has a high genetic component, I've told my family (we're semi-estranged, I don't spend funsies time with them or share my life, but I'm okay helping them with money and stuff). I'm trying to convince my mom (who is a model of fatigue and stress if there ever was one) to get herself checked out, and they can also keep an eye on my sisters =\
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The needle thing sounds like the worst kind of misery (I am also highly phobic). If it's possible to get some kind of anti-anxiety thing for the blood draws, maybe that would help? Kind of a tangent: when I had my wisdom teeth removed, they basically roofied me to keep me from freaking out. I remember going to the dentist and I remember getting home but very little else. That's probably not a BEST solution but there's gotta be some middle ground between that and a panic attack. <3
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I actually already *have* a scrip from my very nice GP. It's what made this whole diagnosis adventure possible, as I really don't think I could have done the bloodwork stuff without it -- and the first one, I did do without the Xanax and it was seriously one of the very worst days of my life. Maybe that will sound like hyperbole, and I've had some pretty bad days in my life, but when you have a screaming needle phobia, horrid 10-hour-plus migraine you can't take anything for because medical fasting, and the nurse patronizes you and tell you to smile, there's a good girl while you're sobbing in the chair... yeah, I think it was a pretty shitty day =|
But now I have the Xanax. It doesn't really fix anything -- I'm still fully aware and I remember everything -- but it takes the edge of enough that I can at least deal. My heartrate still rockets and I can feel myself panicking, but it's at least to a point where I can mostly control it and just endure. So... it's not great, but it's way better. And especially as I'm going to have to be monitoring my blood regularly now, I'm glad to have it =\
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