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Neonatal Graves disease

Valarie
  • By Valarie · Posted November 24, 2008
  • Discussion in Other thyroid diseases · 0 replies
  • Hello all! I'm new to the group, and see that I may be the only one on this site that is dealing with Neonatal Graves disease. I have 6 children, the 3 youngest were born with Neonatal Graves disease ...

Bad day...

Morse
  • By Morse · Posted November 22, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Hello all. It has been a really bad day... Ok, the past few weeks have not been that great but today has been the worse... It is all about cramps! I just sent my husband off to a surprise birthday party ...

Hypothyroidism and vicodin

justjude
  • By justjude · Posted November 19, 2008
  • Discussion in Hypothyroidism · 0 replies
  • I see all the warnings not to take vicodin if I am hypothroid. I have not found out the reasoning behind this. Does anyone know. I am hypo and take vicodin for joint/bone pain and my thyroid has become ...

Yeah!!! -- a little good news.....

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted November 19, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • I finally got an appt with a geneticist on 1/13. This is just a meeting to see if I need genetic testing, but at least it's a start ...

hypothyroidism?

HeathBar
  • By HeathBar · Posted November 14, 2008
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
  • So I'm new to this group. I'm 21 years old, and when getting a CT scan for another condition I have last year, a benign noduel was discovered. Apparently, these are fairly common. At the same time, my ...

PET/CT Scans

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted November 14, 2008
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • Has anyone had a PET & CT with contrast and radioactive tracer and felt sick afterwards? I had one done on 10/24 and every since then I've been very weak, nauseous and just don't feel well. I thought ...

THYROGLOBULIN tests

precious
  • By precious · Posted November 12, 2008
  • Discussion in Other thyroid diseases · 0 replies
  • I was to see my endo yesterday for some more "unsettling" results. My thyroglobulin levels are 0 right now while taking the eltroxin medication . This is normal. But previously while i had discontinued ...

Part Duex - Update

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted November 9, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • As you may have read, I have dysautonomia which is a dysfunction of your autonomic system (everything in your body that works without you thinking about it, brain, heart, breathing, bp, bowels, kidneys ...

My journey, thus far....

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted November 9, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I am a 45 yo white female, my mother was almost 35 when I was born and she smoked throughout her pregnancy. My brother had mumps and german measles, which my mother exposed me to, but I never got. I had ...

follicular thyroid cancer

blondie9400
  • By blondie9400 · Posted October 19, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Nov.05 I went to surgery for lung cancer, but they found it was a collapsed lung and could not fix it, said it had adhered. As the surgeon was finishing up he turn the scope up and looked at my thyroid ...

Okay, I am coughing again... I know this!!!

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted October 19, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Okay, I am coughing up a lung again… I know this feeling. Been through it before... The coughing hurts my chest. The last time this happened, I ended up with Costochondritis. I keep coughing and coughing ...

Ramblings...

Morse
  • By Morse · Posted October 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Hey all... It's been awhile since I have posted anything but there has been a lot going on... School has started back in and that makes it super busy but my kids are great and that helps a lot but it ...

Tweaked my back...

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted September 27, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, if it's not one thing it's another, isn't it? LOL I bought a new crock pot the other day; got it home and went to pick it up to show my daughter and.... OUCH!!! It hurts!!! Not like I haven't tweaked ...

Excited & Sad

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted September 23, 2008
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • Well, I did it!!! I got the tattoo that I had been wanting for the past ten years. It is sooooooo cool. I just updated my photo to show my new tat; although with my fibromyalgia and etc.... it hurts quite ...

Low Thyroid............................??

precious
  • By precious · Posted September 15, 2008
  • Discussion in Hypothyroidism · 0 replies
  • My thyroid numbers are continually going down even though I take my thyroid meds religiously. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I had my thyroid removed surgically 20+ years ago and everything was ...

Okay, now I'm sick

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted September 13, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Woke up this afternoon (wow, I finally got some sleep!!!), and now I'm sick... cough again, sore throat, stuffy nose, fatigue... some normal stuff, but more dramatic... Lying down today, but for different ...

New Symptom

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted September 6, 2008
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • Well, I am not sure where this one is coming from, but.... I have recently come down with a new symptom.. of what, I am not so sure. My ankles hurt soooo bad.... It feels like I have two sprained ankles ...

Thyroid cancer in elderly

cynthiag117
  • By cynthiag117 · Posted August 28, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment · 1 reply
  • My mother had her thyroid removed 1 month ago. Diagnosis of Pappillary Thyroid Cancer. Surgeon had said the pathology report had said turmor was contained to thyroid. Perhaps stage 3 but final staging ...

Went to Doc today

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted August 20, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Well, I went to the Doc today, first time in a long time... I know, I know, I should have gone a long time ago... bad me. The doc refilled my presecriptions (Thank the Goddess that he refilled my vicodin ...

Went to State for assistance

LadyForce
  • By LadyForce · Posted August 19, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well, I finished my appl for State Assistance and sat/stood/walked, etc... there for 3 hours. Now it hurts like *#&@*# !!! The 'good news' is that I got a 'Pending Medical' slip so I could go see a doctor ...

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