Posted by River1924 on March 4, 2006, at 1:23:14
In reply to Re: amour thyroid (see PS for carpal tunnel info) » River1924, posted by Larry Hoover on March 3, 2006, at 8:13:04
1)Yes, you are right. How could I have been so foolish as to trust my own bodily sensations? Placebo affect. I bet you are a doctor.
2) Second, I listed hypothyroid myopathy because Phillipa said she was hypothyroid. I was never hypothyroid.
3) My foolishness was taking meds without really paying attention to it affects on me. I should have wondered why the doctor put me 120 mgs when my thyroid was normal, on the low end but normal. At the time, however, I was pleased he wasn't a slave to blood test numbers. I shouldn't have said I didn't trust this doctor... he is just inconvenient to visit and I saw him because he is one of the few immunologists in the area. I don't need to drive 50 minutes for a thyroid test or pay 300 dollars for an office visit with my PA-C.
4) I emailed my PA-C and my psych doc of my problems, my theory and my plans to discontinue my thyroid for the time being. Neither seemed that concerned. "Do it and we will see what happens."
5) I don't really need to justify myself. I trust my instincts. In the last several months, I bit my tongue and "trusted" that the system is capable of doing a decent job. Wrong. It just doesn't work that way.
6) I will keep your autoimmune idea in mind... I don't think it applies to me but I think it is interesting.
Good Bye. I don't spend a lot of time here. I should have just looked up the information I asked for in the first place. I was being lazy. I always just end up getting annoyed and angry. I know people who have had problems with muscle pain, carpal tunnel, and now at least I can give them the info about the thyroid's impact. It is a connection I never made and, it would be my guess, their doctors hadn't thought of it either. Whatever, I'm outta here.
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