Hi, I just read your post, I know its an old one. But wondered how you are doing. I just discovered a lump in my neck and am having an ultrasound next week.

Hi guys,

hope you are doing ok ?
How did your ultrasound go janinphx ?

I am doing ok. Thanks for asking. My ultrasound showed I have a nodule in my neck. I knew that! Thats why I went in......So now I have to go for a iodine scan. It if so frustating though. Takes the doctors forever to move on things. I called a couple endo and could hardly find one that takes new patients, and still the wait is over a month. I am going back to my regular doctor today, see if he can speed up the iodine scan or whatever. I'll let you know how it goes. My iodine scan in scheduled for aug 29, the soonest they had.

I am glad that you had your ultrasound , and I am sure that you will be fine sweetie, I totally agree with the doctor side of it , its as though they dont care , they have no sympathy or even listen to you when you tell them how you are feeling , they just seem to knod their heads like robots (when you know they are not listening) can get abit frustrating !!!! I am waiting for my ultrasound appointment to come through (so fingers crossed it will be soon) I hope all goes well on the 29th for you , keep me posted. Take care & stay positive x hugs

Hi narroo, thanks for replying. I went to the doctor yesterday. I have only been able to see and talk to his nurse or assistant or whatever she is. So I made an appointment and got to see him. He told me to have my thyroid scan done at the hospital. So I went over there and made an appointment. Its a little sooner, on the 25th. And soooo much closer to my house than what the assistant wanted to send me. I don't know if you have had a radioactive thyroid scan. But you have to go there in the am and take a capsule and return in 6 hours for the scan and then the next morning for another. So having it closer is much better. I can go there and then go to work and leave early for the scan. He also gave me some reassurance and explained it better. I also have felt some lumps in my armpits but they seem to come and go. They weren't there when I saw him. He thinks it might be an infection in my lymph nodes and gave me a prescription for antibiotics. But I am not going to take them. I don't know if they will interfer with the test.

I have never been diagnosed with hypo but have all the syptoms. He says my blood tests are all in the middle zone and not even borderline, but I still wonder. I do have an appointment with a endo in sept. So I will take all my tests, etc there and see what they say.

I read your other posts and see you have started exercising. I need to do that. I am about 30 pounds overweight and have no energy. I have a pool and do some water aerobics about 4-5 times a week, but its not the same as walking or a gym. I need to get moving and quit smoking too.

Let me know how your scan goes.

Jan

Hi narroo, thanks for replying. I went to the doctor yesterday. I have only been able to see and talk to his nurse or assistant or whatever she is. So I made an appointment and got to see him. He told me to have my thyroid scan done at the hospital. So I went over there and made an appointment. Its a little sooner, on the 25th. And soooo much closer to my house than what the assistant wanted to send me. I don't know if you have had a radioactive thyroid scan. But you have to go there in the am and take a capsule and return in 6 hours for the scan and then the next morning for another. So having it closer is much better. I can go there and then go to work and leave early for the scan. He also gave me some reassurance and explained it better. I also have felt some lumps in my armpits but they seem to come and go. They weren't there when I saw him. He thinks it might be an infection in my lymph nodes and gave me a prescription for antibiotics. But I am not going to take them. I don't know if they will interfer with the test.

I have never been diagnosed with hypo but have all the syptoms. He says my blood tests are all in the middle zone and not even borderline, but I still wonder. I do have an appointment with a endo in sept. So I will take all my tests, etc there and see what they say.

I read your other posts and see you have started exercising. I need to do that. I am about 30 pounds overweight and have no energy. I have a pool and do some water aerobics about 4-5 times a week, but its not the same as walking or a gym. I need to get moving and quit smoking too.

Let me know how your scan goes.

Jan

Hi ya sweetie,

i am so glad that your appointment is sooner all the best for it , but I am sure you dont need it as you will be just fine. Hey at least its closer to your home , wow you have a pool , how lucky (it would cost me abit of money to have one here in england hee hee) I went to the gym again this morning (it is knackering) but I feel so much better for it, I reckon you have hypo also (do the dr's actually know - that if a blood test comes back normal ) you could still be hypo ? Have they offered to try you on thyroxine tablets to help your metabolism ? (some dr's are so crap arent they ?)i am sure my scan will be fine (still waiting for an appt to come through) I am positive that its just a cyst or nodule.

Hope to speak again soon , but I would defo get your hypo sorted out , and you are exercising with the swimming well done you

Narroo, when is your ultrasound scheduled? Are you hypo? I tried to tell my doctor that the test can read normal & you can still be....But he says no, my levels are in the middle. But he was the one that 1st suggested it last year when I was telling him how I felt. So he ran the tests. I checked out the symptoms and it was me!! But the tests don't say so. I do have an appointment with an endo doc in sept., so after I have the thyroid scan and find out the results I will take all my test results and see what they say. I bought some thyroid pills at a health food store and took them about a week, but I stopped now, cause I don't want anything to throw off the scan. But once I have that test, I will take them again till I see the endo. Yesterday my neck was sore and felt worse, but now today it seems better again. Sometimes I get lumps under my arms and I told the doctor - of course they weren't there when I went in, but he gave me antibotics - said it was my lymph nodes and I might have an infection. But I am not taking those till I have the test either. If, after the test they come back I might take them, but I hate antibotics.

And about the pool. :roll: :oops: I live in arizona - its around 110-115 degrees most days, so its a necessarity here!!!

Hi ya ,
i am still waiting for an appt to come through for my ultrasound they always keep you waitign dont they? And yep sweetie I am hypo (what a pain in the buttocks) but hey I spose we are lucky that its not anything worse hey? I would defo get urself tested out for hypo babe , and see what the dr's say, did you find the dr helpful at all? Or as usual not ? I really do hope you get to the bottom of all this. I went to the gym this morning hee hee u should have seen me , I was sweating like a p.I.G !!! But I feel really good for doing it , got a session on the weights weds night to see how they work , really looking forwards to using the weights and what with weightwatchers I should be doing myself some good (and hopefully help me with my thyroid too xx) just got to give up smoking (noooo !) thats my hardest challenge (maybe a new years resolution) keep in touch and keep me informed. Good luck x

Yeah, I know what you mean about smoking. I have to quit too!! I have quit 2x before and then started again. I think it gets harder to quit each time. I just don't have the willpower right now. I feel depressed alot and the smoking helps. So what do you do. I thought to trying a hypnotist. I wonder if that might work. I got a hypnosis tape but it doesn't help. I used the patches last time, but I tried them and now they give me a bad rash. I am going to see my kids next week in chicago and will try again when I get back. Or maybe there. Most of the people I see in chicago don't smoke so I may be able to quit then or at least smoke less. I can't smoke in their houses and that helps. My hubby smokes so it is so hard to quit here.

I bought some of that natural thyroid meds at the health food store and was taking them, and did seem it was helping, but now with this thyroid scan I can't take anything like that till after it overs. So its just a waiting game right now. :roll:

somedays I am just so lethargic. Yesterday I just layed around and did nothing. At least the days I work I have to force myself to get going. I think I will go exercise a little before I shower for work. I know that really helps me.

Keep up your exercising. Thats great. When I get back from chicago and then the following week, I see my other son in la - after that I will join a gym.

Jan

I believe you can do it if no-one else does , I believe that your a strong enough person to push yourself to the limit and do what you can/want to do! We all can , but sometimes you need that 1 person to believe in you and support you (well I am here) I am your support and one of many I would think that will support the things you do , so after you have seen your family you get into the excercising thing and you will start feeling 100 % I guarantee you, and well as for the smoking side of it I totally agree with you , thats my downfall smoking !! (bad disgusting habit - I am sure we both know that) I wanted to try a hypnotist for the smoking side of things too , but who knows if it works (the sceptic in me) I hope you start feeling better and not too tired (its awful but sometimes I am too tired to have sex) awful isnt it ? Sometimes I worry about I feel and forget how frustrated and peeded off my other half must get when I am always tired and fall asleep when hes wide awake , once I explain I think he understands abit more. I think its hard for people to understand how I feel sometimes but heylifes better than that , no point worrying about stuff , best way is to fix it urself coz dr's , arent bloody helping are they? I am sure you will find out why ur feeling the way you do at times , I still reckon its hypo wotever the quacks say !!!

I have posted here twice and nothing happens. So this one is just a test. If it takes I post again.

Ok, it worked that time. I was in chicago visiting my kids for a while. I am leaving for calif. Today to visit my youngest son. I still am tired all the time but seeing them helps my spirits and keeps me going. When I am home I just sit and vegitate. Not good. I am planning to join a gym when I get back from la and see if that will motivate me.

I thought about a hynotist too. I also found some pills on line - a kit with different herbs. Cost about $100.00 but if it works its worth it. They are suppose to make cigarettes take yukky.

I had my thyroid uptake scan and am waiting for the results. I am going to an endo doc next friday and will take all my test to him and see what he says. Hopefully they will know what it is and I can get treated.

Did you have your scan?

Jan

I was told last year that I have many large nodules on my thyroid...One of which was bigger than the rest.... Oh, how fun was the fine needle aspiration.... What a wonderful experience having a needle stuck in my neck 4 times in a row and then going to work. By far the most painful and thoroughly disturbing experience of my life beause they didn't warn me they just said, ok, today we're going to do an in-office procedure, only take 10 minutes...Lie down....Ahhhh!!! They put me on 75 mg of levoxyl after it came back normal cells to try to shrink the nodules. Of course, nodules interfer with the normal functioning of the thyroid therefore creating a situation of hypothyroidism. I gained 50 lbs in 6 months and I can't seem to shake it. I exercise regularly and completely revamped my diet to exclude any white flour or fried foods. Doesn't seem to be helping. It just strikes me as odd that endos suck at their job so badly. I told my endo about still feeling tired and putting on more weight continually and his response was "yeah". It's very frustrating, and it's also taxing on my mental health. They recommended I have my thyroid taken out which I probably will do eventually (when health insurance kicks back in) but I heard there was a possibility of damaging voicebox...!?!?!? Plus, if they can't stop me from gaining weight now...What happens after my thyroid is completely gone?? I also told my endo that after the ultrasound my neck was more swollen and I was getting sharp pains in it and I couldn't sleep at night for weeks because I couldn't breath. His response to that was "probably just more aware of it"... I said, "do u think the ultrasound and the pressing down on it may have irritated it?" he said, "no, it's a psychological issue" I dunno, I guess i'm just ranting... No specific questions here just maybe... Why do endos suck?

Oh, I know that the people who get the thyroid diseases are very poor cause thyroid diseases can lead a lot of problems. But,i have heard from some people who get recovery or have their pain relieved after taking the medicine called tt. Wish more people get recovery as soon as possible. :d

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