Graves disease and radiation therapy
Common Questions and Answers about Graves disease and radiation therapy
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I stop my pill for three weeks, but when i went back for the results and to schedule the appointment for the radiation i got scare,He told me i have severe graves disease,. I don't know if it's just to scare me. so that day he put me back on my meds and i got swollen, my eyes were red, my lips got purple, i have palpitations and my eyes start to pop out again, but i don't know if it's the meds or that i was with out my pills for three weeks.
my son was a newly diagnosed "graves disease" pt. he was given tatazole tablet 5mg. to be taken after breakfast for one month, what are the side effect of tatazole, the things he have to avoid and if you can give me more/additional information about the disease. thanks!
In the last four years the PSA has slowly crept higher reaching 0.577 in August of 2008. I recently scheduled radiation therapy with my radiation oncologist, but I am quite concerned about the side effects, especially permanent side effects. I am wondering if I am rolling the dice with a loss of quality of life, in trade for a possible three or four extension of life span. Could you please address these concerns. Thank you for your consideration.
Hi Patty121278
First let me thank you for your info. I am scared right now because I am 8 weeks pregnant with my second child and I have hypothyriodsm, due to radiation obliteration. When I was 18 I was misdiagnosted with parinoid schizophernia and lived with racing thoughts with restlessness for 5 years. I turned 23 i gave birth to a beautiful healthy girl, when i had an psychotic breakdown again!
I have read about radiation therapy for Graves eye disease, but did not have it. I asked my eye doctor about it and he didn't think it had much effect, but then, he's a surgeon and inclined to cut. The radiation is supposed to shrink the swollen tissue behind the eyes that causes the bulging.
I had orbital decompression on both eyes a little over two years ago. Best thing I ever did for myself. Graves eye disease is a long road, and there are no quick fixes.
How could you deal with graves for so long,i have graves 8 week and im going mad with it end up in hospital nearly every week with it.doc put me on carbimazole 3 weeks ago still not kicked in yet.its puting a big strain on my family life have 3 children 1, 8 ,and 10 its very hard for them to see me so un well lately i have never been sick befor.
hi
I am 37 years old and have hyper thyroid. I went to the doctor cause I was feeling really ill at least he is old school and tested for thyroid straight away. And sent me to a specialist. Well, it turn out I am now on Betta blocker 10g 3 times a day to get my heart rate down. Cholesterol ,thyroid and anxiety tablets I was told to take this for three months and then to leave it to see what happens. Well it just got worse after I left the tablets.
I went off it and doing the low-iodine diet getting ready to have RAI therapy. Two weeks later, I had labs done to see how much radiation I was going to need and the labs were normal. So, I stayed off an additional 4 weeks, had labs done, and they were ALSO normal. TG I didn't have the radiation unnecessarily!
My opththamologist says I am borderline for having the YAG procedure but has finally scheduled me to have this done. My concern is that I have had Graves Disease and also had radiation therapy on both eyes about 8 years ago. I am wondering if this puts me at increased risk for complications due to the YAG procedure. I don't understand why my doctor was having such a hard time trying to decide why to do the procedure unless he was concerned about complications down the road.
Has anyone else been diagnosed with both Grave's Disease and Hashimoto's Disease? About 15 yrs ago I was put on thyroid meds, very low dose, but was never diagnosed with Hashimoto's. Took it for about 3 yrs and then my dr said my reading was fine and took me off of it. Now 15 yrs later everything is out a wack with EVERYTHING and I've been diagnosed with Grave's Disease. At this time the Grave's is winning out and messing with my heart.
Conventional treatment options for Graves' disease include:
* Anti-thyroid medication:
In the US:
- Methimazole [brand name Tapazole]
- Propylthiouracil [PTU]
Approximately 30% with Graves' disease will have a remission after prolonged treatment with anti-thyroid drugs.
I have subclinical Graves (don't have my exact numbers but they are just barely hyper and I've had the radioactive uptake which showed Graves). I've reacted to the methimazole and the PTU (severe itching). Now my endo is suggesting radiation pill. I asked if I could wait b/c I'm asymptomatic and she said no. Is this true? It's hard to imagine taking radiation for a disease I can't feel. Why can't I wait?
I have been off of the prednisone for 5 weeks and my eyes have been somewhat manageable. I am nervous about the radiation and am hoping that the benefits outweight the risks.
The only things that I know about it are that I will have approx 20 treatmants at a low dose and may have hair loss around the temples. I also had lens implants (Worst Myopic Lens - 10yrs ago in The Netherlands), would the radiation affect them?
Any information would be very appreciated!
I have a question on the contrast that is used with CT Scans. I have/had ovarian cancer (OVCA) and typically have CT Scan's atleast annually. As I had tumours throughout my pelvis they use the IV contrast as well as the Barium gastro constrast.
While talking with the endo's and being diagnosed with Graves disease they asked about any CT scans etc but I didn't think to ask them. Is the contrast used in the IV for CT Scans a problem for people with thyroid conditions?
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