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He likely has graves' disease. We usually retest every 4-6 weeks until stable.
This can be an emotional rollercoaster for several months until levels stabilize.
Consider checking out Graves' Foundation for support resources.
A related discussion, <a href="/posts/Thyroid-Disorders/thyroidism-and-altrenative-medicine/show/1815536">thyroidism and altrenative medicine</a> was started.
I would like to start out by saying thank you for anyone taking the time to read this and respond, your knowledge is most appreciated. Fifteen years ago I had a severe case of Graves Eyes and received a bilateral decompression in both eyes. After the birth of my daughter 4 years ago, my right eye began to change, looking like it was falling south. It is currently 2 mm lower than my left eye.
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Although this medhelp website we are on now does not permit posting of links to other websites, if you will google or otherwise search the word 'canlyme', you will find a website about Lyme disease in Canada, from the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation.
s worth looking into a spouse support group for Graves/hyperthyroidism/autoimmune disease, or one who partners of people with chronic illness. Maybe the Graves Disease Foundation can give you info or her doctor or the local hospital. Either way, you dont have to go through this alone.
Sometimes it can help to be around other who "get it" and can understand the struggles you're facing as well as offer advice.
but this is typically when labs show HYPER not normal. gdatf.org is the graves foundation site that has lots of support connections for coping with graves.
My friends husband has been diagnosed with lyme disease and they have no insurance...I know thru the breast cancer foundation they will set up a donation website for you...does anyone know if you can do one with Lyme Disease?
You might call the hospital (or their lab) and request the results and reference ranges. Also, the hospital probably copied the results to your PCP.
If you can't get those, you might ask your PCP to order FREE T3, FREE T4 and TSH. The "FREE" in those tests must be specified; if T3 and T4 are ordered, you will get different tests, which are not nearly as telling.
Since you're in Canada, try Googling "The Farley Foundation". It's named after the dog in the comic strip "For Better or for Worse", and it is a charity organization for citizens of Canada who are in your situation, ie, they have pets who needed emergency medical care but their owners have limited ability to pay. There are similar organizations in the United States, but The Farley Foundation is the only one I know of in Canada.
Graves is an autoimmune disease and unfortunately for life. Controlling whether they raise or suppress is key to beating the symptoms of the disease.
If you are on Levo now - your labs must be abnormal and now lean towards hypoT levels. You would feel like cr@p right now with the swinging patterns you have been on.
"Once Graves.... always Graves" is the saying here. But I am positive your endo or ???
i think they do the radioactive iodine test to determine whether the hyperthyroidism is caused by graves disease OR thyroiditis. normal to high uptake is usually graves and low uptake is usually thyroiditis.
i had the test when i was hyper and was glad i did because initially they thought i had graves disease. turns out it was thyroiditis and i didn't need meds (until i went hypo).
I have been going to an Endocrinologist for almost 1 year. He has done several ultrasounds showing that I have 5 tumors on my thyroid. I have a biopsy which showed they were benign. I recently had another ultrasound which showed one of the tumors had shrunk but another one appeared.
Have you been tested for thyroid antibodies to make sure you do, in fact, have Graves disease and are not simply in a hyper phase of Hashimoto's? Both Graves and Hashimoto's are autoimmune.
While Graves is always connected with hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's is most often connected with hypothyroidism, however it's not uncommon for one to have periods of hyperthyroidism in the beginning stages.
You should ask for thyroid antibody tests.
If you don't mind. I see you posts starts out as Graves Disease and you are looking for a surgeon?
While I would have to do some checking around on this can you post the reason for the removal? - Is it for Graves disease?
Has your doctor told you, you have Graves Disease? Yes, your TSH is extremely low and your FT4 is extremely high, indicating that you are hyper, but your antibody tests indicate Hashimoto's. TSI is the definitive test for Graves Disease and I don't see that listed.
Have you been put on antithyroid med?
You said you are currently free of any thyroid problems, but then you say you "had" Graves Disease. Graves is an autoimmune disease and once you have it, you have it for life, though it can go into remission.
Are you on any medication for Graves Disease, currently?
Do you have any current thyroid blood test results that you could post, with references to give us a better of your thyroid status?
Did I develop neutropenia from the Graves disease and how do I stop the neutropenia from getting worse? Also, what are some things that I should avoid as a result of my neutropenia? In addition, my heart rate ranges from 120-140 and I feel very tired and confused. Are these feelings a result of my heart rate? Thank you in advance.
I am glad I found this site, I found out today that I have graves disease, I also have a multinodular goiter and I had a thyroid scan and it showed a cold area, so I have to have a biopsy. I am so scared, I have never really been sick and now all of a sudden I get this. Has anyone had a biopsy on a nodule and how long does it take for the results to get back? Any help is greatly appreciated!
ve been having these severe migraines for over 2 months now, my eyes hurt terribly from all the pressure, im not sure if its the pressure in my nerves from all the spasms and intense pain and weakness im having in my limbs but im scared that its ocular migraines, i could not read properly with having bad pain in my head, i have graves disease but with my doctors appoinment yesterday at the endocrinologist the doc says im 'normal' when im everything but the muscle weakness is so sever i
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