Posted by KaraS on August 29, 2004, at 19:15:38
In reply to Re: Adrenal Fatigue Treatment Article - Simus » KaraS, posted by Simus on August 29, 2004, at 14:01:56
> > > LOL She just won't admit to it now since you didn't invite her to the Alps too.
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> > Oh, now you were "invited"???? You told me you crashed their party. I don't know what to believe from you anymore, Simus. (LOL)
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> OK, "invited" is stretching it a bit. Bribing the concierge for the room number and crawling in under the room service cart wouldn't exactly be considered "invited", would it? HeHe
OK, I guess I forgive you. Desperate people sometimes do desperate things. Besides, I think it's Larry and Gabbix2 that you owe the apologies to. If I were them, I'd hire body guards next time to make sure they're safe from the likes of you!!!BTW, I meant to add earlier that you shouldn't feel bad about not knowing about the TSH level for thyroid test. I didn't know anything until after I was diagnosed and then researched it. You think that doctors might not be up on the latest theories or complex issues but you never think that they wouldn't read a very standard but critical number right like that.
I don't remember if I told you my story on my thyroid diagnosis yet. (if so, ignore) Anyway, I had all of the symptoms including the intolerance to cold. I lived on the east coast at the time where it gets quite cold. I would get up in the morning and sit directly in front of my space heater with my hot coffee to try to warm up. I had read the list of hypothyroid symptoms and I had all of them. I was convinced that I had a thyroid problem. My doctor did the test (back in the days when a TSH of 5 was considered the upper limit). I don't think I ever got the score but she told me that my thyroid was fine. Fortunately, I had a psychiatrist who knew a little bit more about it. I was also not very responsive to medications so far and she said that it could be something "subclinical" with regard to my thyroid and that I should see an endocrinologist. I didn't know what she meant at the time by "subclinical" so I just repeated it to my internist. The internist, who had a reputation for being very good and caring etc., arrogantly told me that there was no such thing and that I didn't have a thyroid problem period. Unfortunately, due to my HMO, I needed a referral from my internist in order to see a specialist. Luckily, because my psychiatrist wanted it, the internist gave in and gave me the referral. The endocrinologist felt my thyroid gland (it was enlarged and an immediate sign of possible Hashimotos). He then did a simple blood test for antibodies and he diagnosed me with the condition and put me on thyroxin. A report was sent back to my internist. Unfortunately, I didn't go back to that doctor again. I regret to this day that I didn't go back there and gloat about it. I should have made sure that she saw the report so that she would get her act together and get more informed about it and not leave any other people (not lucky enough to have a shrink who fought for them) untreated.
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