Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Westvleteren

izzy65 wrote: »

Westie I have spoken to you before about thyroid problems, well today my endo consultant has said that I should consider having the thyroid removed and survive on thyroxine, to say I am not keen is an understatement, my dh is on thyroxine and it's awful.

Pfft they are looking for an easy way out. I'm angry on your behalf :mad: They've got this notion that hypothyroidism is so easy to manage with just thyroxine.

On the forum i'm on where they have had graves and there treatment was either removal or RAI they fail to get well on t4 only even a combo of T4 & T3 becuase the dose is titrated by TSH. You are use to much higher levels of thyroid hormones anything less and you'll feel !!!!, they'll never give you the dose you need. To feel well. NDT is considered the best treatment.. But you wont get that on the nhs

izzy65

mrsmac10 wrote: »

I have no medical knowledge and it may affect people differently

Dh is on thyroxine and although he is often tired I see a huge improvement to the way he was years ago
As you know he runs quite a bit and has a heavy manual job putting up wooden fences.

Hope you are keeping ok.

Thank you mys mac, I suppose I am wary of out of the frying pan into the fire:o, my dh and ds both take thyroxine and although it's hard to tell with ds, lazy brat, my dh feels he's more tired than before, that may be just age though as he forgets he's not 21 anymore. I am also reluctant for another scar, I already had my parathyroid removed could pass as Frankenstein's bride with all the scars:rotfl:

izzy65

Westvleteren wrote: »

Pfft they are looking for an easy way out. I'm angry on your behalf :mad: They've got this notion that hypothyroidism is so easy to manage with just thyroxine.

On the forum i'm on where they have had graves and there treatment was either removal or RAI they fail to get well on t4 only even a combo of T4 & T3 becuase the dose is titrated by TSH. You are use to much higher levels of thyroid hormones anything less and you'll feel !!!!, they'll never give you the dose you need. To feel well. NDT is considered the best treatment.. But you wont get that on the nhs

Thanks westie, this just confirms my thoughts, RAI not an option due to my other issues, so cut it out is the solution, as you say I have been functioning on a much higher rate than they would consider normal on thyroxine so I would never get the dose I needed. I have said I am really not keen but think will progress this and insist it won't happen.

davemorton

Westvleteren wrote: »

One even posted a link to some Zoe Harcome woman who claims that calories in alcohol (wine ) dont count :eek:

:j At last, some common sense!! :beer: :money:

chocaholics

izzy65 wrote: »

Westie I have spoken to you before about thyroid problems, well today my endo consultant has said that I should consider having the thyroid removed and survive on thyroxine, to say I am not keen is an understatement, my dh is on thyroxine and it's awful.

Good evening all and Izzie - can you say why thyroxine is awful please. I am in the middle if radio iodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis and was told it was the treatment of choice, not thyroidectomy, this possibly might be because of my advanced years.?? Unfortunately by partly destroying the thyroid it is likely to result in having to take thyroxine.

I am reading backwards by the way, I can now see there has been much discussion on this subject

TrulyMadly

izzy65 wrote: »

Thank you mys mac, I suppose I am wary of out of the frying pan into the fire:o, my dh and ds both take thyroxine and although it's hard to tell with ds, lazy brat, my dh feels he's more tired than before, that may be just age though as he forgets he's not 21 anymore. I am also reluctant for another scar, I already had my parathyroid removed could pass as Frankenstein's bride with all the scars:rotfl:

Oh bless you izzy:rotfl:

What a courageous lady you are:T:T

aau1

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Here's my thoughts for what it's worth:D

Eat a balanced diet.....less refined, plenty fruit and veg, do some exercise and have treats now and then.

Burn off more calories than you eat and you should be fine:)

And plenty jacket potatoes:rotfl:

That's all I've been doing and I've lost 40lbs in 12 weeks! (the missus hates me now though :rotfl:)

40 more to go :eek:

izzy65

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Oh bless you izzy:rotfl:

What a courageous lady you are:T:T

Oh thank you TM but that is not deserved:o, I must admit I am feeling fine and that thanks to the team that look after me, my dd got married two weeks ago, it as fab, but three weeks before that I was flagging, the team got me in for iv iron on two days notice and doubled an other injection I take so that by the wedding weekend I was feeling the best :T, I am very grateful that I have such a fantastic medical team to call on.:)

TrulyMadly

aau1 wrote: »

That's all I've been doing and I've lost 40lbs in 12 weeks! (the missus hates me now though :rotfl:)

40 more to go :eek:

How much:eek:

I think it's easier for men:rotfl::rotfl:

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