I have Graves Disease...

[vr4chick]

Dr. said I am the text book example with someone who is suffering from Graves Disease or Hyperthyroidism. Its been rough the past 2 years. Anyone else here have Graves Disease?

I keep losing weight, I have to eat a ton of food to maintain my wait. Dr put me on MMI for the next at least 2 months. After my thyroid is under control, they will give me the radiation iodine pill to render my thyroid useless. After that is synthetic thyroid for the rest of my life.

[2fnloud]

Linda,

An attempt to help calm you, shared this news with my wife (pharmacist), She shared that this is an easy disease to deal with and that the synthetic thyroid drug is cheep and all insurances cover it.

I can only imagine the frustration you was experiencing up until you had a proper diagnosis.

[j2k4]

Damn, Linda, that's rotten news.

My wife has hyper-thyroid, recently diagnosed and managed.

Here's hoping you can stabilize things and get back on an even keel - for what it's worth, Missus J feels appreciably better than she did before this.

Prayers for you.

Kevin

[Granny]

I don't know anything about Graves Disease but thankfully it sounds like it can be managed.
Hope you feel better soon.

[green-lantern]

Like I said before Linda, I know somebody that went through this and she is doing fine. I can't wait to put my Geiger counter on your neck after that Iodine treatment.......that sounds bad. ha

[vr4chick]

If the dr will render my thyroid useless...why not remove it? Kind of scary having a dead organ in your neck

[vr4chick]

My enlarged thyroid...

[green-lantern]

Don't know, I assume it doesn't hurt.

[green-lantern]

My enlarged thyroid...

Ha ha, pain in the neck anyway.

[vr4chick]

Don't know, I assume it doesn't hurt.

Look at my neck distortion in the above pic. It hurts now...the dr said he doesn't know how much the swelling will go down. At the size it is now, its pretty dangerous, considering your thyroid sits above your trachea.

Asking someone to take a radiation iodine pill is like asking someone with erectile dysfunction to swallow a biological warfare pill...in my head anyways