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TSH was 7.94 and T4 normal I’ve had RA for over 35 years, hashimotos?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Mar 30 2:45pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Good Morning, I got discouraged myself yesterday. Being new to Georgia their approach is very different than Boston. I had my tsh done monthly to be sure it was at the correct number for me. I need to know because I have chronic digestive disorder, my colon doesn’t work without laxatives and I have gastroparesis. Laxatives don’t always work so thyroid has to stay spot on.
I’ve been on Mayo for a long time looking for help. To keep my colon it helps to know my thyroid levels. In Boston every month. Yesterday, I said to endo through portal, it will be a month April 1 please order it and she said you don’t need it monthly I explained that so in 3 months we can check. Now, I’ll skip over her, reach out to pcp with exaggerated symptoms to get the dam lab. Every month I go through hoops. I’ve even paid out of pocket at Quest. My insurance has covered it monthly for 4 years.
I don’t get why they just don’t follow what you’ve been doing for a long time.
I also have a nodule. I had some discomfort during physical in the thyroid area but my nodule is in the strap muscle and it’s a watch and wait.
I did write back to endo telling her don’t agree with this new approach at all. It’s not what I’ve been doing. I’m waiting her response. It gets stressful because it’s a lab and I’m paying, not the doctor so why not.
Have a great day…Joanne
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I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Change is difficult, especially when you yourself know what to do for yourself. I’m writing because your post caught my eye about your colon health. I had 18” of my colon removed and resected due to severe diverticulitis, which I suffered for years on and off with. Since my surgery in April of 2022, I got Covid in December of 2022 and lost my taste and smell. I also no longer get hunger pains and am wondering if it’s from my colon surgery. I’ve been seeing a pain management clinic at our Northwestern Hospital in downtown Chicago for Stellate Ganglion Block injections into my neck, to regain my taste/smell and so far (going in for a 3rd) some, but not much improvement. It’s been awful, to say the least, not tasting or smelling. I was not aware that your Thyroid had anything to do with your colon, but maybe you can explain that to me. This may be why I can’t taste or smell. You should also know that I am on Synthroid for Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s.