Hi there
sadly this is only true if you are underactive I'm over and have to pay for my meds soooooooooo not fair lol
frenchie

Well won't be any different for you in Aus, F.

Welcome to the Barbie! And the very long, but very interesting thyroid thread!

Mrs J, do you know for sure that this woman has the means to fly over here for a doctor's appointment? It's all well and good us evangelists knowing the answer but just to see Dr B doesn't come cheap, never mind flying in to do so and with all its associated costs.

If you're sure she's not just avoiding the cost issue, maybe you/me/we can offer her a bit of support and promise to meet her here?

BTW I got 21 bucks back from my top level health insurance for my last visit to Dr B The administrator was almost embarrassed to compute it and showed me the manual to prove it was correct.

I'm pretty sure its just a nervous issue...she frets over going to the dentist weeks before going...shes very bad. Meeting her sounds like a great idea - thanks for that. I'll hopefully catch her online today and put the suggestion to her

You've gotta laugh havent you?!! I absolutely dread to think how much my medical costs have been over the last 2 years...and how much my medication will continue to be over the next 40+ years!!!!!

$21.

Better than a kick in the teeth.


I'm up for offering to help too. I just can't see how she can get decent treatment in Tassie - there doesn't seem to be anything online. There doesn't seem to be much of an option for her.

I'm chuckling away here at the thought of a Thyroid Chick Meetup - we'd all forget the date/time/venue.

I'll have to set the reminder on my phone!! I usually set it the day before an event, and the morning of it 'just to make sure'! lol

I've also got a reminder for the school run at the moment...'just in case'

Not all of us have brains like ... oh, what's the word... you know.... um... um... right... yeah... on the tip of my tongue...

Hi everyone,

I am joining this thread very late, and have to admit I didn't have a spare week to read all the previous posts.

Anyway, I am here on a student visa, have been since Feb. Obviously I have been avoiding Drs etc as I don't want anything which might have a negative affect on getting PR at the end of my course.

BUT, it has just occured to me, that I could have symptoms of an under active thyroid. My Mum, Grandma, Great Aunt all have it. I was tested once about 15 years ago and was fine, but it has just clicked that many things I have had could be symptoms.

In the last year I have put on weight, although my eating has not changed. I have gone up a clothes size, and most of the weight has gone to my stomach, giving me a pregnant look (to the point that a couple of people have asked ). I had assumed this was because I am getting older and your body changes (I'm 29).
I have always had a very sharp mind, until about a year and a half ago when I started forgetting things, even what I am saying sometimes. I had put that down to the stress of coming out here.
I have been peeing more often, also assumed due to age.
I can often feel very tired when not having done much (put down to being unfit).

So does this sound like I need to get a blood test? Would this have any impact on getting PR? I have a year before I apply.

Thanks very much for any advice.

The fact that you have a family history of thyroid disease is enough of a reason to be tested to be honest...but given the symptoms you're also listing I'd definitely get tested. Obviously the symptoms could be down to a number of things but getting a thyroid test would be my first move.

Even if you are found to have a thyroid condition it will have absolutely no impact whatsoever on your PR application. Most of us on here had a thyroid condition prior to our application

Hey ladies

I've just read on a diet/thyroid website that taking a sauna is good for those of us that have hypothyroidism. It was just a suggestion there was no evidence to support it or a reason why that a sauna would be good for us. Anyone else heard of this or can tell me why it would be a benefit?

Cheers lovelies

Tracy

Some reading for you:

http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/ind...&therow=313859

So apart from the obvious, warming, metabolism boosting, it seems it does affect T3.
Interesting. I will have to find a sauna. Thanks for the heads up!

Its interesting huh A? Where i go swimming there's a sauna but i don't think i could stay in there for half an hour!!! I'm gonna start going in there just to see how it makes me feel! If anything it'll improve my skin!

Take a bottle of water in and drink as you go otherwise you'll dehydrate. If you do that, half an hour is ok.

My memory is so bad at the moment, for a second i forgot my log in to get into BE.
So now i have decided that i had better write it down in case it happens again.
That's the first time that one has happened.