Originally Posted by midgetjan (Post 7280996)

I can't believe I'm sitting here wanting to sleep and its only 5.15pm. I can't believe how much I've gone down hill since coming to Oz. Even my eyesight is failing.......

That's a common by product of having a dodgy thyroid Jan. The eyesight thing is also typical. Get treatment.

This old age doesn't come itself, as my Mum always says....
Well, old age doesn't have to mean bad health but a dodgy thyroid/adrenal issues does



By the way, thanks for the helpful posts xx

Originally Posted by Seasider (Post 7281233)

Do any of you folks have extreme sensitivity in your hands to cold and heat?

Originally Posted by ausi dream (Post 7283393)

I do, but i have Raynauds.

Just an update on things.

Have actually managed to get some results on the feeling poorly status.:thumbsup:
Spent last Monday and Tuesday at the hospital who referred me to the T,I,A clinic after having blood tests and ECGs and had the appointment this morning who thinks i have had recurrences of mini strokes and also found that i have a goiter for the thyroid.
So i have got to wait for a scan for the neck (goiter) and another to see if it shows up if i have had mini strokes.
They say the mini strokes are due to my other conditions.
I have been put on a daily dose of aspirin to thin the blood, cant remember offhand what the dosage is but will let you know.
So i have finally found out why my weight has been dropping and feeling so s-h-t.
As soon as the goiter was spotted by the doctor it was suck a relief to have it found as for a long time i have not been able to touch any area round the front of my neck and it could explain why i have problems getting the food down too.
I dont quite know what it means by the goiter (some thing else to find out about) and what they will have to do about it. But it has started to make me worry, as i dont know where i will go from here. Any ideas or help?
Hope every one is OK.
ausi.

Originally Posted by TiddlyPom (Post 7288809)

Pleasure ... go see your doctor.



Yes ... esp cold. I take more thyroid if I can't get warm... usually works.

Also, I take coconut oil for its warming abilities.... Check it out. It boosts your metabolism within about 15 mins. You need about 1-2 tablespoons per day. Cook with it... put it in your coffee or make nice coconut sweets with it... Yum!



Ausi.
The goitre is there because the thyroid struggling. Usually goitres start because the pituitary gland is putting out the TSH (Thyroid stimulating hormone). The pituitary is doing this to make your thyroid generate T4 and T3.
The more your thyroid struggles and fails to work, the more TSH the pituitary will put out to make it work harder. It starts to enlarge to compensate for the demand placed on it by the pituitary... Does that make sense?

You can get a goitre through hypo, hyper, nodules and cancer... so it pays to get it checked.

Scan and fine needle aspiration are what's required to check it's not cancerous, though nodules are rarely cancerous... about 20%. They also do a scan with ultrasound too.

Wish I'd known you were having trouble swallowing and pain... affects breathing too. Goitres can grow back and down, not just out so you can't always tell they're there... but anything affecting your breathing.. check it out.

Good luck and let us know how you get on. I hope you feel better soon.

Originally Posted by ausi dream (Post 7290355)

It makes sense what you are saying TiddlyPom, as i have not long been put on puffers for the breathing as they said it was asthma. But i think now that the goiter has been found,that's why.

Originally Posted by MarkMC (Post 7292537)

I had no problem at our medicals, the doctor just asked how long I had my thyroid condition and what consultant I was under at the hospital. As I have never seen a specialist he said all was fine and that was it. Our Visa was granted four weeks later.

Originally Posted by TiddlyPom (Post 7295821)

I didn't have a problem with the medical either. I said I had a thyroid prob, the doc asked 'Is it being treated?' and I said 'Yes, it's under control'.

End of.

It'll be fine.

Originally Posted by webgum (Post 7296050)

Bugger, it's just my luck that the zealot at the medical wanted it followed up... What a bloody waste of time!!! My (crap) GP wants $120 for the privilege of writing the letter.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I'm going for another scan today (just to appease the GP). More money down the drain.........

Saying that, I do need to get all my levels sorted out because I'm still dragging my arse around every afternoon, barely able to stay awake. If I sit down, it's terminal....so I just keep on moving. I have been known to fall asleep mid children's bedtime story reading.....whoops!

Originally Posted by ausi dream (Post 7299917)

By the way, i am going for my first scan on the thyroid (neck area) first thing in the morning.
Will let you know how i get on.
I must say it has been pretty quick as i only saw the doc at the hospital last Friday and they rang last night to say they want me in for the scan tomorrow.

Originally Posted by webgum (Post 7299950)

Thanks everyone for your help.

I'm going to my doctor tomorrow morning to "write the letter". This is all the result of the incompetent doctor at the medicals. She barely looked at us, and managed to examine me, hubby and our two kids in about four minutes flat. It was a complete joke (especially when you think what you have to pay) and I'm sure she picked up on the Hashi's purely as she was so incompetent, she didn't know anything about it. BUGGER!

My scan yesterday showed that all the nodules are still there (no surprise there) and the whole thyroid had the appearance of the changes expected in Hashi's. I am curious about my new blood results (get them tomorrow) and I hope that my GP will shove up the thyroxine dosage a bit.

Cheers!