by Avenell » Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:11 pm
"They gave me two options to get ride of it radioactive iodine therapy or surgery. My uncle got his thyroid gland out as a kid. I have no idea what one I should get, i'm really hesitant to get the radioactive treatment because I don't want that messing up my body or having any future problems. The surgery option also just scares me because it is surgery. I'm only 15 and I don't know what the best option would be for me." WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Hashi's is suspected, DO NOT LET THEM DO ANY OF THE 3 HYPer TREATMENTS UNTIL THEY FIND OUT!!!!! HypER from Hashi's is MUCH different than plain HypER. HypER from Hashi's is just a TEMPORARY hypER state....With Hashi's the body eventually goes hypO & stays. Going on Synthroid can cause the body to let the drug take over in regulating the amt of thyroid hormone that your body is producing, thus keeping you from going to the hypER cycle anymore.
ALL THREE POSSBLE TREATMENTS FOR HYPER/GRAVES, IS AGAINST YOU IF IT IS HASHI'S w/ A TEMPORARY hypER CYCLE INSTEAD!!!
READ THIS CAREFULLY:
You need testing for thyroid ANTIBODIES as well as TSH.
TSH ?norm? should be .3 ? 3 (w/ most feeling best at < 2) but, for diagnosis, would not matter if ANTIBODIES are present. Indicative of Hashimoto?s Autoimmune Thyroiditis (CYCLES BETWEEN HYPER & HYPO AT START)?main cause of HypOthyroid & is worse (...OR Graves Disease - HypERthyroid).
THERE ARE DIFFERENT ANTIBODIES ACCORDING TO WHETHER Hashis or Graves.
WARNING: Doctors seem not to want to find/treat thyroid disease.
You may have to go to more than one doctor before you get the right tests, interpretation, and treatment.
Best wishes.
Ck these: http://thyroid.about.com/bio/Mary-Shomon... http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://www.thyrophoenix.com/index.html
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/newsinfo/l/blguidelines.htm
God bless