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Well, I am a bit different, but as of yesterday i found out my Thyroid is off. Here is the background, I was diagnosed as hyperthyroid when I was 20, I tried anti-thryoid drugs for a year to see if that would correct the problem. It didn't, when I went off, I went into Thyroid storm and had to be put on Beta-blockers to control my blood pressure and pulse. At that time, I decided to opt for having it removed. Seemed safer to me to do that, than havfe it irradiated it, becasue they don't know what that my do to fertility later. So, they removed 90% of my thyroid, hoping that the remaining 10% would be enough that I wouldn't have to take anything. When Pathology got my thyroid after surgery, it was discovered that not only was my thyroid hyperactive, but I had Hashimoto's thyroiditis -- an autoimmune disorder that usually causes your thyroid to become Hypo, not Hyper. I was just a total oddity. Anyway, I have been on synthroid since 1 month post-op, becasue the 10% left wasn't enough. and I have had to keep a really close eye on it, Has never really stayed regulated well, but I can usually tell when it is off. So, beginning of March I went to my doc who manages my thyroid to have it checked -- just to be safe. I never heard back, which usually means everything is normal, that is their standard procedure. I called Monday to get the results faxed to me, because 3rd IUI was a bust and I was headed to my doc on Tuesday, and wanted to take the labs with me. Come to find out, my thyroid is actually elevated right now. My TSH is suppressed, and I am taking too much synthroid. OMG I about hit the ceiling when I saw that and I got no phone call. My doc has been on vacation, and for some reason no one else took care of it. Needless to say, I am not a happy camper right now, I feel like this hasn't been helping my infertility. So, I can't wait for myu doc to get back. He is gonna hear about this!
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