Graves' Disease Support Group

MZ

Sorry you are having so many troubles - it seems to happen to all of us at some time or another....and more often than not :(

You know, forum peeps often told me that a GP, internist, DO or holistic doc could very well provide better care than an endo.

I saw a succession of 3 endos - the first two overmedicated me.

I didn't give the 3rd one a chance to overmedicate me. She read off the first set of labs she had run for me.....she incorrecty assessed my condition, made an incorrect statement as to the cause of it and recommended a dose that would have sent me from my current trip to hyPOhell to a depth in hyPOhell greater than any other I'd experienced. No thank you!

My 11-yr-post-RAI nail tech has been seeing an internist for "whole body" care for the past 7 years and told me that this doc was the first (after several) to get her feeling great thyroid-wise.

I met with the doc last week.....she gets ALL things Graves'. She made the statement "we know not to look at TSH in Graves' disease. She's a keeper!!!

Please give some thought to trying a different doctor....non-endos might even be less expensive.

You can see a succession of doctors, if necessary, getting labs and scripts (maybe enough meds - lol) along the way....until you find the right doc.

Don't put up with nonsense - you deserve better!

All the best,

Carol

are internists typically more expensive than endos? my parents are paying for my healthcare and i don't want them to have to pay much more than what they're paying now ($80-$90). the DO that's at the clinic i go to is moving away so i can't go to her...i was going to see a naturopathic doctor, but she was going to be like...$200 for the two necessary appointments, not to mention the cost for subsequent others if they were necessary.

now that i think about it...this is just random but i remember when i told the people at the front desk about not having insurance, they asked if i talked to the financial counselor about it. i said yes, but then i thought "why does it matter if you're not going to give me a discounted rate?"

just a random thought...

MZ.....try a "regular" doctor at the clinic.

Honestly, a GP, DO or an internist are types of "regular" docs....I would think they would be less expensive than a specialist such as an endo.

I have no idea re costs for holistic docs, etc.

Cd,
I so agree with you.
I have not had a doctor medicate me right except for the one I had right before we moved away.
It is sad to see.

Bransnana,
When I was on synthroid my labs looked great, but I felt like a lost my mind in a thick fog and that I was tun over by a tractor over and over again. Plus I had heart problems and I was so tiered. I would count the hours I was awake rather than how many hours I slept.
It was a horrable time for me and my family. Once I got onto Armour things started clearing up and I felt much better. Now I refuse to go into that hole again, every again. LOL!

Angel

i've had the brain fog thing probably for....at least 5 years up until recently. labs were always within range and my symptoms were never addressed, they always asked what was going on and i always said the same thing. i really need to get another doc or rely more on my GP than my endo, i don't think i ever counted the hours i slept/was awake, i just knew that i pretty much felt either bad or worse than bad all the time, it was really hard to deal with. now my biggest problem is getting my endo to do what he's supposed to OR take my business elsewhere :)

you can be a great person, but that doesn't make you a great doctor. he (along with his nurses) are probably my biggest frustration right now, i'm calling tomorrow morning to see what my results were and to tell them i'm either changing back to armour or adding cytomel to my synthroid. it looks like there's been problems with synthroid though when it comes to recalls, along with the fact that it's highly prescribed regardless...i don't think i want to be a part of that.

Hi MzHoney,
Any updates? How are you doing?
Big hugs!
Hannah

doing about the same, i've been on a new dosage for two days, posted labs in "New Labs" thread, now i guess my next move would be to get a blood test in a few weeks to see where my T3/FT3 levels are to see if the synthroid is converting properly (although i really don't need a blood test to tell me that).