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Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...

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Really hurting feet.

Snippy
Snippy
For some reason my feet are killing me. No new shoes, no extra walking cause I can't. They hurt so bad I could cry. From the ankle and all of both feet. Has anyone else had this problem?
PaminRemission
PaminRemission
Hi Snippy,

Long time since we've talked. Sorry to hear about your feet. I had a long list of foot/ankle problems, so sorting out what you might be dealing with..I come up with the most likely from what your describing, and your personal history.

Have they sent you hypo again ? If so plantar fasciitis is a fairly common complaint of hypo levels. Does the first step in the morning make you want to scream and cry ?

It was my best hypo post RAI friend that helped me through all this. Her husband ended up having to carry her to the potty in the mornings, and she's not a tiny girl. I ended up choosing an old fashioned chamber pot..Totally humiliating I gotta say. :(

Returning to normal for me thyroid levels was the main fix in the end. For right now, before you step out of bed, or up from your chair, work the foot/ankle muscles by moving the foot around and massaging them. Then the first step is not so bad. It still takes walking carefully, holding on to something to not fall down, to loosen things. Because no matter what, we do need to get to the potty.

I used a ball on the floor to roll under my feet and stretch out the muscles too. It can feel good, just go slow and gentle.

Until you get to normal for you thyroid levels, this is a real diagnosis, but not the same as people with no thyroid problems. They have a much steeper hill to climb to get relief. So don't let a doctor scare you. Okay ?

Here's the basic stuff...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004438/
Snippy
Snippy
Ha, Pam hope you are well been kinda laying low lately, been sorta confused and unsure about all this so I played low for awhile. UAB has been a nightmare, that is another story. It is not just in the morning it has been all frigging day for the last four days. I finally took a pain pill tonight just to get some sleep. Gonna call doctor Monday and raise some heck.
bransnana
bransnana
Snippy, see if you can get a copy of your most recent labs and see what was tested (thyroid0 For me, if my levels get too low or change too much, I get pain somewhere. It gets way better when my levels are more what they should be for me,which I haven't totally figured out yet but have a good idea now.At least I have a doctor who works with me,that makes all the difference!