Liz D Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hi I would agree I would never self medicate but sometimes you have to go beyond your GP for answers or in my case I was fortunate to be able to go private. Hypothyroidism runs in my mother's family. My 3 children are hypothyroid and are being treated, fortunately for them they are being treated by the NHS. Her mother had it and so did she and her 3 sisters and one of her three brothers. They were all diagnosed in the forties and got back to full health and always have been treated with natural dessicated porcine thyroid as was my grandmother. It was my mother and my aunts that saw it in me and my youngest sister and kept on at us to keep going back to our GP's. But too many docs rely on the blood test. It was in discussion with an endo in Edinburgh (as the endos at our local hospital specialise in diabetes) that he suggested to my GP to try T3 only and this is working wonders for me. I suppose the point I was trying to make is the similarity of the after affects of SAH and symptoms of hypothyroidism. But when your thyroid is treated and fully working the symptoms go away. Unfortunately there are no pills for the after affects of SAH! But I still wonder what would have happened if I had the scan! Michelle hopefully your bloods will fine again. Take care. Liz xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle C Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Hi Jen oooh sounds scary...no i dont think so so far they have come back ok..i just keep my fingers crossed..i must say though i have put weight on but i just put that to not being able to be as active as i was pre SAH. Take care Love luck and laughter Michelle c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueday Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Many thanks for that Liz...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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