IT'S OVER...FINALLY

Why did even try to reconcile? Why?...I’ve finally had enough, It’s over…She will not get custody or visitation rights of my thyroid, I am through… FOREVER!

OK, long story short, here’s what happened:

·   Referred to Endo over 8 years ago.

·   Endo recommended Radio Active Iodine or (RAI).

·   Got RAI, but was then prescribed T4 only (I accepted this, even 
     though I did not feel well, because I did not know any better).

·  Divorced Endo years later, after suffering for so long, realizing I 
    could have tried a T3 drug that would perhaps make me feel 
    better.

·   Went to another MD who tested my T3. My T3 was off and
    started taking T3 right away.

·  However, the new MD didn't accept insurance and the
    appointments were getting to be too costly.

·  Reconciled with my old doc, but told her the only way I would
   come back is if she prescribed T3.

·  Old Endo said yes and prescribed T3 for several years.

·  A few months ago, I called my old Endo and said for some
    reason my thyroid meds were making me sick to my stomach (I
    let her know I had been eating a very very clean diet at the
    time).

·  She took me off T3 and Levoxyl and put me on Tirosint (a T4 
   only drug without dyes and preservatives). 

·  I reluctantly agreed with the treatment plan at the time, but
   then I started to feel horrible, the same way I felt nearly 8 years
   ago, without T3.  I told her I wanted back on T3 or at the very
   least test my T3 to see if my body needs it.

· She refused, without explanation…I didn’t bother asking,
   because I know she never wanted to give me the T3 in the first
   place, needless to say I was done.

So there you have it… that was the last straw! Time to leave this abusive relationship! It made me realize this Endo doesn’t care about me; I am just another troublesome-TSH-testing-T4–only- thyroid patient in her aesculapian assembly line.  I mean come on doc… it is just a test, not like I was asking you to come over and do my dishes.

Anyway…enough about her. I found the Holy Grail of providers. She is a nurse practioner with prescriptive authority, which means she can prescribe medications and tests (T3 tests, reverse, free..etc. NOT just TSH). This woman reeled me in hook, line and sinker when she said “Carol, the TSH test is just a small piece of the puzzle, it doesn’t tell the whole story, I’ll run a full workup on you and if you need T3, I’ll give you T3.”

I gushed…I think this is the one…she’s a keeper!

The Crazy Thyroid Lady

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