Posted by Maxime on April 7, 2005, at 13:27:36
In reply to Re: I'm never going to feel better, am I ? » Maxime, posted by Spriggy on April 7, 2005, at 11:21:08
> Okay this:
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> " Your hyperthyroidism is nothing to mess around with. You are at risk for a heart attack. "
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> Just gave me chest pains. LOL
>Spriggy, when I was in the hospital there was a woman there who was hyperthyroid. She was an alcoholic. She was in the psych ward because she had swallowed rug cleaner (to kill herself)... luckily she didn't wreck her vocal cords. She was really nice although I felt bad because she was going through alcohol withdrawal.
Anyhow they did some bloodwork on her and they saw that her hyperthryoidism was way out of control. They were going to restart her the meds. But it took so long for the "request" to come through. She was losing weight and was so jittery. She was taking Librium for the withdrawal but she was still so agitated. Anyhow, we were playing cards together and she got this look on her face. I asked what was wrong and she just whispered "help". I ran and got the nurse and by this time she had passed out. The nurse started doing CPR on her and she was taken away to the ER. She died of a heart attack.
I have another friend who was hyperthyroid and wasn't getting treated. She didn't want to go to the doctor because she thought she was going crazy. I told her she wasn't and that she needed to go. She also had a heart attack but did survive.
The hormone that your thyroid produces, and in your case is producing way too much, goes to ALL your organs. The thyroid gland is just a little gland in the shape of a butterfly but it does so much.
I'm not telling you all this to scare you. But I hope that you will take it seriously. Don't joke about it. Make sure that you start some med for thyroid soon. If you can't get in to see an endo go back to the doctor who just ran all those tests on you.
Promise?
Maxi
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