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1st January 2010, 03:53 AM
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Still In Shock Over Routine Labwork
Because of a prescription medication that I take (not related to the thyroid), I get routine bloodwork done four times a year. Once or twice a year, my dr. adds the routine TSH test to this bloodwork, and my thyroid level has always been normal. (I am a female and 50 years old). At my dr. appointment this week, imagine my shock, when my doctor said that the bloodwork shows that my thyroid is underactive. She said that it was a little bit underactive. Because I've never had any problems in this area, I was shocked & really didn't know what questions to ask the doctor, other than "what does that mean"? She scheduled for me to have an ultrasound of my thyroid done next week, and then additional bloodwork...Free T4, Thyroglobulin Antibodies, and Thyroperoxidase Antibodies. I have no idea if I've had any symptoms of hypothyrodism, because I'm not tired or cold all the time, and so many symptoms that I've read about seem to overlap with so many other illnesses. At this point, I'm upset, because this is all so new to me. I don't like the thought of possibly having to go on medication for the rest of my life for this. Any advice? 
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Robin
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4th January 2010, 08:01 PM
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