Angelia: I second what Charm said!! I can't believe how frozen I was and am now on thyroid pills - FINALLY. I believe if it wasn't for a few minutes that an intern spoke with me, this would never have gotten caught. In general conversation she picked up my symptoms and put them together. In Canada, complaining of being "cold" doesn't exactly raise any eyebrows!!

My GP however is one of those that Charm talks about who thinks that they just need to bring the level down within the "normal" range and not back to the pre tx 1.6 level. Thank God I have the baseline. I will be pursuing this with my RO and GP, but I am early in taking medication for this problem and apparently it takes awhile to get the levels correct. I will, thanks to this forum (and Charm of course) pursue this until I feel better.

Definitely look into it.

Donna

Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)