 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Way to go JScott. Now you got the info you need to resolve this. I think .25 Synthroid is way too low a dose. My normal TSH is around 2.5. They started me on .50 and and am now on .88 5 days a week and 1.00 two days. This keeps me in the low twos.
It ain't the water in NJ. My thyroid chugged along just fine for 4 years after radiation. However, it got pissed when they decided to take half of it out when they did the larygectomy. A month later my TSH 33 and change. Had I not been having it checked regularly at the recommendation of my RO, I could have gotten very sick very quickly and had no clue why.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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