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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I can tell you from LOTS of experience that very FEW people know their own bodies and what is normal. We get far too many people in ERs for abdominal pain thinking they have appendicitis because they haven't taken a poop in too long, women in breast centers who think they have breast masses but it turns out to be normal breast tissue, people in doctors' offices asking why they have a twinge or pinch or ache when they do this or that motion. Unfortunately, if every doctor worked up every single complaint because every patient "knows their body" we'd spend so much money and find next to no pathology. The body has aches and pains. 98.5 is a normal temperature that you see in nobody. Why are you checking your temperature anyway? Throw away your thermometer! You are still WRONG about the thyroid and T3/T4 levels. It's rather insulting, too, that you think that your research with hypothyroid patients trumps 13 years of education that endocrinologists have with regard to the thyroid. Maybe they know what they are talking about. Taking extra synthroid may make you feel better, but it's also associated with a lot of other side effects. You do what you want, but leave the ugly commentary about physicians behind.
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And you are the reason I don't go to the doctor very often! I can tell you with 100% certainty that on or off the levothyroxine I feel no different - and yes, this is being off the drug for WEEKS (why be on a drug if its not doing anything - and why take a pharmaceutical if a thyroid issue is because I have been lacking iodine or some other part of a diet). I DON'T go running to the doctor for every little thing (the breast biopsy and mammograms are because my mother has breast cancer so I thought it would be a good idea to have a baseline for myself). As to taking temps, well that's what my cousin (who is a nurse) said to do to make sure the biopsy issue was not causing a fever due to infection. . . and after doing that for a while, a person starts to notice trends. . . .And when I am sitting in a 70 degree house in a sweatshirt, jeans and sock and am FREEZING cold, something is wrong (simple progression here: thyroid = metabolism = energy = heat and I learned that in high school physics class - and my heart and veins are all very healthy.)
I respect doctor's for their years of schooling, however doctor's also have to give patients the benefit of the doubt rather than treating them like school children who don't know anything. Are there exceptions to the rules? Of course - on both sides. And experiences also speak for a lot - I don't like specialists based on my experience. The more specialized you get the less of the big picture you are able to see - and the big/overall picture is VERY important, especially when dealing with a person's health and how interconnected ALL the systems are.