Fighting My Own Battle
After what happened last night/early this morning with my thyroid I started thinking of new ways to approach my doctor about getting me on some medication. I called my sister, and since she goes to another doctor, asked if I could get a copy of her medical history. I called my dad and asked for the same thing since they both have a thyroid disease. Of course they’re both going to get that to me asap.
I was planning on waiting until I got that information before making another appointment with my doctor, but now I’ve changed my mind. After finally getting a few more hours of sleep today (yes Lisa I was really sleeping :-p), I dragged myself out of bed to get dinner with Hubby. I felt like total crap, so we decided to hit up the LJS drive-thru for the family treasure chest meal, then we took it to his parent’s house to eat. They live 5 min from LJS…we live almost 30 away. I at least wanted to eat it while it was hot.
We ate and settled in to watch a bit of Olympic stuff with the in laws, and that’s when I started feeling like my neck was tightening again. I started coughing, felt like I couldn’t breathe, and I had to take myself outside to catch some air. After my coughing fit ended I started to feel the lump in my throat again. It was already getting pretty late, so I told Hubby I thought it was time to head home. We made it home around 10:30, and I immediately went to the bathroom mirror to check my throat. Yep, there was a lump on the right side. By 11pm I had a lump the size of a golf ball.
The way I see it, this has gone way too far. It’s very well known that the thyroid tests doctors use don’t always indicate things correctly, and there are many many patients who live with thyroid problems that cause problems with their daily lives, yet the doctor’s won’t treat them because the tests don’t show the problem.
I’m ready to basically force my doctor to treat me based on symptoms, or I’m going to find yet another doctor. My symptoms that can be physically seen with the doctor’s own two eyes and my family history should be enough to start me on a treatment option.
What sucks is there is only one endocrinologist in our area now, and he’s the one who doesn’t want to treat me based on symptoms. The only other endocrinologist I’ve found is 2 hours away, and he requires that my family doctor give a referral. I think it’s about time I start begging for that referral.
