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She had that too, I just forgot about it. Then the MRI, you are dealing with a women’s health center, and they all have differing methods.

No the FCBD pain has been a factor in my life since I was 12, I was wearing a 34DD then. I was not over weight either. The FMS just aggravates it, that I did not develop until my late 40’s, and I’d already had 2 mammos before then the old crank down style. And the pain was just as bad.

I do know that I was border line Hypothyroid since I hit 20, they did not start treating it until I was in my 40’s when it really took a nose dive, the internist always under dosed too. Which is why I now have am ENDO, better care.

My current internist is running unneeded T panels I did not know he was. Jan’s visit I got a call from his nurse, your T panel is high, and he wants a Radioactive Thyroid scan done. BELLS, ROCKETS, WHISTLES go off, he has never touched my thyroid, never asked the questions the ENDO ask, nor did he look up any new meds on my chart. I had 1 new one I’d been on 2 months from the Gastro Levsin S/l. Took me all of a minute with Google search to pull up lots of pages stating it runs your synthroid intake up. I had also told him I saw my ENDO first week of March. There is no reason for him to run T panels, I see the ENDO frequently enough, and he has never felt the need for such a scan.

What is the need 4every 3 months chest x rays and EKG if I have no health history for lungs or heart issues? My BP runs just a little below norm. Cholesterol is under control, with diet. Heart attack risk is under a full point of avg. I’ve passed my stress test.


63 posted on 02/19/2014 2:19:25 PM PST by GailA (IF you fail to keep your promises to the Military, you won't keep them to Citizens!)
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What is the need 4every 3 months chest x rays and EKG if I have no health history for lungs or heart issues?

I don't know. That sounds like too many x rays and tests. But, maybe your doctor is worried about the hypothyroidism possibly causing heart damage.

68 posted on 02/19/2014 4:36:50 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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