What doomsday speech did your doc give you?? My daughter had thyroid cancer 5 years ago, and they removed her thyroid and 23 lymph nodes. 16 lymph nodes were cancerous. She is on between 200-225 micrograms of synthroid daily... Is there a better med than synthroid?
I was on Synthroid when I was first diagnosed, and then when I had to change doctors because of insurance, the new doctor prescribed Levoxyl....he said I should never take the generic---levothyroxine, for some reason, he didn't elaborate...
When I gave the RX to the pharmacist, I asked her if there is any difference between Levoxyl and Synthroid and she said NO, just different doctors prescribe different brands...
HOwever, when I was first diagnosed, the doctor that diagnosed me and prescribed medicine for it said at the time, that I sould never, ever miss my thyroid meds...and if I forget, to take it as soon as possible---
I have had several surgeries since being diagnosed (unrelated problems) and every time, the hospital nurses make SURE I get my thyroid meds, even if I am supposed to be off all other medications...so, I don't question, I just take them...