Kate’s story
…me due to the TSH only, I was over medicated. It did not matter how I felt because the TSH was tradition. When I argued with the endo BY LETTER…
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Kim’s Story
…PCP (an MD) that did listen to me. He tested my TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and prescribed other Thyroid tests. My TSH was off the chart. I was diagnosed with…
Long ago doctors remember the 70’s with sadness
…TSH lab first came out–Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. It was hailed as a sensitive measure to determine either thyroid over-activity (hyper) and thyroid under-activity (hypo). Before that test was established, doctors…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome could be UNTREATED or UNDERTREATED hypothyroid!
…Fatigue Syndrome as the label for a mysterious disorder seemed to make it’s appearance within the decade after the lousy but highly acclaimed TSH lab test was created in the…
More Spring 2013 Thyroid Tidbits!
…thyroid patients, know it’s NOT waiting until the pituitary hormone TSH rises to 3 or 5 or above, since MANY of us are hypo years before the TSH rises high…