Two things that made me realize something was *wrong* were (1) my hair
got icky -- I always get compliments on my hair, unless...--
and (2) I was the only native under 65 wearing a coat in late winter on my
(Southern) university campus.  Sensitivity to cold is a
classic symptom of being hypo.

I didn't test hypo for years after my initial diagnosis (of a goiter).  I
didn't go on medication (now Levoxyl) until after being diagnosed
with my second goiter.

The second goiter was diagnosed as cancer following surgery. (I lost
several years of my life to thyroid problems through mis-
diagnosis.) The first goiter was removed and I was told everything was
fine, but, when I got the news about my thyroid cancer,
I was asked if I was told the first goiter may have been cancer: both
goiters were initially diagnosed as follicular adenomas. The
distinction between a follicular adenoma and follicular cancer has been --
I don't  know what it is currently -- whether the mass
has broken through the thyroid capsule.

Elizabeth Whitaker
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At 10:27 AM 2/13/2002 -0500, Strayze wrote:
>from: "Neressa" <[log in to unmask]>
> >  I've been
> > diagnosed hypothyroid, but I need some help.  I'm 23 and I have no
>symptoms
> > of hypo, I actually went to the doctor because I was LOSING weight.
>
>Weight is only one of the many manifestations of thyroid disease be it
>hypothyroid or hyperthyroid.  Edema (water weight) is one of the types of
>weight gain with hypothyroidism, but before one gets to that stage one can
>be underweight and still be hypothyroid.  Both I and my mother were
>underweight and hypothyroid.    If one is hypothyroid, then one needs the
>medication in order to correct one's deficiency of the many effects of this
>hormone .




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