Hi Karen,
I don't know anything - but I think I remember we both had this unusual shrinking of the thyroid goiters about the same time - I recognized myself in the mirror for a week! But mine is swelling again too...I will say that when all this was going on, I was rageful and hysterical and couldn't figure out why - and my pulse went up and I was so hot - constant upset stomach - many trips to the bathroom which was a sudden change from the usual trouble going at all - I thought maybe I was hyper too....I still don't know what happened or why - but now it's swelling again and I can feel it when I turn my head to the right - It was so nice for awhile not having something stuck in my neck! But I'm no longer hysterical or raging and my pulse is below 100 again....I was on 150 mcg of synthroid at the time - I actually lowered it myself during that period, but last week my endo lowered it to 137 mcg because ultrasound did show the nodules had shrunk - personally I don't think synthroid has anything to do with my nodules because I went from 1 to 7 while on it - but I do think it helps with my metabolism, some of the brain fog, and several of the other symptoms. I don't want to ever be without it as long as I have this malfunctioning gland! Hope you feel better....
Take care,
Kathy
PS One last thing - my TSH was never higher than 1.7 prior to treatment - I think it's a pretty useless test since I had a nodule causing all kinds of problems for about 2 years before an endo found it - everyone else kept saying your thyroid labs are normal...
I don't know anything - but I think I remember we both had this unusual shrinking of the thyroid goiters about the same time - I recognized myself in the mirror for a week! But mine is swelling again too...I will say that when all this was going on, I was rageful and hysterical and couldn't figure out why - and my pulse went up and I was so hot - constant upset stomach - many trips to the bathroom which was a sudden change from the usual trouble going at all - I thought maybe I was hyper too....I still don't know what happened or why - but now it's swelling again and I can feel it when I turn my head to the right - It was so nice for awhile not having something stuck in my neck! But I'm no longer hysterical or raging and my pulse is below 100 again....I was on 150 mcg of synthroid at the time - I actually lowered it myself during that period, but last week my endo lowered it to 137 mcg because ultrasound did show the nodules had shrunk - personally I don't think synthroid has anything to do with my nodules because I went from 1 to 7 while on it - but I do think it helps with my metabolism, some of the brain fog, and several of the other symptoms. I don't want to ever be without it as long as I have this malfunctioning gland! Hope you feel better....
Take care,
Kathy
PS One last thing - my TSH was never higher than 1.7 prior to treatment - I think it's a pretty useless test since I had a nodule causing all kinds of problems for about 2 years before an endo found it - everyone else kept saying your thyroid labs are normal...