Hashimoto's Disease

larry barnhart wrote:

wny_pat wrote:

covetsthesun wrote:
How do you know what's going on without physically examining the thyroid?

Examining the thyroid - you best have a Endocrinologist!!!

After a few years of weird problems my wife and I drove over the mountain's to Seattle's Virginia Mason hospital. In an instant the doc knew what it was. Hashimoto's Disease. This was in 1979 and thyroid cancer arrived in 1983 so the thyroid was removed.

All good since 1983.
chevman

Glad it worked out. Wife's doc wanted her to go to a surgeon for her thyroid with lumps. We all know what a surgeon does. She instead went to a Endocrinologist (had to travel a ways to find one) who had a specific expertise in treating the thyroid. It was determined that her's was benign and did not need to be removed. The lab it was sent to was 500 miles away!!! She has to go back periodically to ensure what it isn't getting larger. If it stays the same, she keeps it. If it continues to grow, it will have to be remove because it is already large and could cause swallowing problems.

People really have to educated themselves about medical doctors, hospital ratings, and medical options! Some of us live in places where the local doctors and hospitals are just plain inadequate!!! I know of one local lady who has had a grand total of 3 failed knee replacements at our local hospital because of infection. The 4th was at a different hospital on the west coast and all is well now.