well, exisitng endo said today that my 16,000 antibody level was correct and only means that someday my thyroid won't work at all.

He also agreed to fast track the titration of my meds and took levels today (i'll get the results next week) and bumped up the Levothyroxin from 75mcg to 112mcg. I am excited because the 75 has already made me feel so much better, and if there is more improvement to be had, well, that's just gravy. I just can't remember what it is like to have spare energy.

He also agreed to do ultrasound so we have a baseline picture of what's going on in there...even though he "treats hundred of people with hashimotos never having taken an ultrasound"

I just told him that I am no longer in the business of assuming things are AOK where there is a perfectly easy test to check it with. I mean really, its a 10 minute ultrasound.