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Originally Posted by blanca78
Hi Everyone,
My name is Blanca, i've just been diagnosed with graves disease.
I would really appreciate some help with understanding what this disease is all about and what to expect?
Thank you so much
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i'm a 48 yr old male that was diagnosed with graves disease about 3 years ago,i was eating constantly but still losing weight i had tremors as if were jacked up on coffee was sweating constantly and couldn't sleep at nite,i took 2 iodine treatments of high dosage before they killed my thyroid and finally had eye decompression because of my bulging eyes...after the decompression on my left eye it froze in place which caused me to see double and my dr in dallas sent ,e to see a specialist in san diego after just 1 surgery he freed my eye and said i am now at the point of where he usually see's thyroid patients...hopefully after 1 more surgery my eyes will be close to bein fixed...i understand what you are goin thru and with caring people around you it will help...my wife is a very patient and caring woman....god bless and if you need the name a of a great dr let me know