Whew! And thank goodness someone who has gone through this has done lots of work for you. Mary Shomon thyroid in Google search engine will get you loads of information.

rose

The doctor who did the surgery should be able to recommend an endocrinologist. I'm sure it's not the first case of Hashi's he's seen.

Glad you missed the big C. and we are glad to have you back.

Silverlady

most excellent news re: cancer - glad you don't have that to deal with. I know the Hashi's is another issue that can complicate matters but it's manageable - I've kept mine under wraps for >11yrs w/ 50ug of Synthroid daily. Billye's right the surgeon should certainly know of good endo's to recommend - after mine, the surgeon recommended the same endo I'd been seeing for several years so it worked out very well for me.
Again, I'm glad you don't have to deal w/ the big C and welcome back to the boards.

alkymst

Hi Cathie (Scarlett?) which is it? I wasnt aware we cant use personal names unless requested.

Anyway, I am so glad you dont have the worst diagnosis but find it incredible if you have had Hashimotos for 15 years and no one hooked on to it

I do hope you get some helpful treatment now so you can at last relax a lttle.

Best wishes

Tony (its much nicer at the end of a post than Adastra!!)

Thanks for the suggestion Billye. I did ask the surgeon, who in fact referred me to someone with a really excellent reputation for being good and extremely thorough. I tried to make an appointment before with this referral, begging even to the point where the doctor herself got on the phone and still said no, no, no-she only takes people up to a certain age and I have managed to pass that...

Don't ask... I have had to quit telling people how ancient I am... It is really hard to remember when I could hardly wait to hit 21...
Cathie

P.S. to Tony:

Curious PM'd me that we can use our own names, it is up to the individual, so I will go back to posting using my own name...

I was just told about 3-4 months ago, that I did not have Hashimoto's... How is one supposed to know what to believe? It is a little hard though to argue with a pathology report...

Cathie

Cathie I am really very relieved and not surprised. pm'ing you the rest.

the 'thyroid' scale, and now finding that I've the Hashi's, I find myself really relieved! I just kick myself that my docs didn't catch it sooner, as I think they should have. I don't think it changes my meds, suppelements and what all much other than the calciums and D's and magnesiums [Thank you Mrs D and Rose!] But once you get on the right meds for YOU, I expect to see some bits of your life better!
That you don't have Cancers as well is, in my book, an absolute BONUS!
As for finding a good endo? That's a hard one...sometimes it's luck, other times deliberate accident....I simply called all my docs that I'd had at the time [about 8-9?] about my cancer stuff, then did a repeat for the endo. I'd always get 3-5 names and I'd zero in on the ones that had lots of overlap. All the creds were good on all these docs, mind you, but it was the docs who said THEY would 'probably go to' that were the selling points.
Go, and celebrate? Have a barbeque this weekend and laugh with friends and all that stuff. You deserve it! - j

--you've had elevated antibodies on testing before, and the endos did not think, despite the symptomology, that you had some variety of hypothyroidism? (What DID they think?)

From what I know, even if symptoms are minor, the autoantiboides are a gold standard, and an indication for treatment under present thinking even if TSH is (in the high end of) normal and T3/T4 are still within range--the thinking is this will help revent full-blown hypothyroid in the future.

That's wonderful news! Anything has to be better than cancer!