Graves' Disease
To top off my life to date, I have Graves' Disease (Wiki).
This explains many odd behaviors and symptoms that have been plaguing me for some time. No bitch tits yet though. I have too little body fat to support them. I go on thyroid HRT tonight. Hopefully, there are few or no side effects as I will be piloting a 40 ton vehicle in traffic at better than a mile a minute. If I see any side effects like double vision or heart palpitations, I will have to stop the truck for safety's sake. With the attendant loss of income. Maybe this is enough cause to apply for more military disability... Brian |
ugh. that's too bad. Hope the therapy works!
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That sucks, Brian, I hope you get on top of it with treatment.
(And I really think they could come up with a better name for it!) |
I think you will feel much better. And probably nothing else.
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The disease was named for it's discoverer, Dr Robert Graves. Morbid, I know but not terribly serious. The treatment is well-documented and has a high survival rate.
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The guy who wrote 'I, Claudius' was a doctor?
In all seriousness, I hope you feel better soon. |
That's a bummer, Brian. I hope the drugs work for you.
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From the Wiki entry "It can also affect the eyes, causing bulging eyes (exophthalmos)."
Dude! http://cellar.org/2009/brianr.jpg "Do my eyes really look like that???" Guess so!! |
Sorry Brian ... I really think this has got to be the worst summer in my life. So many people ans so much bad news - UGGHH.
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Shit that sucks :( My aunt developed Graves disease when she was 19. Her symptoms included both the goiter and the eye swelling.
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OK I edited this a zillion times and that's why it ended up so stupid-sounding. I wanted to say what UT said, but didn't think I knew you well enough. I also wanted to say that I know a lot of people with this and it is one of the most maneagble with least side effects diseases i have "personal" experience of. it seems that once peeple start the treatment, they soon get back to feeling pretty good and don't suffer many notable unpleasant side-effects. |
UT, it's worse now. That picture is old. Yes, they do bulge like that. I hope they stop now that I'm on meds.
Monster, you can say almost anything to me. I rarely get offended. Just try to be coherent and for goshsakes, use proper grammar! The doctor thinks I should have died weeks ago when I suffered a "thyroid storm", which I didn't recognize as such because I'd never heard of it. I DID think it might be a heart attack coming on, but since I didn't die, I figured I was mistaken. He told me to call 911 immediately if I feel another one coming on. Whatever. That which does not kill me makes me a better person. I think. |
Sorry Brian, good luck man.
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ugh. Sound likes you got lucky. I hope the meds make a huge difference
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me too. Otherwise I have to come off the road for more aggressive treatment.
I'd hate that. |
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