Advice About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Hi! Long story short, I have been to so many doctors over the last 22 years. All the symptoms of CFS, Fibro, Endocrine System, depression, and you know, the list goes on, and on, and on! Some doctors were truly sympathetic but had no clue. All the tests came out ok or low normal, whatever "normal" is. After a bout with a particular nasty virus last spring, I finally just started researching my own symptoms and asking for the appropriate testing. (I fired 3 doctors along the way. You must remember that YOU are the consumer in this process.)

Your symptoms match mine to the T. Ask for a THYROID ANTIBODIES test along with your TSH, free T4 and free T3. These can be done at the same time and are very inexpensive. As it turns out, I have a very under diagnosed disease called Hashimoto's Thyroid.

This disease causes the body to think that the thyroid is a foreign object and works overtime trying to get rid of the object (like someone trying to reject a kidney after transplant). It causes all the joint and muscle pain, swelling, depression, anxiety, not to mention weight gain, and the list goes on and on. Hashimoto's caused tumors in my thyroid and I had to have my thyroid removed.

Cancer/1st stage, totally curable. I don't even want to think what could have happened if I hadn't become persistent and demanding with my doctors. There is much information on the internet concerning Hashimoto's so I won't even try to explain it all. Good luck and God Bless, Vickie