Comments on: Fifteen Most Annoying Phrases ever to come out of a doctor’s mouth

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:07:18 +0000

Make apt with new Endo. Wait 4 months. She walks in, starts flipping through my chart. See’s I’m on levoxyl & cytomel and pregnant.

“No patient of mine can be on cytomel, it is extremely dangerous and will probably kill your baby.”

I smile, stand up and cheerfully say “well, I guess I won’t be able to be your patient then.” And started walking to the door. I’d done a pregnancy on levoxyl only, and it just about killed both of us. Adding cytomel allowed me to function.

To her credit, she didn’t charge me for the visit.

Now I’m on dessicated & Iodoral. I could just about cry, I feel so good. I’ve never felt like this in my LIFE.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:19:06 +0000

My personally most annoying comment from a doctor (after I commented at how horrible I felt): “life’s not perfect.”

Haha-and I’m not kidding. Just lovely.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:37:55 +0000

After me listing my long list of symptoms; fatigue, anxiety, foggy brain, unable to concentrate, dry skin, peeling nails, huge dark bags under my eyes, irritability, weight gain after 6 months of walking at least 3 miles/day, and eating healthier, my endo simply tells me “you are completely fine, no need to come and see me for 2 more years, whatever is wrong is definitely NOT your thyroid, it must be all in your head, have you tried a psychologist?” Needless to say, I will NEVER walk back into his door again. I have found a naturopathic Dr. and will be seeing him soon. When will these Docs finally get a clue?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:54:11 +0000

I was told recently that I am obsessed with this. That my levels are “normal” (went from 1.0 to now well beyond 4.0 in three years) and that I need better COPING SKILLS.
Yeah? Cope with me not paying that office call bill, buddy.
::mutter, mutter:: so of course I was given yet another prescription for an antidepressant. Of course, it’s all in my head that I can’t function. Of course it is. That I have several other autoimmune issues couldn’t possibly be it. Let’s just say any M.D. that have my file, are now fired and I am finding a naturopath.

By: Arielle

Arielle — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:20:31 +0000

I was diagnosed in March of 2008 with Graves. One horrible endo later… thought I found myself in the capable hands of my new doc. At the end of September 2008, had RAI for Graves. Within just a couple months I am hypo. She walked in, shook my hand, and said congratulations!! Synthroid 100 mcg daily. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. seem to be experiencing lactation though not pregnant or nursing. That went away after a couple of weeks. Heart rate and blood pressure down to normal. Weaned off of beta blockers. (Mind you I was on a staggering dose of Lopressor while hyper with Graves. 75mg, three times daily.) Being new to being hypo, I can’t say I was exactly thrilled with all the new and “improved” symptoms that I was so warmly congratulated on. (Now, I know that the point of RAI is to make you hypo). Anyway, a great number of new aches and pains have set up shop. By the way, I think the Charlie Horses are the best!!! Anyway, what I really want to talk about is blood pressure. The other night, out of the blue, it goes up. I mean up. 180/?? (can’t remember the bottom number). Still had some Lopressor so I took some. Well, I ended up in the ER all night thinking Im gonna die. They fix me up send me on my way. Oh! Called my endo to tell her what was going on and she looked at my labs and said it was nothing on her end, that my labs look GREAT!!! Anyway,I am going on and on. Does anyone else have probs with high bp? I thought you had low bp when you were hypo. I was normal for 2 months. Why the sudden change?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:25:19 +0000

After explaining how exhausted I was to my GP recently, and suspecting my thyroid was to blame (I have Hashimoto’s disease) he said ‘Well, how old are you now, hmmm, nearly 40? You’re bound to feel tired as you get older, it’s probably some kind of mid-life crisis’

If it wasn’t for the fact that I have felt like I’m carrying a dead horse around on my back I would have convinced myself he was right.lol!

By: Mazzy

Mazzy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:17:21 +0000

My doctor told me that if he could choose any illness to have, it would be hypothyroidism and I quote “All you have to do is take a pill and it goes away, just like that! In fact it doesn’t even matter if you forget your pill for a few days” What a complete pillock!!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000

Been going to the same Endo for almost 2 years have seen him personally a handful of times and still feel awful even though my levels are “normal”.
Endo: you need to work harder than the normal person to lose weight. Eat less work out more buy a bike.
Me: I have several ruptured disks in my back I have a hard time with excercise can I walk?
Endo: walking wouldn’t be enough for you. Buy a recumbent bike.
I can’t afford that. I am glad I found this website, now I have info I need to find another dr that will pay attention to me and when I have an appt I will actually see the dr instead of different nurses every time.

By: Adele

Adele — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:41:41 +0000

Me: “I have done some reading about hypothyroidism. I have all the classic symptoms.”
Doc: “We sometimes do too much reading on the internet and convince ourselves that something is wrong with us.”
Me: “Why do I continue to have the symptoms after some of the things you have prescribed for me… and I have taken them for almost a year? Is there some kind of tests?”
Doc: “You still haven’t lost weight and you have had kids. You are just going to have to learn to deal with some of this.”

I resisted the urge to strangle him and found another doctor.

New doctor (after really listening intently to my symptoms and doing an exam): “I’d like to send you for some tests. Does that sound ok?”
Me:(crying-tears of relief) “Yes, it sounds great.”

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease a few weeks later.

By: Lauren Middleton S.C. Ontario

Lauren Middleton S.C. Ontario — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:31:18 +0000

I'm sure everyone's heard this one, if you have a doc like mine. Me: "I've had the test done over eight times and I keep going back and forth from hyper to hypo (originally hypo)...I think my dosage needs to be changed." Doc: "Come back in two months." Me: ARRRRRRRG! (two months later) "Hi, I'm calling to make an appointment to get my thyroid levels checked." Receptionist: "Well, you've been going over the usual 15 minutes, so I'll make you an appointment with the nurse practitioner." Me: (thought to self) "I need to find a better doctor!"