Thanks guys. I needed that. I just needed to get it out. I wrote H a long email to which he did not reply but he has been a little more loving lately. Maybe he kind of "gets it".
As for the thyroid, I have known about it for about six weeks but the doc needed to repeat the blood work a couple of times to make a definitive diagnosis. Stress is a huge factor in thyroid illness and pregnancy is often a triggering event. The good news would be if it was simply the pregnancy causing the whacky blood work but the doc was tending toward the Graves diagnosis. Oddly, I am not experiencing any symptoms other than crazy blood work so maybe things will be ok. I HATE the endo's office - they will not report labs to patients over the phone no matter how far away the next appointment is. How is anyone supposed to manage a chronic illness that way? I wrote the doc a letter and told her the policy sux. I will see her tomorrow. In the meantime I have done some research so I am more able to converse with her about all of this. I had asked her if there were any dietary or lifestyle changes I could make that would help. She said no - funny, every book or website I read said yes. Unchecked hyperthyroid can cause the baby to have growth problems or thyroid problems of his own. The endo and I need to get on the same page. I am not your average uninformed, non-compliant patient. I expect to be treated like it is MY body, not hers.
