Comments on: Post Investigates: Thyroid Disease http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/07/26/in-the-magazine/health-in-the-magazine/post-investigates-thyroid-disease.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=post-investigates-thyroid-disease Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Joyce Mann http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/07/26/in-the-magazine/health-in-the-magazine/post-investigates-thyroid-disease.html/comment-page-1#comment-17987 Joyce Mann Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:08:35 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=25449#comment-17987 I will always be eternally grateful for Dr. Oz’s article in the July/August issue of the Saturday Evening Post. I had been feeling extreme fatigue for a number of years. In March 2009, I discussed it with my primary care physician. I asked if I might be suffering from hypothyroidism. He blew me off, said my thyroid was fine, and sent me for an expensive sleep apnea test. Of course I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and rented an expensive CPAP machine that I couldn’t use. I discovered later that I had never had a thyroid test.

A year later, and still tired, I read Dr. Mehmet Oz’s article in the Saturday Evening Post. I had all but one of the symptoms that indicated hypothyroidism, plus there are thyroid problems, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes among close family members. I requested the routine thyroid tests, including the antibody tests. The results indicate hypothyroidism, and I’m now scheduled to see an endocrinologist. Hopefully I’m on the way to getting my life back. Thank you so much Dr. Oz and the Saturday Evening Post for this timely article.

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