EyeoftheWild
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I really know very little about hypothyroidism, so I went a gandering through the internet to gather some information. I thought it would be a rather straight forward quest, but I was greeted with, yet another, contentious issue.
It seems that the standard thyroid test, and what that test means is under dispute by endocrinologists. These tests are based on scores which need to fall within certain parameters in order to be normal. The TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test is the gold standard and determines, along with other predisposing factors, whether or not you have a disorder.
The dispute by many doctors is, what constitutes a normal range of TSH, and is a person hypo or hyperthyroid if they are symptomatic, but have normal test results. So again, it seems we have a "test" that accurately determines TSH, but which no one can really agree upon what the statistics mean.
I am not drawing a conclusion about this disorder, only pointing out the difficulty in determining non-specific illness. With every illness a person feels tired, feels down or depressed, has a low sex drive etc. Can it be that there is something else beyond a dx, beyond a test, beyond a drug that can bring us toward wellness?
If we can step back from the fray of "what ails us," is it possible to glimpse other avenues that might lead to cure? Cure of sx, cure of worry, and cure of spirit. I think there is, and that it lies within each and everyone of us...if we will only take a look, and then take a chance. I am not talking about cancer, or als, or ms, mg, or diabetes. (I have witnessed the devastation of some of these illnesses first hand) No, I am talking about "us." A group of individuals who, for one reason or another, has found ourselves on the unwell side of things. We function, we cope, we raise children or pets
, we work, but with a diminished verve for life.
Are we sick or just down-trodden? Well, I believe a bit of both, for one leads to the other, in both cases. A diagnosis of something with a treatment, absolves us of the responsibility for taking charge of our own lives. With BFS there can be no such dx or treatment, and so what will we do? Continue to be co-dependents to a medical system that can not fit us into it's round holes, or will we take a risk on ourselves?
Okay, life may not be solely about a full moon with a wisp of cloud drifting by, or a stolen romantic kiss under that moon, or a flower glistening with morning dew while it trembles in the air; but those things are evidence of a whole us. I believe, with all my heart, that those things have helped to slant my life in favour of being well. It has helped me get over knowing the price of everything...but the value of nothing.
Cheers,
Basso
It seems that the standard thyroid test, and what that test means is under dispute by endocrinologists. These tests are based on scores which need to fall within certain parameters in order to be normal. The TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test is the gold standard and determines, along with other predisposing factors, whether or not you have a disorder.
The dispute by many doctors is, what constitutes a normal range of TSH, and is a person hypo or hyperthyroid if they are symptomatic, but have normal test results. So again, it seems we have a "test" that accurately determines TSH, but which no one can really agree upon what the statistics mean.
I am not drawing a conclusion about this disorder, only pointing out the difficulty in determining non-specific illness. With every illness a person feels tired, feels down or depressed, has a low sex drive etc. Can it be that there is something else beyond a dx, beyond a test, beyond a drug that can bring us toward wellness?
If we can step back from the fray of "what ails us," is it possible to glimpse other avenues that might lead to cure? Cure of sx, cure of worry, and cure of spirit. I think there is, and that it lies within each and everyone of us...if we will only take a look, and then take a chance. I am not talking about cancer, or als, or ms, mg, or diabetes. (I have witnessed the devastation of some of these illnesses first hand) No, I am talking about "us." A group of individuals who, for one reason or another, has found ourselves on the unwell side of things. We function, we cope, we raise children or pets
, we work, but with a diminished verve for life.Are we sick or just down-trodden? Well, I believe a bit of both, for one leads to the other, in both cases. A diagnosis of something with a treatment, absolves us of the responsibility for taking charge of our own lives. With BFS there can be no such dx or treatment, and so what will we do? Continue to be co-dependents to a medical system that can not fit us into it's round holes, or will we take a risk on ourselves?
Okay, life may not be solely about a full moon with a wisp of cloud drifting by, or a stolen romantic kiss under that moon, or a flower glistening with morning dew while it trembles in the air; but those things are evidence of a whole us. I believe, with all my heart, that those things have helped to slant my life in favour of being well. It has helped me get over knowing the price of everything...but the value of nothing.
Cheers,
Basso