13-06-2013, 21:17
Thanks Doll! I have been on the same BCP for 12 years and somehow managed to go up a cup size over that time - it may have been age related, it may have been getting my severely leaking mitral valve repaired, I'm not sure.
I got my thyroid tests back and there's something wrong. My TSH is really low (about 0.05 which I am guessing is practically non existent) and T3 and T4 (I think) are high, but only slightly out of range.
I was on amiodarone which is known to cause thyroid problems, but I always had normal TSH on that drug and have been off it for a year so anything it was going to cause should have happened by now. So my dr doesn't think it was caused by amiodarone and it doesn't make much sense that it would be.
I'm wondering if 5 months of NBE could have caused this? I only do massage and hypnosis (just started some noogling) but have had a cup size increase (although it comes and goes) which seems to be a pretty dramatic change given the methods I am using. Could subtle changes in my hormones have led to this?
But then - it could be another congenital heart disease thing, my experience is the older you get the weirder it gets. So far I have ended up with scoliosis and cirrohsis of the liver (even though I hardly drink) and have found out it's somehow related to the heart (scoliosis caused by surgical trauma, cirrohsis caused by heart failure) so it wouldn't surprise me if my CHD is somehow stuffing up my thyroid. It's just all very weird and hard to stay on top of.
I got my thyroid tests back and there's something wrong. My TSH is really low (about 0.05 which I am guessing is practically non existent) and T3 and T4 (I think) are high, but only slightly out of range.
I was on amiodarone which is known to cause thyroid problems, but I always had normal TSH on that drug and have been off it for a year so anything it was going to cause should have happened by now. So my dr doesn't think it was caused by amiodarone and it doesn't make much sense that it would be.
I'm wondering if 5 months of NBE could have caused this? I only do massage and hypnosis (just started some noogling) but have had a cup size increase (although it comes and goes) which seems to be a pretty dramatic change given the methods I am using. Could subtle changes in my hormones have led to this?
But then - it could be another congenital heart disease thing, my experience is the older you get the weirder it gets. So far I have ended up with scoliosis and cirrohsis of the liver (even though I hardly drink) and have found out it's somehow related to the heart (scoliosis caused by surgical trauma, cirrohsis caused by heart failure) so it wouldn't surprise me if my CHD is somehow stuffing up my thyroid. It's just all very weird and hard to stay on top of.