Please keep us in your prayers...

Joey · Unread post by **Joey** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:31 pm

I hope everything ends up okay, Lisa! I'm sure you and your baby will be fine

Joey

elmomommyto2 · Unread post by **elmomommyto2** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:07 am

No real new news, however through research on my own, I have found out two very, very valuable items of interest. First of all, cold medicines do affect these tests, which no one warned me of, and which I had been taking the entire week up to the morning of the test. Also, the biggest symptom of hyperthyroidism is a racing heartbeat...up to 200 beats per minute. I've been checking mine and it's stayed the same at it's 90 beats per minute. So I still have no symptoms and it's VERY likely that the test was thrown by the cold medicine.

In other research I've found that since my levels are so slightly off and I have no symptoms, that I would be considered "subclinical hyperthyroidism" if in fact I do have it. The course is just monitoring and possibly medicine for 12-18 months during which 80% of everyone will have permanent remission for the rest of their lives. So I worry much, much less about this and I'm still very anxious to find out for sure what's going on, which may very well be impossible since my levels are thrown off by pregnancy as well

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TheCollector · Unread post by **TheCollector** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:26 pm

Hi Lisa

Try not to worry too much, you seem to have solved the mystery yourself anyway

Good luck on the 25th, and definately let us know how it goes

By the way, my birthday is on the 28th (but I am "slightly" older than you

)

Ian

celebrityfan · Unread post by **celebrityfan** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:30 pm

Hope everything goes well! Just keep positive and everything will turn out fine!

starreyes · Unread post by **starreyes** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:07 pm

You will definatley be in my prayers! Good luck with the tests today, and hopefully they will turn out to be nothing. And of course Happy Birthday!

elmomommyto2 · Unread post by **elmomommyto2** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:25 am

Well, here's the latest news:

I know nothing more about the hyperthyroidism. I got re-tested last Thursday and I won't know the results until at least Tues. or Wed.

We had a level II ultrasound on Thursday as well, which revealed that the baby is a girl

! The strange news is that she had a Choroid Plexus cyst (a cyst on the brain). Basically they usually go away and even if they don't, they're harmless. But they do have a very weak link to being a soft marker for T18 (Edwards' disease), which is a very serious one in which the babies don't usually live to their 1st birthday. Basically my odds of having an Edwards' disease baby have gone from 1 in 3,000 (every woman's odds) to 1 in 300 (still rather small). So in 4 weeks I'll have a level 3 (3D) ultrasound to check for other markers. If they find any more we'll more than likely be opting for an amnio, which carries it's own risks and worries. So I would kindly ask that everyone still keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a healthy baby.

Unread post by **nowandagain** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:55 am

Hi Lisa

Everything will turn out fine

Here's hoping for all the best for you and your little girl

nowandagain [rockon]

Unread post by **admin** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:27 am

Hi Lisa,

Hoping for all the best for you and your baby here too

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christine · Unread post by **christine** » Mon May 29, 2006 4:32 pm

Hi Lisa!

Best wiches to you and your baby!

Christine

Joey · Unread post by **Joey** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:57 pm

I'm sure everything will work out for you and your baby Lisa

Please keep us in your prayers...

good luck

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