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Expert: Karen Brawner - 3/6/2004


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Is it normal for thyroid readings to vary---one time tenths of a points from treatment and at other times, normal?  Thanks, Shirley

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Dear Shirley,   It is normal when the medication is first being used or when the you have been on one medication for a long period of time....  Medication need to be adjusted to fit the thyroid blood work and this could occur 2-3 times per year or less or more.....  You doctor needs to keep working with the medication and find the right combination that keeps your thyroid reading close to consecutive as possible....

Thank you,   karen

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I will answer any questions you have regarding the thyroid whether it be cancer, cysts (types), hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, blood tests for thyroid problems, surgery, fine needle biopsies etc...

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My complex cysts on my right thyroid gland and the isthmus were found my accident when my doctor thought I was having a TIA. The ultrasound found a complex cysts the size of a golf ball (which turned out to be the size of a tennis ball when it was surgically remove). Doctors were totally surprised because for 5 years, including the day I went to surgery, all of my thyroid blood work was "within the normal range". So much for blood work being conclusive..

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