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Originally Posted by MindieRose

I cannot believe you handled that as well as you did! I probably would have ended up fired! The nerve of that woman. Honestly, who calls a complete stranger, or anyone for that matter, fat? Then goes on to pry into their personal lives??
One thing I don't understand though, is that once you are diagnosed with a thyroid problem, and you are on meds, doesn't the weight come back off? I was diagnosed hypothyroid, Hoshimotos, 11 years ago. I had gained 15 lbs in a month, and had terrible leg cramps, couldnt get out of bed, my hair was falling out, I was gaining weight even though I couldn't eat anything, etc. My TSH was off the charts. My doctor couldnt believe I was walking around. They started me on thyroid meds, and the weight came back off, and as long as my tsh is regulated, I have been fine, until recently I have had 10-15 lbs that I would like to lose (before I got pregnant, lol). I have heard many people say they are overweight because of their thyroid, and I didn't know if it is fairly common to not be able to lose the weight even after your metabolism is regulated with the replacement hormone?

I initially had gained 18lbs in 16 days and when I mentioned it to my dr.. she just looked at me until I said, Hello? If I had lost that much weight it would throw a red flag! That was in Aug. I went on and had the uptake test, ultrasound and by february I had gained 52lbs and went from a size 3/4 to a solid 14 I finally took it upon myself to make an appointment with an Endocrinologist. At the time I was on soooo many different meds ( another story in itself) I was put on synthroid and slowly I got back down to a size 8. I decided amongst myself that my dr. (not endo) was slowly killing me with all these meds and decided to go off everything and have now found myself right up to a 16... my last TSH levels were 2.57 so I am in my new endo's eyes normal... I am now going to see another doctor who actually treats you on more than the numbers. I retain major water now and have fibromyalgia along with the arthritis that I already had. So... now I am looking for a new dr. that will prescribe the armour or something similar... needless to say, I am pretty frustrated with the whole thing!