The short story is that the ophthalmologist thinks that my eyes are going into the quiescent phase (despite a partial relapse a little over a month ago). The proptosis is 22/22 and probably not going to change much. The double vision and dryness are much better. Eyes still puffy, but not as much. I can live with it.
Twice this fall and winter my heart began to palpitate, so each time I reduced my PTU dosage, and a week later, the palpitations went away. Each time. Now, for the past month, I've taken 25 mg. a day, and my thyroid hormones now look "perfect," according to the endo. TSH is a hair over 1, FT4 is 0.7, and FT3 is 3. I see the endo again in 4 months but recheck labs in 6 weeks, in case things are not truly stable. He encourages me to check any time I feel funny, although my having reduced meds each time turned out to be the right thing to do. I'm hoping this smaller dose realy means that remission is coming up. I did it before for some 12 or 13 years, and would like to again.
"I love thyroid cases!" he said. I looked at him funny and said, "Me too" with a touch of sarcasm. It was such an odd thing to hear from a physician, although I do know what he means. Nurses seem to "love" wound care, for example.
I feel good—much better since I started up exercising whether I felt like it or not. A few pounds came off, although I only know this because my clothes feel better. I am still up about 45 pounds from this time three years ago. Shocking.
