Thanks everyone!! I just checked in and realized that I hadn't posted any updates. Or even my history! lol Here goes.
June 2005, miscarriage at 14 weeks gestation. Sept 2005, pregnant. Had a baby girl May 2006 via c-section due to breech presentation. Sept 2006...pregnant again. June 2007 had a baby girl via VBAC, no problems, except she was 11 days overdue. No induction, just a long pregnancy! lol
December 2007, I went in for some bloodwork and a checkup. TSH 0.010. Total T4 normal. Diagnosis....post partum thyroiditis hyperthyroidism phase. I got a second opinion which resulted in the same diagnosis.
My GP ordered an ultrasound and iodine uptake scan. Ultrasound showed a multinodular goiter and the uptake scan showed no concentrations consistent with hypOthyroidism.
Follow up bloodwork was normal. TSH and FT4 in the normal range. No antibodies either.
Next set of bloodwork 2 months later also normal. June 2007 bloodwork shows up TSH <0.003 FT4 borderline high. Endo calls and gives me a prescription for PTU 50mg twice a day. I take a pregnancy test, it's negative, so I start taking the meds.
6 weeks later, my bloodwork comes back. TSH 0.010. FT4 normal. Thyroid ultrasound enlarged thyroid, 10mm nodule, still multinodular goiter. No real change from my previous ultrasound 6 months prior.
I had an appt with my endo last wednesday, august 13, and we decided that since PTU wasn't working for me, I needed to go on methimazole. So, I'm now on that. Also, with my enlarged thyroid, family history, the fact that I want more kids and that PTU doesn't work for me, I need to have part or all of my thyroid removed. I am calling a surgeon tomorrow and will be setting up an appt to see her and talk to her. I am really nervous, but I feel that this is my best course of action. Since taking the methimazole, eventhough it's only been a couple days, I am feeling much better. PTU made me very nauseous and I was still very tired, anxious, hot/cold, and shakey. Not to mention flakey! lol Now I'm feeling better, but since the doc won't keep me on methimazole when I get pregnant, I need to do something a bit more permanent.
There is a strong family history of thyroid disease. My mother has had her entire thyroid removed, my grandmother has had part or all of hers removed, my grandmother's sister had hers removed. I am glad that I caught my problems early on and am able to treat it, but that doesn't make me any less worried for myself or my daughters and future children.