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send - energy drinks can cause anxiety and affect heart rate and blood pressure . The first thing he should do is stop drinking them and see if the tachycardia and BP spikes cease. In any case, if there is another cause as well, the energy drinks aren't doing him any favours. Good luck.
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Thanks Golden!
You are right, I should be focusing on my husband's condition. I am so concerned, that it was a distraction to focus on the words of the doctor.
The thyroid tests were T-3 and T-4. A TSH was not done. But the doctor is a specialist, so maybe he knows better.
Thank you for your support!

I am glad that your DD is being well cared for. There are really good doctors!

Dh has just told me he has been drinking energy drinks-a possible reason he could be losing weight. But he hides this from me. I do think his symptoms could be anxiety, but not the "all in your head" kind. Maybe energy drinks could cause more anxiety.

If a diagnosis is found, I will let you know how things go.
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Hi send - I do very clearly understand your point and sympathize as I have had similar experiences to the extent that I have come to expect them. I have "horror stories" similar to yours. Hence, I avoid doctors as much as possible, and, truthfully, am even tired of talking about them.☹

So I chose to address your hub's condition and support your comment about the (in)accuracy of the doctor's comment. I am concerned for your hub's health which may or may not be a thyroid related condition. They are doing the elimination thing, I suppose. Please let us know how things go.

To be fair to the medical profession my dd, for example, is being well looked after in her cancer journey. Maybe you and I have just been unlucky.

llama - hope you and your hub are feeling better. Soup is good!
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Send: Thank you. I had purchased some soup and soup crackers the other week for times like this. Thanks for the llamas. Earlier today I had gotten a salad with chicken, but DH talked me into the soup.
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Llama,
Hoping you will be fine in time for dinner.
You have a lot going on right now.
Extra care is required.
And [[[[[[hugs@]]]]].
Llama hugs too....🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️
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Send: Had not heard of that. My tummy started to be upset just now like his. Took a tummy drop. Hoping that I can eat dinner. Thank you. Glad that your hubby is fine after procedure. Husband is almost 72. I am pushing 76, thus my birth year in my username.

There is generally an underlying factor with spiking blood pressure. That physician seemed a bit lack luster to say the least.
Self advocacy is a must these days as you know, Sendhelp. It's absurd that you have to tell the physician what you expect. I am an individual who will avoid confrontation so advocating for myself is difficult.😫
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Yes, Golden, you are remembering right! My question was not specific to my dH and his condition. But your answer was thoughtful, thank you!

Instead of asking for an explanation on why a doctor would state something so blatantly erroneous about the human body, I am going to just file his statement along with a list of other "Pet Peeves" that doctors say:

"Your thyroid has nothing to do with your blood pressure:."

Another is:

"I have never seen it".
=If the doctor, (or vet). has never seen it, then it does not exist!

Or, how about this one:
"It could be cancer, so let's give you a hysterectomy".
So many tests for cancer, but without enough facts, let's remove a body part.

Or:
"It would be easier to give you hormone replacement if you have both ovaries removed."
A bit heavy on the hysterectomy sale, I think. "Easier" sounds so scientific, doesn't it?

Anyway, I don't expect people to get my point.
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send - I remember that you said in another post that your hubs thyroid blood test was normal. Am I remembering right? I am glad they are following up with a biopsy. My understanding is that high thyroid levels increase heart rate and therefore can affect blood pressure, but it is not one of the "classic" symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Low thyroid can produce high blood pressure too.
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Can we talk about this?
My dH went to his endrocrinologist for a biopsy of a thyroid nodule.
Dh has spiking high b/p, and episodes of tachycardia (rapid pulse of 108).
The doctor actually said:
"Your thyroid has nothing to do with your blood pressure".

This phrase: "has nothing to do with" has been repeated by his other doctors.
Is this a new phrase, used by HMO's, or Medicare Advantage Plans to decrease medical expenses so that the doctors are prohibited looking further into a person's health? Or, what could it be? Has anyone's doctors used this phrase?

"It has nothing to do with?".

The fact is:
"Thyroid hormone has well-recognized effects on the cardiovascular system and blood pressure regulation. Blood pressure is altered across the entire spectrum of thyroid disease. "
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I agree FF, if we are going to stop changing the clocks then for g@wds sake please please please keep us on DST, not standard time!!
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I always liked Daylight Savings Time, otherwise in summer it would be day light at 5 a.m. and would get dark around 8pm instead of 9. Loved that extra hour of day light in the evenings for doing chores around the house. For some reason my inner Hazel shuts down when it get dark outside :)
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Llamalover,
I do not know your husband's age or conditions, but have you heard of intermittent claudication (a limp).

Intermittent claudication is pain affecting the calf, and less commonly the thigh and buttock, that is induced by exercise and relieved by rest. Symptom severity varies from mild to severe. Intermittent claudication occurs as a result of muscle ischaemia during exercise caused by obstruction to arterial flow.

If he injured his leg, that is different.

Hoping he is better today.

My dH tolerated the thyroid biopsy just fine. Then we had an In N Out burger.
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golden: Thank you.

Send: He did not go to dr. Feeling only slightly better, but weak. Thanks.
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My heart goes out to everyone dealing with DST, I felt robbed of sleep for half the year when I lived in Vegas.

I love and will always love Arizona for not using DST. Now my biggest headache is trying not to call a loved one too early or too late for the 1st Mont after each change.
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cwillie, the issue about kids going about their activities in the dark... here in MN many kids who participate in after-school sports still have to deal with that. They often get home by 5pm (and also rush hour) or later and in the winter here it is pitch black by then. Daylight Savings doesn't really solve anything nowadays.
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Llama,
Yes, that does need to be looked at, hoping your husband is okay!
Prayers all around!
For everyone.
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send and llama - hope your hubs are OK

re DST I would rather they get rid of it and change school times or etc if considered to be the right thing to do.. My kids caught busses in the dark several months of the year anyway without any problems. Fiddling with our internal clocks is not healthy.
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PB: Thank you so much.
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I dislike daylight savings time because in the spring when everyone gets one less hour of sleep, we have the most dangerous day. More auto accidents, more heart attacks, more industrial accidents. I like the daylight for 6:30a bus runs and wish we would leave the time change alone for early daylight. Right now, the kids get on the bus in total darkness. Either delay school or change the time!
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Llama, I hope there's nothing serious with your husband's leg. Sending you good thoughts.
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Send: You're welcome. Hope your DH receives a good outcome. My DH's leg is hurting - going to urgent care facility tomorrow. I noticed he had kind of a slight limp 2 days ago.
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Thank you Llama!
I am going to try really hard, standing by.
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Send: Prayers sent for your DH tomorrow. It's tough to be the driver and support person. Hugs to you.
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Thank you Gershun!
No details, but I think you are right, a fine needle biopsy, guided by ultrasound maybe. His lab re: thyroid is good.

If there is an explanation for his changes in behavior, that would help.

Thank you for your encouragement!

Eleven hours of daylight here.
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I hope everything turns out positive for your hubs and his thyroid biopsy Send. What is it going to be? A fine needle aspiration? I had that done a few years back.
I remember them saying "Now keep still and try not to swallow" Yeah, okay......gulp. Oh right, I'm not supposed to swallow. Easy to say but hard to do when someone is sticking a needle close to your jugular. But it went fine. I'm still here.

It will go fine with your hubs too.
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That goes to my point that people seem to blame the short days and darkness on the time change when it's really just an inevitable part of living where we do. Thk god my ancestors settled here rather than in a place with no winter daylight at all.
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Our days are so short DST doesn’t make much difference. By Thanksgiving the kids will be coming and going in the dark. Kids play outside in the dark. We should be in the Atlantic time zone like Nova Scotia but we’re not.
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One would think, if people would leave the sun, moon, and stars alone to do their natural thing, we would not need so many laws, rules, and legislation.

Schools could change their schedules so that children would not need to travel in the dark.

I wake up after a nights sleep, and do not get up or go outside if it is dark.
Businesses could also change their schedules to be open at a decent time.
Stores too.
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Tomorrow, dH will be having a biopsy of his thyroid.
I am the driver, standing by.

That's all I know.
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Becky, apparently that hasn't been passed by the House yet, only Senate.
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