No Becs, I haven't even seen an endo. I'm lucky enough to have a vaguely decent doctor at my surgery. His partner, the one I *used* to see, wouldn't treat me at all and told me he wanted to see me 'get a lot worse' before he'd treat me!!!
I went back a month later, to see the partner and said 'Right, I'm worse so you have to treat me' ... At this point, I couldn't do anything physical without being out of breath and gasping for air. Even walking the 5 minute walk to the surgery took me 15.
Anyway, the other chap seemed much more reasonable and took me seriously. I didn't have to ask for a thyroxine trial - he put me on it straight away.
He's not brilliant in that he's not up to date on the latest reading (like I am
) but for now, he's fine.
In a few months, when our house sale is finalised, we're heading to Australia to live, so I'll find an endo there.
Dr Peatfield is closely connected with thyroid UK, and is an excellent dr. I know many people who've been sucessfully treated by him. You won't need a referral if you're seeing him privately.