Thanks girls. I'm actually doing a good job remembering to take my meds this time.
I have lots of research to do still and I need to get more organized about it, and start taking notes. So far I have just been reading.
As far as my doctor, she is a Endo doctor that I am just now seeing, hadn't seen her before. The one I was frustrated with was GP doctor, he always seemed to blow me off thinking I was fine. I have been telling him for a year, that my heart rate was so high and I was worried something was wrong with my heart, then I talked to him about my ankles swelling so bad and he gave me a water pill, but did nothing to see why this started happening to me, then I complained about the heat, and thought I was menaupausal but he said as long as I was having regular periods I was not yet going through menapause. So, I kept walking away with no answers. Problem is I'm on an HMO and I have to have him refer me before I can see anyone else. I have often said I need to change from him, I've seen him since I was 19 or 20 and I think he has gotten complacent with me. I dont' know, but I guess he didn't think about my graves disease coming back anymore than me, since I am sooo heavy and weight loss is a normal sign. Problem is, he did nothing to try to find out why I was so miserable. I never even said anything to him about my moods. LOL

Okay, now I have a question, I can't see the doctor again until after I have been on this medicine for a couple weeks and then she is going to check my levels again. Anyway, she told me not to get my heart rate up, but I can't do anything without getting my heart rate up.
Can anyone tell me why they wouldn't want you to exercise and get your heart rate up to an areobic level just because of this. I would think exercise would be fine, and that since I have had this going on for a year now, and nothing has happened and my heart is still fine, that I would still be good to exercise.
I rode this morning, but only went 11 miles and kept an eye on my HR monitor and tried very hard to go slow and not push, but still at my highest point it got to 170 when climbing some hills, is that bad? Most of the time it was in the 140 and 150's.
I dont' know, I just can't see how they expect you to sit and do nothing.
I need to get all my questions together about this stuff before I go in again. I have an appt for labs, and then I guess they will call me to see her again, like they did the last time after labs.

Sorry this was so long. I've searched everywhere trying to find some information about exercising with this and cannot find anything except for people to say not to do much.

Thanks for all the support girls.