Got thrown for a loop

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Hi everyone,

I don't post here often, but I have an update for anyone interested.

I've been a subscriber almost 4 years. I've tried so many things to

ditch the fatigue since breast cancer treatments in 05 that I doubt I

could list them all. I'd say I finally got on board with the protocol,

done properly most of the time with all the companion nutrients, since

July 2009. Two loading tests have shown lousy iodine absorption and one

bromide test clocked in at 32.

I'm still sluggish and want so much to ramp up to full throttle. My

detox symptoms mainly are fatigue, fairly stinky armpits just hours

after bathing. I haven't been to a doctor since 2008. I've cleaned up

my diet, take a slew of supplements to the point where I needed some

labs to see where I'm at.

I ordered a bunch of tests from directlabs in August. The only three

things out of range were TSH at 5.9 (.45 to 4.5), LDL 142 (0-99), total

cholesterol 228 (100-199) with a ratio of total/hdl at 3.3. My free T3

and free T4 were smack dab in the middle. TPO antibodies 8 (0-34),

Antithyroglobulin Ab less than 20 (0-40).

I want SO much to coax my thyroid into gear without a scrip, but being 6

years out from treatment now, I am SO tired of being tired that I

decided to try a doctor one more time. I decided a scrip for

naturethroid is the next thing I'd like to try. This time I picked an

osteopath.

In the past, I've never been formally dx'd as hypothyroid (thanks for

nothing during those 2 years, my former MD's). So today I went in with

my recent lab printouts, my cancer treatment medical records, and five

different books that give lists of hypothyroid symptoms. ...and a

shopping bag full of all the supplements I take.

All that preparation to do battle over a hypothyroid dx, and he was

agreeable on that front right away. That was great, but I was

unprepared for what came next. First thing he offers is synthroid. I

expressed interest in naturethroid. He said Armour is the only other

thyroid med he's familiar with. I said I'd prefer naturethroid. He

said he isn't comfortable prescribing it because he doesn't know

anything about it. I suggested that he has the option of changing

that. He said he's comfortable with what he already does and he's not

comfortable in prescribing naturethroid. So I said I'm not comfortable

in accepting what he has to offer.

At that point I wavered. I could get a scrip for armour from this man.

But I knew this was someone I'm not likely to ever visit again. And I'm

stubborn. I didn't want to settle for less. But refusing to settle

means walking away with nothing instead of something, and I really

wonder about my brain function when I look back in hindsight. I asked

if I would be charged for the visit if I decline what he has to offer,

and he said I could walk out with no charge. So that's what I did.

This is not the first time I've encountered medical professionals who

literally admit to being unfamiliar with something in their own field

and then making it crystal clear that they plan on sticking with what is

already familiar.

To wrap up and make this rambling on topic, I'm wondering if I would

benefit from taking even more iodine. Most of the time I take 100

mg/day. The iodine protocol is one thing I've stuck with for a long

time while a slew of supplements have come and gone over the years. I

also drink simple herb infusions every day: nettles, oatstraw and red

clover on a rotation. I credit some stellar labs to doing a whole bunch

of things consistently over time. I just really thought I'd have this

sluggishness kicked to the curb by now and I don't. I feel like I'm on

the right path, but dang, life is finite on this planet and I need to

get more out of my days. I'm open to suggestions.

Jana in south Texas