Guest guest Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hi Sofia - what you need are the a\actual thyroid function test results from your doctor, together with the reference range for each of the tests done. Doctors tell their patients they don't have a thyroid problem because their results have been returned ANYWHERE within the reference range, but we need to know where about. Were they are at the bottom, the middle or the top of the range. This matters. A doctor cannot withhold any information that is in your medical notes, so telephone the receptionist and ask for your last two serum thyroid function test results and when you have got these, post them here on the forum and we will help with their interpretation. Check out the attached document - this is a speech that Dr Peatfield gave at one of our annual TPA Meetings - this one is about iodine. You might be interested to read the article here showing iodine deficiency in the UK and the need for iodized salt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/iodine-deficiency_n_870000.html? You can buy Iodized salt through this UK Amazon link http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8 & keywords=iodized+salt & tag=googhydr-21 & index=aps & hvadid=17222001470 & hvpos=1t1 & hvexid= & hvnetw=g & hvrand=9334111491815840038 & hvpone= & hvptwo= & hvqmt=b & ref=pd_sl_62aigz4ks8_b Luv - Sheila Hi, In Sweden, you can get " jodsalt " , which is just normal salt but with added iodine. I think most salt there is that kind, but I've never really had any reason to think about it when I lived there. As iodine is supposed to help with symptoms, I thought I'd pick some up iodine salt from the supermarket (think it was Asda), but none of the salts they had mentioned iodine. There was table salt, rock salt and sea salt. So my question is, can you get iodine salt in the UK? If so, where should I look? Supermarkets or health food stores or elsewhere? And if you can't get it, does anyone know which salt type would have the highest natural levels? (If any do, I'm not exactly a salt expert!) When my mum was over for a visit, we both bought kelp from a health store, as that's a natural source of iodine. Trying to see if that makes a difference now, because at the moment, I'm completely exhausted for no real reason, but I still haven't worked up the courage to go see my GP about hypothyroidism, as they tested my blood specifically for that when I first signed up to that practice. It was within the " normal levels " apparently ... just like when it was checked in Sweden originally. Don't fancy going to the doctors only to be turned away again because my blood says there's not an issue, even if my body says otherwise, so just trying to self-medicate a bit. Cheers, Sofia No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4873 - Release Date: 03/15/12 1 of 1 File(s) Dr Peatfield's speech.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hi Sofia I got some iodised salt from Lidl for less than 20 pence per box. Hope this helps Jackie > As iodine is supposed to help with symptoms, I thought I'd pick some up > iodine salt from the supermarket (think it was Asda), but none of the salts > they had mentioned iodine. There was table salt, rock salt and sea salt. > > So my question is, can you get iodine salt in the UK? If so, where should I > look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hi, You can get Cerebos iodised salt from ons! > > > > > Hi Sofia > I got some iodised salt from Lidl for less than 20 pence per box. > Hope this helps > Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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