Re: starting piggy pills- Sheila!!!!!

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Sheila I'm going to reiterate some things to you that Genie told me

to do with taking the Armour and I guess this would be a great time

for you to try it since you probably can't taste anything from having

the flu!

Try taking your Armour sublingually and this way, you won't have to

worry about any absorption problems. I've been taking mine this way

from day one and from my last tests, you can really tell that it's

getting absorbed like it should because my Free's were in the high

range. And, you're beginning on the same dosage that I'm taking so

I'll betcha you'll start noticing some differences in just a few

days! Well maybe because you're sick it might take a few days longer

then I did but YAY - I'm so glad to hear you're finally getting the

Armour! )

I'm going to start splitting my dosage tomorrow because the last few

days I've noticed I'm getting these hot flashes about the same time

every morning! Yup, I actually do have blood in these ole veins!

I'm going to start taking just half, first thing in the morning and

then do the other half before lunch. This way, I'm hoping that it's

still early enough in the day that I won't have any problems sleeping

at night.

I'm really glad you got the Armour and did you buy it in a quantity

of 100 and get a sealed bottle? I'm not even going thru my insurance

on this because I'd end up paying more getting 30 at a time, then it

cost me to get 100 and that was $19.19 at CVS pharmacy (which had the

cheapest price down here).

Good luck but I know you're gonna feel so much better on the

Armour! )

{{hugs}}

Debbie

P.S. Yes, I have heard of people taking Armour and Cytomel and/or

Synthroid at the same time.

> Hi all. well, i saw the nurse practitioner today at my endo's

> office, and she is Rxing Armour 60 mgs., once daily. (I think I

> should cut mine in half & take it twice a day--seems like I keep

> reading that).

>

> In addition to the Armour, she wants me to continue to take the

> Cytomel (5 mcg twice a day). She said I could increase the Cytomel

> if I don't feel like it's enough in a few weeks and take 2 Cytomel

> twice a day.

>

> Anyway, i haven't heard of anyone taking both Armour and Cytomel.

> Anyone here doing that combo? I need to call her back and ask her

if

> I'm supposed to take the Cytomel the same time I take the Armour or

> what.

>

> Opinions...comments...She told me adding the Cytomel with the

Armour

> would increase my energy. I just hope I can feel a big difference

> with the Armour

>

> She is quite aware of that my TSH is in the hyper range. She had a

> bunch of tests run on me today...including testing for Sjogren's.

>

> She said as long as I'm not having signs of being over-medicated,

we

> don't have to worry too much about the TSH...just concentrate on my

> symptoms.

>

> She also seems more interested in getting to the bottom of my

> symptoms. She's running some more glucose tests on me. she also

> asked if there's a possibility I may have attention deficit

> disorder. I said no way. My husband, who was with me, disagrees.

> i go tomorrow to be evaluated by a state group which helps people

> with disabilities. They have accepted me as a client. I will be

> evaluated by my counselor tomorrow. Then she will schedule

> psychological testing for me so someone can finally determine if I

> indeed that dyscalculia as my pysch professor diagnosed me with.

>

> I'll just mention to my counselor that I want to know about

> attention deficit disorder too and why.

>

> she also thinks i have irritable bowel syndrome. I told her i was

> previously diagnosed with that but the medicine I was prescribed

> didn't help. so she has prescribed another.

>

> she also said we could look at me possibly going on some

medication

> which would increase the chances of saving my pancreas and

> decreasing the chance of me becoming diabetic.

>

> Oh, she told me something interesting. She said in the year that

she

> has worked for my endo, every single person whom she has talked to

> who has switched from T4 or T4/T3 and gone to Armour has said they

> felt SO much better. I hope, I hope, I hope this stuff works for

> me!!!

>

> so that was my endo appt. on the 5th floor of the hospital at 2 p.m.

>

> At 1 p.m., I as on LL2 of the hospital seeing the nurse

practitioner

> at my doctor's office where I work. I've been miserable for several

> days now. She said I have bronchitis and URI. She's given me an

> antibiotic and a cough medication that she says is okay for me to

> take with my thyroid issues. I can't remember the name of it.

>

> When we went to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions, they were

> out of the cough medication; they said they can't keep it in stock.

>

> I am contagious, so poor Kemal will probably end up getting this

> crud!

>

> So that's been my day...coughing, sneezing, but finally...oink,

> oinking!! A hopeful member of the piggy club, Sheila