RE:Knee Swollen/Arthritis or What?Related to the Hashimotos?

[Guest guest]

I have not ever had anything so painful as my knee; in the last few

weeks it has felt like a constant bee stinging me on the inside of

the bone under the knee-cap. I somehow or other believe it is

related to the hashimoto's Thyroiditis & /or the angiomyolipomas (one

in each kindey) because I have had knee problems before but never to

compare w/ this. The pain was horrific and i was finally going to

go the emergency room when a P.A. put me on Bextra. It has been

somewhat relieved (most of the pain, that is) but i want to know

what it is that I have? also I have begun a regimen of glocosamine-

chondroitin sulfate as I went to

the library and found the books on the Arthritis Cure and

Maximaizing the Cure, etc by an M.D. who has seen many

miraculous " cures " of this type of thing but I want more info., if

possible..

So if any of you out there have a veiw

of what i am dealing with please let me hear, o.k?

Wynnwins

[Guest guest]

You will likely not know if it IS your thyroid disease until you are optimized on your thyroid meds and it miraculously goes away! I started with knee pain then went to the whole legs swelling to having to wear compression panty hose to NOTHING now all with increased thyroid meds. Once in a while I will have a twinge in either knee but I am not optimized completely yet, just getting close. I was in Synthroid 300 MCG when it was worst. As soon as I switched to Armour I noticed some improvement, but the pain & swelling didn't subside completely till I was on 4 grains a day. That was three years later. Along with that my tendonitis is gone, as well as my tendency to bronchitis and pneumonia! The past 6 years I have had pneumonia every winter the first three years and not once since I went over 4 grains Armour. No one can convince me it isn;t ALL hypothyroid related.

Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

[Guest guest]

You will likely not know if it IS your thyroid disease until you are optimized on your thyroid meds and it miraculously goes away! I started with knee pain then went to the whole legs swelling to having to wear compression panty hose to NOTHING now all with increased thyroid meds. Once in a while I will have a twinge in either knee but I am not optimized completely yet, just getting close. I was in Synthroid 300 MCG when it was worst. As soon as I switched to Armour I noticed some improvement, but the pain & swelling didn't subside completely till I was on 4 grains a day. That was three years later. Along with that my tendonitis is gone, as well as my tendency to bronchitis and pneumonia! The past 6 years I have had pneumonia every winter the first three years and not once since I went over 4 grains Armour. No one can convince me it isn;t ALL hypothyroid related.

Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

[Guest guest]

> You will likely not know if it IS your thyroid disease until you

are optimized on your thyroid meds and it miraculously goes away!

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I will agree with this from my own experience also. I developed

bursitis in my feet on 2 grains of Armour and could hardly wear

shoes. My big toe joits were so red swolen and sore. I also had a

few incidents where my knee would develop an unimaginal pain in the

night that literally made me sick to the stomach. I decided to do

some searching for information because I knew somehow it was related

to my thyroid treatment since I had never had these problems before.

I found an intersting article by Dr. Lowe on bursitis in

thyroid patients being caused by thyroid dose being too low. I found

tons of other information on how common these types of joint

problems are in thyroid patients. No wonder when the majority are

undertreated.

Anyway, I began to raise my dose up after that and amazingly it all

went away in less than a month once I got up to 3 grains. Dr.

Derry has written that most people do not feel good untill they get

to at least 3 grains. Thyroid doses have dropped to 1/3 of what they

were prior to the TSH test. From the late 1800s up untill about

1975, thyroid doses averaged 3 to 5 grains and were adjusted by how

the patient felt, by body temp, muscle reflex action, and patient

appearance. People lived long healthy lives and osteoporosis was

never an issue as there seems to be no research papers on it untill

the use of Synthroid. The first thyroid patient who started

treatment in 1895 lived to be 79.

Tish

[Guest guest]

> You will likely not know if it IS your thyroid disease until you

are optimized on your thyroid meds and it miraculously goes away!

________________________

I will agree with this from my own experience also. I developed

bursitis in my feet on 2 grains of Armour and could hardly wear

shoes. My big toe joits were so red swolen and sore. I also had a

few incidents where my knee would develop an unimaginal pain in the

night that literally made me sick to the stomach. I decided to do

some searching for information because I knew somehow it was related

to my thyroid treatment since I had never had these problems before.

I found an intersting article by Dr. Lowe on bursitis in

thyroid patients being caused by thyroid dose being too low. I found

tons of other information on how common these types of joint

problems are in thyroid patients. No wonder when the majority are

undertreated.

Anyway, I began to raise my dose up after that and amazingly it all

went away in less than a month once I got up to 3 grains. Dr.

Derry has written that most people do not feel good untill they get

to at least 3 grains. Thyroid doses have dropped to 1/3 of what they

were prior to the TSH test. From the late 1800s up untill about

1975, thyroid doses averaged 3 to 5 grains and were adjusted by how

the patient felt, by body temp, muscle reflex action, and patient

appearance. People lived long healthy lives and osteoporosis was

never an issue as there seems to be no research papers on it untill

the use of Synthroid. The first thyroid patient who started

treatment in 1895 lived to be 79.

Tish