Re: May I introduce myself

[Guest guest]

Quite a few of us are not Synthroid fans.. but that is beside the

point... what dose are you on? How long have you been on it... and do you

have your lab results..?

You'll find all kinds of info and help here... great group of folks to

ask questions of and to lean on when it starts getting to you....

Welcome... *smile*

Topper ()

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 02:26:09 -0000 " pyleinexile "

writes:

> Joe....just Joe.

> About 5 years ago I was diagnosed with type II, insulin dependent

> diabetes......and " oh yea....this usually is accompanied with a

> tyroid condition, " I was told. Whats another pill when I get to

> jab myself needles...?

> Today after a quarterly visit with a new practioner we discussed my

> Hasimoto Thyroiditis (thought she was joking). I was given a

> pamphlet to look at. I was shocked to discover all the symptoms

> which had been driving me crazy which I thought were diabetes

> related.

> There is a lot of info on this site, but if there is anything I can

> do to stop the weight gain, short term mem loss, and apparent

> inability to learn, I would appreciate a jump start. All I am

> doing now is downing my synthroids as instructed.

[Guest guest]

Welcome Joe!---From a WHOLE lot of people who have everything in common with

you! What tests did you have? One of them was obviously the antibodies

tests, but did you have the Free T3 (not total), Free T4 (not total), and

the TSH. Please post them here, with the lab " normal " (that you will

discover are not the same normal for every individual) reference ranges to

compare. Many many people find that they don't feel well with their Free Ts

in the low or midnormal reference range. Seems that a whole lot of people

HERE feel much better in every way with them in the upper normal or even

over the top of " normal " . ALWAYS get a hard copy of your tests. Which came

first, the chicken or the egg? That's the riddle here. A whole lot of us

strongly believe that the thyroid disease came first, in it's most subtle

forms, before the other diseases. I personally believe that the thyroid

disease, when it is prolonged and untreated, causes the other disease.

Funny thing, where you see thyroid disease, you also see myriads of other

autoimmune diseases.

Tx

May I introduce myself

> Joe....just Joe.

> About 5 years ago I was diagnosed with type II, insulin dependent

> diabetes......and " oh yea....this usually is accompanied with a

> tyroid condition, " I was told. Whats another pill when I get to

> jab myself needles...?

> Today after a quarterly visit with a new practioner we discussed my

> Hasimoto Thyroiditis (thought she was joking). I was given a

> pamphlet to look at. I was shocked to discover all the symptoms

> which had been driving me crazy which I thought were diabetes

> related.

> There is a lot of info on this site, but if there is anything I can

> do to stop the weight gain, short term mem loss, and apparent

> inability to learn, I would appreciate a jump start. All I am

> doing now is downing my synthroids as instructed.

[Guest guest]

When they told you that you 'have thyroid'... what did they say?

We're glad you stopped by, even if only to learn enough that you don't have to worry about thyroid issues.. that's what we're here for.. to help folks to understand...

Topper ()

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:13:35 -0800 (PST) wendy suchomel writes:

As I have been reading these emails, I don't feel I belong here!! I mean, I don't seem to have any of hte things that the rest of you describe. But since I was told that I may have thyroid I thought that I would check it out. This is a wonderful group, that has a lot to share. I think that I'm going to stick around a bit more, and I'm also thinking of leaving, as I don't think this is for me. We'll see, maybe something else will come up. Thank you all for being so supportive and making me feel at home. Wonderful group of men and women!!

Janko

[Guest guest]

Hi Topper,

Thanks for the response.

I am on synthroid 137 now. for 3 months. I have been on 150 and

better for 5 years. I'll get my lab results in a day or two.

In hind sight, those high doses they had me on was making me pretty

goofy. I was waking in my sleep with thoughts of conspiracy and

stuff.

Now I understand why my neck is so thick.

I'll continue combing the group site for info.

Joe

-- In The_Thyroid_Support_Group , topper2@j... wrote:

> Quite a few of us are not Synthroid fans.. but that is beside the

> point... what dose are you on? How long have you been on it... and

do you

> have your lab results..?

>

> You'll find all kinds of info and help here... great group of folks

to

> ask questions of and to lean on when it starts getting to you....

>

> Welcome... *smile*

>

> Topper ()

>

> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 02:26:09 -0000 " pyleinexile " <pyleinexile@y...>

> writes:

> > Joe....just Joe.

> > About 5 years ago I was diagnosed with type II, insulin dependent

> > diabetes......and " oh yea....this usually is accompanied with a

> > tyroid condition, " I was told. Whats another pill when I get to

> > jab myself needles...?

> > Today after a quarterly visit with a new practioner we discussed

my

> > Hasimoto Thyroiditis (thought she was joking). I was given a

> > pamphlet to look at. I was shocked to discover all the symptoms

> > which had been driving me crazy which I thought were diabetes

> > related.

> > There is a lot of info on this site, but if there is anything I

can

> > do to stop the weight gain, short term mem loss, and apparent

> > inability to learn, I would appreciate a jump start. All I am

> > doing now is downing my synthroids as instructed.

[Guest guest]

Ask questions, it's the best way to learn for you and all the rest of

us... it's amazing what we're pulling together from people sharing their

experiences...

Looking forward to seeing the labs....

Topper ()

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:06:57 -0000 " pyleinexile "

writes:

> Hi Topper,

> Thanks for the response.

> I am on synthroid 137 now. for 3 months. I have been on 150 and

> better for 5 years. I'll get my lab results in a day or two.

> In hind sight, those high doses they had me on was making me pretty

> goofy. I was waking in my sleep with thoughts of conspiracy and

> stuff.

> Now I understand why my neck is so thick.

>

> I'll continue combing the group site for info.

>

> Joe