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Hi everyone, thanks Jan for allowing be to become a part of the

group. I am a 57 yr old female, been on 3 grains Armour for at least

15 years, not sure what dose before that. I started on thyroid in

about 1980 to reduce a tumor/goiter which finally resulted in

surgery. I was told that it was due to low thyroid.

I have always had a body temp around 97 to 97.5. I never checked and

charted it on a daily basis until just the last few days per

instructions of a naturopath which I see. It ranges from 94.4 to

97.2 in a days time. I also have started having hypo symptoms for

about the last month. Extreme fatigue, headaches, loss of libido,

brittle hair and nails, losing hair and hair getting much more gray,

weight gain of 5 pounds(no change in diet), irritable and generally

" hormonal " , poor hubby!! Now these symptoms might have been mild

longer than that but they are extremely obvious now.

I take premarin, .625 and have since the early 80's following the

removal of ovaries, I was 34 at the time. The uterus was removed

when I was 23. I take quite a few supplements as well. Most of

these I started in July when I started going to the naturopath. I

was extremely sick with what the md diagnosed as acid reflux. Pill

after pill and nothing changed. That is when I found someone else

and started on digestive enzymes, no more reflux!

I have other health issues, inluding severe adult asthma, began in

1993. Lots of steroids which has caused avascular necrosis, which

means death of bone. Have bilateral shoulder replacements and now

have it in both hips and knees, and at some point those will be

replaced. The steroids also did a number on my adrenals, which the

naturopath is working on those. Too bad he can't order labs for the

thyroid.

My latest labs showed T3 at 34, range is 30-40, T4 at 10.8, range

is 5.0-14 and TSH is .04, range is .34 - 4.82. I am going to a new

doc on Dec 8 which will do the Free T3 and T4, which is what I now

understand that I need. I'm not sure if anyone can give any opinions

on any of the symptoms or labs but I welcome anything from anyone.

I have had a major stress in the last year. Found out in March that

our home of almost 30 years has black mold and we had to move out.

Living in a camper until we can tear down and rebuild. I'm sure this

hasn't helped my adrenals, but it has helped the asthma and other

health issues.

Sorry to write a book but felt I needed to say what is going on in

order for ya'll to be able to have an opinion as all of these things

effect my health, both mental and physical. Thanks for listening and

look forward to your comments. Lorna