Re: ????- Symptoms..????

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Sorry I've been in the zone the last couple of days. I re-hurt my

knee again and everything else just seemed a wee bit overwhelming.

Anyways.. I'm back.. and I wanted to share as I believe it was you

Jan that had asked me what symtoms have been like.. And the biggest

one is being overweight. Next is being achy and swollen joints.

Acne.. and I've never had acne before.. not even as a teen. I'm 45

yrs old now. I'm also growing hair on my chin..upper thighs and

chest.. but I pluck as fast as I find them .. as it's rather

embarrassing. My hair is to the middle of my back but it's very

dry.. I have to put a LOT of conditioners in it.. and leave in

conditioner too. I have to wash my hair every day though as I'm

overall very oily. My nails are dry and split. I have very tender

body parts if that makes sense. Like if my husband give me a wacke

on the rear end in fun.. it's like very painful. Or if someone

squeezes the area above my knees or above my elbows trying to tickle

me.. it doesn't tickle at all.. it hurts. I have diarrea or

constitpation. I just started taking Armour and I'm on the 4th

day. I have had normal stools since I started it. And this just

hasn't happpened since forever ago if ever. So I'm very optimistic

that Armour will help a lot of these areas. I get what I called

brain stints... or what I think of whenever you all say brain fog.

Words I wanna say can't seem to find their way out of my mouth. So I

say thins like " thing-a-ma-jig " or whatcha-ma-call-it " . When I get

to talk fast.. cuz I'm from the North.. and we do that.. but

whenever I do.. I have to really focus so I can get the words out as

fast as I'm trying to talk. A lot of the times whenever I can get

them out.. my kids think something is wrong because I'm very direct

and purposefull with my words. I do on occasion get frustrated and

have to talk it out with whomever is handy.. usually I'll end up

apologizing whenver I get done venting. I do a whole lot of crying.

Specially being in ministry.. whenever I'm pressing in prayer..

that's when I really notice my throat getting tight where I can't

hardly breath and my throat gets very dry. I have to take some very

long breaths. This is also a good example of when my neck will

cramp. THat's a very annoying side affect of this disease. I can't

stand for very long. Not any longer then 5 minutes. And especially

with my arthritis in my knees walking or standing for any period of

time doesn't work. My eyes itch a lot.. so wearing make-up doesn't

work.. but whenever I do.. it never fails.. my eyes will itch until

I get it all off it seems and then till I have holes in the sides of

my nose/eye area. Feels as if I can't itch it enough. I used to

have some acid reflux and I suppose I still do but I've been trying

to eat smaller meals.. just more frequently. I had lost 70 pds

before my daughters wedding.. but that was because I was on a all

liquid diet for two months. And as soon as I got off of it.. I

gained it all back and then some. I am on adipex so that was my

helper. I'm hoping to wean myself off of it. Right now I take it

in 37.5mg. And the reason I want to get off of it.. is becuz I know

their not good for a person.. specially with someone who has a

family history of floppy valves and heart issues. But the main

reason I want to get off of them is because I want to get healthy

and if Armour can do that and get me to have a normal metabolic rate

then I won't need it to loose weight. My body hopefully can do it on

it's own through proper diet and excercise. Good news is beside

being on Armour now.. my husband and I drew up the plans for our new

addition. And we are going to put in a swimspa, gym and sauna so

having those all so accessable and inside the house I should be able

to get my act together. This is my hope.

Well I'll be looking forward to your thoughts. Probably the most

important thing is if I can get my energy back.. I'd feel like my

old self again instead of always being tired. Oh that's the other

thing Adipex is doing for me right now. It's like a caffinee pill

without the carbonation or coffee stains.. = ) But truly it would

help me tremendously in fulfilling the calling on my life as far as

ministry goes.

Well I'll close for now. I had written this the other day.. and

whenever I got to send it. I lost everything.. and that's the other

reason why I took a couple of days off from reading and posting.. I

couldn't believe it. OOOOh I just thought of the other question I

was asked and that was who have I been seeing. Here's the list:

Dr Jia Endo

Dr Yen Endo

Dr C. McKenney - Rockwall and who gave me Armour and Diclofenac

Sodium 75 mg for arthritis. Although whenever I looked it up online

doesn't sound so good for people with a family history of strokes

and heart issues. Anyone else take this for arthritis? I did take

it one day.. and it was like a miracle drug. My legs didn't feel

any pain. The Doctors I still plan to see are: Dr Curanovia,

Dr Bessie Owens. Whom I'm considering if these other don't work

are; Dr. Devries, Dr Evanglina Castaneda out of Plano and Dr

Ramond Bixby out of Garland. Does any of those sound familiar??

Thank you.. for reading this long post.. and for any suggestions you

might have. The other thing I was wondering is what type of other

suppliments should I be taking. All I take now is Adipex and

Armour. Thanks again..

Connie

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> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > I was reading and couldn't help but notice you were in Dallas.

> > Can

> > > you tell me who is Dr. and where might a person find

> this

> > > Doctor? As I'm currently looking for a Doctor that not only

> will

> > > give me Armour but who also is knowledgeable when it comes to

> > > appropriate tests to do and what all Hashi's involves.

> > >

> > > Thanks Connie

> >

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Dr. McKenney, is an older Doc. Whenever he heard I wanted Armour

he simply said he was around whenever all there was, was Armour

thyroid and that he didn't have a problem at all in giving it out.

He started me on 1.5 grains or 90 mg. I was taking .125 of

Synthroid. I just seen him for the first time on Tuesday the 20th

of June. He wants to see me again in six weeks.

On Thursday the 15th prior to seeing Dr McKenney I had an

appointment to see the nurse practitioner in order for her to get my

blood and run some tests. She ran my TSH, total cholesterol,

triglycerides HDL, LDL and she ran an arthoritis panel. Whenever I

asked her if she was going to run my Free T3 and my Free T4 she said

he'd have to ask for it.

When finally meeting him on Tuesday, he said he had some other hypo

patients and was giving them Armour too. He also had a patient he

mentioned that wanted to stay on the synthroid but wanted just T3

and he said he prescribed that for her too. He was very flex and

did listen. He said in six weeks whenever I come they were going to

run a Free T3 and Free T4 and a TSH. I could tell by the way he was

acting towards me.. that he understood my pain. Oh and I'd say he's

probably in his 60's and is probably himself over 300 lbs. He also

mentioned that the arthoritis medication he gave me is the same

medicine he takes everyday.

Connie

> Sorry I've been in the zone the last couple of days. I re-hurt

my

> knee again and everything else just seemed a wee bit overwhelming.

> Anyways.. I'm back.. and I wanted to share as I believe it was you

> Jan that had asked me what symtoms have been like.. And the

biggest

> one is being overweight. Next is being achy and swollen joints.

> Acne.. and I've never had acne before.. not even as a teen. I'm 45

> yrs old now. I'm also growing hair on my chin..upper thighs and

> chest.. but I pluck as fast as I find them .. as it's rather

> embarrassing. My hair is to the middle of my back but it's very

> dry.. I have to put a LOT of conditioners in it.. and leave in

> conditioner too. I have to wash my hair every day though as I'm

> overall very oily. My nails are dry and split. I have very tender

> body parts if that makes sense. Like if my husband give me a wacke

> on the rear end in fun.. it's like very painful. Or if someone

> squeezes the area above my knees or above my elbows trying to

tickle

> me.. it doesn't tickle at all.. it hurts. I have diarrea or

> constitpation. I just started taking Armour and I'm on the 4th

> day. I have had normal stools since I started it. And this just

> hasn't happpened since forever ago if ever. So I'm very optimistic

> that Armour will help a lot of these areas. I get what I called

> brain stints... or what I think of whenever you all say brain fog.

> Words I wanna say can't seem to find their way out of my mouth. So

I

> say thins like " thing-a-ma-jig " or whatcha-ma-call-it " . When I get

> to talk fast.. cuz I'm from the North.. and we do that.. but

> whenever I do.. I have to really focus so I can get the words out

as

> fast as I'm trying to talk. A lot of the times whenever I can get

> them out.. my kids think something is wrong because I'm very

direct

> and purposefull with my words. I do on occasion get frustrated and

> have to talk it out with whomever is handy.. usually I'll end up

> apologizing whenver I get done venting. I do a whole lot of

crying.

> Specially being in ministry.. whenever I'm pressing in prayer..

> that's when I really notice my throat getting tight where I can't

> hardly breath and my throat gets very dry. I have to take some

very

> long breaths. This is also a good example of when my neck will

> cramp. THat's a very annoying side affect of this disease. I can't

> stand for very long. Not any longer then 5 minutes. And especially

> with my arthritis in my knees walking or standing for any period

of

> time doesn't work. My eyes itch a lot.. so wearing make-up doesn't

> work.. but whenever I do.. it never fails.. my eyes will itch

until

> I get it all off it seems and then till I have holes in the sides

of

> my nose/eye area. Feels as if I can't itch it enough. I used to

> have some acid reflux and I suppose I still do but I've been

trying

> to eat smaller meals.. just more frequently. I had lost 70 pds

> before my daughters wedding.. but that was because I was on a all

> liquid diet for two months. And as soon as I got off of it.. I

> gained it all back and then some. I am on adipex so that was my

> helper. I'm hoping to wean myself off of it. Right now I take it

> in 37.5mg. And the reason I want to get off of it.. is becuz I

know

> their not good for a person.. specially with someone who has a

> family history of floppy valves and heart issues. But the main

> reason I want to get off of them is because I want to get healthy

> and if Armour can do that and get me to have a normal metabolic

rate

> then I won't need it to loose weight. My body hopefully can do it

on

> it's own through proper diet and excercise. Good news is beside

> being on Armour now.. my husband and I drew up the plans for our

new

> addition. And we are going to put in a swimspa, gym and sauna so

> having those all so accessable and inside the house I should be

able

> to get my act together. This is my hope.

>

> Well I'll be looking forward to your thoughts. Probably the most

> important thing is if I can get my energy back.. I'd feel like my

> old self again instead of always being tired. Oh that's the other

> thing Adipex is doing for me right now. It's like a caffinee pill

> without the carbonation or coffee stains.. = ) But truly it would

> help me tremendously in fulfilling the calling on my life as far

as

> ministry goes.

>

> Well I'll close for now. I had written this the other day.. and

> whenever I got to send it. I lost everything.. and that's the

other

> reason why I took a couple of days off from reading and posting..

I

> couldn't believe it. OOOOh I just thought of the other question I

> was asked and that was who have I been seeing. Here's the list:

>

> Dr Jia Endo

> Dr Yen Endo

> Dr C. McKenney - Rockwall and who gave me Armour and Diclofenac

> Sodium 75 mg for arthritis. Although whenever I looked it up

online

> doesn't sound so good for people with a family history of strokes

> and heart issues. Anyone else take this for arthritis? I did take

> it one day.. and it was like a miracle drug. My legs didn't feel

> any pain. The Doctors I still plan to see are: Dr Curanovia,

> Dr Bessie Owens. Whom I'm considering if these other don't work

> are; Dr. Devries, Dr Evanglina Castaneda out of Plano and

Dr

> Ramond Bixby out of Garland. Does any of those sound familiar??

>

> Thank you.. for reading this long post.. and for any suggestions

you

> might have. The other thing I was wondering is what type of other

> suppliments should I be taking. All I take now is Adipex and

> Armour. Thanks again..

>

> Connie

>

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