Guest guest Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Ok... I think I'm on the tail end of a conversation here, but I just can't keep up. This just really caught my attention because what your telling Angie to document is some things my daughter does i.e. chews on pen lids, and the other night my son said she had been sleeping. She fell through her door(we live in an old trailer), the door fell down, she laid there a good five minutes, like she was asleep, and finally got up and got on the couch. She has no recollection. Does this have anything to do with the thyroid? She runs low temps too. I have had her thyroid tested, and it has turned out fine everytime. I don't know the results, I misplaced them, but her frees as well as her TSH were tested. > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >Subject: Re: To or Gossimer >Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:06:12 -0000 > >Hi Angie, >You are not a BAD MOM!!! Don't you ever say that again...!!! >You are a GREAT MOM, who is concerned about her family and their >health!!! > >Unless you were/are trained in Nursing or Chemisty or Lab, or... >tracking results, how would you know what to chart??? > >I guess I'm lucky, in that I was a nurse a long time ago and still >remember the tedious task of the old fashioned method of paper >charting. > >If its on paper, and in chart format, the Doctors are more apt to >look at it. As for the temp and weight, I'd put them onto graph >paper, as well as written out. I'd make the optimum temperature line >of 98.6 in bright red and then make the dots in some color that is >contrasting and jumps off the page. All the dots below the red in >one color and all the dots above the line a different color(quieter >color). > >Bed times also help and sleep patterns of her sleep. i.e. quiet, >restless, foot kicking, arm throwing, etc... > >One thing that I would also note, (this is going to extremes but to >fully diagnose what is happening, a good doctor needs to know all >sources of input into the body), is if she eats anything not offered >to her, i.e. dirt, house plants or plants outside, chews on pencils > & pens, finger nails, finger chewing.... > >Its always surprising to me, what minor thing/behavior may trigger a >whole new angle of investigations. Or in some cases take the >BLINDERS off of the Doctors eyes. > >Gossimer > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 We have the ear thermometer, so is that basal? We used to use the electronic ones that you put in your mouth, and they were low then too, but I guess that is still basal. > >Reply-To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group >Subject: Re: To or Gossimer >Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 08:04:56 -0000 > >Hi , >Well, chewing on lids could just be a sign of concentration or >boredom and wanting to chew on something. > >In the message that you were commenting on, I was looking for >sourses of possible nutrients (minerals) that the child was trying >to get from eating things out of the ordinary. i.e. dirt eating may >or may not indicate missing minerals in her system. > >In order to help you with your daughter, we would need to ask you >what do you see in your daughter that makes you think that she may >have Thyroid problems? > >I know for me, I am a very slow waker and sliding off of the sofa >onto the floor wouldn't wake me up, providing I was in a deep sleep. >Now, a jolt or an alarm would have me on my feet in a second. >It all depends upon your daughters sleep habits. > >As for her temps, are you taking them by mouth with a digital or old >fashioned mercury themometer or by basal method? > >Gossimer > > > > Ok... I think I'm on the tail end of a conversation here, but >I just > > can't keep up. This just really caught my attention because >what your > > telling Angie to document is some things my daughter does i.e. >chews on pen > > lids, and the other night my son said she had been sleeping. She >fell > > through her door(we live in an old trailer), the door fell down, >she laid > > there a good five minutes, like she was asleep, and finally got up >and got > > on the couch. She has no recollection. Does this have anything to >do with > > the thyroid? She runs low temps too. I have had her thyroid >tested, and it > > has turned out fine everytime. I don't know the results, I >misplaced them, > > but her frees as well as her TSH were tested. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 I'm not sure.. but I think ear thermometers are only fever thermometers.. to check for elevated temp (above normal).... Topper () On Tue, 11 May 2004 08:28:41 -0500 " " writes: > We have the ear thermometer, so is that basal? We used to use the > electronic ones that you put in your mouth, and they were low then > too, but > I guess that is still basal. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 No, that is not basal. It needs to be the old type, but if you have nothing but the digital, then that would be ok. The ear thermometers are not accurate, no matter what they say. Our medical facility got rid of a whole slew of them. RE: Re: To or Gossimer > We have the ear thermometer, so is that basal? We used to use the > electronic ones that you put in your mouth, and they were low then too, but > I guess that is still basal. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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