Guest guest Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Curiosity here.. Why are you taking meds? Surgery, RAI or??? Topper () On Fri, 07 May 2004 04:09:59 -0000 " healthseeker50ish " writes: > Hi ! I am new here, have been reading for 3 days now, interesting > site. Some one was asking about armour in Canada, up here what we > get is dessicated thyroid, I get mine from a compounding pharmacy. > It is expensive, but so worth the price. I was on synthroid for 14 > years before switching to thyroid about 2 1/2 years ago. Just > looked > at the bottle and it says Thyroid (armoured), comes in capsules. > By the way I live in Calgary, Alberta. > > O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 I am 50 years old, hashimotos, hypothyroidism, vitiligo December 1987 I had hysterectomy for abnormal cells on the cervix which had been treated for 2 years with cryosurgery and waiting and it just kept coming back. Because of family history it was decided hysterectomy was the best option. I already had 3 children + 1 step daughter. This was back in the " old " days when you went in the hospital the night before surgery and they did blood tests, the Doctor came in the morning and sent me home because my thyroid was so low, he said if he operated then that I wouldn't have made it off the table, put on high thyroid dose for 1 month and then had surgery. Took over a year to heal internally (think maybe the thyroid dose wasn't optimized ??) Anyway put on synthroid and stayed on that for 14 years, felt lousy, depressed, put on weight etc. Took prozac for 2 winters made things worse, told to go home and take it easy, what do you expect with 3 children under five of course you are tired. Should have clued in then but was raised that Doctors were Gods. Finally 2 1/2 years ago decided I had enough and decided to start looking after myself. The old Doctor retired and I found a new one who is willing to work with me. He ran thyroid antibody and told me I have Hashimotos. I also had him run some more tests last week my ferritin is at 4, B12 is low and hemoglobin is low. TSH 1.42 range (.2-6.) Free T3 5.1 range (2.7-5.7) Free T4 7.9 range (8-22) This was on 150 mg dessicated thyroid (supposed to be equal to armour) I have since upped thyroid by 1/4 grain. Am taking vege based iron, B12, B complex and multivitamin + calcium- potassium, magnesium combo. Been on the iron for 6 days now and already am feeling better. Would like some advice as to the low Free T4, I thought T3 & T4 were suposed to both be in the high normal range. Oh! I am also in menopause and just started with natural progestrone cream, (sore breasts, night sweats ) The more I learn about this thyroid the more I realize that I have probably had it long before it was diagnosed. Thanks for listening and any advice would be greatly appreciated. O'Reilly > Curiosity here.. Why are you taking meds? Surgery, RAI or??? > > Topper () > > On Fri, 07 May 2004 04:09:59 -0000 " healthseeker50ish " > <healthseeker50ish@y...> writes: > > Hi ! I am new here, have been reading for 3 days now, interesting > > site. Some one was asking about armour in Canada, up here what we > > get is dessicated thyroid, I get mine from a compounding pharmacy. > > It is expensive, but so worth the price. I was on synthroid for 14 > > years before switching to thyroid about 2 1/2 years ago. Just > > looked > > at the bottle and it says Thyroid (armoured), comes in capsules. > > By the way I live in Calgary, Alberta. > > > > O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Hi and thanks ! I actually got ahold of Pfizer Canada yesterday, and they DO make " THYROID " . They call it thyroid hormone. If you don't want to go to a compounding pharmacy, you can get these (I will bet) for a lot cheaper. After I got that info, I did find a Canadian pharmacy that selld to the US, and you can get 500 tablets for about $50 US, so I would imagine us Canadians can get it cheaper than that. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 The best B-12 to take is the sublingual " methyl " type...more than likely you have an absorption problem so you would want to take it under the tongue to get it directly into the blood stream.....iherb.com has some great brands of it....can't usually find it in the stores....methylcobalmin (sp?)....Jarrow brand is what we get.....1000 mcg a day....also take some extra doses of folic acid if you aren't already......sue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In NaturalThyroidHormones , " healthseeker50ish " I have since upped thyroid by 1/4 grain. Am taking vege based iron, B12, B complex and multivitamin + calcium- potassium, magnesium combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Welcome, When you had your hysterectomy, unless they left your ovaries, you went into menopause at that time. With no uterus you might not need progesterone. Louise > I am 50 years old, hashimotos, hypothyroidism, vitiligo > > December 1987 I had hysterectomy for abnormal cells on the cervix > which had been treated for 2 years with cryosurgery and waiting and > it just kept coming back. Because of family history it was decided > hysterectomy was the best option. I already had 3 children + 1 step > daughter. This was back in the " old " days when you went in the > hospital the night before surgery and they did blood tests, the > Doctor came in the morning and sent me home because my thyroid was so > low, he said if he operated then that I wouldn't have made it off > Oh! I am also in menopause and just started with natural progestrone > cream, (sore breasts, night sweats ) > > The more I learn about this thyroid the more I realize that I have > probably had it long before it was diagnosed. > > Thanks for listening and any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > O'Reilly > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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