Re: since starting armour - a little long

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Kathy... Good to hear from you... I was starting to wonder where you went!! heheheheheh

Isn't that weird about the soda? You'd think with all the caffeine that it wouldn't do that.. but you can just feel that need to go curl up...

Hmmm.. your the first that has ever said that they prefer the taste of generic over Armour... interesting how we are so different.. I've not had a chance to try Armour yet... I started out with Nutri-meds Thyroid and then went to Time-Caps Labs.. they taste about the same to me...

Hurray for your doc!!! I'll be looking forward to seeing your labs...

Another hurray for the weight... when our bodies work right they don't want to be over weight.. they don't wont to have to do the extra work of hauling it around and maintaining it....

I don't have much by way of suggestion with the pain. I know for myself I was doing advil by the dozens at a time to control pain, but it did't go away... but as I got my hormone levels up and was able to sleep properly again the pain went... Oh, I still have my bad days... slept funny, over do it sometimes, but no more chronic pain and don't often take anything for it....

I'll be vibing at you... so that the frantic at work settles down, and the finances figure them selves out.. in the mean time have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:41:19 -0800 (PST) Kathy Kitzcat writes:

I'm almost a week behind in my emails from the group,but wanted to let y'all know that since starting onnatural thyroid replacement, I am finally feelingbetter. I was suprised that when I called to have mydoc call in a refill (which I forgot to ask for at mylast visit) the drug store gave me Armour and not thegeneric thyroid from Qualitest I took for the first 2months, and they charged me the same price. Thegeneric I was on did taste a little better than theArmour, but the Armour seems to dissolve a littlebetter under my tongue.Anyway, I got a card from the office that said my labwork was "normal", so I had to call the office andrequest a hard copy of my lab report. I will lety'all know what it says when I get it. We had adifference of opinion on what bloodwork to run, but hedid agree to run the free T3 along with free T4 andthe usual TSH. I'll be suprised if he didn't run mytriglyceride levels since I've been having so muchtrouble with them. The good news is that sincestarting the natural, I've actually lost a few lbs.with no effort or change in diet or eating patterns.Topper mentioned ingesting high fructose corn syrupaffecting her and giving her the "yawnies". Well Idrank a can of Mt. Dew this afternoon at work (it's myfavorite soda) and I've been feeling tired and sleepyall evening. I don't drink sodas very often, once aweek at most, so it's not usually something I notice. I just happened to read Topper's post and realizedthat, hey, I drank a soda this afternoon and I'mfeeling more sleepy than usual.Now I'm disgusted that I have to find yet another medfor my arthritis. It seems like EVERYTHING is comingunder investigation. I stopped taking Bextra and myblood pressure normalized, so I started takingstraight aspirin, 6 to 8 tabs a day. It was doing ok,but not great, so I decided to take Aleve/OTCNaprosyn. Now they are saying that it's causing heartattacks. I've only been taking it a few days and it'salso just doing ok for the pain so far. I'm onlytaking 3 to 4 a day of the 220 mg. otc tabs, but thelabel says not to take more than 3 in a 24 hourperiod. The dosage of the prescription Naprosyn is abit higher at 500 mg twice a day. I'm trying to getby with 2 tabs a day, but the weather has been sochangeable I've needed more. I'm also under a LOT ofstress this month with us being shorthanded at workand financial problems right now. I'm managing tokeep my head above water, but barely right now. Anygood vibes anyone wants to send my way will beappreciated. I'm very fortunate and I know it, butthe stress isn't helping my frame of mind right now.=====Kathy >^,,^<KitzCat146@...http://www.chaytongroup.com/modernbill/order/index.php?aid=ka081104http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/members/?kitzcatkitzcat2001 on Yahoo Messengerkitzcat on MSN Messenger

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Hi Kathy,

It is a bummer when they take your meds but I found that what the

doc gave me I needed more and more of, it was the Canadian version

of Celebrex. I also started having lots of nosebleeds so thought

that this was doing more harm than good. Investigated what there

was in alternatives and I am now taking 2 glucosamine sulfate and 2

calcium magnesium per day and have found that they have worked even

better for me than the rx did. Magnesium is a bit of a pain killer

and I think that recently the ratio has been changed with cal-mag.

You might not find the change in the bottles yet, but they are

saying that instead of 2 cal - 1 mag it should be the other way

round. Read that but can't remember where. Hope that this is of

help.

Dawn

> I'm almost a week behind in my emails from the group,

> but wanted to let y'all know that since starting on

> natural thyroid replacement, I am finally feeling

> better. I was suprised that when I called to have my

> doc call in a refill (which I forgot to ask for at my

> last visit) the drug store gave me Armour and not the

> generic thyroid from Qualitest I took for the first 2

> months, and they charged me the same price. The

> generic I was on did taste a little better than the

> Armour, but the Armour seems to dissolve a little

> better under my tongue.

> Anyway, I got a card from the office that said my lab

> work was " normal " , so I had to call the office and

> request a hard copy of my lab report. I will let

> y'all know what it says when I get it. We had a

> difference of opinion on what bloodwork to run, but he

> did agree to run the free T3 along with free T4 and

> the usual TSH. I'll be suprised if he didn't run my

> triglyceride levels since I've been having so much

> trouble with them. The good news is that since

> starting the natural, I've actually lost a few lbs.

> with no effort or change in diet or eating patterns.

>

> Topper mentioned ingesting high fructose corn syrup

> affecting her and giving her the " yawnies " . Well I

> drank a can of Mt. Dew this afternoon at work (it's my

> favorite soda) and I've been feeling tired and sleepy

> all evening. I don't drink sodas very often, once a

> week at most, so it's not usually something I notice.

> I just happened to read Topper's post and realized

> that, hey, I drank a soda this afternoon and I'm

> feeling more sleepy than usual.

>

> Now I'm disgusted that I have to find yet another med

> for my arthritis. It seems like EVERYTHING is coming

> under investigation. I stopped taking Bextra and my

> blood pressure normalized, so I started taking

> straight aspirin, 6 to 8 tabs a day. It was doing ok,

> but not great, so I decided to take Aleve/OTC

> Naprosyn. Now they are saying that it's causing heart

> attacks. I've only been taking it a few days and it's

> also just doing ok for the pain so far. I'm only

> taking 3 to 4 a day of the 220 mg. otc tabs, but the

> label says not to take more than 3 in a 24 hour

> period. The dosage of the prescription Naprosyn is a

> bit higher at 500 mg twice a day. I'm trying to get

> by with 2 tabs a day, but the weather has been so

> changeable I've needed more. I'm also under a LOT of

> stress this month with us being shorthanded at work

> and financial problems right now. I'm managing to

> keep my head above water, but barely right now. Any

> good vibes anyone wants to send my way will be

> appreciated. I'm very fortunate and I know it, but

> the stress isn't helping my frame of mind right now.

>

>

> =====

> Kathy >^,,^<

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> http://www.chaytongroup.com/modernbill/order/index.php?aid=ka081104

> http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/members/?kitzcat

> kitzcat2001 on Yahoo Messenger

> kitzcat on MSN Messenger

>

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--- topper2@... wrote:

> Kathy... Good to hear from you... I was starting to

> wonder where you

> went!! heheheheheh

Yeah, I don't usually go so long without opening my

big mouth at some point. )

> Isn't that weird about the soda? You'd think with

> all the caffeine that

> it wouldn't do that.. but you can just feel that

> need to go curl up...

It struck me as a bit strange because it really

doesn't seem to make much sense, but now that we know

about the high fructose corn syrup, it fits.

> Hmmm.. your the first that has ever said that they

> prefer the taste of

> generic over Armour... interesting how we are so

> different.. I've not had

> a chance to try Armour yet... I started out with

> Nutri-meds Thyroid and

> then went to Time-Caps Labs.. they taste about the

> same to me...

Not much difference to me either, but the Armour does

seem to dissolve a little faster.

> Hurray for your doc!!! I'll be looking forward to

> seeing your labs...

*HUMPH* I got the copy of my lab work in todays mail

and I just opened it. I am NOT a happy camper.

He didn't run the free T4's, he ordered the total. He

DID run the free T3, which is *barely* in normal

range, and as far as I'm concerned the TSH is still a

bit too high. I'm not knocking the meds, I DO feel

better than I have been, but I'm still not up to

speed, so to speak, and the depression is hitting me

harder right now with all the stress going on. He

ordered the same dose of meds and follow up on the

labs in 6 months. My lab work consisted of:

T4 total - 7.5 lab range 4.5 to 12.0

TSH - 2.230 lab range 0.46 to 4.70

Free T3 - 237 lab range 230 to 420

See why I'm not a happy camper? I think when I get my

tax refund back, I'm going to find an internist or a

DO for my thyroid. Maybe my ENT would work too. I do

need to see him to have my ears cleaned out and I can

certainly ask him about it then. I WILL have a chat

with him about what I'd like to see my levels sitting

at when I go see him again and why I'd like a dosage

increase.

> Another hurray for the weight... when our bodies

> work right they don't

> want to be over weight.. they don't wont to have to

> do the extra work of

> hauling it around and maintaining it....

And God knows at almost 430 lbs. I'm hauling around a

whole lot I'd like to dump. I'm just glad I'm getting

rid of what the bad triglyceride medication gave me.

I hope it continues. That's another thing that

surprises me he didn't check. That and testing me for

diabetes. He said he was going to, but I didn't

remind him and then he got off on a tangent about

running unnecessary labs, ie: why run them if it isn't

going to change the treatment.

> I don't have much by way of suggestion with the

> pain. I know for myself I

> was doing advil by the dozens at a time to control

> pain, but it did't go

> away... but as I got my hormone levels up and was

> able to sleep properly

> again the pain went... Oh, I still have my bad

> days... slept funny, over

> do it sometimes, but no more chronic pain and don't

> often take anything

> for it....

Well, since starting the natural, my arthritis hasn't

been bothering me as badly and I've managed it ok with

OTC meds for the time I've been on the natural. I

still have pain sometimes, but not constant aches like

I used to have.

> I'll be vibing at you... so that the frantic at work

> settles down, and

> the finances figure them selves out.. in the mean

> time have a MERRY

> CHRISTMAS.

Thanks, things were h*ll tonight, but I'm now

officially on a 5 day stretch of continuous days off.

I'm doing ok. Now if I could just get my coworkers to

pay me what I'm owed, it would be a little better, but

at least for now my head is above water.

=====

Kathy >^,,^<

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