Hi Celia!

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snip>Hi Donna, you bet we put the dogs first, just back from the vets this

minute!!:-))

I was there day before yesterday <VBG> I think it's wonderful to be able to

phone the vet this morning, get in this afternoon, quite unlike docs, even

my GP, whom I have to wait two weeks to see! In my next life I'm coming

back as a dog! Glad to hear about Rosie - have you got her on PS?

snip>My GP has never heard of Armour so I am thinking of self treating. I

am going to see a Dr Peatfield the Doc who wrote " The Great Thyroid Scandal "

who does not practice conventional medicine anymore.

There was a thread just last week I believe about docs in UK who prescribe

Armour etc. You could work backwards too, find a compounding chemist who

makes it and through them, which docs prescribe it? I was surprised at my

endo's reaction to it - he was very happy for me to try it, and said he has

a few patients on it who all swear by it. I have definitely been " self

treating " for the last 4ish years as my GP throws up his hands in despair

when he sees me coming, says I blame everything on my thyroid. Finally

three months ago referred me to an endo as he doesn't know what to do with

me.

snip>I never knew you had the Big C. That is awesome and scary, how did you

cope?

It was all an anticlimax really - had a lump in my throat which was watched

for months, then referred to surgeon who said if it's cancer, when we

operate, your whole gland is coming out. That scared me witless as I was

only 32, but that was not meant to be as that surgeon required surgery

himself and I was referred to a new surgeon who agreed to do a hemi. He

also said very unlikely it was cancer, so we all went into surgery not

terribly worried, I woke up and got the news that it was papillary

carcinoma, you've been " cured " surgically, go home and get on with life.

About 10% of people have these cancers as shown in autopsy, they've very

slow growing (until they metastasise), so if you must have cancer, then I

guess it's not too bad. I fought tooth and nail to stay off thyroxine, but

within two months of surgery my GP, a specialist endo (who saw me once only)

and my nat'path at the time all insisted that I must take it, which was

silly as I had only had one blood test and felt quite okay - but I bowed

under pressure - wasn't til afterwards I found out once you start, terribly

difficult to get off it - complicated again as I then became pregnant with

Number 3. I regret ever taking thyroxine and although probably everyone

will pooh-pooh me, I'm sure it's contributed to the Hashi's.

snip>I think I shall be alone in this, but they have cocked my health up for

so long they have had their chance.. Now I go elsewhere. I have high

blood pressure and the Dr says this has caused my heart to enlarge, but

methinks thyroid has had a part to play in this, Dr's will not admit it -

how could they??

So when you find the doc you're happy with, do you feel you could consult an

alternative therapist and do the holistic thing? Something I've picked up

from here which was vaguely mentioned by the endo was to take selenium with

the next meal after the thyroid medication, don't know if you've read that

anywhere yet.

snip>I continue to feel like a washed out dishrag!!

Well have a good lie down! Must admit since switching to Armour am noticing

swings of tiredness rather than just generally tired all day. Definitely

think I should split the dose - if only the damn thing had come in tablets

rather than capsules!

Donna in Oz.