Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Okay... valid.. but remember soy also affects conversion... so it doesn't matter when you eat it in relation to the taking of your hormone replacement..... PMS.. I have none... absolutly none.... No headaches, cramps, sore boobs, moodiness, bloating, pimples, nothing. I've done two things... Gotten my thyroid hormones where they need to be AND stopped using commerical feminine hygeine products. I learned about what that stuff is treated with and that the PMS medications are sold by the same folks that make the tampons and pads..... I now use washable pads that are chemical free. I'll shut up now.... Topper () * getting socks out to put on fingers so that I can't type anymore tonight... On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:50:06 -0500 jytdtp writes: On the flip side:I like soy and it helps during PMS and it’s filling, high in protein.I try not to eat any within 4 hours of my meds per my endo’s instructions, and yeah, the meds may need to be adjusted, but I am already not making my own thyroid hormone so it can and is controlled with drugs.Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Since I take both T4 and T3, I think that cover the conversion part. I have started losing a few pounds too, since I went added T3 almost a month ago And am hoping for the PMS to subside as well. In fact I just went through my first Cycle since starting the T3 and had no migraines, mild moodiness and much less bloating. I still had the pimples and what I call “whoosh head” <--- only way to explain it) but it was Much less severe than months / years/ decades gone by...so I am hopeful...ever hopeful Sue Okay... valid.. but remember soy also affects conversion... so it doesn't matter when you eat it in relation to the taking of your hormone replacement..... PMS.. I have none... absolutly none.... No headaches, cramps, sore boobs, moodiness, bloating, pimples, nothing. I've done two things... Gotten my thyroid hormones where they need to be AND stopped using commerical feminine hygeine products. I learned about what that stuff is treated with and that the PMS medications are sold by the same folks that make the tampons and pads..... I now use washable pads that are chemical free. I'll shut up now.... Topper () * getting socks out to put on fingers so that I can't type anymore tonight... On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:50:06 -0500 jytdtp writes: On the flip side: I like soy and it helps during PMS and it’s filling, high in protein. I try not to eat any within 4 hours of my meds per my endo’s instructions, and yeah, the meds may need to be adjusted, but I am already not making my own thyroid hormone so it can and is controlled with drugs. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I am allergic to cotton. I can wear it but the fibers bother me. Are the washable pads cotton or something else? I don't want to make my own pads or tampons. But that has occured to me why I get a lot of irritation and yeast infections around my period. I thought they used to be yeast infections... then I started getting a rash that would move up to the outside of my legs. Yeast infections don't do that to me. Also, I'm allergic to yeast and yogurt. It's interesting though, when I have an infection or have a rash from cotton, I will bathe in water with vinegar (no soap) and it goes away instantly. Re: to soy or not to Soy Okay... valid.. but remember soy also affects conversion... so it doesn't matter when you eat it in relation to the taking of your hormone replacement..... PMS.. I have none... absolutly none.... No headaches, cramps, sore boobs, moodiness, bloating, pimples, nothing. I've done two things... Gotten my thyroid hormones where they need to be AND stopped using commerical feminine hygeine products. I learned about what that stuff is treated with and that the PMS medications are sold by the same folks that make the tampons and pads..... I now use washable pads that are chemical free. I'll shut up now.... Topper () * getting socks out to put on fingers so that I can't type anymore tonight... On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:50:06 -0500 jytdtp writes: On the flip side:I like soy and it helps during PMS and it’s filling, high in protein.I try not to eat any within 4 hours of my meds per my endo’s instructions, and yeah, the meds may need to be adjusted, but I am already not making my own thyroid hormone so it can and is controlled with drugs.Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I am glad I am not the only one who doesn’t do spellcheck LOL. I am sitting here laughing my butt off at my last post and all the typos...lovin’ it. sue Since I take both T4 and T3, I think that cover the conversion part. I have started losing a few pounds too, since I went added T3 almost a month ago And am hoping for the PMS to subside as well. In fact I just went through my first Cycle since starting the T3 and had no migraines, mild moodiness and much less bloating. I still had the pimples and what I call “whoosh head” <--- only way to explain it) but it was Much less severe than months / years/ decades gone by...so I am hopeful...ever hopeful Sue Okay... valid.. but remember soy also affects conversion... so it doesn't matter when you eat it in relation to the taking of your hormone replacement..... PMS.. I have none... absolutly none.... No headaches, cramps, sore boobs, moodiness, bloating, pimples, nothing. I've done two things... Gotten my thyroid hormones where they need to be AND stopped using commerical feminine hygeine products. I learned about what that stuff is treated with and that the PMS medications are sold by the same folks that make the tampons and pads..... I now use washable pads that are chemical free. I'll shut up now.... Topper () * getting socks out to put on fingers so that I can't type anymore tonight... On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:50:06 -0500 jytdtp writes: On the flip side: I like soy and it helps during PMS and it’s filling, high in protein. I try not to eat any within 4 hours of my meds per my endo’s instructions, and yeah, the meds may need to be adjusted, but I am already not making my own thyroid hormone so it can and is controlled with drugs. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 If you choose to buy reusable pads I believe they are cotton... if you make your own you could use another absorbent fabric I would think.... for tampons.. you don't use an absorbent insert, you use an insertable little cup... I've not used that, I make my own pads.... The cup is called 'The Keeper' you can google it... the pads... I have a link that shows how to make them for yourself, that site also sells them if you want to buy... If I'd known my periods would still be coming, I'm 48 now, I'd have invested in a keeper.. but I had this idea that it wouldn't be lasting much longer when I made the switch a little over three years ago. I had been a tampon person.. but the improvements I've experienced from not using the stuff with the chemicals.... I'll deal with the pads and washing any day before dealing with feeling crappy. http://pacificcoast.net/~manymoons/howto.html I know some folks are allergic to cotton... but I'm curious... are you sure it's the fabric and not the detergent or products that you use for washing? The thought comes to mind that if the vinegar is improving symptoms.... vinegar is used as an 'organic' rinse by folks in a homesteading group that I belong to. They say that vinegar rinses for laundry remove ALL the by products left behind by detergents leaving them truly clean.... so that has my brain wondering if the vinegar is doing some thing like that for your skin??? I'm curious about stuff like this... not trying to be nosey... Topper () On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:03:33 -0400 " Teague" writes: I am allergic to cotton. I can wear it but the fibers bother me. Are the washable pads cotton or something else? I don't want to make my own pads or tampons. But that has occured to me why I get a lot of irritation and yeast infections around my period. I thought they used to be yeast infections... then I started getting a rash that would move up to the outside of my legs. Yeast infections don't do that to me. Also, I'm allergic to yeast and yogurt. It's interesting though, when I have an infection or have a rash from cotton, I will bathe in water with vinegar (no soap) and it goes away instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 You have to be conversive in the language and spelling of IM and emails to survive here.... and yes... it is a joy to catch the typos and goofed up wording ..... I turn beet red, at times, looking at some of mine.... hehehee Topper () On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:24:11 -0500 jytdtp writes: I am glad I am not the only one who doesn’t do spellcheck LOL.I am sitting here laughing my butt off at my last post and all the typos...lovin’ it.sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I love using vinegar in my laundry, I dump a little in when I do each load, and it takes that stinky sweaty smell out of my husband's shirts, where all other detergents just simply don't touch it. It also makes your towels nice and fluffy. Vinegar is good for all sorts of things, just google something like " household uses for vinegar " or probably even just the word vinegar, and you'll come up with tons of stuff. " The Queen of Clean " uses vinegar and baking soda and simple things like that to clean her entire house, they work great and are not harsh like chemicals. I use her tips on a lot of things now, but I still use chemicals for some stuff. If you choose to buy reusable pads I believe they are cotton... if you make your own you could use another absorbent fabric I would think.... for tampons.. you don't use an absorbent insert, you use an insertable little cup... I've not used that, I make my own pads.... The cup is called 'The Keeper' you can google it... the pads... I have a link that shows how to make them for yourself, that site also sells them if you want to buy... If I'd known my periods would still be coming, I'm 48 now, I'd have invested in a keeper.. but I had this idea that it wouldn't be lasting much longer when I made the switch a little over three years ago. I had been a tampon person.. but the improvements I've experienced from not using the stuff with the chemicals.... I'll deal with the pads and washing any day before dealing with feeling crappy. http://pacificcoast.net/~manymoons/howto.html I know some folks are allergic to cotton... but I'm curious... are you sure it's the fabric and not the detergent or products that you use for washing? The thought comes to mind that if the vinegar is improving symptoms.... vinegar is used as an 'organic' rinse by folks in a homesteading group that I belong to. They say that vinegar rinses for laundry remove ALL the by products left behind by detergents leaving them truly clean.... so that has my brain wondering if the vinegar is doing some thing like that for your skin??? I'm curious about stuff like this... not trying to be nosey... Topper () On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:03:33 -0400 " Teague " <misswindjammer@... > writes: I am allergic to cotton. I can wear it but the fibers bother me. Are the washable pads cotton or something else? I don't want to make my own pads or tampons. But that has occured to me why I get a lot of irritation and yeast infections around my period. I thought they used to be yeast infections... then I started getting a rash that would move up to the outside of my legs. Yeast infections don't do that to me. Also, I'm allergic to yeast and yogurt. It's interesting though, when I have an infection or have a rash from cotton, I will bathe in water with vinegar (no soap) and it goes away instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Supplementing with T3 helps many of us, it's like priming the pump... but we're still very much dependant on conversion. The research is showing that some 80% of the T4 stored in our bodies is converted to T3. Adding direct T3 will lessen, by a small degree, what our bodies need but we still need to have sufficient conversion to provide the amounts of T3, T2, and T1 that our bodies need to function... The direct T3 that you take is either taken up by receptor sites or passed from the body in about 4 hours after taking it... after than, unless you keep dosing the direct T3, in quantities sufficient to support your bodies needs, you are again dependant on your body's conversion rate to keep your body function the next 20 hours of the day.... I'm not trying to be a poop.... but understanding all the chemistry of this hormone stuff makes it easier for us to see how this stuff works with dosage and timing and source.... The fact that you are seeing such definite improvements shows how much your body really needed the T3 for function... that's a GOOD thing..... Does anyone remember what the pimple thing is.... ? Is it excess estrogen or testosterone that causes the pimples that come with periods? Topper () On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:58:14 -0500 jytdtp writes: Since I take both T4 and T3, I think that cover the conversion part.I have started losing a few pounds too, since I went added T3 almost a month agoAnd am hoping for the PMS to subside as well. In fact I just went through my firstCycle since starting the T3 and had no migraines, mild moodiness and much less bloating.I still had the pimples and what I call “whoosh head” <--- only way to explain it) but it wasMuch less severe than months / years/ decades gone by...so I am hopeful...ever hopeful :)Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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