GOT MY RESULTS!!

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My GP dr. finally got back from vacation & called me yesterday with

my latest blood test results. Here they are tho I haven't a clue

what to make of them or how to remedy them. Hoping someone else can

shed some light on these numbers for me. Remember I'm now on

l 3/4 grains generic Armour since starting at l/4 grain prescribed

by my GP on Nov 3rd & increasing myself. Comments on the ranges are

by my dr.:

TSH - .3 (.4-.50 range) Last results in October on Synthroid was .23

Antibodies - micro..73 (s/b less than 2 so this is way too high)

Antibodies - thyroglob...8 (s/b less than 7)

Mercury - 4 (-10 is good)

Ferritin - 52 (range: 20-288)

T3 uptake - 26 (range: 22-35)

T4 - 6 - (range: 4.5-12.5)

Free T3 - 0.87 (range: 0.8 -1.8)

Cortisol - 9.7 - (range: 3-22)

FYI, I did not take any Armour at all the morning I had the blood

draw or the results might have been different if I had.

Based on these results, my NP referred me to an endocrinologist

saying it's way too complicated & difficult to adjust so I need a

specialist. When I asked the endo's office if he prescribed Armour,

they said no...he mostly prescribes Levoxyl & other things. So I

refused to have an appt with him & told my NP I wanted a dr/endo.

who was proficient in thyroid adjustments & prescribes Armour.

She said if I was going to make that my qualifying reason for seeing

a specialist I prolly wouldn't find one. But she offered to have her

office keep trying to find one who does. So I'm waiting to hear from

them about an endo that prescribes Armour & knows what they're

doing. What are my chances in this financially depressed rural

farming, LOL!

Anyway that's where I'm at with this right now...I don't have any

doctor at all now since I fired all the others & now this GP dr.

seems to have fired me & I have no endo either.

I've also now got GERD/Acid Reflux super bad & am greatly worried

about it & the damage it might have been causing for many years

since I never knew I had it but recently found out I do by reading

about it online. I've been having burning lungs, esophagus & chest

for years off & on but never knew it was acid reflux. I thought it

was being caused by the out-gassing in my new home & maybe some of

it is. Plus eating some wrong foods but not ALL foods...sheesh!! I'm

afraid I've got an ulcer too & maybe worse other intestinal

digestive problems or lung, heart, etc problems I may not even be

aware of. I'm very worried about all this.

But I've got to modify my diet a whole lot now & not sure what to

eat or drink anymore as everything seems to make it worse. The only

thing that calms it down or stops the painful burning is sucking on

ice cubes. I tried eating blueberry sorbet cuz blueberries,

according to Dr. Mercola & others online, are supposed to be so

healing. But there's evaporated cane juice (sugar) in it so I guess

that's aggravating me too. Tho it's coldness sure feels good going

down & it tastes wonderful. But I guess I'm going to have to stop

eating that too. Sighhhhh

I'm also hoping I can go on & stay on a raw foods, mostly green

veggies diet & juice fasting. But my self-discipline on that score

has been in the toilet for a long time now so don't know if I can do

it again or even if it will help heal the GERD. My belly is swollen,

bloated & distended & I'm in a lot of low back pain because of that

too. So prolly my old candida is flaring up again as well. And

apparently my digestive system is shot.

I'm also taking other stuff I got at the health food store for

it....enzymes before meals, aloe vera, colostrum & a probiotic...all

super expensive stuff I have to take between meals with expensive

stuff I have to drink 'tween meals too. I've been on a liver flush

formula for about a month now & it seems to be making all that worse

instead of better.

So this is all very difficult. I'm not getting much sleep because of

the GERD burning so am super tired all the time & have had chronic

fatigue before this so now that's way worse as well. I've had to

elevate the head of my bed but it's not helping much & trying to

sleep that way is hurting my back & neck which has been problematic

for 40 years anyway.

I've got bad dental problems I need a lot of dental work for as well

& should have an orthopedist & /or chiropractor or & /or

accupuncturist for my spinal problems & pain ongoing as well I

suppose. But I cannot afford any of those right now because I'm

spending so much on just the supplements, labs & other doctors. I

also now have cataracts in my eyes which the opthamology exam

yesterday revealed & need new glasses & later surgery.

I'm running out of the $little$ I have left in my $savings$ & what

will I do when it's gone? Rob a bank? Or just suffer until I die,

prolly sooner rather than later at the rate I'm falling apart here?

Caroline