Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Wow, Debra, What a heartwarming story! (Not the accident, but that everyone now has a chance to feel NORMAL!) You must feel very gratified! Thanks for sharing! in Va. Hi everyone, Just wanted to share my recent Holiday experience with you all, and who knows I may be able to help some of you out. All weekend I was sick with an intestinal virus. Sunday I was laying on the couch and heard a huge crash and a horrible scream. I looked out the window and my 13 yr old Westie, Kayley had been hit by a car. Apparently my dh was watering the garden (we live in S FL) and accidently left the gate open. OMG it was horrible, an 87 year old man was behind the wheel and just kept on going (my neighbor followed him) Anyway, she was in shock and of course we took her to animal emergency room and the next day our regular Vet. Monday I had my appt with my Endo. I had always been suspicous of my 21 year old daughter maybe being hypo. She has fatige, devistating anxiety attacks, depression....on and on. But the only answer I could ever get is Throid is in normal ranges. I finally went to her Shrinks office with her and demanded a copy of her test results. All they checked was TSH, 3.96. I could literally kill these Doctors, they've had her on antidepressants and Zanex for two years. Of course my Endo said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when I showed him the test and he'd check for antibodies, do the free's and start her on a trial of Armour. Tuesday, the Vet called and said Kayley was ready to be picked up, just one thing: he had checked her for Hypothroidism and guess what??? I just started laughing uncontolably. I think the Vet thought I was losing it! (maybe I was) But here's the good news. I convinced him to treat her with Armour! Thanks Val and Roxanna for your expertise. I faxed him info from the Armour site along with the dosing info Roxanna had emailed me. He calls me last night and asks me how he wants me to call this in to Pharmacy. It seems dogs need twice as much Thyroid as humans. She'll eventually be on about 4-5 grains. He actually asked me if I wanted him to prescibe it for me so my insurance would pay for it! I said no, I think they might become a little alarmed if it looked like I was taking 7 grains a day! So, the moral of this story is always act on your hunches. My husband gave me greif every time I said I think my daughter or my dog was Hypo. Said I was paranoid and seeing it in everyone. Well, if the shoe fits....he's next. Also, if you have a friendly Vet this may be a way to get our Armour. I consider this the Armour Revolution and all is fair in love and war! Charge!!!!! Debbie ps Kayley has been on Armour since tuesday and is now trotting when I take her for a walk! -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Wow, Debra, What a heartwarming story! (Not the accident, but that everyone now has a chance to feel NORMAL!) You must feel very gratified! Thanks for sharing! in Va. Hi everyone, Just wanted to share my recent Holiday experience with you all, and who knows I may be able to help some of you out. All weekend I was sick with an intestinal virus. Sunday I was laying on the couch and heard a huge crash and a horrible scream. I looked out the window and my 13 yr old Westie, Kayley had been hit by a car. Apparently my dh was watering the garden (we live in S FL) and accidently left the gate open. OMG it was horrible, an 87 year old man was behind the wheel and just kept on going (my neighbor followed him) Anyway, she was in shock and of course we took her to animal emergency room and the next day our regular Vet. Monday I had my appt with my Endo. I had always been suspicous of my 21 year old daughter maybe being hypo. She has fatige, devistating anxiety attacks, depression....on and on. But the only answer I could ever get is Throid is in normal ranges. I finally went to her Shrinks office with her and demanded a copy of her test results. All they checked was TSH, 3.96. I could literally kill these Doctors, they've had her on antidepressants and Zanex for two years. Of course my Endo said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when I showed him the test and he'd check for antibodies, do the free's and start her on a trial of Armour. Tuesday, the Vet called and said Kayley was ready to be picked up, just one thing: he had checked her for Hypothroidism and guess what??? I just started laughing uncontolably. I think the Vet thought I was losing it! (maybe I was) But here's the good news. I convinced him to treat her with Armour! Thanks Val and Roxanna for your expertise. I faxed him info from the Armour site along with the dosing info Roxanna had emailed me. He calls me last night and asks me how he wants me to call this in to Pharmacy. It seems dogs need twice as much Thyroid as humans. She'll eventually be on about 4-5 grains. He actually asked me if I wanted him to prescibe it for me so my insurance would pay for it! I said no, I think they might become a little alarmed if it looked like I was taking 7 grains a day! So, the moral of this story is always act on your hunches. My husband gave me greif every time I said I think my daughter or my dog was Hypo. Said I was paranoid and seeing it in everyone. Well, if the shoe fits....he's next. Also, if you have a friendly Vet this may be a way to get our Armour. I consider this the Armour Revolution and all is fair in love and war! Charge!!!!! Debbie ps Kayley has been on Armour since tuesday and is now trotting when I take her for a walk! -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Wow, Debra, What a heartwarming story! (Not the accident, but that everyone now has a chance to feel NORMAL!) You must feel very gratified! Thanks for sharing! in Va. Hi everyone, Just wanted to share my recent Holiday experience with you all, and who knows I may be able to help some of you out. All weekend I was sick with an intestinal virus. Sunday I was laying on the couch and heard a huge crash and a horrible scream. I looked out the window and my 13 yr old Westie, Kayley had been hit by a car. Apparently my dh was watering the garden (we live in S FL) and accidently left the gate open. OMG it was horrible, an 87 year old man was behind the wheel and just kept on going (my neighbor followed him) Anyway, she was in shock and of course we took her to animal emergency room and the next day our regular Vet. Monday I had my appt with my Endo. I had always been suspicous of my 21 year old daughter maybe being hypo. She has fatige, devistating anxiety attacks, depression....on and on. But the only answer I could ever get is Throid is in normal ranges. I finally went to her Shrinks office with her and demanded a copy of her test results. All they checked was TSH, 3.96. I could literally kill these Doctors, they've had her on antidepressants and Zanex for two years. Of course my Endo said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when I showed him the test and he'd check for antibodies, do the free's and start her on a trial of Armour. Tuesday, the Vet called and said Kayley was ready to be picked up, just one thing: he had checked her for Hypothroidism and guess what??? I just started laughing uncontolably. I think the Vet thought I was losing it! (maybe I was) But here's the good news. I convinced him to treat her with Armour! Thanks Val and Roxanna for your expertise. I faxed him info from the Armour site along with the dosing info Roxanna had emailed me. He calls me last night and asks me how he wants me to call this in to Pharmacy. It seems dogs need twice as much Thyroid as humans. She'll eventually be on about 4-5 grains. He actually asked me if I wanted him to prescibe it for me so my insurance would pay for it! I said no, I think they might become a little alarmed if it looked like I was taking 7 grains a day! So, the moral of this story is always act on your hunches. My husband gave me greif every time I said I think my daughter or my dog was Hypo. Said I was paranoid and seeing it in everyone. Well, if the shoe fits....he's next. Also, if you have a friendly Vet this may be a way to get our Armour. I consider this the Armour Revolution and all is fair in love and war! Charge!!!!! Debbie ps Kayley has been on Armour since tuesday and is now trotting when I take her for a walk! -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Yes, very heartwarming! I must of missed this story. I have so many emails in my box that my computer was freezing up. I just had to delete them without reading. Can't get to them all, sorry. Kathy RE: Armour for Kayley Wow, Debra, What a heartwarming story! (Not the accident, but that everyone now has a chance to feel NORMAL!) You must feel very gratified! Thanks for sharing! in Va. Hi everyone, Just wanted to share my recent Holiday experience with you all, and who knows I may be able to help some of you out. All weekend I was sick with an intestinal virus. Sunday I was laying on the couch and heard a huge crash and a horrible scream. I looked out the window and my 13 yr old Westie, Kayley had been hit by a car. Apparently my dh was watering the garden (we live in S FL) and accidently left the gate open. OMG it was horrible, an 87 year old man was behind the wheel and just kept on going (my neighbor followed him) Anyway, she was in shock and of course we took her to animal emergency room and the next day our regular Vet. Monday I had my appt with my Endo. I had always been suspicous of my 21 year old daughter maybe being hypo. She has fatige, devistating anxiety attacks, depression....on and on. But the only answer I could ever get is Throid is in normal ranges. I finally went to her Shrinks office with her and demanded a copy of her test results. All they checked was TSH, 3.96. I could literally kill these Doctors, they've had her on antidepressants and Zanex for two years. Of course my Endo said the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when I showed him the test and he'd check for antibodies, do the free's and start her on a trial of Armour. Tuesday, the Vet called and said Kayley was ready to be picked up, just one thing: he had checked her for Hypothroidism and guess what??? I just started laughing uncontolably. I think the Vet thought I was losing it! (maybe I was) But here's the good news. I convinced him to treat her with Armour! Thanks Val and Roxanna for your expertise. I faxed him info from the Armour site along with the dosing info Roxanna had emailed me. He calls me last night and asks me how he wants me to call this in to Pharmacy. It seems dogs need twice as much Thyroid as humans. She'll eventually be on about 4-5 grains. He actually asked me if I wanted him to prescibe it for me so my insurance would pay for it! I said no, I think they might become a little alarmed if it looked like I was taking 7 grains a day! So, the moral of this story is always act on your hunches. My husband gave me greif every time I said I think my daughter or my dog was Hypo. Said I was paranoid and seeing it in everyone. Well, if the shoe fits....he's next. Also, if you have a friendly Vet this may be a way to get our Armour. I consider this the Armour Revolution and all is fair in love and war! Charge!!!!! Debbie ps Kayley has been on Armour since tuesday and is now trotting when I take her for a walk! -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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