Guest guest Posted May 1, 2001 Report Share Posted May 1, 2001 Hi Clare, I'm in Stansted, not a million miles from you. Hope you enjoy the list and perhaps we'll get to meet up sometime. Todman Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5) Mum to , 3 > Hello, > > My name is Clare and I'm a full time > mother to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2001 Report Share Posted May 1, 2001 In a message dated 01/05/01 21:18:19 GMT Daylight Time, nct-coffee writes: << Hello, My name is Clare and I'm a full time mother to >> Hi Clare - nice to see you here too! I'm a bit of a lurker in this group - lots of reading and very little time for replies!! Great group, though. Enjoy!! BTW do we have enough 'local' girlies for our very own egroup coffee session? ann SAHM to (15/1/86), Kirsty (5/6//87) and Ben (11/7/98). Editor Cambridge newsletter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 > How do you have a few more than me? > I didn't realize you lived in a zoo...or do you have house plants? > No, silly, I murder my houseplants too. I added up all YOUR creatures and got 42 living creatures not 34. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Ah.... So, someone on here does math like I do. LMAO! Georga Hackworth Men, can't live with them, can't trade them in for their weight in chocolate. April is Autism Awareness Month! Enter to win $50 in free books at www.ubah.com/F1549 Re: Introduction > > > How do you have a few more than me? > > I didn't realize you lived in a zoo...or do you have house plants? > > > No, silly, I murder my houseplants too. I added up all YOUR creatures and > got 42 living creatures not 34. > > Salli > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 LMAO! We should add Dakotas Giant Spider in there. Don't ask, just don't ask. This isn't an ASD thing, this is just a plain weird thing. Georga Hackworth Men, can't live with them, can't trade them in for their weight in chocolate. April is Autism Awareness Month! Enter to win $50 in free books at www.ubah.com/F1549 Re: Introduction > > > > > How do you have a few more than me? > > I didn't realize you lived in a zoo...or do you have house plants? > > > Of course if I add in Enrique's spiders... > > Salli > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 what dose of Synthroid were you on? What dose Armour? Are you splitting the Armour and taking it two times a day or more? Are you taking it under the tongue? Introduction Hello everybody! My name is Annemarie. I have been on Synthroid for 2 years. Two weeks ago I switched to Armour. I am having headaches and severe mood problems. Depression was one of my worst symptoms when I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism so this really concerns me. Did anyone here experience this when they switched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's just my opinion, but I think the problem is not the Armour, but that you have developed low adrenal problems and this is making it difficult to take the high T3 in Armour. This should get better with time. But, you might need to drop your dose just a little for about two weeks to give your adrenals a chance to adapt to the faster metabolic rate caused by Armour. do a Google search on " adrenal fatigue " and " adrenal hypofunction " and see if these symptoms match yours. The amount of thyroid circulating in the blood regulates the size and output of the adrenal glands. If hypothyroidism has been around a long time or if it has been undertreated, the glands become weak and do not have good reserves for stress. So, when you switch to more T3, it can be very hard on the adrenals. When the adrenals can't keep up with the faster metabolic rate caused by T3, then you get symptoms of thyroid excess, which causes the shakes, intolerance to stress, fatigue, headache, poor sleep, depression, weakness and many other symptoms. Adrenal hormones, expecially cortisol are needed for thyroid to work and for it to get into tissues. So, when adrenal function is inadequate for the amount of thyroid, thyroid hormone builds up in the blood and gives symptoms of thyroid excess. The adrenals take time to catch up. So, in this case thyroid dose raises need to be tiny and longer time needs to be waited before any more dose raises in order to give the adrenals time to recover between them. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi I can't imagine having to wait two months for test results. It takes a week with my daughter's insurance,and time stands still with that. Tomorrow she's having a scope done from the top down with her new GI team , and already we're anxiously waiting for the results. Thanks for the offer for her to talk with you. I hope she does try to connect with others her age dealing with this. No one else understands really what she is going through as a 20- something other than a 20-something. george Hi , > > I was thrown this curveball a year ago when i was 25. Being in what i thought was perfect > health i assumed the upper quadrant pain attacks i was having at work were just due to > something i was eating but when they didn't go away and i started having chills I knew > something more was wrong. LFT's through the roof had me in the hospital and after an > ERCP and two months of the fine Canadian health system taking forever to read me my > diagnosis (yeah left that out of his movies) I knew about PSC. > > Personally, I am just enjoying the time I have that I am in good health and I suggest you > recommend to your daughter the same and try and foster this. It's strange, moving out > made me even closer to my parents and this condition has further strengthened our > relationship. I don't take for granted morning phonecalls on the way to work, weekend > golf games or even just a meal together. > > I wish you and your daughter all the best and if she ever wants to discuss the condition > with another 20-something I'm more than happy to do so. > > All the best, > > > > dx PSC 07.07 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hi , Welcome to the group. I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter’s diagnosis. I have a 22 year old son who was diagnosed when he was 15. He has been with the UPMC group and they are wonderful. I hope you have your appointment with Dr. Chopra. I can’t say enough wonderful things about him and his knowledge of PSC. Do you live in the Pittsburgh area? If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask. My thoughts and prayers are with you all as you go through this difficult time. Joanne (mom of Todd, 22, psc 01, Crohns 02, tx twice 02, rPSC 05, diabetes 06, AIH overlap 08) On Behalf Of llihcsg We switched to a highly recommended GI team and liver specialist here in Pittsburgh at UPMC Presby,and are awaiting the results for a battery of tests and bloodwork done a few days ago. At the end of the month she will be scoped by the GI team from the ' throat down' to rule out Crohns. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1512 - Release Date: 06/21/08 9:27 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1514 - Release Date: 06/23/08 7:17 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks Joanne. Yes, I live in Monroeville, my daughter on the Northside. She's a nurse at Magee. I know of Dr. Chopra by name only. Her doctors are Baidoo for GI( doing the scope tomorrow) and Shaikh for liver.They both seem great and knowledgeable---thanks for the suggestion though, I'll keep him in mind. Hopefully there is an exchange of information, since all are in the same group. I'm just glad that we're with UPMC now after her diagnosis. Is there a local support group by chance for twenty-somethings dealing with this? george > Welcome to the group. I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter's diagnosis. > I have a 22 year old son who was diagnosed when he was 15. He has been with > the UPMC group and they are wonderful. I hope you have your appointment > with Dr. Chopra. I can't say enough wonderful things about him and his > knowledge of PSC. Do you live in the Pittsburgh area? If you need > anything, please don't hesitate to ask. My thoughts and prayers are with > you all as you go through this difficult time. > > > > Joanne (mom of Todd, 22, psc 01, Crohns 02, tx twice 02, rPSC 05, diabetes > 06, AIH overlap 08) > > > > > > On Behalf Of llihcsg > We switched to a highly recommended GI team and liver specialist here > in Pittsburgh at UPMC Presby,and are awaiting the results for a > battery of tests and bloodwork done a few days ago. > At the end of the month she will be scoped by the GI team from the ' > throat down' to rule out Crohns. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1512 - Release Date: 06/21/08 > 9:27 AM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1514 - Release Date: 06/23/08 > 7:17 AM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 , I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter's diagnosis. I wish my parents would reach out to a support group, I know they have been having a hard time dealing since I was diagnosed a few weeks ago. It's been very helpful for me to talk to people who aren't necessarily family or friends, so I would encourage your daughter to talk to a therapist or maybe spiritual counselor to help her make sense of what she is going through. Ruth UC-2000, Colectomy-2007, PSC-2008 > > I joined and have been following this list for two weeks now and > thought I'd introduce myself. > My name is -my 25 year old daughter( who is a nurse) was just > diagnosed with PSC a couple of weeks ago. > Needless to say this is ripping our hearts out and it's hard to > function right now watching what this is doing to her as a 25 year > old ready to start out her life. > She's a tough kid. > She was diagnosed with an agressive case of UC as a teen and had the > J Pouch surgery in high school. > She was having another bout with pouchitis that included severe back > pains (for the first time) when he GI doctor ordered tests that > confirmed PSC. > We switched to a highly recommended GI team and liver specialist here > in Pittsburgh at UPMC Presby,and are awaiting the results for a > battery of tests and bloodwork done a few days ago. > At the end of the month she will be scoped by the GI team from the ' > throat down' to rule out Crohns. > My wife and I are trying to learn as much as possible about this > disease and reading the posts here are so helpful. > I have a ton of questions but will wait for another post. > george > > george > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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