Re: Update on my Progress

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In a message dated 3/29/00 11:52:15 AM Central Standard Time,

lb_lion@... writes:

<< She won't tell me what she gave me, >>

This would make me a little nervous...then she says when she gets to know you

better, she'll tell you what she gave you... Sends up a red flag...at the

risk of sounding like a wag, my temptation would be to tell her that when you

get to know her a little better, then you'll pay her....

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Barbara,

I think it's wonderful that you sought out a holistic practitioner to help

you. I'm very interested in what she gave you. When I was first diagnosed

I had bad tremors and was put on PTU and Lopressor, which took care of them.

But would prefer going the holistic way. How did you find your

practitioner?

I'm seeing a hynotherapist that once he heard my " story " told me the same

thing. I already felt that stress was the reason I got GD. He says it's

completely reversible. I believe that also.

Good luck!

Lynn

update on my progress

I am so glad I haven't done anything drastic about my hyperT yet. Went

to the holistic lady Monday. She won't tell me what she gave me, but I

am not having constant tremors and I slept like a log Monday night. She

said I need to be patient and that she couldn't fix everything today..a

little at a time...and that's ok with me. One symptom disappearing at a

time is great. She also told me to back off all the protein...I am

eating every 3 hours it seems because I am so ravenous..and I was

trying to keep my weight up. She said I was stressing my body even

more. She only gives one " remedy " a week..something dissolved in a

liquid. When she gets to know me better she will tell me what she has

been treating me with. BTW she went through my life history...and told

me what I already know about having a life long history of major

stress....so stay cool everyone...take care....

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Hi Barbara, I've been sweating like a pig lately!

I stopped taking the vitamin/mineral supplements after the extra magnesium

citrate didn't help any, in fact i think it made it worse.

I wonder if i might be lacking sodium or something that i'm unaware of,

maybe someone has some suggestions on possible supplements just for my

Adreanal Adrenalin Rushes? I still plan on seeing a Nephrologist for my

Hypertension soon. All the herbs i have been taking are for mostly HyperT

and they do calm me a lot. Maybe theres some special herbs for

Anti-Adrenalin? Nothing seems to touch my HBP, it's always moderately high.

I stay active but still suffer severe insomnia.

Please keep me posted on your progress as you seemed to have found some

promising relief.

I'm curious on the ratio of Hypo to Hyper in our population,

anyone know off hand? Hope i'm not dumping on anyone here with all my

problems?

Wish i was cool,Cire

update on my progress

>I am so glad I haven't done anything drastic about my hyperT yet. Went

>to the holistic lady Monday. She won't tell me what she gave me, but I

>am not having constant tremors and I slept like a log Monday night. She

>said I need to be patient and that she couldn't fix everything today..a

>little at a time...and that's ok with me. One symptom disappearing at a

>time is great. She also told me to back off all the protein...I am

>eating every 3 hours it seems because I am so ravenous..and I was

>trying to keep my weight up. She said I was stressing my body even

>more. She only gives one " remedy " a week..something dissolved in a

>liquid. When she gets to know me better she will tell me what she has

>been treating me with. BTW she went through my life history...and told

>me what I already know about having a life long history of major

>stress....so stay cool everyone...take care....

>

>

>

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>

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> I'm curious on the ratio of Hypo to Hyper in our population,

> anyone know off hand?

Don't know the exact ratio, but hypothyroidism is much more common. I read once

that hyperythyroidism affects 1/4 of 1% of people in the U.S. - about 8:1 female

to male.

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as far as heat goes, anxiety attacks, high heartrate, grinding teeth, stress,

feeling constantly thirsty, pains in chest, and swelling in neck; I have had

complete success with my accupunturist and the chinese herbs she prescribes

me. as far as actually lowering my thyroid, it has worked thus far, but i

have another blood test coming up soon and i am hoping. so for sure

accupunture has diminished my symptoms, but i plan to do more to slow my

thyroid ie.. john's supplements and other avenues of therapy.

mary margaret

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,

Glad you're making progress! You're on the right track, just keep

experimenting with your dose until you find the right amount. It's

all a very individual thing.

I noticed some extra hair loss at first but it seemed to stop on its

own after a little while. Balls have shrunk quite a bit, but I feel

so much better - its worth it. Did you know they make testicular

implants that are designed to fit over your real balls and make them

look normal again? It's expensive, and it's also surgery, but if it

really bothers you it might be worth looking at.

Regards,

K4

> Hi everybody,

>

> I wanted to give an update on my progress since I last posted a

> couple weeks ago. I took K4's suggestion to cut back on my 10gr

> Androgel dose. I cut back to 5gr/day, and noticed a pretty

immediate

> decrease in my irritability and anger, but also a loss of energy.

> So, I've gone back up to 7.5gr/day, 1-1/2 packages.

>

> I also saw a new psychiatrist last week. We decided to double my

> dose of the Effexor XR to 150mg/day, along with the 45mg/day of

> Remeron and 450mg/day of Wellbutrin. It's " only " been 8 weeks that

> I've been back on this triple AD combo that had me feeling every

day

> better than I ever have in my whole life back in Jan/Feb/Mar when I

> also first started TRT, 10mos ago. The new doc said that as it can

> take 10-12 weeks initially to get the full benefit of most

> antidepressants that I hopefully will improve with a little more

> time. Also, he thought it was the worst thing in the world that I

> had stopped, which seems obvious now given the results I had. One

> reason for not stopping, he said, was that it can take even longer

> than 10-12 weeks when you stop and then re-start again. The most

> encouraging thing was he thought it was realistic that I could feel

> as good again as I did the first three months of this year. It

seems

> so long ago that I was starting to feel like it was all a dream.

>

> On other results from 10mos of TRT: my balls have shrunk a little.

> My penis has not gotten any bigger. My breasts have increased a

tiny

> amount, with changes in my nipple size and sensitivity. I've had

> almost no change in body hair so far, but a large increase in

facial

> hair. I've also had some minor thinning/receding of my front

> hairline. I've experimented some with 1mg/day of finasteride

> (Propecia/Proscar), which slows the hair loss, but I'm 1000x more

> worried about my mood so right now I'm off the stuff. I can't get a

> straight answer on what impact DHT has on mood, and I know that

> finasteride works by lowering DHT levels systemically.

>

> Thanks to all who post 4 all the good info I read here.

>

> in Los Angeles

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> > Hi everybody,

> >

> > I wanted to give an update on my progress since I last posted a

> > couple weeks ago. I took K4's suggestion to cut back on my 10gr

> > Androgel dose. I cut back to 5gr/day, and noticed a pretty

> immediate

> > decrease in my irritability and anger, but also a loss of

energy.

> > So, I've gone back up to 7.5gr/day, 1-1/2 packages.

> >

> > I also saw a new psychiatrist last week. We decided to double my

> > dose of the Effexor XR to 150mg/day, along with the 45mg/day of

> > Remeron and 450mg/day of Wellbutrin. It's " only " been 8 weeks

that

> > I've been back on this triple AD combo that had me feeling every

> day

> > better than I ever have in my whole life back in Jan/Feb/Mar

when I

> > also first started TRT, 10mos ago. The new doc said that as it

can

> > take 10-12 weeks initially to get the full benefit of most

> > antidepressants that I hopefully will improve with a little more

> > time. Also, he thought it was the worst thing in the world that

I

> > had stopped, which seems obvious now given the results I had.

One

> > reason for not stopping, he said, was that it can take even

longer

> > than 10-12 weeks when you stop and then re-start again. The most

> > encouraging thing was he thought it was realistic that I could

feel

> > as good again as I did the first three months of this year. It

> seems

> > so long ago that I was starting to feel like it was all a dream.

> >

> > On other results from 10mos of TRT: my balls have shrunk a

little.

> > My penis has not gotten any bigger. My breasts have increased a

> tiny

> > amount, with changes in my nipple size and sensitivity. I've had

> > almost no change in body hair so far, but a large increase in

> facial

> > hair. I've also had some minor thinning/receding of my front

> > hairline. I've experimented some with 1mg/day of finasteride

> > (Propecia/Proscar), which slows the hair loss, but I'm 1000x

more

> > worried about my mood so right now I'm off the stuff. I can't

get a

> > straight answer on what impact DHT has on mood, and I know that

> > finasteride works by lowering DHT levels systemically.

> >

> > Thanks to all who post 4 all the good info I read here.

> >

> > in Los Angeles

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,

Re your facial hair growth after 10mos on TRT; do you think you have

seen new growth or simply an acceleration of the growth of your

existing beard? This is one side effect I'm looking forward to, so

I'd appreciate your input.

Thanks,

JD

> Hi everybody,

>

> I wanted to give an update on my progress since I last posted a

> couple weeks ago. I took K4's suggestion to cut back on my 10gr

> Androgel dose. I cut back to 5gr/day, and noticed a pretty

immediate

> decrease in my irritability and anger, but also a loss of energy.

> So, I've gone back up to 7.5gr/day, 1-1/2 packages.

>

> I also saw a new psychiatrist last week. We decided to double my

> dose of the Effexor XR to 150mg/day, along with the 45mg/day of

> Remeron and 450mg/day of Wellbutrin. It's " only " been 8 weeks that

> I've been back on this triple AD combo that had me feeling every

day

> better than I ever have in my whole life back in Jan/Feb/Mar when

I

> also first started TRT, 10mos ago. The new doc said that as it can

> take 10-12 weeks initially to get the full benefit of most

> antidepressants that I hopefully will improve with a little more

> time. Also, he thought it was the worst thing in the world that I

> had stopped, which seems obvious now given the results I had. One

> reason for not stopping, he said, was that it can take even longer

> than 10-12 weeks when you stop and then re-start again. The most

> encouraging thing was he thought it was realistic that I could

feel

> as good again as I did the first three months of this year. It

seems

> so long ago that I was starting to feel like it was all a dream.

>

> On other results from 10mos of TRT: my balls have shrunk a little.

> My penis has not gotten any bigger. My breasts have increased a

tiny

> amount, with changes in my nipple size and sensitivity. I've had

> almost no change in body hair so far, but a large increase in

facial

> hair. I've also had some minor thinning/receding of my front

> hairline. I've experimented some with 1mg/day of finasteride

> (Propecia/Proscar), which slows the hair loss, but I'm 1000x more

> worried about my mood so right now I'm off the stuff. I can't get

a

> straight answer on what impact DHT has on mood, and I know that

> finasteride works by lowering DHT levels systemically.

>

> Thanks to all who post 4 all the good info I read here.

>

> in Los Angeles

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Hi JD,

I definitely have new facial hair growth, with darker, coarser hair

that grows faster each day. I used to be able to skip a day shaving

and it would hardly be noticeable. Now it's like a 5:00 shadow every

day. I'm still hoping for body hair changes, but so far nothing to

write home about.

in Los Angeles

> ,

>

> Re your facial hair growth after 10mos on TRT; do you think you

have

> seen new growth or simply an acceleration of the growth of your

> existing beard? This is one side effect I'm looking forward to, so

> I'd appreciate your input.

>

> Thanks,

>

> JD

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I noticed an increase in hair growth while being on the Androgel.

there's been new growth and increased growth everywhere. Not that I

was a hairy person before but I feel like I'm turning into a grizzly

bear over time.

> > Hi everybody,

> >

> > I wanted to give an update on my progress since I last posted a

> > couple weeks ago. I took K4's suggestion to cut back on my 10gr

> > Androgel dose. I cut back to 5gr/day, and noticed a pretty

> immediate

> > decrease in my irritability and anger, but also a loss of

energy.

> > So, I've gone back up to 7.5gr/day, 1-1/2 packages.

> >

> > I also saw a new psychiatrist last week. We decided to double my

> > dose of the Effexor XR to 150mg/day, along with the 45mg/day of

> > Remeron and 450mg/day of Wellbutrin. It's " only " been 8 weeks

that

> > I've been back on this triple AD combo that had me feeling every

> day

> > better than I ever have in my whole life back in Jan/Feb/Mar

when

> I

> > also first started TRT, 10mos ago. The new doc said that as it

can

> > take 10-12 weeks initially to get the full benefit of most

> > antidepressants that I hopefully will improve with a little more

> > time. Also, he thought it was the worst thing in the world that

I

> > had stopped, which seems obvious now given the results I had.

One

> > reason for not stopping, he said, was that it can take even

longer

> > than 10-12 weeks when you stop and then re-start again. The most

> > encouraging thing was he thought it was realistic that I could

> feel

> > as good again as I did the first three months of this year. It

> seems

> > so long ago that I was starting to feel like it was all a dream.

> >

> > On other results from 10mos of TRT: my balls have shrunk a

little.

> > My penis has not gotten any bigger. My breasts have increased a

> tiny

> > amount, with changes in my nipple size and sensitivity. I've had

> > almost no change in body hair so far, but a large increase in

> facial

> > hair. I've also had some minor thinning/receding of my front

> > hairline. I've experimented some with 1mg/day of finasteride

> > (Propecia/Proscar), which slows the hair loss, but I'm 1000x

more

> > worried about my mood so right now I'm off the stuff. I can't

get

> a

> > straight answer on what impact DHT has on mood, and I know that

> > finasteride works by lowering DHT levels systemically.

> >

> > Thanks to all who post 4 all the good info I read here.

> >

> > in Los Angeles

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Hi , I am almost 1 year into my new knee. I saw my OS yesterday, had new

pictures taken, and he pronounced me a success. Well,

I guess so. I hike, play tennis, drive, and generally walk just fine. I can

ride a bike. My knee is straight. I still can't bend it as far as my good

knee, and it still feels as if I have an Ace bandage on it. I can't pull my

heel to my butt. So what is right for being healed? I certainly don't know. I

think we are all different. I just wish I was one of the lucky one's who feel

nothing.

All the best, Joan

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From: musician12858 <musician12858@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 3:58:15 PM

Subject: Update on my progress

Hey All,

I was supposed to see my surgeon last week, but he had to cancel, so I saw him

today. I had bilateral knee replacements 12 weeks ago. I have been going to PT

3 times a week for 2 1/2 hours each visit. I have very little pain in my knees,

although I do have a weird stiffness in my left knee that I mainly feel when

going down stairs. However, my left knee is also my best as far as range of

motion. I am at about 3 to 120 degrees with that knee. My right knee is at

about 5 to 105 degrees. We have no idea why there would be such a disparity. I

have done exactly the same exercises. He said he wished that he could just

force the knee to bend more and break the probable adhesions.

So he is recommending that I go to PT just once a week for about a month and

continue with my exercise bike, etc. at home. Not sure if I will ever get more

ROM on my right knee. Any thoughts?

in PA

Bilateral TKR - 7/22/2010

Left THR - 7/2007

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Hmmm. Well, it is probably hard to really compare one hip replacement with two

knees. The knees were much more daunting at first since I did not have a good

leg to stand on. I have to say all of the hip precautions were a pain though,

too. I will still need to get my other hip done at some point. And

unfortunately, even though my left hip is all healed, it is always achey and

tired when I walk a lot. In fact, it makes me limp almost more than my new

knees at this point!

>

> my thoughts are that you are one lucky lady to be at this point in your

> recovery......

> In your opinion is it harder to do knees or hips? BARB in Florida.....

>

>

> Update on my progress

>

>

> Hey All,

>

> I was supposed to see my surgeon last week, but he had to cancel, so I saw

> him today. I had bilateral knee replacements 12 weeks ago. I have been

> going to PT 3 times a week for 2 1/2 hours each visit. I have very little

> pain in my knees, although I do have a weird stiffness in my left knee that

> I mainly feel when going down stairs. However, my left knee is also my best

> as far as range of motion. I am at about 3 to 120 degrees with that knee.

> My right knee is at about 5 to 105 degrees. We have no idea why there would

> be such a disparity. I have done exactly the same exercises. He said he

> wished that he could just force the knee to bend more and break the probable

> adhesions.

>

> So he is recommending that I go to PT just once a week for about a month and

> continue with my exercise bike, etc. at home. Not sure if I will ever get

> more ROM on my right knee. Any thoughts?

>

> in PA

> Bilateral TKR - 7/22/2010

> Left THR - 7/2007

>

>

>

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