Re: Sheila - body adjustments during times of change

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila --

I'm doing okay - thanks for asking! Have had some upsetting stuff happen -- can

you believe that my daughter was left out of her yearbook!? They left out

two pages of kids -- don't know if the school omitted the info to the publisher

or if the publisher messed up -- boy was I livid! Guess they are going to mail

an insert out to those who purchased the yearbook -- that info is word of mouth,

have heard NOTHING from the school. Tried to speak with the yearbook advisor,

(no luck) and left a message for the principal last week. The more I think

about it the angrier I get...

Then found out her date for the semi formal (is a dinner cruise on Boston

harbor) he can't go to the semi because he filmed the ( " ahem " ) -- food fight in

the cafeteria. The food fight was not a good thing -- but the faculty is going

way over board. The seniors involved cannot attend any senior functions -- but

will be able to walk at graduation....the principal was considering pressing

charges....she was thinking of not going in support of most of her friends who

can't go (30 or so kids)...but decided yesterday that she'll go. I'm glad she's

going since it's a once in a lifetime thing and I'm sure she'll make the best of

it.

I'm just busy cleaning and preparing for the party Saturday. So glad you are

enjoying your vacation and have adjusted -- time with family is a wonderful

thing!!! Enjoy - (which I'm sure you are!)

Have fun -- on to the kitchen floor!

xoxo

well my dr appt was VERY entertaining you woulda been proud of us!!!

we went in and he was all what do you want and i muttered (as i do with

strangers) i want a referal to an endo and/or armour thyroid my tests show i

have hashis

he then spent a good 10 minutes staring at my chart (which was blank as he

never writes many notes about me so i was wondering what he was actually looking

at)

I also had words with the bf telling him how he never sticks up for me so I

was bringing mom..so all three of us were sittingt here staring at him. the time

when he just sat there was defeningly quiet

finally he said well I COULD refer you to an endo but I doubt that would

help. what insurance do you have? After I told him I had CareOregon he said oh

no they won't help you..you would have to go to the med school IF they offered

any endos. (I was thinking ok so refer me to the damn med school but maybe he

knew i had a horrible fear of going there as its on this scarey mountain)

I then said ok could you presribe me armour and can i get the referal

anyway?

(btw he said the same thing about my " fibro " diagnosis.. oh well only person

who treats fibro is at the med school and you would have to wait a year to get

in so why bother and never called me back..i had to call for pain script and he

gave me ibuprofin woopee)

He then said.. well i COULD do that but i doubt they even MAKE armour

anymore.. you dont understand that was made from something like pigs or

something and before we got good and made synthetics. basically armour was from

the stone age and hadnt been made for 20 years.

I assured him my hypo group said they still make it (thanks) and if ya COULD

then great do it!

I said well my antibodies are really high

He said.. that doesn't mean anything..its not important just means your body

is attacking your thyroid ((sounds pretty damn important to ME!!)) and that my

tsh went normal when i was taking the synthetic. ((actually i had quit soy i

wasnt taking the lexovyl). i reminded him I hadnt been taking the levoxyl cuz it

gave me side effects i didnt like hence i wanted to try armour. He then looked

shocked nad said well THATS why your tsh is up. ((I told him 2-3 months ago i

wasnt taking it and why so I dont know why he was so shocked))

Anyways the dr kept saying well i COULD do this but...

and EVERYTIME he said that me and my bf would tag team and say OK GREAT!

lets try it!!!.. we were sooo good... he would glare at us and try again for the

well i COULD try but and my bf would chip in yea thats great thats what we

really want to do.. and the dr would get quiet nad look a lil agitated and try

again and i would give him the great you COULD? GREAT!

it was all pretty funny.

SO i got my script and ran to the pharmacy as I was scared they would be all

lets do synthetic instead and i SAT there nad watched them.. and sat and sat and

sat.. finally i went up to the pharmacist and was like um you DO have armour ((I

was getting paranoid maybe it DIDNT exist and WAS rare)) and she was all oh no

we have it here but we cant read your dr's writing do u know the dosage? I was

like um the smallest? It looked like 4 grains which i knew wasnt right. well

looked like a mountain with a stick man at the bottom.. didnt really look like

anything. I KNEW ((because earlier he was like i thinkt hey measure it in grains

or soemthing)) that he had NO idea what to prescribe. They called him and he

wouldnt return their call so I went home a lil defeated and worried

He finally called the next day with 1 grain (which i am pretty sure is too

much since i am VERY sensitive and even on the smallest of levoxyl i was

sweating and shakey but happier. I think i needed 1/4 of a grain. hoping the

hypo group could help me out there since i obiously have to do this on my own.

I was on .025 and i believe 1 grain of armour (which i got generic armour

BUT armour none the less!!!) is .65

anyone tell me what the smallest dose is so i can start out slowly??

I been trying for a good 5 years to get this stuff.. im excited and nervous

to ahve this disease nad to have to do it on my own. even the pharmacist was

worried he didnt order blood tests done in a few weeks (this dr never asks me

back or does any sort of follow up as a matter of fact after PUSHING the fibro

referal i finally got a call me back in june nad maybe we can get you on the

waiting lsit to be on the waiting list rhe)

this dr obviously has no clue but at least i can bully him into doing the

right thing thank god!!! you woulda been sooo proud of us!!

[Guest guest]

good morning, !

Well, you have had some stressful, upsetting things happen these days. sorry

That's hard, but knowing you, i'm sure you are handling things well. as long as

it's not affecting your health...

The past couple of weeks before we left for vacation were really stressful for

me and Kemal.

Kemal got written up for saying the " f " word. thing is, everybody at work says

it; they just decided they are going to start enforcing this policy of no foul

language, and they used him to be the example...as they have done in the past.

we feel like he is being discriminated against. he is NOT a trouble maker in any

kind of way...manager even said that. then a fews days after they write him up,

the same manager wants to promote him to my old position (similar to a team

leader) and give him a raise.

we're both fed up with so many things there, and we plan to both look for new

jobs when we get back home.

This is very stressful and upsetting to me. I'm afraid because of memory

problems and brain fog issues. I know I can get a new job in a heartbeat. I just

dunno how easily I'll be able to learn new things now. I used to be a fast

learner. Hashi's/hypo has dulled my brain.

anyway, i know you're gonna be looking for a new job, too, and that you can

relate.

thanks for listening. Well, hang in there lady, and I'll talk to you later.

Hugs, Sheila

Hodgson <suser@...> wrote:

Hi Sheila --

I'm doing okay - thanks for asking! Have had some upsetting stuff happen -- can

you believe that my daughter was left out of her yearbook!? They left out

two pages of kids -- don't know if the school omitted the info to the publisher

or if the publisher messed up -- boy was I livid! Guess they are going to mail

an insert out to those who purchased the yearbook -- that info is word of mouth,

have heard NOTHING from the school. Tried to speak with the yearbook advisor,

(no luck) and left a message for the principal last week. The more I think

about it the angrier I get...

Then found out her date for the semi formal (is a dinner cruise on Boston

harbor) he can't go to the semi because he filmed the ( " ahem " ) -- food fight in

the cafeteria. The food fight was not a good thing -- but the faculty is going

way over board. The seniors involved cannot attend any senior functions -- but

will be able to walk at graduation....the principal was considering pressing

charges....she was thinking of not going in support of most of her friends who

can't go (30 or so kids)...but decided yesterday that she'll go. I'm glad she's

going since it's a once in a lifetime thing and I'm sure she'll make the best of

it.

I'm just busy cleaning and preparing for the party Saturday. So glad you are

enjoying your vacation and have adjusted -- time with family is a wonderful

thing!!! Enjoy - (which I'm sure you are!)

Have fun -- on to the kitchen floor!

xoxo

well my dr appt was VERY entertaining you woulda been proud of us!!!

we went in and he was all what do you want and i muttered (as i do with

strangers) i want a referal to an endo and/or armour thyroid my tests show i

have hashis

he then spent a good 10 minutes staring at my chart (which was blank as he

never writes many notes about me so i was wondering what he was actually looking

at)

I also had words with the bf telling him how he never sticks up for me so I

was bringing mom..so all three of us were sittingt here staring at him. the time

when he just sat there was defeningly quiet

finally he said well I COULD refer you to an endo but I doubt that would

help. what insurance do you have? After I told him I had CareOregon he said oh

no they won't help you..you would have to go to the med school IF they offered

any endos. (I was thinking ok so refer me to the damn med school but maybe he

knew i had a horrible fear of going there as its on this scarey mountain)

I then said ok could you presribe me armour and can i get the referal

anyway?

(btw he said the same thing about my " fibro " diagnosis.. oh well only person

who treats fibro is at the med school and you would have to wait a year to get

in so why bother and never called me back..i had to call for pain script and he

gave me ibuprofin woopee)

He then said.. well i COULD do that but i doubt they even MAKE armour

anymore.. you dont understand that was made from something like pigs or

something and before we got good and made synthetics. basically armour was from

the stone age and hadnt been made for 20 years.

I assured him my hypo group said they still make it (thanks) and if ya COULD

then great do it!

I said well my antibodies are really high

He said.. that doesn't mean anything..its not important just means your body

is attacking your thyroid ((sounds pretty damn important to ME!!)) and that my

tsh went normal when i was taking the synthetic. ((actually i had quit soy i

wasnt taking the lexovyl). i reminded him I hadnt been taking the levoxyl cuz it

gave me side effects i didnt like hence i wanted to try armour. He then looked

shocked nad said well THATS why your tsh is up. ((I told him 2-3 months ago i

wasnt taking it and why so I dont know why he was so shocked))

Anyways the dr kept saying well i COULD do this but...

and EVERYTIME he said that me and my bf would tag team and say OK GREAT!

lets try it!!!.. we were sooo good... he would glare at us and try again for the

well i COULD try but and my bf would chip in yea thats great thats what we

really want to do.. and the dr would get quiet nad look a lil agitated and try

again and i would give him the great you COULD? GREAT!

it was all pretty funny.

SO i got my script and ran to the pharmacy as I was scared they would be all

lets do synthetic instead and i SAT there nad watched them.. and sat and sat and

sat.. finally i went up to the pharmacist and was like um you DO have armour ((I

was getting paranoid maybe it DIDNT exist and WAS rare)) and she was all oh no

we have it here but we cant read your dr's writing do u know the dosage? I was

like um the smallest? It looked like 4 grains which i knew wasnt right. well

looked like a mountain with a stick man at the bottom.. didnt really look like

anything. I KNEW ((because earlier he was like i thinkt hey measure it in grains

or soemthing)) that he had NO idea what to prescribe. They called him and he

wouldnt return their call so I went home a lil defeated and worried

He finally called the next day with 1 grain (which i am pretty sure is too

much since i am VERY sensitive and even on the smallest of levoxyl i was

sweating and shakey but happier. I think i needed 1/4 of a grain. hoping the

hypo group could help me out there since i obiously have to do this on my own.

I was on .025 and i believe 1 grain of armour (which i got generic armour

BUT armour none the less!!!) is .65

anyone tell me what the smallest dose is so i can start out slowly??

I been trying for a good 5 years to get this stuff.. im excited and nervous

to ahve this disease nad to have to do it on my own. even the pharmacist was

worried he didnt order blood tests done in a few weeks (this dr never asks me

back or does any sort of follow up as a matter of fact after PUSHING the fibro

referal i finally got a call me back in june nad maybe we can get you on the

waiting lsit to be on the waiting list rhe)

this dr obviously has no clue but at least i can bully him into doing the

right thing thank god!!! you woulda been sooo proud of us!!