RE: Dr Lowe

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There is definitely new stuff there from when I last visited a year

ago....I was looking at shortness of breath and there are several new

sections on this. Also the dates of the articles are printed under the

heading - many are 2006

Dr Lowe

I looked at this website. Is it updated anymore? It seems like it hasn't

had new content for a couple of years, however, I only spent about 10

minutes looking and may have overlooked the newer area. I will read more

though, seems very interesting.

Re: Radio Active Iodine Treatment

The highest dosage I was on was 3 grains and it was decreased by a

holistic MD...felt it was too high although he in turn talked me in to

by a mess load of his supplements!

So you really think I should be on 5 grains? I would be willing to try

it...anything to get my life back!

You also said I need iodine...I will check into that. I have also

decided to make an appointment with Dr. Brownstein...I feel more

comfortable seeing a doctor that someone has recommended.

Thank you!

Gracia wrote:

Why oh why oh why would you be on 2 grains Armour? you will need much

much

more, and also iodine. (all stuff you should have had in the first

place).

In Michigan there is a Dr. Brownstein, has written several books

and

is great. Although you will have a wait to see him, he is worth it.

Gracia

>

> I subscribed to this message board about a month ago. I have sat

> back and read informational messages and I just want to say thank

> you. I know no one but reading these messages, with the exception

> of the technical chemistry and physics, it's like listen to my own

> thoughts.

> So thank you for putting your experiences, you research and

> basically part of your lives out there...it is appreciated.

>

> My story is similiar to all of yours...I received radio active

> iodine treatment about 11 years ago for Graves Disease....after this

> my body and my life has never been the same. Although I invite

> growth and change in my life often...I have struggled through the

> ever changing thyroid...or lack there of...thyroid saga. I am on 2

> grams of Armour thyroid

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[Guest guest]

This is a wonderful, very heavy-duty technical book that goes far beyond the

fibromyalgia/thyroid connection. It has detailed discussion of thyroid disease

and treatment in general, and a somewhat philosophical introduction that gets

into the reasons for the stubbornness of mainstream medicine/science to embrace

new knowledge. (The old guard has to die first.)

We could stump most endocrinologists with the technical info in this book.

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm assuming you've read this.... can you please tell me if Dr Lowe sets out a metabolic protocol, that is a plan that one can individualise depending on your thyroid status ?

My belief is that lack of exercise and lack of muscle mass (after being very active) has left me unable to synthesise my thyroid meds. I'm hoping that the book will help me identify correctly my metabolic 'type' and therefore set up for myself the correct diet and nutrition regime.... because the one I've been doing just doesn't work (for me).

How heavy duty is it ? I'm fairly intelligent but I'm no genius either !

many thanks,

julia

From: hillpete76 <hillpc@...>thyroid treatment Sent: Thu, 26 August, 2010 12:43:45Subject: Re: Dr Lowe

This is a wonderful, very heavy-duty technical book that goes far beyond the fibromyalgia/thyroid connection. It has detailed discussion of thyroid disease and treatment in general, and a somewhat philosophical introduction that gets into the reasons for the stubbornness of mainstream medicine/science to embrace new knowledge. (The old guard has to die first.)We could stump most endocrinologists with the technical info in this book.---

[Guest guest]

It is more of a textbook, very heavy duty (at least a thousand technical

references!), than a treatment plan. He has a more patient-friendly book for a

treatment plan. 3 chapters of it are available free at Lowe's website.

& Karilee Shames also have one out ( " Fat, Fuzzy, and Frazzled " ), that looks at

thyroid, adrenals, and sex hormones. Theirs talks about what " type " you are.

Also keep in mind that the 3 systems can affect each other.

That said, there might be enough info in Lowe's thick book to design a plan. I

will look at it tonight to see if there are already some chapters that might do

such a thing. (I can't remember.)

Lowe believes very heavily in exercise and diet.

[Guest guest]

You know, you should remember that TPA has it's own Lending

Library. All you have to pay is the cost of postage. See 'TPA LENDING LIBRARY'

in our FILES section of the forum. Just click on one of the Email addresses of

one of the members who is happy to loan out the book and ask them to send you

their address, to enable you to send them the cost of postage.

Luv - Sheila

It is more of a textbook, very heavy duty (at

least a thousand technical references!), than a treatment plan. He has a more

patient-friendly book for a treatment plan. 3 chapters of it are available free

at Lowe's website. & Karilee Shames also have one out ( " Fat,

Fuzzy, and Frazzled " ), that looks at thyroid, adrenals, and sex hormones.

Theirs talks about what " type " you are. Also keep in mind that the 3

systems can affect each other.

That said, there might be enough info in Lowe's thick book to design a plan. I

will look at it tonight to see if there are already some chapters that might do

such a thing. (I can't remember.)

Lowe believes very heavily in exercise and diet.

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There's a chapter about treatment protocol, directed at the treating clinician.

Since Lowe's major emphasis is fybromyalgia, which he believes is (caused

by)/(treated by correction of) thyroid hormone(s) deficiency, part of the

chapter is dedicated to how to monitor treatment results by measuring muscle

pain-related things. So these don't apply to thyroid sufferers without

fybromyalgia symptoms.

But all the thyroid-specific parts of the chapter, and the entire book for that

matter, are appropriate and spot-on with regard to thyroid patients. There are

wonderful sections in this chapter and throughout the book that deal with all

the conventional objections by the old guard to treatment with T3, T3/T4, or

NDT, and suppressing TSH. He talks about how to manage thyrotoxicosis

possibilities. All backed up with references to the medical and scientific

literature.

I should have said he strongly believes in exercise and nutritional

supplementation (not diet.) He instructs clinicians to insist that the patient

cooperate with " proper [treatment] protocol " , which includes exercise and

nutritional supplementation, and religiously ranking, recording, and plotting on

a visual scale various signs and symptoms related to thyroid hormone function

(and muscular pain/tenderness). Temperature, Achilles reflex timing, pulse,

ECG, and self-measurement/ranking of depressive symptoms are all included.

> I will look at it tonight to see if there are already some chapters that

> might do such a thing. (I can't remember.)

>

> Lowe believes very heavily in exercise and diet.

>