Re: Neuropathy. was: Hot flashes?

February 17, 2011

I have gotten better when they took away the levothyroxine and now am on

liothyronine,

(Cytomel). Yesterday I was at a doctor and my temp was 98.0, my blood pressure

was 126/60 and my heart rate was 80. Before, my blood pressure was reading

140-160/90, my temp was about 94-96 and my heart rate was about 60, to say

nothing of the fact that my sugar could go as low as 34.

I really think the 2400-3600 mgs of fish oil had lots to do with this. My doctor

would like me to take 4000 mgs, but it was just too much for me. I also take

magnesium, 750 to 1000 mgs day, hawthorn berries as per my cardio, which is from

puritan's pride 3xday, nattokinase 2000 mgs 3xday to keep clots from forming.

Don't worry, I still clot when I cut myself or something like that. I also take

20 mgs of policosanol for cholesterol, and have a high hdl, and slightly high

ldl and my triglycerides are actually low, from starting with high.

The thing I still haven't gotten a handle on yet is the darn edema in my legs.

It comes and goes and I can't figure out why. I've been tested for kidney

function, I don't have heart failure, my potassium and magnesium were just

tested and were great. The only thing I can think of is deep vein inflamation.

I'll have to talk about that to him when I go in soon. Maybe I need an

antibiotic. In the meantime, maybe I'll start taking the garlic supplements I

have, which have an antibiotic effect.

The biopsy came out inconclusive again, and they even tested for lymphoma, which

was such a scary idea to me I didn't even want to think about it, but it's fine

too.

If anyobdy has any natural ideas about the edema, I'd be interested in

listening, and I promise not to ask you your reasoning for what you say.

<>Roni

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It's called knowledge!

Just because something isn't seen

doesn't mean it's not there<>

From: <res075oh@...>

Subject: Neuropathy. was: Hot flashes?

hypothyroidism

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 9:43 AM

I also was diagnosed with neuropathy a number of years ago; long before

my hypothyroidism. That concerned me because I knew an older man who

had it. He was a fantastic guitarist and eventually got to the point

that he could no longer play; he would come to the jam sessions with

gloves on, no matter how warm the temperature was here in Florida. It

was my understanding from him that it is a progressive disease, and he

stated it takes about 25 years for it to go from your feet [where my

symptoms are] to all of your body. He also indicated there is no

effective treatment; I don't know if that is true or not. My personal

symptoms were that my feet would feel extremely cold although they were

warm to the touch. Further, my circulation was excellent.

However, over the past few years my symptoms have decreased greatly. I

still will sometimes have a " cold feet " feeling when the weather is

cold, but not nearly so often or nearly so bad as I would in the past.

I must admit I understand it exceedingly poorly.

Regards,

...

..

> Posted by: " Roni Molin " matchermaam@...

> <mailto:matchermaam@...?Subject=%20Re%3A%20Hot%20flashes%3F>

> matchermaam <matchermaam>

>

> Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:47 am (PST)

>

> My adrenals were fine, and were tested several times. However, I was

> still cold and ran a very low temperature. When the levothyroxine was

> finally stopped and liothyronine was given to me instead, my temps

> have come up, I no longer have that bone chilling cold like I did

> before, and the numbness that the doctors were calling neuropathy has

> stopped too.

>

> I still think that doctors need to see and talk to a patient and have

> their entire background and do all the necessary testing before

> pronouning that a particular symptom comes from this, that or the

> other thing.

>

> I have nothing against these two doctors, but like some allopathic

> doctors I've met, I don't think knee jerk diagnoses are in the

> patients' interests. JMHA!

>

> <>Roni

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February 18, 2011

Roni,

In talking with ZRT Labs a few years ago, I remember that they correlated " water

retention " with an imbalance of estrogen to progesterone, specifically with the

estrogen being too high.

Personally, I have edema with low thyroid levels. Some people say that T3 needs

to be at the top of the range in order to banish all symptoms. Mine has never

been, and I certainly still suffer from symptoms. In the last 3 months my TSH

has gone from .5 to 3.5 and I see a noticeable amount of edema in my face. But

my sex hormones are not in balance either... time for me to find a new doctor.

Marla

>

> I have gotten better when they took away the levothyroxine and now am on

liothyronine,

> (Cytomel). Yesterday I was at a doctor and my temp was 98.0, my blood pressure

was 126/60 and my heart rate was 80. Before, my blood pressure was reading

140-160/90, my temp was about 94-96 and my heart rate was about 60, to say

nothing of the fact that my sugar could go as low as 34.

>

> I really think the 2400-3600 mgs of fish oil had lots to do with this. My

doctor would like me to take 4000 mgs, but it was just too much for me. I also

take magnesium, 750 to 1000 mgs day, hawthorn berries as per my cardio, which is

from puritan's pride 3xday, nattokinase 2000 mgs 3xday to keep clots from

forming. Don't worry, I still clot when I cut myself or something like that. I

also take 20 mgs of policosanol for cholesterol, and have a high hdl,

and slightly high ldl and my triglycerides are actually low, from starting with

high.

>

> The thing I still haven't gotten a handle on yet is the darn edema in my legs.

It comes and goes and I can't figure out why. I've been tested for kidney

function, I don't have heart failure, my potassium and magnesium were just

tested and were great. The only thing I can think of is deep vein inflamation.

I'll have to talk about that to him when I go in soon. Maybe I need an

antibiotic. In the meantime, maybe I'll start taking the garlic supplements I

have, which have an antibiotic effect.

>

> The biopsy came out inconclusive again, and they even tested for lymphoma,

which was such a scary idea to me I didn't even want to think about it, but it's

fine too.

>

> If anyobdy has any natural ideas about the edema, I'd be interested in

listening, and I promise not to ask you your reasoning for what you say.

>

> <>Roni

February 18, 2011

I am well past menopause, and if anything, my estrogen must be very low. Before

I went on HRT it was almost non existant. I stopped in 2002, I believe, and so

by now, I doubt if it's high at all. The next time I go see my gyno, I'm going

to ask for it to be tested.

<>Roni

Immortality exists!