RE thyroid/carrie

[Guest guest]

hey girl! good to hera from you. thank you for yur kind words! Yes I

am ALWAYS starving . I can eat and eat, and don't really gain weight,

maybe a few pds here and there. And the only excersice I am able to

do is walking. The hair thing is BAD, as you know. I used to get the

racing heart beat everyday for like one year, but now I RARELY get

that, and it lasts a day or two. I don't know. I am so stumped and

just feel like they re missing something. But what I do not know. BUT

on the other hand I was alway very skinny my whole life. I am SO

thankful I did not get really heavy from this illness. I mean with

all these other symptoms and the hair thing it would be even more of

a major bummmer. Plus I look so much olderr than I used to. I SO miss

my old muscular body.!! You know, you saw the pictures of me! YIKES

it looks pretty scary now. Oh well..My health has improved and I have

come a long ways, so this is good news!!! I don't know of any natural

stuff you can take for thyroid. BUT maybe someone else here can help

you. I will keep you posted If I find a dr. who finds something

wrong. I just feel my hair loss has an underlying problme that has

not be fixed..ok girl..be well and do KEEP IN TOUCH!!!!!!!!! XOOXOXO

dimonds68

[Guest guest]

Hi Dimonds,

Lucky you that you haven't gained any weight! I actually did not gain any weight the first few years of my illness and after explant. It was only in the last year that I gained weight and it has been a real struggle at times to lose those 10-15 lbs. I was down to 125 in October, but I am at 135 again so I am back to losing those same 10 lbs.

I hope you stay skinny! And I do hope you get back to working out. I just started a work out routine lifting weights, and it feels great! I am starting to make that time for my body, for working out, and I found the one thing I needed to do to make it work for me was to change my mindset and realize that I am in competition against my own body, and I need to win! Otherwise, time and age will win and I will be fat.

There are some natural thyroid supplements available....bladderwrack is an herb that is thryoid supportive, and here is a link to another product that I have heard raves about:

http://www.greenwillowtree.com/tides/Search.bok?category=thyroid

Keep writing! I'm always looking for your letters!

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: dimonds68

Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 9:26 PM

Subject: RE thyroid/carrie

hey girl! good to hera from you. thank you for yur kind words! Yes I am ALWAYS starving . I can eat and eat, and don't really gain weight, maybe a few pds here and there. And the only excersice I am able to do is walking. The hair thing is BAD, as you know. I used to get the racing heart beat everyday for like one year, but now I RARELY get that, and it lasts a day or two. I don't know. I am so stumped and just feel like they re missing something. But what I do not know. BUT on the other hand I was alway very skinny my whole life. I am SO thankful I did not get really heavy from this illness. I mean with all these other symptoms and the hair thing it would be even more of a major bummmer. Plus I look so much olderr than I used to. I SO miss my old muscular body.!! You know, you saw the pictures of me! YIKES it looks pretty scary now. Oh well..My health has improved and I have come a long ways, so this is good news!!! I don't know of any natural stuff you can take for thyroid. BUT maybe someone else here can help you. I will keep you posted If I find a dr. who finds something wrong. I just feel my hair loss has an underlying problme that has not be fixed..ok girl..be well and do KEEP IN TOUCH!!!!!!!!! XOOXOXO dimonds68