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Hello, I read the article in the mail yesterday and it struck a chord.

My wife has been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue for the last 10 years

and the situation is getting worse. She is now 40 and has the energy

levels of a 90 year old - (hope she doesn't read this post...).

The symptons she suffers from resemble those of having an underactive

thyroid. She has constipation, extreme tiredness, bags under her eyes,

describes thinking as " thinking through a fog " , has a poor memory

(mind you sometimes that works for me!!)- whereas she used to have a

great memory etc etc.

She has the Epstein Barr virus present in her blood and so we accepted

the CF diagnosis. However over the years, doctors treating her on

unrelated conditions have questioned whether she as a thyroid problem.

Somethng about " the appearance of her neck " . When we had her tested

for thyroid - we were told the results were " normal " . However since

reading the Mail article - I now understand that " normal " des not mean

that there isn't a problem.

I would like to get my wife Leigh properley tested.

can anyone help and let me know the best way to proceed. I have been

told a urine test is better than blood as urine records hormone over

the last 24 hours and blood only hormone level at the time of sample.

Also the article mentioned Porcine Thyroid treatment. Any advice??