Thyriod

[Guest guest]

Hello

I was diagnoised with an over active thyroid for the second time in 2007 upon

which it was recommended that I have the radio iodine treatment which then sent

my thyroid under active so I am now on thyroxine. The last 3 years have been

miserable gaining 3 stone in weight and suffering from depression. I have tried

dieting to no avail my GP keeps syaing its what I am eating but I am not a child

I know my diet is good and do not take in more than 1500 calories a day, when

dieting 1100. They don;t even acknowledge that the weight could be due to my

thyroid and keep saying my readings are normal. How do I know if they are or

not? I'm feeling very that I am being fobbed off. Can anyone offer any advice.

Helen

[Guest guest]

Hello Helen - you ARE being fobbed off. This is cruelty in the

extreme, but we have come to accept that most NHS doctors know little or

nothing about the true functioning of the greater thyroid system. Such GP's

really need to go back to the classroom and learn a few facts about what causes

hypothyroidism and the effect such a slow metabolism as it causes has on the

body. With such a slow metabolism you are physically unable to burn off excess

calories and your doctor should know such a basic fact.

What you now need to do is to let this doctor see that you are

going to be very assertive in doing whatever you can to get back your normal

health and no longer prepared to sit there and listen to his drivel.

You need to write a letter to him and send a copy to the Head of

Practice and make sure that he sees that you have done this. First, you need to

list every symptoms and sign that you have. Check these against those in our

web site www.tpa-uyk.org.uk under

'Hypothyroidism'. Signs are what other people can see. No matter how long the

list is, make sure you write down every single one.

Next, list any of your members who have a thyroid or autoimmune

disease.

Next, take your basal temperature before getting out of bed in a

morning for 4/5 days and list these. If your temperature is below 97.8 degrees

F (and it could be much less), this is an indication your metabolism isn't

functioning normally.

Next, list every single blood test you need to be checked. These

include a FULL thyroid function test that includes TSH, free T4, free T3 and

tests to see whether you have thyroid antibodies (TPO) and (TgAb). List the

following too, because if any of these are low in the reference range, no amount

of thyroid hormone can be properly utilised at cellular level until whatever is

low has been supplemented. Because many doctors refuse to do these tests

telling their patients there is no association between any of these and

thyroid, I have cited some references to the studies and research done showing

there most definitely is an association :

·

Iron/ferritin: http://www.thewayup.com/newsletters/081504.htm

and http://www.ithyroid.com/iron.htm

and http://www.femail.com.au/iron-levels-tony-pearce.htm

·

Vitamin B12: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18655403

·

Vitamin D3: http://www.eje-online.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/3/329

and http://www.goodhormonehealth.com/VitaminD.pdf

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Magnesium: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC292768/pdf/jcinvest00264-0105.pdf

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Folate: http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/47/9/1738

and http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/thy.1999.9.1163

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Copper/zinc:http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/ffdbiyo/current4/07%20Iham%20AM%C4%B0R.pdf

and http://articles.webraydian.com/article1648-Role_of_Zinc_and_Copper_in_Effective_Thyroid_Function.html

Ask for the results of all these tests to be sent to you once

they are returned, together with the reference range for each of the tests done

(doctors cannot withhold such information from you under the Data Protection

Act). (When you get back the results, post them, with the ref. range onto the

forum so we can help with their interpretation.

Ask for a referral to an endocrinologist of your choice (you do

not have to see the one your GP: refers you to, especially if he does not have

a specialty in thyroid disease, and most have a speciality in diabetes). I have

attached a list of 'good' doctors recommended by my members over the years in a

message I have sent to you privately.

Last, ask your GP to place your letter of requests into your

medical notes and keep a copy of the letter you write in case you need to use

it in the future.

Last, you may be interested in a very interesting diet that many

of our members are doing at the moment and finding hugely successful - check

this out in our last Christmas Newsletter http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter_dec_10.pdf

and if you wish to discuss this further, ask about this on our CHAT forum

(Lilian will have sent you an invitation to join this when you first registered

with us) and you will get lots of answers to your questions.

Luv.

I was diagnoised with an over active thyroid for the second time in 2007 upon

which it was recommended that I have the radio iodine treatment which then sent

my thyroid under active so I am now on thyroxine. The last 3 years have been

miserable gaining 3 stone in weight and suffering from depression. I have tried

dieting to no avail my GP keeps syaing its what I am eating but I am not a

child I know my diet is good and do not take in more than 1500 calories a day,

when dieting 1100. They don;t even acknowledge that the weight could be due to

my thyroid and keep saying my readings are normal. How do I know if they are or

not? I'm feeling very that I am being fobbed off. Can anyone offer any advice.

Helen

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[Guest guest]

Ben,

If it were me in your shoes, I'd also be doing the Gerson protocol, which does

call for using thyroid to treat cancer. Kathleen might be able to give you a

little more info. I'm not able to look up anything right at the moment.

Linn

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> Hey Guys

> So I feel like ive done allot of research on what Iodine does, the supplements

needed to be taken with ect. I have skimmed through people's responsed with

hormones, thyriod and adrenal issues but until today had never really thought it

applied to me. Then it occurred to me, I think my adrenals and thyroids are

functioning ok as I have no symptoms of issues but can taking iodine protocol

bring these problems on? Should I be supplementing with other things to help

avoid this issue? Or is it kind of one of things that if you have issues

already, iodine makes it worse and you have to supplement. Cant believe I am

just asking this now but until now I really thought it didnt apply to me so I

was focusing on the iodine/cancer specific stuff.

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