Re: Eating gluten increases the need for thyroid hormones

[Guest guest]

Dear Sheila,

I hope you can remember me? You along with your forum rescued me from a life of

doom and antidepressants on the NHS. I have had another child and have emigrated

to Perth, Western Australia since I last posted!! I am doing very well on

Naturthroid and now supplement with Dr s adrenal tablets, which I buy from

New Zealand and seem to be working well.

I have wanted to post for ages, as I wanted to share what is the most profound

thing to happen to me that is, after switching from Thyroxine to natural

thyroid: I now have a gluten free diet and am extremely well as a result. I

logged on and I found this post...ironically...

I want to tell a little story to illustrate what has happened..hope you're all

still with me? 10 years ago I caused a deep cut on my shin, it never healed. I

thought I should have had stitches and thought no more of it. The years have

passed and my health had gone from bad to worse. I had managed to re-gain some

of it with the help of TPA, Dr Peatfield and everyone else on this forum. Just

before emigrating, without hubbie and with 2 children and a whole life to pack

up..I got sick..no surprises there...exhausted..depressed..suicidal even. I

pulled myself to the doctor, with a face full of acne and barely any energy to

get out of bed. They suggested PNDepression & hormones. Checked the usual bloods

and everything was 'fine'. Same old same old really. I was also diagnosed with

acne rosacea. So my reading around rosacea began. I read so much and began to

understand about intolerances, gluten, lactose, sugar and alcohol being the

worst culprits. So I changed my diet completely and cut out all of the above (no

more red wine for me...but I do sneak the odd glass of white now and again!!)

Anyway 2 months after the above diet changes and back to the scar on my

leg....there was new skin growing over the scar. Like magic has been happening,

it is healing. It is still healing now, I have been taking pictures as I can't

believe it is happening. My brother and mum are here visiting and they have seen

me over the years, they say how I don't look 'puffy'any more and better than

they have ever seen me! And I feel FANTASTIC!!!. I am still reading about celiac

disease and I have read recently that it has been suggested to be the cause of

Graves Disease (which is the auto immune disorder I was diagnosed with at 18 and

had my thyroid chopped out). Celiac disease also inhibits nutrient absorption as

you know and so I can only guess that I am now finally getting all those

vitamins through.

So many unanswered questions Sheila. Why oh why at all those hundreds of GP

visits had this not been suggested to me? I once again had to work it out for

myself. Thank goodness I have though. I will NEVER go back and this is why I

wanted to share this with everyone on here. I have finally re-gained the health

I thought was out of my reach. Well I still have a journey ahead of me, I know

that now. I will keep on reading and have a mental pledge to do something to

raise money for TPA at some point soon, as you set me on a path and I am very

grateful to you.

I am planning on having a blood test for Graves antibodies at some point in the

future, it will interesting to see if they are still there, they were the last

time I checked in the UK.

I hope this post helps some people, the way posts have helped me and I would be

happy to chat on e-mail too,

Lots of Love

[Guest guest]

Hi and thank you for your post.

I have also found out that the Fibro pain I had for 20 years was in fact gluten

which had robbed me of my life.

I am told that they 'changed' the grain and that is why I could eat wheat

before but not now, I also believe this is why our young people are suffering so

much from obesity as I think the body is 'reacting' to the wheat and grains.

Who would have believed such a daily staple (bread) would cause this dreadful

consequence.

F

>

> Dear Sheila,

>

> I hope you can remember me? You along with your forum rescued me from a life

of doom and antidepressants on the NHS. I have had another child and have

emigrated to Perth, Western Australia since I last posted!! I am doing very well

on Naturthroid and now supplement with Dr s adrenal tablets, which I buy

from New Zealand and seem to be working well.

>

> I have wanted to post for ages, as I wanted to share what is the most profound

thing to happen to me that is, after switching from Thyroxine to natural

thyroid: I now have a gluten free diet and am extremely well as a result. I

logged on and I found this post...ironically...

>

> I want to tell a little story to illustrate what has happened..hope you're all

still with me? 10 years ago I caused a deep cut on my shin, it never healed. I

thought I should have had stitches and thought no more of it. The years have

passed and my health had gone from bad to worse. I had managed to re-gain some

of it with the help of TPA, Dr Peatfield and everyone else on this forum. Just

before emigrating, without hubbie and with 2 children and a whole life to pack

up..I got sick..no surprises there...exhausted..depressed..suicidal even. I

pulled myself to the doctor, with a face full of acne and barely any energy to

get out of bed. They suggested PNDepression & hormones. Checked the usual bloods

and everything was 'fine'. Same old same old really. I was also diagnosed with

acne rosacea. So my reading around rosacea began. I read so much and began to

understand about intolerances, gluten, lactose, sugar and alcohol being the

worst culprits. So I changed my diet completely and cut out all of the above (no

more red wine for me...but I do sneak the odd glass of white now and again!!)

>

> Anyway 2 months after the above diet changes and back to the scar on my

leg....there was new skin growing over the scar. Like magic has been happening,

it is healing. It is still healing now, I have been taking pictures as I can't

believe it is happening. My brother and mum are here visiting and they have seen

me over the years, they say how I don't look 'puffy'any more and better than

they have ever seen me! And I feel FANTASTIC!!!. I am still reading about celiac

disease and I have read recently that it has been suggested to be the cause of

Graves Disease (which is the auto immune disorder I was diagnosed with at 18 and

had my thyroid chopped out). Celiac disease also inhibits nutrient absorption as

you know and so I can only guess that I am now finally getting all those

vitamins through.

>

> So many unanswered questions Sheila. Why oh why at all those hundreds of GP

visits had this not been suggested to me? I once again had to work it out for

myself. Thank goodness I have though. I will NEVER go back and this is why I

wanted to share this with everyone on here. I have finally re-gained the health

I thought was out of my reach. Well I still have a journey ahead of me, I know

that now. I will keep on reading and have a mental pledge to do something to

raise money for TPA at some point soon, as you set me on a path and I am very

grateful to you.

>

> I am planning on having a blood test for Graves antibodies at some point in

the future, it will interesting to see if they are still there, they were the

last time I checked in the UK.

>

> I hope this post helps some people, the way posts have helped me and I would

be happy to chat on e-mail too,

> Lots of Love

>

>