Guest guest Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi Hayley and welcome. I am quite new to the forum as well, so wouldn't pressume to give any advice at present,so can only offer support. i was ill for 10 years before diagnosis, with such an incredible amount of symptoms that it put a big hole in my relationship, which has never totally mended. I have been on t4 for a few years but am just beginning my journey to change to NDT. The people on this forum are so very helpfull and will, I'm sure answer all of your questions about treatment. I live in Somerset and don't think there is an issue with saying where you are, just obviously not too much detail. Take care Sue > > Hi everyone! > My name is hayley and i'm very glad to be here i can tell you .I am 38 y.o and i have 3 lovely children and a (kind of) supportive partner!have been ill for 22 YEARS.Yup thats right.And you guessed it not one single nhs doc up until now has been able to tell me what it is (although some of them have tried and so i've laboured under the mis-diagnoses of M.E for many years) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Welcome Hayley I hope you find the help you need here. It does sound like you have many thyroid symptoms. Have you considered how you are going to proceed ? best regards, Chris > > Hi everyone! > My name is hayley and i'm very glad to be here i can tell you .I am 38 y.o and i have 3 lovely children and a (kind of) supportive partner!have been ill for 22 YEARS.Yup thats right.And you guessed it not one single nhs doc up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi I know i need to strengthen my adrenals first.I've read both dr.peatfields and dr.wilsons books and plan on sending off for the 24 hour sliva test. This is the one to go for or is it the urine test?- bit confused on this one.Do you know of a popular choice of testing clinic that the group recommend?,i know thyroid uk recommend some.. hayley > > > > Hi everyone! > > My name is hayley and i'm very glad to be here i can tell you .I am 38 y.o and i have 3 lovely children and a (kind of) supportive partner!have been ill for 22 YEARS.Yup thats right.And you guessed it not one single nhs doc up > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi Hayley, I used Genova for the 24hr Adrenal Saliva Test. TPA members get a discount. See the Genova discounts file: thyroid treatment/files/DISCOUNTS%20ON\ %20SUPPLEMENTS%20and%20TESTS/ as it explains how to order to ensure the discounted rate is received. Colin Do you know of a popular choice of testing clinic that the group recommend?,i know thyroid uk recommend some.. > > hayley > [Ed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 HI, and welcome. your symptoms shout hypothyroid, but you need to get a TPOab test from the doctor. this test is to look for auto-antibodies.they see the thyroid and attack it by mistake. this is the usual reason for being hypo. doctor`s don`t usually do this test as it is much more expensive,they prefer to wait until the TSH (pituitary ) hormone is over 5.0 in the belief that this is a normal range but it is not it is a reference interval,and as such means that if the TSH is over this range you are hypo. but anyone on this group will tell you that any thing over 1.5 is likely to be hypo.you will also need the free`s done that is FT4 and FT3. angel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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