Re: Can anyone answer my question here

[Guest guest]

hi there

I have always been pretty small - 105 when I was married 6 years ago. Now I have stayed around 120 after having my son 3 years ago - the implants were put in in 1996 and removed in 2003. For the last three years drs have been constantly testing my thyroid.... Recently a trip to the gyno last week they did it again and called last Friday and said it was abnormal and I have to come back for more tests. I have been tested by my regular doc and my Rheummy, too. I think that any doctor can test for this - I would ask your gynoc. as they can test for hormone stuff to see if your weight issue is due to thyroid. I am wondering now if this is why I have been unable to lose weight since my pregnancy... by the way, in the last two months I have gained 10 pounds and have been fighting to lose it.

I think my T3 was over 170 - whatever that means...

I hope this helps

shari

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I am sorry to hear that you are sad. Please give it time. I think

you should wait at least 3 months to see how you are doing before

getting pregnant. why not set a goal of a particular date to start

trying? Then start eating healthy--lots of raw food and exercising

and detoxing. These things can help your thyroid too. I know when

my husband went on the zone diet, his thyroid picked up steam. Is

weight gain your only problem? Are you tired? Have dry skin? hair

loss? You can look up some websites on thyroid symptoms. But if

you feel fine other than weight, I think I would try what I said

above. If you have other symptoms, and they don't get much better

in the next 3 months, you might want to reevaluate. As julie

pointed out, you can have normal thyroid tests and still not be

USING the thyroid hormone correctly that your body is producing.

Thyroid is very very complicated. Ask your doctor for a copy of your

blood work and you can see for yourself. If he didn't do a thyroid

panel, ask for it. Don't just do a tsh, but get free t-3 and t-4 as

well. If any of them are even lowish or highish in the normal

range, that could be a sign of some thyroid dysfunction.

Hang in there. You have done the best thing for your future child

by getting those poison bags out of you. And very soon you will be

able to exercise again also. I would say that if you clean up your

diet and exercise and detox, if your weight drops some,then your

thyroid is probably ok. Good luck

hugs,kathy

-- In , " jamiescryin75 "

<jamiescryin75@y...> wrote:

>

> Lea, thank you for answering my message. Yes I am sad. I really

> DESPISE being heavy . I was always tiny. I don't mind gaining

baby

> weight, that is fun weight. But with my daughter I gained only 25

> pounds and it was off in just 3 months. I weighd less 9 months

> pregnant than I do now.

> I can not do any exercise now because of the surgery. So I not be

> losing anything for a few weeks. The thing is I want a baby soon.

I

> got the implants out for CC but really just want to have a baby

and

> could not do that with those disgusting implants in me.they are

gone

> now and I want to start!

> I think I will have to postpone being a new mom again, it tears me

up.

> Does anyone have suggestions for how long to wait to get pregnant

> after implant removal?

> I do not think I am sick from implants, but I am worried I could

have

> a thyroid problem. You said take my meds. I don't have any? Where

can

> I get them? I think my Dr told me all my blood test was normal. I

do

> not know if he did the thyroid test. Should I ask him? What if it

is

> normal? do you still take meds to lose wieght from implants?

> I am very sad, so confused. Nothing is making sense to me

> Can you explain what I should do? thank you Lea, your nice to

answer

> my questions, I know I seem naive, I just don't know about thyoid!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> In , " Lea " <devans@c...> wrote:

> > Sweetheart, your e-mail sounds so sad. Please don't be sad.

Your

> weight

> > gain is from your breast implants. Most all of the women gain

> weight after

> > they have had breast implants. I went from 98 lbs. to 180, but

now

> that my

> > thyroid is getting better my weight is going fast. I'm down to

138

> lbs. and

> > I continue to lose. It is important to take your thyroid

medication

> 3 hours

> > before you eat. I take mine when my gets up at 5AM. When I

> get up at

> > 7AM, I am free to eat my breakfast. This works for me, but I'm

not

> a doctor.

> > I was on prednisone which makes you gain weight too.

Hypothyroidism

> is hard

> > to detect, it took my doctors years to find out that I had this

> problem.

> > They did a scan of my thyroid and it was positive, I have the

report

> > somewhere.

> >

> > take care, and don't worry about your weight, your

health

> is far

> > more important.

> >

> > Much love...Lea

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````

> > Can anyone answer my question here

> >

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Do you think my weight gain could be related to a thyroid

> disease? I

> > > never thought about this before until I came to this site

and

> have

> > > been reading some of the old messages. I am wondering if I

> should see

> > > a Dr to get checked out? Can some body tell me what tests to

> ask for?

> > > I am really clueless about this medical testing. I just know

I

> was

> > > always so skinny before I got implants.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Kathy thank you for answering my post.

I have a questions about what you said, I will copy and paste your

response that confused me here

" As julie

pointed out, you can have normal thyroid tests and still not be

USING the thyroid hormone correctly that your body is producing. "

What does that mean ? I don't understand how your thyroid can be

normal and not working right?

Also what do you mean by detoxing? Can you help me here? What does

this mean specifically? Detoxing HOW? What do you take for that? Does

your Dr Tell you what to do?

Thank you again, I got an appointment with a specilists at UCSF. it

is about 2 hours drive but worth it, they have the best Dr's there in

the Country, I have been referred there by my local Dr, he is a nice

guy.

He knew I was so upset that he wanted me to get a second opinion. By

the way he did say my Thyroid was tested with all my other labs and

were normal ranges. But, he told me that he wants me to be safe and

happy so he thinks going to UCSF is the best way to be sure.

Then I will wait 6 months to start trying to have a baby!

wrote:

>

> -

> I am sorry to hear that you are sad. Please give it time. I think

> you should wait at least 3 months to see how you are doing before

> getting pregnant. why not set a goal of a particular date to start

> trying? Then start eating healthy--lots of raw food and exercising

> and detoxing. These things can help your thyroid too. I know when

> my husband went on the zone diet, his thyroid picked up steam. Is

> weight gain your only problem? Are you tired? Have dry skin?

hair

> loss? You can look up some websites on thyroid symptoms. But if

> you feel fine other than weight, I think I would try what I said

> above. If you have other symptoms, and they don't get much better

> in the next 3 months, you might want to reevaluate. As julie

> pointed out, you can have normal thyroid tests and still not be

> USING the thyroid hormone correctly that your body is producing.

> Thyroid is very very complicated. Ask your doctor for a copy of

your

> blood work and you can see for yourself. If he didn't do a thyroid

> panel, ask for it. Don't just do a tsh, but get free t-3 and t-4

as

> well. If any of them are even lowish or highish in the normal

> range, that could be a sign of some thyroid dysfunction.

> Hang in there. You have done the best thing for your future child

> by getting those poison bags out of you. And very soon you will be

> able to exercise again also. I would say that if you clean up your

> diet and exercise and detox, if your weight drops some,then your

> thyroid is probably ok. Good luck

> hugs,kathy

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> -- In , " jamiescryin75 "

> <jamiescryin75@y...> wrote:

> >

> > Lea, thank you for answering my message. Yes I am sad. I really

> > DESPISE being heavy . I was always tiny. I don't mind gaining

> baby

> > weight, that is fun weight. But with my daughter I gained only 25

> > pounds and it was off in just 3 months. I weighd less 9 months

> > pregnant than I do now.

> > I can not do any exercise now because of the surgery. So I not be

> > losing anything for a few weeks. The thing is I want a baby soon.

> I

> > got the implants out for CC but really just want to have a baby

> and

> > could not do that with those disgusting implants in me.they are

> gone

> > now and I want to start!

> > I think I will have to postpone being a new mom again, it tears

me

> up.

> > Does anyone have suggestions for how long to wait to get pregnant

> > after implant removal?

> > I do not think I am sick from implants, but I am worried I could

> have

> > a thyroid problem. You said take my meds. I don't have any? Where

> can

> > I get them? I think my Dr told me all my blood test was normal. I

> do

> > not know if he did the thyroid test. Should I ask him? What if it

> is

> > normal? do you still take meds to lose wieght from implants?

> > I am very sad, so confused. Nothing is making sense to me

> > Can you explain what I should do? thank you Lea, your nice to

> answer

> > my questions, I know I seem naive, I just don't know about thyoid!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > In , " Lea " <devans@c...> wrote:

> > > Sweetheart, your e-mail sounds so sad. Please don't be sad.

> Your

> > weight

> > > gain is from your breast implants. Most all of the women gain

> > weight after

> > > they have had breast implants. I went from 98 lbs. to 180, but

> now

> > that my

> > > thyroid is getting better my weight is going fast. I'm down to

> 138

> > lbs. and

> > > I continue to lose. It is important to take your thyroid

> medication

> > 3 hours

> > > before you eat. I take mine when my gets up at 5AM. When

I

> > get up at

> > > 7AM, I am free to eat my breakfast. This works for me, but I'm

> not

> > a doctor.

> > > I was on prednisone which makes you gain weight too.

> Hypothyroidism

> > is hard

> > > to detect, it took my doctors years to find out that I had this

> > problem.

> > > They did a scan of my thyroid and it was positive, I have the

> report

> > > somewhere.

> > >

> > > take care, and don't worry about your weight, your

> health

> > is far

> > > more important.

> > >

> > > Much love...Lea

> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````

> > > Can anyone answer my question here

> > >

> > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Do you think my weight gain could be related to a thyroid

> > disease? I

> > > > never thought about this before until I came to this site

> and

> > have

> > > > been reading some of the old messages. I am wondering if I

> > should see

> > > > a Dr to get checked out? Can some body tell me what tests

to

> > ask for?

> > > > I am really clueless about this medical testing. I just

know

> I

> > was

> > > > always so skinny before I got implants.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >