Dr. Jubel , Midland, TX

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I had my follow-up with Dr. this morning. He seems so

wonderful, really listens to me and agrees that he doesn't know as

much as he could about Thyroid problems - even though his wife is

hypothyroid. When I asked him if he prescribes Armour, he

replied " Yes. In fact, my wife is on it and responded so much better

to that then the synthetic stuff " . I was tickled pink!

My best friend / co-worker has also been recently diagnosed with low

thyroid function, and she, out of the blue, decided to try a new

doctor. She also picked Dr. and had no idea that was the doctor

I was going to. We think it was Devine intervention or something

like that.

So this morning, we had an unconventional " joint appointment " . Dr.

was gracious enough to sit down with one of us on each side of

the desk and I showed him all the books I've read this past month (6)

and the printouts from this forum and other websites. We discussed

in detail how the thyroid works, alternative treatments and

supplements, Chinese herbs, acupuncture, Yoga, adrenals, iron levels,

cholesterol, etc and how it all tied in with thyroid function. He

was in the exam room with us for an hour straight. We were both very

impressed, as we had been before separately.

Dr. had never heard of Reverse T3 and I showed him places in my

books and printouts where it was described, and he agreed to order

that test. He's going to test us for the following tests for a few

months to see how it's going: TSH, Free T4, Free T3, and RT3, as

well as all adrenals (DHEA, Cortisol, sex hormones), iron, and

electrolytes. He's also going to check my pituitary gland function.

My friend is determined to take no thyroid hormones, synthetic or

otherwise, and she is taking a bunch of Chinese herbs her mother's

naturopath mailed to her. She has yet to get the list of exactly

what she's taking. She's going to do pilates, go on an organic sugar-

free healthy diet, get her chiropractor and massage therapist

involved in making sure her spine is all aligned, and take any other

necessary vitamins and herbs that he herbalist thinks she should

take. Now, while she may be onto something, I'm convinced she will

eventually have to take some sort of replacement thyroid hormones to

get her levels normal and her symptoms disappeared.

I've been on the Levothyroxine for exactly one month and maybe I'm

not quite so exhausted, but my memory problems, brain fog,

depression, anxiety, tingling in hands and feet, joint pain, and hot

flashes despite having a low body temp have not subsided one bit. I

did lose 3 pounds this month doing nothing different to my diet or

exercising more. I will post my lab results as soon as I get them.