Re: Hi Val. Because RT3 problems seem so common, why don't people

[Guest guest]

When the STTM site was started we knew nothign abotu Rt3. WhenI

started this group I knew onyl a little about it but I knew for me it

was very important, but I figured I might end up wioth a group of 50

members TOPS! LOL Oh well, live & learn! iT HAS TURNED INTO A HUGE ISSUE

ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS WIHT ADRNEAL ISSUES,. THE MAIN REASONS i STIL

LDON;T ENCOURAGE THE rT3 TESTING RIGH TOFF THE BAT IS TWOFOLD. fIRST WE

CNA USUALLY TELL FROM fT4 AND ft3 COMAPRISONS WHETHER rt3 IS LIEKLY AND

CAN THEN RECOMMEND THE rt3 ISF IT LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY. aND sECOND..

DOCTOR NEGATIVITY! It i hard enough ot find a natural thyroid doctor

let alone one that believe in an " exoperimental " lab liek the Rt3 lab

and then they have NO CLUE what to do with the results. Many ar seeing

doctors particularly when they first join the group. Now once they throw

their doc out and decide to self treat it shoudl be a mandatory lab! LOL

but I DO try to getalong wiht their doctors recommendation until thye

seem contradicitory to gettign well.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://faqhelp.webs.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

http://artisticgrooming.net/

> get tested up front before treating anything? I feel like before I wasted a

lot of time when if I knew that I had RT3 problems I would have attacked that

problem first.

>

> I mean even on the Stop the Thyroid Madness site, I'm sure there are lots of

people with the RT3 issue correct? Don't you think they should get tested as

one of the first things they do before dosing NT?

>

> Thanks! Alayna

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences.

Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Yahoo! Groups

Links

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Val. Because RT3 problems seem so common, why don't people get tested up

front before treating anything? I feel like before I wasted a lot of time when

if I knew that I had RT3 problems I would have attacked that problem first.

I mean even on the Stop the Thyroid Madness site, I'm sure there are lots of

people with the RT3 issue correct? Don't you think they should get tested as

one of the first things they do before dosing NT?

Thanks! Alayna

I'm not Val, but, I couldn't help but reply.

Were it not for my first wife getting sick and me becoming a health advocate for

her up to her death...

Were it not for my second wife also getting sick and requiring that I be an

advocate for myself when I got sick... I'd have no idea about RT3. RT3 is a

back-water of medical study, and most, without some intensive research, would

have never found the link between profound bodily malfunction and RT3.

This whole reverse T3 thing is much too new and unpublished for any kind of

notice from your family doctor or endocrinologist. It's amazing that so many

people happen upon this group and find a way to treat these long lasting issues.

Val's group is on the very cutting edge of self treatment for chronic RT3

issues. I hope the medical community will soon catch up.

Alan

[Guest guest]

>

>Val's group is on the very cutting edge of self treatment for chronic RT3

issues. I hope the medical community will soon catch up.

It's a sad reflection on the medical profession training that patients

can end up so far ahead of their Drs.

Nick

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your replies. Do you think it's because they (doctors) don't

want to deal with all the fine tuning that it takes? They just want to say,

here - take this pill and I'll see you next time? Val, how did you stumble upon

this for yourself? Thanks for sharing your experience for the better good!

Alayna

>

> >

> >Val's group is on the very cutting edge of self treatment for chronic RT3

issues. I hope the medical community will soon catch up.

>

> It's a sad reflection on the medical profession training that patients

> can end up so far ahead of their Drs.

>

> Nick

>

[Guest guest]

No they honestly aer not taught anything abotu Rt3, whjen they wre in

school. nothign much was known abotu it. Little is still knwon and

studies are JUST now beginningto pop up and I do believe it is US

stirring the pot and causing this to happen! I cannot take credit for

being the first, Dr Lowe has been on to T3 for a LONG time and

recommends it to his patients. BUT I think we have perfected it's use in

treating our issues much more than even he has. I learned about it as I

had a LOVELY doctor from the start with my hypo. At 19 years old my

thyroid just stopped workign after being quite hyper for many of my teen

years. I went ot an older DO and he diagnosed me with Hashi;s just by a

physical exam and prescribed Armour. He told me how to titrate the dose

up aand whemn I came back at 3 months later on 3 grains he commented

that was a fairly high dose for someone so early into a Hashi diagnosis

b ut also that I had no signs of hyper so I shoudl continue it. I felt

PERFECT lost the weight i had gained, went back to my usually activities

and was workign 2 jobs and having fun inbetween. OS I KNEW Armoru COULD

work for me. Then when this great doc died, I had to find an Endo (

End-o-Life I call them!) And he said eh would NOT prescribe Armoru it

was an old outdated med and he had this newer one that was more stable

and so much better OFR me so my Synthroid hell days began. I felt OK at

first, not quite as good as on Armour, but OK. He said the dosage needed

adjuting. well we adjusted an adjusted and adjusted. And I slowly got

sicker. Fast forward to 40 years old and 18 years of Syncrap. My BP was

245/148 my pulse was 48, I weighed 265 pounds and I am only 5'2 " tall. I

could gain or lose 20 piunds overnight depending on waht I ate or drnk

the day before due to the fluid retention I had. I had been told I

needed surgery for vericose veins and thta was why my legs swelled so

badly I needed co,mpression hose. I had beenon a no salt diet for 2

years tryignot fight the BO issues. I had nose bleeds nightly. WHY I

never had a stroke I will never knwo except I think the big GUY upstairs

had other plans for me, possibly what I am doing now! I should have died

by all intents and purposes. SO then th epneuminia began. 5 times back

to back and I 3was give the death sentence. 2 years maximum to live.

Told my thyroi dhad nothignto do with it and there was nothign they nor

anyone else could do for me. Sp I joined newsgroups on the brand new

Internet! I finally found a source online for Armoru. And I read about

how sea salt could reduce fluid retention. SO began the long road to

self treating and self helign that I have accomplished. BUt after 10

years and coerrectign SO amny things that had gone wrong since Syncrap

days, I still did nto feel unhypo. STILL!!! I also noted that even wiht

6 grains of Armoru my FT3 refused to go up. THAT was a lightbulb moment!

SO I started experimenting wiht adding T3 to Armoru. I felt a LITTLE

better, so encouraged I started ot do some serious research into all the

causes of low T3 I could ifnd, and that led me to finding out abotu RT3

and finally making the decision ot give up my beloved Amroru and go with

T3 onyl . I raised it WAY too high a I had no way to knwo about the

timing of Rt3 clearance. NO ONE had discovered that yet! b ut when I did

clear it was amazing and liek a light biulb that had long ago burnt out

cam suddenly back on. Then a few others thta had joined me on this

experimental quest alos cleared the Rt3 in 11-15 weeks we had a plan and

Nick had wonderful results after his severe resistance, and on we have

gone learning one by one the causes of this problem and how important it

is.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://faqhelp.webs.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

http://artisticgrooming.net/

> Thank you all for your replies. Do you think it's because they (doctors)

don't want to deal with all the fine tuning that it takes? They just want to

say, here - take this pill and I'll see you next time? Val, how did you stumble

upon this for yourself? Thanks for sharing your experience for the better good!

>

> Alayna

>

>

>

>>

>>> Val's group is on the very cutting edge of self treatment for chronic RT3

issues. I hope the medical community will soon catch up.

>> It's a sad reflection on the medical profession training that patients

>> can end up so far ahead of their Drs.

>>

>> Nick

>>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences.

Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Yahoo! Groups

Links

>

>

>

>