Re: Iron question and you ladies are so helpful!!

[Guest guest]

I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem? I

had been on synthroid for 3 years ( underteated) and have been on

thyroid-s for 2 weeks. In Feb. my tsh was 6.18 , free t-4 .99, tpo

>1000 ( I know I have posted my results many times before, just

thought it went with my question). A person could go mental (I

should say more mental)trying to understand everything, sometimes

it's so overwhelming I feel like giving up!

kk

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

>My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem?<<

You can get a Ferritin test through Healthcheck.

Artistic Grooming

Hurricane, West Virginia

[Guest guest]

>>I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem?<<

You can get a Ferritin test through Healthcheck.

Artistic Grooming

Hurricane, West Virginia

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix. Today I asked her if the tonic had helped his

bloody noses. You know she had forgotten completely that was the reason

for him taking the tonic, because the bloody noses had stopped. The tonic

did the trick, the worry was gone. I don't think they were worried about

the dosage they just wanted real life results, which they got. Now I

wonder if a few years down the road that she will remember if he starts

having bloody noses again. Hopefully I will be able to get her to this list

so that she can help her son so he will not have to go through years of

impaired thyroid function.

Another way of getting iron is from liver. Personally I do not like liver,

so if I were to use liver as an iron source I would cut it up raw, in very

small pieces and freeze it. Then I would swallow the raw frozen liver like

a pill.

So I again ask you why is it necessary for you to know the exact dosage

that you are getting? In fact if you are taking an iron that constipates

you may know what you are ingesting, but in reality that amount is not

available to your system. imho. Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

Hi Sheila,

I don't know if it would or not. I also know that when you eat plants that

are high in iron you get less per serving than you do meats. Good dietary

sources of iron include red meat, beans, egg yolk, whole-grain products,

nuts,

Sheila Bliesath

StarGate Travel

Phone:

For more information on travel or becoming an agent

info@...

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix. Today I asked her if the tonic had helped his

bloody noses. You know she had forgotten completely that was the reason

for him taking the tonic, because the bloody noses had stopped. The tonic

did the trick, the worry was gone. I don't think they were worried about

the dosage they just wanted real life results, which they got. Now I

wonder if a few years down the road that she will remember if he starts

having bloody noses again. Hopefully I will be able to get her to this list

so that she can help her son so he will not have to go through years of

impaired thyroid function.

Another way of getting iron is from liver. Personally I do not like liver,

so if I were to use liver as an iron source I would cut it up raw, in very

small pieces and freeze it. Then I would swallow the raw frozen liver like

a pill.

So I again ask you why is it necessary for you to know the exact dosage

that you are getting? In fact if you are taking an iron that constipates

you may know what you are ingesting, but in reality that amount is not

available to your system. imho. Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

Hi Sheila,

I don't know if it would or not. I also know that when you eat plants that

are high in iron you get less per serving than you do meats. Good dietary

sources of iron include red meat, beans, egg yolk, whole-grain products,

nuts,

Sheila Bliesath

StarGate Travel

Phone:

For more information on travel or becoming an agent

info@...

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix. Today I asked her if the tonic had helped his

bloody noses. You know she had forgotten completely that was the reason

for him taking the tonic, because the bloody noses had stopped. The tonic

did the trick, the worry was gone. I don't think they were worried about

the dosage they just wanted real life results, which they got. Now I

wonder if a few years down the road that she will remember if he starts

having bloody noses again. Hopefully I will be able to get her to this list

so that she can help her son so he will not have to go through years of

impaired thyroid function.

Another way of getting iron is from liver. Personally I do not like liver,

so if I were to use liver as an iron source I would cut it up raw, in very

small pieces and freeze it. Then I would swallow the raw frozen liver like

a pill.

So I again ask you why is it necessary for you to know the exact dosage

that you are getting? In fact if you are taking an iron that constipates

you may know what you are ingesting, but in reality that amount is not

available to your system. imho. Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

Hi Sheila,

I don't know if it would or not. I also know that when you eat plants that

are high in iron you get less per serving than you do meats. Good dietary

sources of iron include red meat, beans, egg yolk, whole-grain products,

nuts,

Sheila Bliesath

StarGate Travel

Phone:

For more information on travel or becoming an agent

info@...

[Guest guest]

If you cannot test often for iron deficiency, I would say consider your

symptoms. Remember that is how doctors used to treat their patients. So

what are your symptoms? A real good book for helping to pinpoint problems

is " The Nutrition Almanac " . But, also keep in mind as you look through the

book you will be saying, " Oh, no wonder I feel that way. " over and over

again. The rule is if you work on the source of the problem generally

symptoms of something further down from the source will generally clear up.

I.e. if your arteries are blocked and you clear them, then all of the

blood related organs will perform more efficiently. Since the Almanac talks

about vitamins and minerals you could be going out and buying separate

vitamins and minerals for your varying problems. You must always remember

to start with a broad spectrum multi-vitamin and mineral and then build on

that. Of course if you can take vitamins and minerals in the first place.

Now I am going to assume that some people are wondering if vitamins and

minerals work so great why is Sheila on this list? By taking a broad

spectrum multi vitamins and mineral I was able to feel a whole lot better

then I had ever felt in my life. I began this journey in the early 80's,

and am grateful for the progress. BUT . . . although, there were great

strides it wasn't the total answer. I needed to get to the source of the

problem, which I now believe to be thyroid dysfunction.

Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem? I

had been on synthroid for 3 years ( underteated) and have been on

thyroid-s for 2 weeks. In Feb. my tsh was 6.18 , free t-4 .99, tpo

>1000 ( I know I have posted my results many times before, just

thought it went with my question). A person could go mental (I

should say more mental)trying to understand everything, sometimes

it's so overwhelming I feel like giving up!

kk

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

>My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

>

[Guest guest]

If you cannot test often for iron deficiency, I would say consider your

symptoms. Remember that is how doctors used to treat their patients. So

what are your symptoms? A real good book for helping to pinpoint problems

is " The Nutrition Almanac " . But, also keep in mind as you look through the

book you will be saying, " Oh, no wonder I feel that way. " over and over

again. The rule is if you work on the source of the problem generally

symptoms of something further down from the source will generally clear up.

I.e. if your arteries are blocked and you clear them, then all of the

blood related organs will perform more efficiently. Since the Almanac talks

about vitamins and minerals you could be going out and buying separate

vitamins and minerals for your varying problems. You must always remember

to start with a broad spectrum multi-vitamin and mineral and then build on

that. Of course if you can take vitamins and minerals in the first place.

Now I am going to assume that some people are wondering if vitamins and

minerals work so great why is Sheila on this list? By taking a broad

spectrum multi vitamins and mineral I was able to feel a whole lot better

then I had ever felt in my life. I began this journey in the early 80's,

and am grateful for the progress. BUT . . . although, there were great

strides it wasn't the total answer. I needed to get to the source of the

problem, which I now believe to be thyroid dysfunction.

Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem? I

had been on synthroid for 3 years ( underteated) and have been on

thyroid-s for 2 weeks. In Feb. my tsh was 6.18 , free t-4 .99, tpo

>1000 ( I know I have posted my results many times before, just

thought it went with my question). A person could go mental (I

should say more mental)trying to understand everything, sometimes

it's so overwhelming I feel like giving up!

kk

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

>My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

>

[Guest guest]

If you cannot test often for iron deficiency, I would say consider your

symptoms. Remember that is how doctors used to treat their patients. So

what are your symptoms? A real good book for helping to pinpoint problems

is " The Nutrition Almanac " . But, also keep in mind as you look through the

book you will be saying, " Oh, no wonder I feel that way. " over and over

again. The rule is if you work on the source of the problem generally

symptoms of something further down from the source will generally clear up.

I.e. if your arteries are blocked and you clear them, then all of the

blood related organs will perform more efficiently. Since the Almanac talks

about vitamins and minerals you could be going out and buying separate

vitamins and minerals for your varying problems. You must always remember

to start with a broad spectrum multi-vitamin and mineral and then build on

that. Of course if you can take vitamins and minerals in the first place.

Now I am going to assume that some people are wondering if vitamins and

minerals work so great why is Sheila on this list? By taking a broad

spectrum multi vitamins and mineral I was able to feel a whole lot better

then I had ever felt in my life. I began this journey in the early 80's,

and am grateful for the progress. BUT . . . although, there were great

strides it wasn't the total answer. I needed to get to the source of the

problem, which I now believe to be thyroid dysfunction.

Sheila

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

I self treat, how will I know if I have a Iron or ferritin problem? I

had been on synthroid for 3 years ( underteated) and have been on

thyroid-s for 2 weeks. In Feb. my tsh was 6.18 , free t-4 .99, tpo

>1000 ( I know I have posted my results many times before, just

thought it went with my question). A person could go mental (I

should say more mental)trying to understand everything, sometimes

it's so overwhelming I feel like giving up!

kk

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

>My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

>

[Guest guest]

for those people with low ferritin you would need a minimum of 150 mg a day of

elemental iron. Here is the list for floradix. Also, too much iron can kill

you, so taking iron when not needed is a risk. That is one thing that needs to

be monitored closely. One more thing, many of these ingredients are goitenous

and will block thyroid meds. At 20 something a bottle, with my low ferritin, I

would have to drink 2 bottles a day as well as increase my thyroid meds to

compensate the kelp alone.

Medicinal ingredients:

per 10 ml: per ml:

Iron (from ferrous gluconate 87 mg) 10.0 mg 1.0 mg

Vitamin B1 (from thiamine hydrochloride) 2.5 mg 0.25 mg

Vitamin B2 (from riboflavin sodium phosphate) 4.0 mg 0.4 mg

Vitamin B6 (from pyridoxine hydrochloride) 2.0 mg 0.2 mg

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) 7.5 mcg 0.75 mcg

In a non-medicinal base of:

Extracts of: carrot, nettle wort, spinach, couch grass root, angelica root,

fennel seed, kelp, hibiscus flower, bitter orange peel.

Juice concentrates of: pear, black grape, black currant, orange, blackberry,

cherry, red beet.

In a base of: honey, rosehip extract, wheat germ, yeast extract (Saccharomyces

cerevisiae), natural flavour, purified water; ascorbic acid.

Adult dosage:

Take 10 ml (1/2 capful) twice daily. For kosher use take 10 ml (1/2 capful)

twice daily in a glass of water or fruit juice.

Children's dosage:

under 2 years old: as directed by a physician.

2-4 years old: 1/5 the adult dosage.

5-9 years old: 1/4 the adult dosage.

10-14 years old: 1/2 the adult dosage.

Directions for use:

Shake bottle well before use. Take before meals. This medicament is for

therapeutic use only.

Re: Re: Iron question and you ladies are so

helpful!!

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix.

[Guest guest]

for those people with low ferritin you would need a minimum of 150 mg a day of

elemental iron. Here is the list for floradix. Also, too much iron can kill

you, so taking iron when not needed is a risk. That is one thing that needs to

be monitored closely. One more thing, many of these ingredients are goitenous

and will block thyroid meds. At 20 something a bottle, with my low ferritin, I

would have to drink 2 bottles a day as well as increase my thyroid meds to

compensate the kelp alone.

Medicinal ingredients:

per 10 ml: per ml:

Iron (from ferrous gluconate 87 mg) 10.0 mg 1.0 mg

Vitamin B1 (from thiamine hydrochloride) 2.5 mg 0.25 mg

Vitamin B2 (from riboflavin sodium phosphate) 4.0 mg 0.4 mg

Vitamin B6 (from pyridoxine hydrochloride) 2.0 mg 0.2 mg

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) 7.5 mcg 0.75 mcg

In a non-medicinal base of:

Extracts of: carrot, nettle wort, spinach, couch grass root, angelica root,

fennel seed, kelp, hibiscus flower, bitter orange peel.

Juice concentrates of: pear, black grape, black currant, orange, blackberry,

cherry, red beet.

In a base of: honey, rosehip extract, wheat germ, yeast extract (Saccharomyces

cerevisiae), natural flavour, purified water; ascorbic acid.

Adult dosage:

Take 10 ml (1/2 capful) twice daily. For kosher use take 10 ml (1/2 capful)

twice daily in a glass of water or fruit juice.

Children's dosage:

under 2 years old: as directed by a physician.

2-4 years old: 1/5 the adult dosage.

5-9 years old: 1/4 the adult dosage.

10-14 years old: 1/2 the adult dosage.

Directions for use:

Shake bottle well before use. Take before meals. This medicament is for

therapeutic use only.

Re: Re: Iron question and you ladies are so

helpful!!

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix.

[Guest guest]

for those people with low ferritin you would need a minimum of 150 mg a day of

elemental iron. Here is the list for floradix. Also, too much iron can kill

you, so taking iron when not needed is a risk. That is one thing that needs to

be monitored closely. One more thing, many of these ingredients are goitenous

and will block thyroid meds. At 20 something a bottle, with my low ferritin, I

would have to drink 2 bottles a day as well as increase my thyroid meds to

compensate the kelp alone.

Medicinal ingredients:

per 10 ml: per ml:

Iron (from ferrous gluconate 87 mg) 10.0 mg 1.0 mg

Vitamin B1 (from thiamine hydrochloride) 2.5 mg 0.25 mg

Vitamin B2 (from riboflavin sodium phosphate) 4.0 mg 0.4 mg

Vitamin B6 (from pyridoxine hydrochloride) 2.0 mg 0.2 mg

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) 7.5 mcg 0.75 mcg

In a non-medicinal base of:

Extracts of: carrot, nettle wort, spinach, couch grass root, angelica root,

fennel seed, kelp, hibiscus flower, bitter orange peel.

Juice concentrates of: pear, black grape, black currant, orange, blackberry,

cherry, red beet.

In a base of: honey, rosehip extract, wheat germ, yeast extract (Saccharomyces

cerevisiae), natural flavour, purified water; ascorbic acid.

Adult dosage:

Take 10 ml (1/2 capful) twice daily. For kosher use take 10 ml (1/2 capful)

twice daily in a glass of water or fruit juice.

Children's dosage:

under 2 years old: as directed by a physician.

2-4 years old: 1/5 the adult dosage.

5-9 years old: 1/4 the adult dosage.

10-14 years old: 1/2 the adult dosage.

Directions for use:

Shake bottle well before use. Take before meals. This medicament is for

therapeutic use only.

Re: Re: Iron question and you ladies are so

helpful!!

Kate,

Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

they are using is Floradix.

[Guest guest]

Sheila,

It's important for me to know how much I'm getting because I want to raise

my level. If I'm only ingesting the minimal amount, I'm wasting my

time. I'm tried of wasting my time. Right now I do not thing the iron is

the problem. I feel it's more of a Hashi's flare. I've been on the higher

level of iron for about 5 weeks and this week was the first week I've had a

big constipation problem. I had these problems long before I was taking

that much iron until I started more Armour and the enzymes. I've been

under major stress this week. That is IMHO.

I don't do liver. Any way or form. I'd puke first.... :-)

Kate

At 11:20 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote:

>Kate,

>

>Why is it so important to know exactly what you are getting? Wouldn't just

>how you feel be a better indicator? Case in point . . . just today I was

>talking to a friend about her son. You see last fall he was falling into

>such a deep sleep in the middle of the day that they would have difficulty

>waking him up. He is four years old, very big for his age, with very pale

>skin. (Prime suspect that fits his symtoms, thyroid malfunction.) Then

>there were the bloody noses, bad bloody noses. When I was a child I had

>severe bloody noses and remember the doc giving me an iron tonic to take.

>He also advised my mother to feed me raisins. I think all of this helped

>and I remembered it, but again I did have iron issues in my early teens.

>That was a very bad scence. My advice regarding the little boy was for

>them to get a liquid iron supplement from plant source. I believe the one

>they are using is Floradix. Today I asked her if the tonic had helped his

>bloody noses. You know she had forgotten completely that was the reason

>for him taking the tonic, because the bloody noses had stopped. The tonic

>did the trick, the worry was gone. I don't think they were worried about

>the dosage they just wanted real life results, which they got. Now I

>wonder if a few years down the road that she will remember if he starts

>having bloody noses again. Hopefully I will be able to get her to this list

>so that she can help her son so he will not have to go through years of

>impaired thyroid function.

>

>Another way of getting iron is from liver. Personally I do not like liver,

>so if I were to use liver as an iron source I would cut it up raw, in very

>small pieces and freeze it. Then I would swallow the raw frozen liver like

>a pill.

>

>So I again ask you why is it necessary for you to know the exact dosage

>that you are getting? In fact if you are taking an iron that constipates

>you may know what you are ingesting, but in reality that amount is not

>available to your system. imho. Sheila

>

>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

>

>

>Hi Sheila,

>

>

>I don't know if it would or not. I also know that when you eat plants that

>

>are high in iron you get less per serving than you do meats. Good dietary

>sources of iron include red meat, beans, egg yolk, whole-grain products,

>nuts,

>Sheila Bliesath

>StarGate Travel

>Phone:

>For more information on travel or becoming an agent

>info@...

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was viewing the archives for some information and read this post.

I had great success with a natural hematic supplement called

Hemaplex. I bought it at a local health food/supplement store. I

took it during pregnancy to ward off anemia. My midwife recommended

it because of a history of anemia during pregnancy. Also, it's great

for extra iron support during menstrual cycles. I never became

anemic during the pregnancy and noticed a huge difference in energy.

Sorry for the late response, but I felt I should share since it was

such a help to me!

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

> I finally saw an internist last week. She did give me a

prescription

> for Armour thyroid. She knew I was determined to stick with it, I

> told her I was self-medicating with the generic Armour. She

thought

> that was a little out there.

>

> Well anyway she ran about $300 worth of bloodwork to find out why

I'm

> still having some symptoms..mainly fatigue... Well guess what the

> cause appears to be? The exact thing Janie and some others had

told

> me to get checked! My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

> Her letter also stated that I'm 'significantly hyperthyroid' and to

> call her office to talk about switching back to Synthroid or

Levoxyl

> with Cytomel... not a chance that I'm going back to that. Besides,

> she gave me a prescription for a year of Armour... and I know where

> to get it on my own if need be! My TSH was .06 and my FT4 was 1

with

> range of .8 to 1.8. And of course no FT3 was done.

>

> I don't send a lot of messages, but this group has been so helpful

to

> me! You are so knowledgeable and I appreciate your sharing it with

> the rest of us.

>

> Any iron suggestiions would be appreciated.

>

> Joan