Re: First post - need help

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet and welcome. One the first comments of support we can give

you is to avoid any and all Endo's. Granted, we have heard of a few

good ones, but I do mean a VERY few. Like one per 100,000?? LOL. The

rest are awful. They are Synthroid Nazi's and lab-obsessed. They

will make black ink spots on a piece of paper more important than

screaming symptoms.

Post your labs with ranges. Also tell us your symptoms. Have you

taken your morning, before-you-get-up temp with a mercury

thermometer??

The most informative labs are the free T3 and free T3, by the way.

Janie

:

>

> Greetings all,

>

> I'd like to tell my " story " but first, can anyone recommend a good

> endocrinologist and naturopathic physician in Seattle or nearby

areas?

>

> I have an appt. with endo. Murray (Polyclinic) in April. Living in

> Bastyr-land (school of naturopathy) but don't know who to go to.

>

> Given lab work, suspect Hashimoto's but don't have a clear

diagnosis

> yet - very wacky labs and on Synthroid (generic before). Been

feeling

> awful for several months.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> Janet

[Guest guest]

Well guess what? Your Dr. Murray is listed as a Top Doc for

Washington: http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/washington.htm

The good news is that those that recommended him state he tests the

Free T3 and Free T4, and he likes to see the TSH below one. THAT IS

GOOD. The small bad news is that I see no mention of Armour, and we

are going to highly recommend to you to get on Armour. Now granted,

he does put his folks on T4 and T3 (Cytomel). That's not shabby! We

have a few here who are on that, and one or two due to personal

reasons against using animal products. But.......Armour gives you

exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you--T4, T3, T2 T1 and

calcitonin. The latter is what helps keep the calcium from leeching

from your bones---an important factor you will miss if you do the

synthetic T4 and T3 route.

Janie

>

> Greetings all,

>

> I'd like to tell my " story " but first, can anyone recommend a good

> endocrinologist and naturopathic physician in Seattle or nearby

areas?

>

> I have an appt. with endo. Murray (Polyclinic) in April. Living in

> Bastyr-land (school of naturopathy) but don't know who to go to.

>

> Given lab work, suspect Hashimoto's but don't have a clear

diagnosis

> yet - very wacky labs and on Synthroid (generic before). Been

feeling

> awful for several months.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> Janet

[Guest guest]

Well guess what? Your Dr. Murray is listed as a Top Doc for

Washington: http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/washington.htm

The good news is that those that recommended him state he tests the

Free T3 and Free T4, and he likes to see the TSH below one. THAT IS

GOOD. The small bad news is that I see no mention of Armour, and we

are going to highly recommend to you to get on Armour. Now granted,

he does put his folks on T4 and T3 (Cytomel). That's not shabby! We

have a few here who are on that, and one or two due to personal

reasons against using animal products. But.......Armour gives you

exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you--T4, T3, T2 T1 and

calcitonin. The latter is what helps keep the calcium from leeching

from your bones---an important factor you will miss if you do the

synthetic T4 and T3 route.

Janie

>

> Greetings all,

>

> I'd like to tell my " story " but first, can anyone recommend a good

> endocrinologist and naturopathic physician in Seattle or nearby

areas?

>

> I have an appt. with endo. Murray (Polyclinic) in April. Living in

> Bastyr-land (school of naturopathy) but don't know who to go to.

>

> Given lab work, suspect Hashimoto's but don't have a clear

diagnosis

> yet - very wacky labs and on Synthroid (generic before). Been

feeling

> awful for several months.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> Janet

[Guest guest]

Well guess what? Your Dr. Murray is listed as a Top Doc for

Washington: http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/washington.htm

The good news is that those that recommended him state he tests the

Free T3 and Free T4, and he likes to see the TSH below one. THAT IS

GOOD. The small bad news is that I see no mention of Armour, and we

are going to highly recommend to you to get on Armour. Now granted,

he does put his folks on T4 and T3 (Cytomel). That's not shabby! We

have a few here who are on that, and one or two due to personal

reasons against using animal products. But.......Armour gives you

exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you--T4, T3, T2 T1 and

calcitonin. The latter is what helps keep the calcium from leeching

from your bones---an important factor you will miss if you do the

synthetic T4 and T3 route.

Janie

>

> Greetings all,

>

> I'd like to tell my " story " but first, can anyone recommend a good

> endocrinologist and naturopathic physician in Seattle or nearby

areas?

>

> I have an appt. with endo. Murray (Polyclinic) in April. Living in

> Bastyr-land (school of naturopathy) but don't know who to go to.

>

> Given lab work, suspect Hashimoto's but don't have a clear

diagnosis

> yet - very wacky labs and on Synthroid (generic before). Been

feeling

> awful for several months.

>

> Thanks so much.

>

> Janet

[Guest guest]

>

Yes, I know! I did some homework and his name kept popping up. Plus I

know two people who have seen him (for other problems) and were very

happy as he's not a slave to lab results. I don't know they're

leanings (more traditional than mine, probably)

Now I'm not positive I can see him. I made an appt. a month ago, but

my family doc called him and they said he's not taking any new

patients! So I hope they don't knock me off the books. I, too, am

skeptical of a lot of these enods - I mean endos. (Freudian slip?)

I just hooked up with an ND for later this month. We'll see.

I will post my labs - all over the map. It's a long saga, mine, so

hope I do it succinctly.

J.

Well guess what? Your Dr. Murray is listed as a Top Doc for

> Washington: http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/washington.htm

>

> The good news is that those that recommended him state he tests the

> Free T3 and Free T4, and he likes to see the TSH below one. THAT IS

> GOOD. The small bad news is that I see no mention of Armour, and we

> are going to highly recommend to you to get on Armour. Now granted,

> he does put his folks on T4 and T3 (Cytomel). That's not shabby! We

> have a few here who are on that, and one or two due to personal

> reasons against using animal products. But.......Armour gives you

> exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you--T4, T3, T2 T1

and

> calcitonin. The latter is what helps keep the calcium from leeching

> from your bones---an important factor you will miss if you do the

> synthetic T4 and T3 route.

>

> Janie

>

> >

> > Greetings all,

> >

> > I'd like to tell my " story " but first, can anyone recommend a

good

> > endocrinologist and naturopathic physician in Seattle or nearby

> areas?

> >

> > I have an appt. with endo. Murray (Polyclinic) in April. Living

in

> > Bastyr-land (school of naturopathy) but don't know who to go to.

> >

> > Given lab work, suspect Hashimoto's but don't have a clear

> diagnosis

> > yet - very wacky labs and on Synthroid (generic before). Been

> feeling

> > awful for several months.

> >

> > Thanks so much.

> >

> > Janet

[Guest guest]

> I have to say, now I know why someone referred me here.

Lately a lot of folks who are requesting to join are saying they

heard about this list elsewhere. The word is spreading. We all have

a great mission here.

Janie

[Guest guest]

> I have to say, now I know why someone referred me here.

Lately a lot of folks who are requesting to join are saying they

heard about this list elsewhere. The word is spreading. We all have

a great mission here.

Janie