Re: News - HRT-

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Amazing huh ?

I keep thinking by 2003 , our knowledge of how the human body works is

accurate. But once again we are reminded there is still an awful lot of

guess work . The endocrine system still defies understanding even now.

I am so glad I previously choose not to try HRT, but I did believe it was

the right choice for others. Guess not.

I figured I was unique. Fooled again. :-)

Even more sure NOW, that saving my thyroid gland really was the right choice

too. I read so many sides to the debate, and then all those surveys, showing

how hypo causes so much suffering. And how none of the current treatments

for Graves' are great. But at least I still have my gland, and though

remission is still just shy of two years, I still get labs and keep track of

what is going on.... it sure would be easier if it was as simple as get rid

of the thyroid and take one little pill a day.

But after so many years now on all of these thyroid boards and sites, I can

see very clearly that there is no such magic pill or treatment. How I wish

it were true.

Simple fact... if that were true.... there would not be a choice of

treatment.

If it were true, Graves' would not be a life long illness. But it is.

Anyone else ever have moments of tears because the LIE ( one little pill a

day) is not true .

That statement must have been created as a false comfort to the newly

diagnosed, but to anyone after the initial stages, it is cruel. IMHO.

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

Pam L,

Thanks for all the info! I always wondered why we would need hormones that

nature didn't provide. I also always suspected that it is best to not mess

with hormones if at all possible. This is just common sense. Glad there are

now studies to back it up.