hi Ladies,
I have posted a while ago but haven't read any following threads as havent' been online for awhile.
(Excuse errors - typing fast as need to get some sleep!!)
I've briefly read a few that have caught my attention.
I have an under active thyroid - started premenstrual with a whopping great nodule (size of a hard boiled egg!) Docs removed half of it as werent sure if it was malignant - luckily it wasnt.
For the lady who has a nodule, I were scared out of my mind, and were not thining clearly at all - I urge you to find soem people you trust (naturopath, doc ?) to help keep your mind at ease - I work inthe natural health industry (also studying to be a naturopath) and I were trying to source all the answers myself and it drove me nuts! From what I foudn out - if you were to have any form of cancer, apparently Thyroid can is the better one to have as it is enclosed in a capsule (???) and this limits any spreading.
Re blood tests - doctors always tell me theres nothig to worry about and that my results are "normal" as they are within the range. The range is a big range, and mine are often at the very lowest point. I'd put soem examples here but my results are filed away and i'm out here on the computer! Again, find a professional you trust, with an open mind to help interpret your results as again, i nearly went mad trying to do it myself. If you want a god book, read 'solved the riddle of illness' - i'm sure it's written by Dr John Lee.
We have a clinic here in Tauranga, New Zealand which bases itself on John Lees findings. The lady I see has herself had thryoid issues, and runs a clinic called Patient Advocates for Natural Hormonal Therapy. She uses natural horomones and has had brilliant success for thryoid issues. I had all of this prior to becomign pregnant, and now have a healthy 6.5 mth girl.
Felicity (practioner at above clinic) has had soooo many ladies who have been unable to concieve, hypo or hyper thyroidism, recurrent misscarriages etc and the stories of success are great. It really frustrates me that the orthodox world, make out that the emotional stuff (low libido, energy, depression etc ) are not related. Grrrr, if it werent for the progesterone cream i used throught my entire pregnancy and still now whilst breast feeding (exclusively pumping actually) than I dont know how things would have been for me - my progesterone levels were lower than soemone going through menopause and i'm a fit healthy 30 year old!!
low progesterone is a HUGE factor in thyroid issues, along with xenoestrogens in the environment, cholrinated and fluridated drinking water, soy products (nasty), giortergen foods etc.
If you cant find this sort of info over there on the other sidee of the wordl, I urge you to email Felicity at patient Advocates. I found her information to be my god send!!!
About the iron levels too and saying how theya re within the range. Look at what iron they are testing - free iron or stored? Also at what end of the scale. The scales they use are for the average person, we are all different, so what may be normal for one, may be far from normal for another.
Good luck ladies - our computer is farily slow, which is why i've not repleid for awhile, it takes me such a long time to get here to type my novels!!!
If anyone needs IBSN numbers for that book, jsut ask and i'll post next time.