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I was told that if cocount oil wasnt kept regfrigerated it would break down
and lose all of its good properties and turn into bad properties.. too much
info

Hi Monica,
Yes, you can use it directly on your face. I would
only use an organic, virgin coconut oil though.
My skin is so much more supple and winkle free since
using VCO on my face. It is the best thing for dry
skin! I use it all over my body after my shower every
morning.
Much love,
Pamela

congratulations..good for you!!!

ana
Monica <mwcislo@...

FYI- I am finally losing weight after months of trying to do it on my
own and getting nowhere. I am the type of dieter that you have to tell
me what I can and cannot eat. I chose to do the southbeach diet, for
the second time. The first time I lost 8 lbs in 5 days then quit, I
thought I could do it on my own. 15 lbs later and frustrated, I
decided to try it again. It's working for me. I chose this not only
for hypo reasons, but for high blood pressure reasons also AND I was
desperate to lose weight before bikini season! I am on the 5th day of
phase 1. I have lost inches in my waist, thigh, upper arm, and hips
already! I have not weighed myself yet, my scale's battery died, I
think I am going to wait until phase 1 is over anyway. I hope to lose
at least 20 lbs on this. I just wanted to tell you guys what is
working. Maybe SB could be the answer for others. It's not hard.
Like I said, it is my second time trying this, I am more determined
this time and have more weight to lose. My carb cravings almost
vanished...I am shocked by this. Whatever works, right!
Monica

FYI- I am finally losing weight after months of trying to do it on my
own and getting nowhere. I am the type of dieter that you have to tell
me what I can and cannot eat. I chose to do the southbeach diet, for
the second time. The first time I lost 8 lbs in 5 days then quit, I
thought I could do it on my own. 15 lbs later and frustrated, I
decided to try it again. It's working for me. I chose this not only
for hypo reasons, but for high blood pressure reasons also AND I was
desperate to lose weight before bikini season! I am on the 5th day of
phase 1. I have lost inches in my waist, thigh, upper arm, and hips
already! I have not weighed myself yet, my scale's battery died, I
think I am going to wait until phase 1 is over anyway. I hope to lose
at least 20 lbs on this. I just wanted to tell you guys what is
working. Maybe SB could be the answer for others. It's not hard.
Like I said, it is my second time trying this, I am more determined
this time and have more weight to lose. My carb cravings almost
vanished...I am shocked by this. Whatever works, right!
Monica

I heard that you can put it on your face, is this ok? People don't
break out from it? I am afraid to put it on my face. Is it mixed with
anything or can you use it straight from the jar when you use it on
your skin? I wouldn't mind softer skin in the winter!
Monica

What brand are you trying?
I am using tropical traditions. I recieved it in two days. It is
stored at room temprature. It can be used as oil or butter (since it
is solid, you don't need to keep it in the fridge) I find that it
tastes wonderful. I am looking forward to learning more recipes that I
can use it with.
Monica

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Headaches are symptomatic of Thyroid Disease!!!

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Obesity Can Be Real Headache

Talks a little about hypo...Bee

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Apr-18-Mon-2005/living/26229183.html

Monday, April 18, 2005
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

HEALTH: Slowing Down

Metabolic rates play important role in weight management
By HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA
REVIEW-JOURNAL
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Illustration by David Stroud.

Memo to all you 20-somethings out there: Those 40-something friends of yours who complain that it's harder for them to lose weight these days aren't just a bunch of slackers in disguise. The reason: the body's metabolism, and how it changes as we age.

We hear a lot about metabolism, but it's something that's not widely understood by laymen. Laura Kruskall, chairwoman of the department of nutrition sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, explains that metabolism has three major parts.

The first is the resting metabolic rate.

"In most people, it's the largest component of energy expenditure -- 60 (percent) to 70 percent of the calories we burn each day," Kruskall said. "The amount you burn to stay alive."

"Basically, what the resting metabolic rate is, is the energy that the body uses for basic body functions like breathing and body temperature," noted Dr. Lubna Ahmad, an endocrinologist in private practice and on staff at MountainView Hospital. Ahmad said it's also known as the basal metabolic rate.

The second component, Kruskall said, is the thermic effect of eating.

"When you digest a meal, you do burn some calories to do that -- 5 (percent) to 10 percent of the calories that you burn each day," she said.

The third -- and, Kruskall said, the one we can control the most -- "is anything you do over and above resting -- fidgeting, walking up and down the stairs or formal exercise. In most people, it's 15 (percent) to 30 percent of the calories that you burn each day, but it's the most variable." For people who are completely sedentary, Kruskall said, this component could be much lower than 15 percent; "for world-class athletes, it could be a lot higher than 30 percent."

In some ways, our resting metabolic rate is something that's just part of who we are.

"Our peak (resting metabolic rate) is in our mid-20s," Ahmad said. "Gradually from there on, the metabolic rate does decrease. The Big Four-O is when we do see a more dramatic decrease in the metabolic rate. That's what makes it more difficult for people to lose weight as they get older."

That's part of the natural aging process, but it's more pronounced in women, Ahmad said, because of hormonal changes at the same time -- principally the decrease in the amount of estrogen that's part of premenopause.

"The difference between a man's and a woman's (resting metabolic rate) is based on their body composition," she said. "The more muscle there is in a body, the faster the metabolic rate. Women are fatter and men are leaner. We have breasts and we have butts. We need those fatty areas for the normal menstrual functions. That's why skinny women who are marathon runners and barely have breasts will usually have irregular cycles. We need those fatty deposits to function properly. That's just the way God made us."

Ahmad added that resting metabolic rate can change in the case of disease.

"Any stressful disease, or for a person who is hospitalized with pneumonia or an infection, they would have a much higher basal metabolic rate, because they are using a lot of resources to combat those infections," she said. "So it's very important for them to have a good caloric intake."

On the other hand, Kruskall noted, a person who has hypothyroidism would have a slower rate, because the thyroid hormone controls metabolic rate.

Much about our resting metabolic rate is beyond our control, but you'll note that Ahmad said, "the more muscle there is in a body, the faster the metabolic rate."

Doesn't seem fair, does it? But there it is. Kruskall noted that the old truism that muscle burns more calories than fat is ... well ... true.

Lean body mass, she said, is made up of the skeleton, muscles, organs and water.

"The more lean body mass you have, generally the higher your resting metabolic rate," Kruskall said. "So when it comes to managing weight, exercise is, of course, important for two reasons: The more lean body mass you have, the more calories you burn at rest and when you're expending activity."

The second reason, she said, is the number of calories expended directly through the activity. "You burn more than if you weren't doing that exercise."

So how does one figure one's resting metabolic rate?

"There are a few tests that can be done," Ahmad said. "They're not very accurate, but they give a rough estimate. They're usually tests that measure the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide the body is utilizing."

Kruskall said the methodology, called indirect calorimetry, "is measuring the amount of oxygen you're consuming and the amount of carbon dioxide you're exuding." She said such equipment generally is found only at major universities and in hospitals, although she said some health clubs are beginning to promote the service, using a hand-held device.

"There's a technology that is being developed," said Bret FitzGerald, vice president of corporate communication for Las Vegas Athletic Clubs. "I'll use the term `developed' because the jury's still out on the technology. It can come fairly close to what your real resting metabolic rate is."

The main reason Las Vegas Athletic Clubs don't offer such technology, he said, is because of a lack of demand from members.

"We've tried different things, and it doesn't seem like there's much interest in those things," he said. Members are "interested in using really high-quality, efficient equipment. ... They really don't seem interested in finding out their metabolic rate. They're more interested in information about eating right and how many calories they're going to burn from exercising."

If you would like to figure your resting metabolic rate, Kruskall said there's a way to formulate a "quick-and-dirty" estimate. Take your body rate in pounds and multiply by 10; that's a rough approximation of the amount of calories you burn each day at rest -- 1,500 calories for a 150-pound person, for example.

"You also have to factor in other things you're doing throughout the day -- burning 300 to 500 calories in a workout program, running up and down stairs at work," she said. "Add calories for other activities that you do in that 24-hour period."

And be sure you add enough.

"It's not a good idea to eat below the resting metabolic rate, because your body goes into a state of starvation, and it can affect your metabolic rate," Kruskall said. "Whether or not that's permanent, the literature is not clear.

"Your body doesn't know there's a McDonald's on every corner. Your body thinks `We're in a state of famine right now, so we'll go to a lower metabolic rate and be more efficient.' "

Which is why starvation diets aren't helpful in weight control -- and exercise is. Ahmad said success can be achieved "by becoming leaner, exercising more. And it's not just decreasing the calories, it's combining the nutrients appropriately and spreading out the calories that will help build the metabolic rate. It should be a balanced diet in appropriate ratios, and they should be spread out during the day, not just concentrated once or twice in a day."

Kruskall said she likes to stress the "importance of exercise and maintaining lean body mass. People who try to lose weight just by cutting calories will lose some body fat, but you might also lose some muscle mass."

"Ultimately," FitzGerald said, "if people pay attention to eating fewer calories and eating calories that are high in nutrient density, and exercise consistently, they are going to find a comfortable and healthy weight. We stress consistency in their exercise program, because if they're consistent with that, they're going to be more consistent with eating right and eating fewer calories, and consequently they will find that healthy weight."

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Genetic basis of autoimmune diseases

18 Apr 2005 [INLINE]

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A gene associated with susceptibility to a group of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease and lupus, is identified in the May issue of Nature Genetics.
This discovery is the latest in a series of findings identifying common genetic variants as risk factors for more than one disorder in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. Ryo Yamada and colleagues found that a particular variant of the gene FCRL3, encoding a receptor that may be involved in regulating the immune system, is significantly more common in Japanese individuals with one of these autoimmunities.
The variant affects the binding of a factor, NF-kB, which promotes FCRL3 expression, resulting in greater production of both FCRL3 and certain autoantibodies.
These autoantibodies are well known markers for rheumatoid arthritis in particular. The findings were replicated in an independent Japanese group, lending confidence to the results, although it remains to be seen whether the association will also be observed in other ethnic groups.
DOI: 10.1038/ng1540
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Hi all,

I thought this was pretty interesting...

My hubby was put on a statin after his heart attack in 2000...he was also dx'd hypo alost 2 years ago...

I had told him for years that I wasure he was hypo, beause of symptoms, but also the fact that his mom has it...

I was never thrilled that he was on a statin...I always figured the high cholesterol was because of his thyroid, more than anything else...since high cholesterol can be caused by thyroid disease...and the more I read, the more I realize that cholesterol levels don't have a lot to do with diet...

There is also, a little lower, a Q&A from someone who was switched from armour to synthroid and her problems finding a doc who is willing to allow her to be on armour, sicne she feels much better on it...

Hugs, Bee

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/3138797

April 17, 2005, 8:26PM

THE PEOPLE'S PHARMACY

Statin-type drugs not for everyone's cholesterol problems

By JOE AND TERESA GRAEDON
King Features Syndicate

Guidelines for cholesterol control recently have become much more stringent. For millions of Americans, achieving the new targets requires strong medicine.

Over the past decade, prescriptions for statin-type cholesterol-lowering drugs have soared. Such medications are extremely effective at getting the numbers under control and reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

As good as these drugs are, though, some people can't handle them. We have heard from many readers like this one:

"My husband and I were both put on statins, one on Lipitor and one on Zocor. With time, we both experienced serious side effects. My husband had severe memory problems and confusion. Once he could not find a warehouse that he has been going to for years. Another time he got lost coming home from the VA hospital, even though it is a well-known and rather simple route. I thought he must be getting Alzheimer's disease.

"I also had problems with my memory, often forgetting what I was saying but more often not being able to retrieve ordinary words used in everyday conversation. In addition, I had problems with my balance, bumping into walls and staggering when I walked.

"Both of us had muscle and leg pain. Neither of us associated our memory loss, confusion or loss of balance with statins. We knew that muscle pain could be a side effect, though, so when the pain became intolerable we weaned ourselves off the statins.

"To our surprise and delight, our other symptoms began to diminish. It has taken a full year, but I can finally carry on a conversation without feeling that I'm losing my mind. Neither of us will ever use statins again.

"In talking with people we know, we have heard other stories that sound similar. I am extremely concerned that serious harm is being done to the health and well-being of many people. The health-care industry is pushing statins even for people who do not have high cholesterol. I fear that the damage done may make the problems with Vioxx, hormone-replacement therapy and fen-phen look small in comparison."

No one should ever stop cholesterol-lowering medicine without consulting a physician. Some doctors, however, have a hard time believing that these miracle medicines could have unacceptable side effects. Another reader reported:

"I have been on cholesterol-reducing medication for some time. I had been telling my doctor that my medication was doing something to my muscles, and he would not believe me.

"I changed doctors, and the new one discovered that my muscle enzymes were 800 (normal is 200). He took me off the medicine, and my enzymes came down, though they are not yet normal. When I went on a different statin, they climbed back up again."

If you would like to learn more about the dark side of statins, you may be interested in a radio interview we conducted with several physicians who have studied such issues. To order a CD of this one-hour conversation, please send $15 to: People's Pharmacy, CD-523, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.

Physicians know that lifesaving drugs like penicillin can sometimes cause life-threatening reactions. It's time to recognize that even great drugs like statins can cause some people serious harm.

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needs to and the movies stop

Quote from article

But follow-up tests show that about 100 of these are "true" cases."<<<<<<<<

Makes me wonder how many of those cases that are not "true" cases are just cases that fall through the cracks, the same way we adults had our cases fall through the cracks for years before we were finally diagnosed...since so many doctors go by old guidelines or make up their own guidelines and making patients "jump through hoops" in order to get dx'd... some doc's make you have a tsh of like 8.0 or 10.0 and completely ignore all guidelines...

Just thought this was interesting...I saw on her that in Kentucky, they only test for 4 diseases...I was born there...but then back then, they probably didn't test at all...

Hugs, Bee

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050414/NEWS01/504140383/-1/CINCI

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Babies get better shot at living 'normal' life
Disease screening lets treatment start early

By Matt Leingang
Enquirer staff writer

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Curt and Melissa Bly, of Mason, play with their 19-month-old son, Brady, who has the genetic disorder PKU, which means his body can't process protein. His blood protein levels must be checked every 6-8 weeks.
The Enquirer/Steven M. Herppich
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SMALL GENETICIST POOL

The United States faces a shortage of clinical geneticists who are qualified to treat babies and who can advise parents whether to have additional children. Ohio has 36 of the nation's 990 clinical geneticists. Most are in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Kentucky has five, all in Louisville or Lexington.
Both states are below national averages for their populations.
The national average is 3.5 geneticists for every 1 million people. Ohio has 3.2 geneticists per million; Kentucky has 1.2 per million.
Source: American College of Medical Genetics
YOUR BABY WILL BE TESTED IF BORN IN OHIO, KY.

Ohio and Kentucky screen newborns for certain genetic or metabolic disorders. If diagnosed early, these babies can be put on treatment programs that can make the difference between lifelong disabilities and healthy development. Unfortunately, however, many parents aren't aware of the screening programs. Experts urge parents to consult with pediatricians and obstetricians about what to expect. Also, make sure to ask hospital coordinators during pre-admission visits weeks before a scheduled birth.
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Curt and Melissa Bly, of Mason, play with their 19-month-old son, Brady, who has the genetic disorder PKU, which means his body can't process protein. His blood protein levels must be checked every 6-8 weeks.
The Enquirer/Steven M. Herppich
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Brady Bly of Mason is a smiling, exuberant 19-month-old with a budding vocabulary.

But Brady also has phenylketonuria, better known as PKU. The genetic disorder, which affects 1 in 14,000 babies, involves a missing or defective enzyme that prevents the processing of protein, resulting in a chemical imbalance that attacks the central nervous system and causes mental retardation.

Ohio's newborn screening program, which uses a tiny drop of blood to test for rare medical conditions, identified the problem days after Brady's birth. With a special low-protein diet prescribed by geneticists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Brady should grow up with normal intelligence.

"I thank God every day that genetic screening exists and that we were able to get him started on a treatment program," Brady's father, Curt Bly, says.

Brady's story lies at the heart of why a panel of health experts appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended in March that all states screen for a core group of 29 rare diseases.

Those diseases strike about 1 of every 1,000 children born in the United States each year.

If left untreated, some of the disorders can lead to mental retardation, slow growth - possibly death.

The recommended list of diseases, which includes sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis, is similar to the one used by Ohio, which tests for 30 diseases and identifies those in about 200 babies each year.

But some states test for only 10 disorders. Kentucky does just four, picking up about 50 cases of these disorders each year. That disparity means that where a baby is born can determine its health.

But as states move toward expanding their newborn screening programs and ending such geographic disparities - Kentucky, for example, will pump $3 million into its state lab this summer to bring it up to the recommended list of 29 - parents still know very little about how screenings work.

The push for uniform standards also comes at a time when the United States faces a shortage of clinical geneticists who are qualified to treat babies with those diseases and who can advise parents whether to have additional children. Ohio has 36 of the nation's 990 clinical geneticists; Kentucky has five.

Both states are below national averages for their populations, according to Michael Watson, executive director of the American College of Medical Geneticists.

Despite those limitations, states are plunging ahead, vowing to improve the way parents are educated about newborn screening and to fix the geneticist shortage.

"The bottom line is that technology gives us the ability to let parents know if something is wrong with their child, and having an early diagnosis can save lives or at the very least avoid some pain and suffering for these families," Watson said.

Genetic testing not new

Newborn screening is not new - genetic testing began in Ohio in 1965 with the PKU test - but technology is allowing geneticists to identify more diseases.

Newborn screening works like this: Ohio hospitals collect a small blood drop from a newborn's heel 24 hours after birth and send the sample to a state lab in Columbus. In Kentucky, those samples are sent to the state lab in Frankfort.

Testing - which costs parents about $45 in Ohio - is mandatory, and results are usually available in a week.

Many of the birthing hospitals in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky give parents booklets on newborn screening during pre-admission visits that occur weeks before a scheduled birth.

But as a practical matter, most parents don't read the booklets, rarely know what their babies are screened for and think about it only when test results come back positive for a disease, said Dr. Nancy Leslie, a clinical geneticist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and chairwoman of the Ohio Newborn Screening Advisory Council.

Better parental education would help ease anxieties and better prepare moms and dads for the possibility of false positives, Leslie said. For example, each year, Ohio's screening program identifies about 700 cases of congenital hypothyroidism, in which the thyroid gland fails to produce enough metabolic hormones, resulting in dwarfism.

But follow-up tests show that about 100 of these are "true" cases.

To avoid some of the shock and stress of false positives, Leslie suggests that pediatricians and obstetricians - doctors involved in prenatal care - do a better job of educating parents about newborn screening, Leslie says.

Curt and Melissa Bly say they can't recall thinking much about newborn screening when their son, Brady, was born. But they certainly remember the phone call they got from a nurse at their pediatrician's office, who had received a letter from Columbus informing her about Brady testing positive for PKU.

"It felt like my heart had stopped," Curt Bly says. "The nurse didn't know much about PKU. She said something about brain damage and that we had to get to Children's Hospital right away."

Some children with these rare diseases, such as Brady, need nothing more than dietary changes to help them thrive.

Brady's low-protein diet means that he can't eat meat, fish, dairy products or bread. That leaves him with mostly fruits, vegetables, and specially formulated pastas, cheeses and other prepared foods.

His parents monitor Brady's protein intake by meticulously measuring his foods with a digital scale, which they keep on a kitchen island. Brady must stay on the diet for the rest of his life and have blood samples analyzed for protein levels every six to eight weeks.

"Sure, there are days when we feel sorry for ourselves and ask, 'Why did this happen to us?' " Curt Bly says. "But Brady has been a blessing to us - and with his treatment, he'll realize his full potential in life."

Kentucky's expanded screening program will begin July 1.

Under the old program, which tested for four diseases, about 50 of the 54,000 children born in Kentucky each year were identified as having genetic disorders.

By testing for the federal advisory panel's core group of 29 diseases, Kentucky expects to save the lives of an additional 80 to 100 children a year, says Dr. Steve Davis, deputy commissioner for the Department of Public Health.

"This is long overdue," Davis says.

Treatments for all 29 diseases

The Blys are fortunate that PKU has a clear-cut treatment. In fact, all of the federal advisory panel's core group of 29 diseases have established medical treatments, says Brad Therrell, director of the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center in San Antonio, Texas.

But in addition to these 29, the screenings unintentionally pick up 25 other abnormalities that are considered clinically significant but might or might not cause disease and might not necessarily have a clear treatment.

The federal panel recommends that parents be informed of these other conditions anyway, prompting some debate.

"Children will be labeled abnormal based on inconclusive test results, and no one knows if the treatment they get is necessary or effective," argues Dr. Norman Fost, director of medical ethics at the University of Wisconsin. "We'll also create a situation where parents will be fearful and make irrational decisions about not having more children."

But others say parents have a right to know about this subset of 25 ambiguous mutations.

"Telling is better than not telling, even if we don't understand everything about it," says William Becker, director of Ohio's public health lab in Columbus. "From my perspective, the more we identify these conditions, the more we'll learn about them."

As for the Blys' future, they look forward to Brady's continued growth and development. They haven't decided whether to have more children - both are carriers of the recessive gene that causes PKU, meaning there's a 25 percent chance that each pregnancy will result in a baby with PKU.

If so, screening will pick it up.

"That gives us a peace of mind," Curt Bly says. "We'll be ready for whatever comes our way."

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I suppose it is definitely better than insomnia. I
had that with Graves' and then later when I became
hypo. But my dreams are like yours - movie of the
week type things. Heaven forbid I watch a crime show
on TV because bits of that will show up in bizarre
ways, very intricate plots ... but then maybe with an
8 foot gorilla added and me saying, "Mmmm, so that's 8
foot? Wow, grizzly bears must be really scary when
they stand up then."
Even the last couple of days when I've taken a quicky
afternoon nap, I've gone deep into dreamland. I'm
hoping as my meds get lowered the nightly subconscious
theater will be a little less memorable and exciting.
Glynis

Great tip. No one brought this up to me either. I am having the
test because of heart complaints since November. Palpitations,
tightness, pain, and shortness of breath. Much of it went away with
synthroid adjustment but still have shortness of breath.
I am not certain they are doing the tracer. The nurse read the
information over the phone. At first said no meds, then said this
would be done. Maybe she is confused? The tracer is when you
suspect blockage or short blood supply and want to see where in the
heart. I almost think it's the better way to go. I have had an
echocardiogram when this all started and it came out fine.
Sherry

my eye twitching was the left eye too i think.. I have been having some very
vivid dreams myself which hasnt happened in so long and actually scares me.
It feels like I'm dreaming other people's dreams and that they have nothing
to do with me.. its seriously like watching a 2 hour movie ive never seen. I
found when I added a tiny bit more thyroid to my meds it started and it
kinda freaks me out.. but I know I need to up the dosage cuz im gaining
weight.. but maybe like you said dreaming is good and meaning your sleeping
better cuz i don't sleep well at all.. take me hours upon hours to fall
asleep

I'm not sure on that one...

My hubby is hypo and has to get his CDL license for teh DOT...he is a truck driver and since he had a heart attack in 2000 and has diabetes, he has to get forms signed by all of his treating physicians every year and they insist on a stress test too... he is going for a cardio-lite tomorrow... this is where they put a drug into your system and it stresses your heart... he won't actually run on a tread mill...

I just hope he passes and is able to get his license...as usual he waited until last Saturday to start taking care of this and it has to be all taken care of by this Saturday...so I have been setting up appts and running all over getting the endo and the cardio guys signatures and yesterday we had to get get his eyes checked and order new glasses...

I guess he wanted to give me my own stress test...he could have started getting this taken care of a month ago, but oh no...we can't do that, can we? Part of the problem was that we kept getting different info from redi-med about exactly what they would accept...first they told him last years test was no good so he had to get a new one... then when I called and asked exactly which test he had to have to satisfy the DOT and they told me his one from last year was still good...then when Dan went into the office thinking all was taken care of...they told him that he still needed a new test! Talk about a stress test! I think that woman is very lucky that she is still breathing today...lol...he was so mad, when he came home...

So he goes first thing tomorrow morning and had to take another day off work...if they had just given him the right info the first time, we would have had it yesterday when he was already off...

I guess, I would think that anything radioactive, might effect the thyroid...good luck...

Hugs, Bee

Sherry <hary722001@...

Has anyone had the treadmill stress test done? I am so nervous because I react to all medicine. Can't even drink caffiene or alcohol any more. The doctor said you run on a treadmill and they put radioactive tracer in your blood. Any thyroid issues with radioactive tracer?
Sherry

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Has anyone had the treadmill stress test done? I am so nervous
because I react to all medicine. Can't even drink caffiene or alcohol
any more. The doctor said you run on a treadmill and they put
radioactive tracer in your blood. Any thyroid issues with
radioactive tracer?
Sherry

Here we go again, ditto. The slurring and forgetting words is
really frustrating. I too would get that funny look from people,
like when did you turn stupid or are you drunk/drugs??
I was reading about hormones, and estrogen fluctuations can also
cause this. Once I get stable again I'm going to look into this.I
know everyone always said I got so SMART when I was pregnant. I
would love to be back at that state less the nausea.
Sherry

For me, twitching comes with either situation, hyper
or hypo. When I was super hyper, before being dxd
with Graves, first my eyes twitched then I had
twitching all over my body. I thought that at any
moment people would think I was going to break out
into the "Thriller" dance. :-)
When I first went hypo, the twitching had come back
but mostly just my left eye. I went to the doctor
thinking maybe I was heading hyper again. Instead it
was also a part of being hypo for me. I didn't get as
many other twitches. During my dosage adjustment,
there was time when I was "right on the money" and
felt great. The twitching stopped when I was at my
best level. It came back over the winter and sure
enough my TSH was too low. It barely happening since
my TSH went up a tiny bit after the first lowering of
my dose.
When I was really hyper I had the stuttering thing,
with the hypo that didn't happen but I would annoy my
kids by picking up a thought several moments after I
first started saying something.
Gagging and feeling like food was going to go down the
wrong way -- that's another one for me that happened
hypo and hyper and doesn't happen in between.
One of my weirdest things is lately is that I have
super vivid dreams every single night, for months now.
I have been sleeping really great, I'm exhausted at
night, so I am waking up well rested. But every night
I have long complicated dreams from interesting (non
scary) aliens who invade for the purpose of "planet
beautification" to a mob of angry kangaroos ready to
attack and me wondering "Do they just kick or do they
also bite?" There haven't been any real nightmares,
just some very involved and complicated plot lines. I
know dreams come during deep REM sleep, so I should be
very thankful that I'm not having problems with
insomnia.
Glynis

Hi Glynis,
That was me. I was told it was highly rare to have both
conditions. But, if you are up on it you know when things are
thyroid related. The twitching eye - I never made this
connection. But it was there for me too.
The weight is very frustrating. The doctor's laugh and say what do
you expect so I have learned not to focus on that. What they don't
get is that you can pack on 10 lbs overnight on your waiste and that
completely destroys yor wardrobe. It's so hard having to maintain
completely different sizes.
I was very stable for 8 years. I hope to return to that also. My
current internist also thinks my body has healed and is weaning me
off all medication. Once I think it won't work, my body adjusts to
the lower dose. So perhaps she is right. Maybe I will be free from
this condition soon.
Sherry

This thyroid thing is such an adventure. First, I was hyper thyroid
and spent one year on anti-thyroid drugs. I was tested and shown to
have antibodies for Graves' and Hashimoto's. After one year on ATDs
and tons of weight gain from them, I went into remission. By early
2000 I had lost all the weight I'd gained and was a size 6. I
enjoyed that for a couple of years, had a small episode where it
appeared I might be going hyper again. Instead, I started to gain
weight and get sluggish. From late 2002 until early 2004, I gained
a good 25 - 30 lbs and felt like crap. Got tested and found I was
hypothyroid. My doctor at the time was not up on things, so
everything was an ordeal with me telling her what to do and when to
do it. I ended up on 75 mcg of Synthroid by Fall and felt great...
Plus the not-so-great doctor was fired and I ended up with the one
who owns the practice, she's great.
And then, my eye started twitching and twitching some more. I went
to the doctor for a TSH check and my TSH was down to .03... no
wonder I was beginning to experience other hyper symptoms. We
lowered my dosage to 62.5 mcg. Lovely dosage involving cutting 1
25mcg in half and taking it with 1 50 mcg. Had another blood test
and while I'm not twitching as much, my TSH was .07. My dosage was
lowered back down to 50 mcg. In 6 weeks we'll see how that goes.
My doctor thinks that my thyroid is healing. She says there is a
very good possibility that I may end up off medication entirely.
I'll still have to go for blood work regularly as it is obvious that
my body wants to swing back and forth between hypo and hyper. I do
NOT want to gain the weight back. I've lost 15 lbs of it and still
want to lose 15 more.
My running had gotten terribly slow and that has been improving,
too. I had lost the "umpf" that gives me the push to sprint the last
leg of a run... but it's back. I was afraid I'd lost it forever.
I'm able to enjoy running again without having the feeling of wooden
legs that I had when I was hypo and during most of the dosage
adjustment for that.
I think I've done some things that have helped my thyroid out. I do
not allow any soy products into my diet and I take flaxseed oil
daily.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced both conditions and
faciliations between the two. I'd like to think that I could get to
normal and stay there for a long time!
Glynis

Your thyoid is not going to heal it self. You have antibodies for autoimmune thyoid disease. Eventually what will happen is the thyoid will burn itself out going back and forth and you will end up HYPO only.

I was diagnosed with Graves after the birth of my 3 child but I suspect it surface before that as I had miscarried the prior pregnancy and threadened to lose the one before. Took meds for graves because I refused to kill off my thyoid(didn't know I was so smart at the time) and I was nursing a newborn baby. Forth ds supposedly my thyoid went into remission. After the birth our our 5^th son, the hypo symptoms surfaced and I was finally after years of complaining, diagnosed with Hashi's. I did recently test + for graves too.

Now currently on sythnoid 88mg and 25mcgs Cytomel( 10 mcg x 2x a day and 1 5mcg later.) I also on my requested my ferritin level tested to find that it is low and am now taking some iron to help bring it up where it should be.

Might want to look into a new doc ;)

Hi Monica,

Armour contains all of the components that a healthy thyroid would put out...including the other, supposedly less important T's...like t1 & t2...t2 is thought to maybe the the T that is most important for weight loss...and also it is supposed to put natural selinium (which is important for thyroid function) into your system...

The synthetics ONLY contain whichever, t3 or t4, other than or there is one synthetic combo drug (but I am sittingin here wracking my brain and cannot come up with the name for it....someone help me out here! lol!) but even it only contains the synthetic t3 & t4...

One thing that my doc always says about the natural versus the synthetics...is that so many times the synthetic is close but because it is synthetic, it doesn't usually work like the natural...kind of like a key in a lock...some keys that are not the right key will go in the opening and seem to fit, but they don't really fit well enough to unlock the door...

at one seminar, someone mentioned that they were on premarin for menopause and wondered why that wasn't as good and he told her because she has hormone deficiencies, not a pregnant mare urine deficiency...it's just not exactly the same...

Hope this helps...Hugs, Bee

Monica <mwcislo@...

Hi All,
I think I have asked this before, but now that I am more educated I
need to ask again:
Armour, I know that it is all natural and contains T3 as well as T4.
Now...Is the only difference from taking synthroid plus cytomel (or any
other T3 synthetic) is that it is synthetic and not natural?
What are the benifits from going to Armour from synthroid? (for those
who used to take synthroid?)
I am seeing a new endo next month and am asking about adding T3, I feel
I need to, (I am on synthroid now, only) and just wondered about the
options.
Also,
would this take care of adrenal support or is that different?
Thanks in advance
Monica

Hi All,
I think I have asked this before, but now that I am more educated I
need to ask again:
Armour, I know that it is all natural and contains T3 as well as T4.
Now...Is the only difference from taking synthroid plus cytomel (or any
other T3 synthetic) is that it is synthetic and not natural?
What are the benifits from going to Armour from synthroid? (for those
who used to take synthroid?)
I am seeing a new endo next month and am asking about adding T3, I feel
I need to, (I am on synthroid now, only) and just wondered about the
options.
Also,
would this take care of adrenal support or is that different?
Thanks in advance
Monica

Psychological Disturbance in Graves Ophthalmopathy

Marjan Farid, MD; Anne-Catherine Roch-Levecq, PhD; Leah Levi, MBBS; Barbara L. Brody, MPH; David B. Granet, MD; Don O. Kikkawa, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:491-496.

Objective To study mood disturbance in Graves ophthalmopathy.^

Methods Forty-eight patients (mean age, 55 years; 40 women^ and 8 men) with Graves ophthalmopathy from a university-based^ referral center were classified into two groups, 24 with moderate/severe^ disease (study group) and 24 with negligible/mild disease (control^ group). The groups were matched with regard to demographic and^ medical characteristics. All participants completed a mood survey^ to assess differences in degree of emotional distress.^

Main Outcome Measure The Profile of Mood States survey,^ a 65-item self-reported inventory designed to assess emotional^ distress, was the primary outcome measure. A total mood disturbance^ score was assigned by summing the scores derived on the 6 subscales^ of the surveytension, depression, vigor, confusion, fatigue,^ and anger.^

Results Analysis of variance revealed that patients with^ moderate/severe Graves ophthalmopathy showed significantly greater^ emotional distress than patients with mild/negligible Graves^ ophthalmopathy on the Profile of Mood States mean total score^ (P<.001). Additionally, patients who had disfigurement (proptosis)^ as the predominant clinical feature had significantly elevated^ emotional distress compared with the control group (P = .01),^ whereas no significant difference was detected between the control^ group and patients with diplopia as the predominant clinical^ feature (P = .20).^

Conclusion Patients with moderate to severe Graves ophthalmopathy^ have significant mood disturbance, especially when disfiguring^ signs are predominant. We propose that evaluation of the psychological^ burden of the disease should be considered in routine follow-up^ and in decisions regarding treatment.^

Author Affiliations: Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Farid, Roch-Levecq, Levi, Granet, and Kikkawa and Ms Brody), Neurosciences (Dr Levi), and Family and Preventive Medicine (Ms Brody) and the Thyroid Eye Center (Drs Levi, Granet, and Kikkawa), University of California, San Diego. Dr Farid is now with the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine.

ThyroFeisty(FeistyWendy)
www.thyrophoenix.com
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)

Hi Ana,

I have had low bp for years...although, as they have upped my dose and i have felt better and my temp has gone up, so has my bp...
There have been times in the doc's office when they took my pulse that it was so low that they took it again, because they figured it had to be a mistake...

I just tell them that I am always low...and they settle down...

my bp is usually like 113/72...my pulse about 68...they just figure it is normal for me...

Hugs, Bee

Hello everyone, I hope everybody is doing well and healthy! I miss
talking to you guys. I have a question..ok my blood work came out
normal, kidneys are fine,liver,cholesterol..but my blood pressure is
low. Anyone experience any similarities or something? I just don't
understand I don't need and increase on my meds, which is great(I
guess). I just started this Nutrisystem 2 wks ago and even though I
lost 7 pounds and I've been steady. The doctor only told me that my
body is going to a transcition right now because: I knew way of
eating, eating healthier and exercise and my body trying to
adjust..maybe I've been hypocondriac. Could someone has an answer to
this?
Thanks
ana

Hi,

In my own case, I continued to gain on thyroid meds...but then they kept me on such a small dose (50mcg synthroid) that all it did was slow down the gain...so instead of gaining 10 or so lbs a month, I started gaining 3-5 a month....

That is why I had bariatric surgery...I was up to almost 400 lbs and still gaining in spite of trying everything that anyone has ever heard of to try to lose...

I had gained about 200 lbs in the 18 months or so following the birth of my 2nd son...I had also quit smoking about the same time, so my doc kept blaming the gain on that...and in the beginning I did eat a little more in order to keep from smoking, but after a couple of months, I was fine and nursing my baby and dieting and trying so hard to lose, but all I did was gain...My doctor just kept saying that he wouldn't yell at me as long as I was still not smoking...I finally came across an article that listed like 30 symptoms and I had about 28 of them...so I asked my doc to test me...by this time I weighed about 350 lbs...

The doc told me that the weight would just fall of now that I was "all fixed"...I continued to gain and all my complaints about still having symptoms and still gaining weight were blown off with the fact that I just must be eating more than I thought I was...so I ate even less and gained even more...

I was in the normal range now, so there was not longer anything wrong with me!

So that is why I finally had the surgery...because I must have been eating more than I thought I was...of course, since my diet was pretty healthy and I was not eating tons of food, and my thyroid was still seriously off, the surgery did not work like it should have and instead of the effects of the surgery lasting 18-24 months, I stopped losing after just 6...I lost 100 lbs in that 6 months, then nothing...for the next 6 motnhs, I practically starved myself and was working out like a maniac and got off another 35...then nothing for about 3-4 years...weighed 249 lbs...never more never less...then in the fall of 2000, I got a flu shot and then started my downward spiral back into thyroid hell, worse than it had ever been before...I gained back 57 lbs in a 6 month period, I was having constant migraines, I was walking in circles trying to figure out what I was about to do next..."what did I come in here for"...all day long, everyday...could never think of what things were
called...was sunk into horrible depression...

Finally, after a few more years of trying to learn all about this because no one was gonna save me but me, I found a doctor who doesn't need a proctologist to help him find his brain...and am now on like 16-17 times the dose they used to tell me that I was fine on...

I have been seeing this doc a little over 2 years and have lost about 67 lbs...without doing much of anything about trying to lose...I have always eaten pretty healthy...not perfect, but pretty healthy...I have good spells and I have bad spells, I have periods when I lose faster and periods when I don't lose at all for days or weeks...

But I finally feel like the playing field is level...I am no longer beating my head (& self-esteem) against a wall...I think part of the reason I have lost, is because I feel so much better and because I feel so much better, I am up off my butt and doing more again...lets face it, when you don't feel good, it hard to drag your sorry butt up off the couch to exercise and to just do much of anything that you don't absolutely have to...

I honestly think my weight loss was dependent on getting to my optimal dose of meds...nothing else worked...I tried everything, even after surgery...but now that the playing field has been leveled, I finally have hope and am working my way toward success...

This is why I tell so many peoiple...don't let anyone tell you how you feel...don't let them tell you that just anywhere in the normal range is just fine...everyone is different and has a different "optimal" range...and everyone has different symptoms and to different degrees, so just because someone else gained hardly any weight, does not mean that there was something wrong with the way you tried to lose...or even tried to stop gaining!...with me, it felt like something had grabbed me and was dragging me away...all time with me kicking and screaming trying to get away...but I couldn't and and no one will listen because you have a disease, that a lot of the world thinks isn't real, or that we just want attention or have just DECIDED to let ourselves go! <<<<that is the one that just makes me want to choke the person who says it! lol

My step-daughter is having the surgery soon...I have tried to convince her to see my doctor first o get her thyroid straightened out, first, because I am sure she has thyroid disease...her dad and grandma have it and she gained so much weight, so fast during and right after her pregnancies...she has made an appointment with him, but it is right before she figures she will

be having the surgery...at least if she gets it straightened out at the same time, is better than nothing...I have tried to get her to go to him for a long time...but you know how it is to convince anyone about this disease...

I guess the main advice I have, is be nice to yourself...this is not your fault...not everyone loses on any diet...especially with your thyroid dose not optimal...I really think, even with your dose optimal, it is a crap shoot...learn to love yourself anyway...and eat healthy, exercise, take your supplements, take your meds and keep your chin up...make sure your doctor knows how to treat this disease, a lot don't, but will act like you are a hypochondriac if you are not perfect on the first dose they put you on...I am on 9 grains of armour and 50 mcg of cytomel, they just upped me again...

Hang in there! Hugs, Bee

Boy I wrote a book...lol

P.S. I would ask for armour, if you can get it!

td4neal <td4neal@...

I'm about 20 lbs above where I should be now and slowly gaining despite my best efforts. It's just so discouraging to not lose a pound after exercising and watching what you eat for over 3 months.
I was wondering if anyone began to lose weight easier after start on thyroid medication to treat hypothyroidism? If so which is better (for weight loss and treating hypo symptoms) synthroid or armour?
I would like to have all the info I can before seeing my dr later this month.
Thanks.

I wish you the best of luck. I gained 30 lbs rapidly before
diagnosed. When I was treated I dropped all of it. When the dosage
leveled off the weight came back, with an attitude. I am now two years
since diagnosed and 20 lbs over where I was pre-hypo. I have
successfully lost 10-15 lbs and kept it off for about two months. It's
not easy. To answer your question, your meds alone aren't going to
help with weight. Your body works differently now and you need to
understand how. I find that staying away from the the "avoid" food
list, taking vitamins, and excersising daily really helps. Don't
ecpect your body to go back where it was, that's very unusual and you
must be very discipline in what you consume to make that happen. Good
luck, I hope it works for you. :)
Monica

Hello everyone, I hope everybody is doing well and healthy! I miss
talking to you guys. I have a question..ok my blood work came out
normal, kidneys are fine,liver,cholesterol..but my blood pressure is
low. Anyone experience any similarities or something? I just don't
understand I don't need and increase on my meds, which is great(I
guess). I just started this Nutrisystem 2 wks ago and even though I
lost 7 pounds and I've been steady. The doctor only told me that my
body is going to a transcition right now because: I knew way of
eating, eating healthier and exercise and my body trying to
adjust..maybe I've been hypocondriac. Could someone has an answer to
this?
Thanks
ana

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/ki-bin040805.php

Public release date: 10-Apr-2005
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Contact: Sabina Bossi
sabina.bossi@...
46-8-524-838-95
Karolinska Institutet

Breakthrough in national diseases

Common factor behind myocardial infarction, rheumatism and MS

A common gene variant has been identified as the risk factor behind a number of common diseases by research scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Stockholm, Sweden. Up to a quarter of the population could be affected.

Researchers in the fields of cardiovascular disease, rheumatism and MS have together shown that there is a common risk factor for these conditions. It is the first identified gene to link autoimmune diseases with cardiovascular diseases.

"This gene variant can therefore be one of the single largest genetic causes of complex diseases with inflammatory components," says Fredrik Piehl, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet and researcher at the CMM. "There is also a chance that other diseases are also affected by this gene variant. The discovery can now lead to more reliable diagnostics and better treatments for a great number of patients."

The gene variant was first identified in an animal model and then studied in a number of patient groups to ascertain if there was a link to human diseases. The researchers discovered that people with the variant ran a 2040 per cent greater risk of developing rheumatism, MS or a myocardial infarction. The gene variant is also common: an estimated 2025 per cent of the population carry it.

The discovery reveals a new area of application for statins, drugs usually taken to lower cholesterol levels. Statins have been shown to reduce activity in this gene and thus produce anti-inflammatory effects. Statins have now been tested on MS patients and have been demonstrated to be beneficial in this very way.

The disease-associated gene variant leads to a reduction in the production of a number of immune defence proteins. Some viruses and bacteria have also been observed to influence the gene in an attempt to evade the immune defence system, a strategy employed, for example, by the viruses that cause AIDS, herpes and hepatitis.

The article, entitled "MHC2TA is associated with differential MHC molecule expression and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and myocardial infarction" will be published on the Nature Genetics website on Sunday 10 April at 1.00 p.m. (Eastern US Time).

###

For more information, contact
Fredrik Piehl on +46-8-517 798 40 or +46-73-775 62 18; fredrik.piehl@...
Professor Tomas Olsson, on +46-8-517 762 42 or +46-70-721 35 98; tomas.olsson@...

You may also contact
Annica Ericsson, scientific coordinator at the Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), on +46-8-517 708 78 or +46-70-484 06 25; Annica.Ericsson@... and
Sabina Bossi, Press Officer at Karolinska Institutet on +46-8-524 838 95; sabina.bossi@...

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest and most prestigious medical universities. In providing education, research and information, Karolinska Institutet contributes to the improvement of human health. It is also Karolinska Institutet that selects the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. For more information see www.ki.se.

The Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM) foundation is a research centre that brings together some 400 employees from departments at Karolinska Institutet and clinics at Karolinska University Hospital. It is the ambition of the CMM to develop improved diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative methods for the major national diseases through multidisciplinary research into molecular mechanisms. Visit www.cmm.ki.se

it's really sad, I'm going to keep up to day w/ the meds. I let go and now I have low blood pressure I'm fine 'cause not fainting or anything but to hear a story like this, it made me reflect on the future and it's really sad 'cause he was trying to reach a family member and the poor dog watching over him, poor animal. Well, he is in a better place now.

ana
Bee Fuddled <beefuddled912@...

Since I posted the first article, I thought I would let you know how it turned out...Bee

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/04/10/news/453c7a0415a0f47687256fdf00155e8b.txt

Search for missing man ends in sadness

By JENNI DILLON
Star-Tribune staff writer Sunday, April 10, 2005

[INLINE]
Photo of 79-year-old missing man, Leo Hallock of Casper.

[LINK] [LINK]

Leo Hallock, the 79-year-old Casper man who had been missing since Monday, was found dead Saturday on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Hallock had suffered from epilepsy and a thyroid disorder, as well as forgetfulness associated with Alzheimer's disease, his family said last week. He was believed to have become disoriented after leaving a truck stop last Sunday evening and may have been heading toward family members in the Riverton area with his dog. He missed his monthly thyroid shot and was not carrying his epilepsy medication with him.
Riverton and Wind River police were unable to provide details of Hallock's death Sunday evening, but his son, Jeff Hallock, said it appeared the 79-year-old man had crashed his pickup truck.
"He ran off the road into a little ravine and hit his truck on a boulder," Jeff Hallock said. The elder Hallock also had been stopped by Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers last Sunday for driving in the wrong lane of traffic after becoming confused.

"He must have hit his head or something a little bit," Jeff Hallock said of the accident. "He walked about 400 yards. He found a rock and just laid down and went to sleep."
When Leo Hallock was found Saturday morning, his dog was still watching over him, his son said.
Family members and police have been searching for Hallock since Monday. Casper police posted flyers about the elderly man's disappearance, and family members searched by air for the missing man.
Jeff Hallock said Sunday that he wanted to thank the pilots who had spent their time helping in the search, as well as the many state residents who went out of their way to look for his father.
"I appreciate everybody that took the time and effort and the care to look for my pop," Jeff Hallock said.
"He doesn't have to be sick anymore," he said. "I'm sure my mom was there to meet him when he left."
Staff writer Jenni Dillon can be reached at (307) 266-0619 or Jenni.Dillon@....
Bee Fuddled <beefuddled912@...

HI Liz,

When I was really sick with all of this, I did several searches on all of this...they told me my tsh was 3.48, so was just fine, and the only thing they could find wrong, was the anemias, but they would not cause all that was going on...well, all the symptoms are pretty much inter-mingled with each disease/condition...

I was at the er thinking I was having a heart attack about 4 years ago... they said all I had was an anxiety attack... which is listed under all 3 things too...lol

The nurses kept looking at each other and rolling their eyes and it p&**ed me off enough that that is when I got on here and started searching for answers... there was never any real good info in the "real world"...I got out all my natural healing books and got on here and started finding that almost everything that I had ever asked about was related to at least one or all of the things that I had asked about...thyroid, iron or B12...

I started my first site back then and I think it is still there...lol...here is the link, if you want to search... http://forums.delphiforums.com/thyroidfitness/messages/?start=Start+Reading+%3E%3E

Since I posted the first article, I thought I would let you know how it turned out...Bee

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/04/10/news/453c7a0415a0f47687256fdf00155e8b.txt

Search for missing man ends in sadness

By JENNI DILLON
Star-Tribune staff writer Sunday, April 10, 2005

[INLINE]
Photo of 79-year-old missing man, Leo Hallock of Casper.

[LINK] [LINK]

Leo Hallock, the 79-year-old Casper man who had been missing since Monday, was found dead Saturday on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Hallock had suffered from epilepsy and a thyroid disorder, as well as forgetfulness associated with Alzheimer's disease, his family said last week. He was believed to have become disoriented after leaving a truck stop last Sunday evening and may have been heading toward family members in the Riverton area with his dog. He missed his monthly thyroid shot and was not carrying his epilepsy medication with him.
Riverton and Wind River police were unable to provide details of Hallock's death Sunday evening, but his son, Jeff Hallock, said it appeared the 79-year-old man had crashed his pickup truck.
"He ran off the road into a little ravine and hit his truck on a boulder," Jeff Hallock said. The elder Hallock also had been stopped by Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers last Sunday for driving in the wrong lane of traffic after becoming confused.

"He must have hit his head or something a little bit," Jeff Hallock said of the accident. "He walked about 400 yards. He found a rock and just laid down and went to sleep."
When Leo Hallock was found Saturday morning, his dog was still watching over him, his son said.
Family members and police have been searching for Hallock since Monday. Casper police posted flyers about the elderly man's disappearance, and family members searched by air for the missing man.
Jeff Hallock said Sunday that he wanted to thank the pilots who had spent their time helping in the search, as well as the many state residents who went out of their way to look for his father.
"I appreciate everybody that took the time and effort and the care to look for my pop," Jeff Hallock said.
"He doesn't have to be sick anymore," he said. "I'm sure my mom was there to meet him when he left."
Staff writer Jenni Dillon can be reached at (307) 266-0619 or Jenni.Dillon@....
Bee Fuddled <beefuddled912@...

HI Liz,

When I was really sick with all of this, I did several searches on all of this...they told me my tsh was 3.48, so was just fine, and the only thing they could find wrong, was the anemias, but they would not cause all that was going on...well, all the symptoms are pretty much inter-mingled with each disease/condition...

I was at the er thinking I was having a heart attack about 4 years ago... they said all I had was an anxiety attack... which is listed under all 3 things too...lol

The nurses kept looking at each other and rolling their eyes and it p&**ed me off enough that that is when I got on here and started searching for answers... there was never any real good info in the "real world"...I got out all my natural healing books and got on here and started finding that almost everything that I had ever asked about was related to at least one or all of the things that I had asked about...thyroid, iron or B12...

I started my first site back then and I think it is still there...lol...here is the link, if you want to search... http://forums.delphiforums.com/thyroidfitness/messages/?start=Start+Reading+%3E%3E

HI Dianne,

Doctor K is wonderful! I was miserable for years and found out about him a little over 2 years ago...I have lost about 65 lbs in that time and nothing else worked, except getting my thyroid levels where they belong...most important, is they listen to you...his nurse practitioner is wonderful!

They know that we are all different and that not everyone feels wonderful "just anywhere in the so-called normal range...

He takes a couple of months to get into, but he is worth the wait...I had someone once tell me that they couldn't wait that long to see a doctor, but ok, so you wait and continue doing what you are doing and in 2 months you are just as miserable...but if you make the appointment and continue to do what you are doing for the 2 months, at the end of the 2 months, you have an appt with a wonderful doctor who will get you back on the road to wellness...

things may never be perfect with this disease...even though I say he has given me my life back, I know that after years of bad medicine when it came to this disease, there are some things that will never be the same again, but they are things that I can live with and that finally now getting treated properly are not going to fix completely...BUT everything is soo much better!
Once you are in, they can see you usually right away, it is just the first time appointment and getting you into the computer, that takes so long, he is very thorough...

Make the appt, he is worth it! I have sent so many of my friends and basically anyone i talk to, to him and they all come back to thank me! I have told the staff at his office that they should be paying me, instead of the other way around! lol

Hugs, Bee

dalbin1950 <1968dalbin@...

I am considering Dr. Kadambi in FT. Wayne but would like feedbackfrom anyone who has gone to him for the treatment of hypothyrodism. I have several questions. Desperately searching for someone who actually knows how to treat this illness. Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks, Dianne Albin

I am considering Dr. Kadambi in FT. Wayne but would like feedback
from
anyone who
has gone to him for the treatment of hypothyrodism. I have several
questions. Desperately searching for someone who actually knows how
to
treat this illness. Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks, Dianne Albin

May God Bless him and Hope his save. That's very scary. It happens to me but little bit now and I get scare but I have to thing really hard about what I need it to do. wow....speechless

ana
Bee Fuddled <beefuddled912@...

Every time I read something like this, I want to scream! I also think of the times when suddenly, during times when I was obviously under dosed, I panicked for a few seconds because I was sitting at a stop light and had to think HARD to remember where I was going and which way I wanted to turn! So glad I have a doctor who knows what they are doing with this...hope I never have to hunt for someone new! Hugs, Bee

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/04/09/news/casper/58b71da2f3e41d7c87256fde000522d4.txt

Family searches for Casper man

By ANTHONY LANE
Star-Tribune staff writer Saturday, April 09, 2005

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Photo of 79-year-old missing man, Leo Hallock of Casper.

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The son of a missing 79-year-old Casper man Friday said he has been "pounding the pavement" looking for his father since Monday, and other family members have even taken to the air.
But while investigators released updated information about their search for Leo Hallock on Friday, they reported not having heard a word about his current whereabouts.
Hallock was seen in Hiland at about 8 a.m. Monday and is believed to have traveled west from there on Wyoming Highway 20-26 in his teal-blue and white 1996 Dodge pickup truck, Wyoming license plate No. 16-T-662.
Nothing more was known on Friday afternoon about where he might have traveled after that sighting.

His son, Jeff Hallock, said his father seems to have become disoriented after leaving the Ghost Town Fuel Stop and Restaurant on Sunday night, a spot where he liked to drink coffee in the evenings.
Leo Hallock was apparently pulled over by a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper after he left the restaurant Sunday night for driving in the wrong lane of traffic, Jeff Hallock said.
"He obviously was confused," Jeff Hallock said. He explained that his father, who has epilepsy and has displayed signs of forgetfulness associated with Alzheimer's disease, also needs monthly shots to correct a thyroid problem.
"When he doesn't have that shot he starts acting dingy," Jeff Hallock said.
His grandson, Tommy Hallock, said, "We're at a standstill."
Family members looked for his grandfather from an airplane on Wednesday, along with another pilot based in Riverton, without success.
Leo Hallock is reported to be 5-10 and 140 pounds, with gray hair, blue eyes and a tattoo on his left forearm. He wears bifocal glasses and is thought to have been wearing an orange "southwestern style" jacket, a blue and red "western style" shirt and blue jeans at the time he went missing.
His truck has a white topper on the back.
Tommy Hallock said his grandfather "forgets things now and then." Even so, he is "always in a good mood."
Leo Hallock also takes medicine for epilepsy, and he is not believed to have that medicine with him.
Family members do not know of any particular destination Leo Hallock may have had in mind when he set out on Monday with his dog, a red Chow, according to Tommy Hallock.
In addition to family in Casper, reports say, Leo Hallock has relatives in Riverton, Lander, and Boise, Idaho.
Jeff Hallock said he has heard reports that his father may have been seeking information about how to get to Sheridan, apparently in the belief that he had an appointment with his doctor there.
Bob Steelman, owner of the Bright Spot convenience store in Hiland, said Leo Hallock arrived in Hiland at about 3 a.m Monday morning.
"I used to know him, but I didn't recognize him," Steelman said. Hallock asked for and received permission to sleep in his truck parked outside, Steelman said.
In the morning, Steelman said, he offered Hallock a cup of coffee and looked at his truck. He said Hallock was concerned about a problem with the vehicle but that all he could see was a loose piece on the radiator.
Steelman said he thought Hallock seemed disoriented, and noted that he drove west after Steelman tried to point him back to Casper. He said he called the Highway Patrol after Hallock left.
Jeff Hallock said it seemed unusual that his father would have refused an offer of coffee. He said he continues to search for the elder Hallock.
"I'm hoping against hope now," he said.
Anyone with information about Hallock's whereabouts or the location of his pickup truck is asked to call Casper police at (307) 235-8286.
Reporter Anthony Lane can be reached at (307) 266-0593 or at anthony.lane@....

Every time I read something like this, I want to scream! I also think of the times when suddenly, during times when I was obviously under dosed, I panicked for a few seconds because I was sitting at a stop light and had to think HARD to remember where I was going and which way I wanted to turn! So glad I have a doctor who knows what they are doing with this...hope I never have to hunt for someone new! Hugs, Bee

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/04/09/news/casper/58b71da2f3e41d7c87256fde000522d4.txt

Family searches for Casper man

By ANTHONY LANE
Star-Tribune staff writer Saturday, April 09, 2005

[INLINE]
Photo of 79-year-old missing man, Leo Hallock of Casper.

[LINK]

The son of a missing 79-year-old Casper man Friday said he has been "pounding the pavement" looking for his father since Monday, and other family members have even taken to the air.
But while investigators released updated information about their search for Leo Hallock on Friday, they reported not having heard a word about his current whereabouts.
Hallock was seen in Hiland at about 8 a.m. Monday and is believed to have traveled west from there on Wyoming Highway 20-26 in his teal-blue and white 1996 Dodge pickup truck, Wyoming license plate No. 16-T-662.
Nothing more was known on Friday afternoon about where he might have traveled after that sighting.

His son, Jeff Hallock, said his father seems to have become disoriented after leaving the Ghost Town Fuel Stop and Restaurant on Sunday night, a spot where he liked to drink coffee in the evenings.
Leo Hallock was apparently pulled over by a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper after he left the restaurant Sunday night for driving in the wrong lane of traffic, Jeff Hallock said.
"He obviously was confused," Jeff Hallock said. He explained that his father, who has epilepsy and has displayed signs of forgetfulness associated with Alzheimer's disease, also needs monthly shots to correct a thyroid problem.
"When he doesn't have that shot he starts acting dingy," Jeff Hallock said.
His grandson, Tommy Hallock, said, "We're at a standstill."
Family members looked for his grandfather from an airplane on Wednesday, along with another pilot based in Riverton, without success.
Leo Hallock is reported to be 5-10 and 140 pounds, with gray hair, blue eyes and a tattoo on his left forearm. He wear