Posted by: DeniseB
on Oct 30, 2010
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Long time no input, but things are going great! I have recently (in the last three months) made a fantastic discovery and I feel wonderful! In my opinion diet is one of the answers to our modern day illnesses.
I discovered that people with Hypothyroid can also have gluten or lactose intolerance. I have been following the Paleo(caveman) diet, the weight as just fallen off! I also have a lot more energy and I am back into my pre illness clothes. It makes so much sense. The Paleo diet consists of eating meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, plants, nuts and seeds, but nothing that is processed, foods without modern food techniques, chemicals and preservatives. 'Simples!' It is based on the foods available to our hunter gatherer ancestors, foods found in nature.
Posted by: DeniseB
on Dec 19, 2009
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Well it all began, what seems like an eternity ago, we had just come back from the most wonderful holiday, I was oh so much in love. I had to pinch myself I was so happy!
Posted by: DeniseB
on Sep 03, 2009
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Dear Denise,
Thank you for your email. Both Dr. Lowe and I appreciate your concern for
the protection of desiccated thyroid. Dr. Lowe has been in touch with RLC
Labs to discuss this and as of yet, RLC has not received any notice that
they will be required to fill out a new application. The reason for their
particular unavailable product is that the raw material is on back-order
not because of the FDA.
Posted by: DeniseB
on Aug 28, 2009
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It's raining heavy out side, but what is much worse at this moment in time is the feeling of doom and gloom in my heart.
The word is that the FDA is telling people who have called their consumer hotline that they will be requiring natural thyroid drugs to go through the New Drug Application process. The question now is, when? And will they pull these drugs off the market for the several years this process can take? It's really appalling. The FDA -- which rushes to approve all sorts of dangerous and overpriced drugs -- is poised to remove from the market a drug that has been safely used for more than 100 years. And we all know what it's about. It's not about safety. It's all about market share for a certain levothyroxine manufacturer, and their ability to influence decisions at the FDA.!
Posted by: DeniseB
on Aug 17, 2009
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Well I've been taking the Nature-throid for 1 week now! I do seem a little bit more tired than when I was on Armour otherwise no side effects, I have 140 of the Armour tabs left so I am going to go back to taking them as from tomorrow, as they have a much earlier use by date! That should take me to beginning of Jan 2010, when I will review the Nature-throid situation.
If you have tried or you are going to try Nature-throid I would love to hear how you get on with them, don't make my mistake and take too much. If you know of any other helpful treatments please let me know. Any advise would be welcome and I would love to hear of your experiences. Take care Denise
Posted by: DeniseB
on Jul 17, 2009
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I am still waiting for my Nature-throid to arrive but just to let you know of the information I have found at: http://rlclabs.com/aboutUs.asp
Posted by: DeniseB
on Jul 09, 2009
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I can't believe it just as I am feeling great I get this awful, totally devastating E-mail bulleting from Mary
Posted by: DeniseB
on Jun 30, 2009
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That being wrongly diagnosed is rampant due to the very 'validated' TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) lab test result they support, i.e. a pituitary hormone, which can be "normal" for years before it rises high enough to reveal one's cellular hypothyroid state;
That thryoxine is the medication wrongly treating thyroid patients, since it leaves most all patients with lingering hypothyroid symptoms which doctors dismiss as belonging to something else;
That those natural treatments, such as desiccated thyroid like Armour made by Forest Labs of the US, are changing lives and removing those lingering hypothyroid symptoms because of the presence of direct T3;
That side effects from the use of natural desiccated thyroid are due to undiagnosed adrenal fatigue and low cortisol which needs treatment, not the desiccated thyroid itself; and
That the adrenal fatigue so many thyroid patients find themselves with is, in fact and ironically, due to the inadequacy of both the TSH lab test and thyroxine.
Posted by: DeniseB
on Jun 19, 2009
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I have shed a stone now since being on Armour thyroid, I started taking it on the 21st of March 2009 so just over a pound per week, I have done nothing other change from Levothyroxine, and if anything I am eating more!
To you Doctors out there who promote Levothyroxine and other synthetic options only, I would ask you to please consider that some people can be violently intolerant of it, as I was!
To my fellow thyroid suffers I would say don't ever give up hope, your salvation may be just a little tablet away, I had over two years of Hell, living in a dark place with me hiding inside. I can see the blue skies now, the difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how rich and beautiful life is, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.
Now I feel great on Armour, I am almost back to my old self and life, at last is finally worth living again!
Posted by: DeniseB
on Jun 16, 2009
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Dr Doctor Hosker
If there was any way I could prevent another person from going through what I did, I would do everything in my power to stop it!
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