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Underactive Thyroid

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CrunchyNuTTer

CrunchyNuTTer Report 31 Jan 2009 17:51

Oh dear, having just read through this thread,,, i will make an appointment at the doc's!

I know there is something wrong with me,(no comments please!)
This could be the thing it is, i have so many of the same symptoms!

Leanne
xxx

MrDaff

MrDaff Report 31 Jan 2009 17:56

You're welcome, Shimmer and Ray... I still think I have an under-active something, lol... but that will have to go on the back burner for a few more months yet.... but the people on that site gave me the info I needed and the support... therefore the courage... to demand the full works, as far as blood tests were concerned. Although I didn't get picked up for thyroid... I was picked up for very early Leukaemia, which wouldn't have happened but for those folk on that site!! A few more weeks and it would have been too late for me.!!

Take care, and take control of your treatment!

Love and good luck

Daff xxxx

Ray

Ray Report 31 Jan 2009 18:55

This is my third day on these pills and I do feel like I
am getting my energy back,,,,do they work that quick ?
the tablets lol

Ray

FAIRTHORN

FAIRTHORN Report 1 Feb 2009 02:00

It is very important to keep taking the tablets BUT if you forget do not take MORE than the daily doseage.

Derbyshire Neck, also called Goitre, is a swelling of the thyroid gland and is now known to be caused by lack of iodine. It is almost unknown today because iodine is added to drinking water. In the eighteenth century no-one knew for sure what caused it. Some thought it was hereditary in particular families, others that it was caused by living "on the bleak sides of hills."


POOR Marty Feldman............untreated hyperactive thyroid.


Too much radiation etc after Chernobyl is one theory for the increase in sufferers !!

In babies and children, the thyroid gland is one of the most radiation-. sensitive parts of the body.


THE ONE PLUS IS NOT HAVING TO PAY for Prescriptions !!!

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 1 Feb 2009 02:45

OOO Ray , it's like going to Lourdes and getting the cure !
In about a month you should notice an improvement in skin and nails, it does take a little while,to work its way through your system, and if cutting back on the greens helps well its a small price to pay.

Brocolli is no longer your friend !!!

WhackyJackieInOz

WhackyJackieInOz Report 1 Feb 2009 03:31

I too can't remember if it works that quickly Ray. But the fact that you are feeling better is good news in itself. So maybe in your case it did.

Sometimes talking to other people with the same problems helps also. Not worrying so much about the problem makes you feel better in yourself.

Happy you are feeling a lot more energetic.

Fairthorn
My mother had a Goitre neck (Derbyshire Neck) funny she was born in Derbyshire too. I never knew it was called that so you learn something every day. I was only small when she was diagnosed with it so it would have been in the late 40s probably. I know she was supposed to have it operated on but refused. She always said she didn't want anyone cutting her throat. Funny thing is she lived with it for many years. She died when she was 75 years old. She had a lump that looked like an Adams Apple on her neck. We often commented on it that's why I know the story. Sometimes it was more prominant than other times which was rather strange. But it never got to the stage where she couldn't breathe as I have heard reports of. Just looked like a very large Adams Apple. She did take Iodine I believe.

Doctor told me Thyroid Problems can be Hereditary also

Kind Regards to you all

Jackie

Ray

Ray Report 1 Feb 2009 05:19

Just logged on still cant sleep,

Thanks Fairthorn, Lindsey & Jackie

As for POOR Marty Feldman, did he not make a nice few bob
with those eyes ??????????? lol

Ray

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 1 Feb 2009 06:04

Fascinating thread, folks, I am waiting for results of blood tests taken last Tuesday. I have had numerous tests due to being TATT and other symptoms, always comes back ok with my doc saying I am ridiculously healthy, but my hair is thinning even more than usual - my Mum always had thin fine hair and mine is the same but she was never diagnosed with thyroid problems altho was diabetic - late onset into full blown after her first heart attack. I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome already, and irritable bowel syndrome too. At the mo seem to have irritable bladder problems as well so back to docs this coming week.
I love sprouts and broccoli tho :>(( no swelling or anything like that tho.

Will keep reading this and let you know what my results say.

Lizx

WhackyJackieInOz

WhackyJackieInOz Report 1 Feb 2009 06:47

Forgot to add this earlier.
I am not a big meat eater at all infact I could quite happily live without meat in my diet. I do eat Chicken and a little fish occasionally.

I love my vegies though and Broccoli, Brocciflower, Cabbage, Cauliflower and Sprouts are my favourites. Sorry but I just wouldn't survive without them. What would I eat? Carrots, Swedes and Turnips and most vegies I like but I must have my greens.

Any suggestions anyone apart from throw myself in the Ocean lol
(only Kidding I love my life too much)

Jackie
xxxx