What's for dinner tonight??? (white wine, mushrooms, healthy, marinated)
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WEll, come on then! You are always welcome! We are cooking outside if this wind will die down! It is really blowing! Haven't seen it like this in a loooonnnnnggggg time!
Well, just back from the Nuero's office.... all this running around has me whipped today.... LOL.... who on here said it could be stress again??? LOL..... well, he mentioned the thyroid situation too.... so........... looks like I will be makin' a call to the primary care doc.... oh boy.....yippity doo da....
My mom picked the Chatterbox up for me so I have a little time to kill..... I better spend that lookin' for the kids Karate uniform..... havent seen Diva's in a while.... could be in the bottom of her hamper... knew I forgot to something!!!!!
Those hamburgers are sure sounding better and better as the day grows longer! I can smell 'em now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What time is it? It has to be dinner time right?
Well, just back from the Nuero's office.... all this running around has me whipped today.... LOL.... who on here said it could be stress again??? LOL..... well, he mentioned the thyroid situation too....
Please ask for a copy of your lab work when they do the thyroid test.
The main test is TSH. Many primary care doctors are unaware that many many endocrinologists including the American Society of Endocrinologists (or whatever they're called.. I didn't look it up today ) have changed what they consider an acceptable TSH range.
The old range allows up to 5.0 or so to be "normal" but the new range cuts off normal at 3.0 -- imagine all the people with poor thyroid function who feel sluggish and awful and know something is wrong with them but are told they are "normal" and to stop complaining cause it's all in their head!
Personally I feel best at a TSH of 1.0 or thereabouts. High TSH = hypo or low thyroid, low TSH (below .3) = hyper or too much thyroid.
We now return to our regularly scheduled food programming.
I had to be my own best friend and learn all this, and I'm glad to share it with everybody because there is so much ignorance out there, even in the medical community!
I have Grave's Disease, which means (due to medical treatment) I don't have my own thyroid anymore, and I absolutely depend on that little blue pill every morning. I had a very bad experience with a very bad endocrinologist that led me to do a lot of research. Of course, he's the endocrinologist my primary care doc recommended!
I had to be my own best friend and learn all this, and I'm glad to share it with everybody because there is so much ignorance out there, even in the medical community!
I have Grave's Disease, which means (due to medical treatment) I don't have my own thyroid anymore, and I absolutely depend on that little blue pill every morning. I had a very bad experience with a very bad endocrinologist that led me to do a lot of research. Of course, he's the endocrinologist my primary care doc recommended!
Oh boy.....I have not a clue what all that means..... I hope it is just stress: o Fingers Crossed.... not to stress out over right? LOL
Well, found the the Karate "gee" (uniform) and it WAS clean!!!!! phew....
Diva gets off the bus in about 30 min and then I get my juicy burger.... mmmmmmmmmmmm.............. and fries... can't forget the fries...... mmmmmmmmmmmmm
If your doctor is checking your thyroid, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone is the main test they use. They also sometimes check your T-3 and T-4 levels - those are two other hormones.
All I'm telling you, is look at your bloodwork and see what number is next to the line that says TSH, and hopefully it is between .3 and 3.0.
If your doctor is checking your thyroid, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone is the main test they use. They also sometimes check your T-3 and T-4 levels - those are two other hormones.
All I'm telling you, is look at your bloodwork and see what number is next to the line that says TSH, and hopefully it is between .3 and 3.0.
Will do!!!! And if it isn't I know I am screwed right?
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) have changed what they consider an acceptable TSH range. 
: o Fingers Crossed.... not to stress out over right? LOL
