Dear Thyroid Folks, Welcome to the Thyroid discussion mailing list! As a beginning note, I'd like to make this one technical recommendation quite emphatically, please. Please keep a copy of all your messages to Thyroid. I understand that there will be more hardware and software updates in the near future at St. John's University in New York, our LISTSERV host site. The process of improving service is never as smooth as we wish and we are likely to experience some glitches that will impact the flow of the list. I will post warning messages to the Thyroid mailing list as I become aware of these. However, sometimes I will find out at the same time you do. So, during St. John's ongoing renovation, I advise everyone to keep a copy of all messages that you send to Thyroid. Why? Due to construction and some unscheduled mishaps, the LISTSERV at St. John's occasionally becomes overloaded. When this occurs, the LISTSERV Manager purges the system [read that: he trashes all the e-mail], so that any messages not already distributed are lost. If you have kept a copy of your message, you can then resubmit it. Forewarned is forearmed. Now, let's talk about Thyroid! Here's A Thyroid Question: I have a question, if everyone else is shy. 8=]' Why is my doctor so heavily against bovine thyroid supplementation, as opposed to synthroid and levo-thyroxine? Anybody know? Pax, Ballew Kinnaman <[log in to unmask]> 512/463-9321 Discussion list owner -- Allergy - PCHealth - Rubber - Thyroid - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Allergy LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Immune.Com/allergy PCHealth LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Emissary.Net/pchealth Rubber LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Immune.Com/rubber Thyroid LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Emissary.Net/thyroid