Nan D'Antuono wrote
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> > >test available through the Broda Barnes Foundation.  I can provide more
> > >information about this test if anyone would like it.
>

I would like to know more about the Barnes test. What does it give you that you
don't already know.  For instance, from my clinical history and basal temperature
it is obvious that I have qa thyroid problem.  3 grains of armour did nothing. So
my doc switched me to cytomel. I made too much T3 but there was no improvement in
my physical condition. We tried a combination of armour and cytomel. Still no
improvement. I have been convinced that I am thyroid hormone resistant and that
there is something else missing. How would the Broda Barnes test help and why do
they have do it in Belgium? When the doc in Belgium stops doing his thing what
happens then.Why can't the test be done here?

Anyway I sure would like to know more.

Nan

t's not that my MD is ignoring the Barnes Foundation test result - he

> is paying attention to it.  He is willing to treat me with Armour thyroid
> medication per their recommendation despite having done a TSH test on me
> a year ago which came back in the low-normal range.  He has not suggested
> the thyroid antibody tests or the TRH response test.  I have an el-cheapo
> insurance carrier which might not pay for those tests in any case; they did
> not pay the $375 for the Barnes test.
>
> I'm so tired of walking around constipated and bloated, not to mention tired,
> listless, and so forth, that I'm really hoping that Armour will help me
> regain a reasonably comfortable existence!
>
> Nan D'Antuono
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