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Date: | Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:19:23 -0500 |
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Ballew and Nancy:
Thank you for your helpful response to my request for information.
As for other symptoms -- very few. I am 63 and have the normal hair loss (actually a bit less) for my family. My hair is still mostly non-grey, no dry or thin skin or any of those things. I do a lot of physical work -- mostly hand mowing my yard (which is huge), garden, yard work, and when the weather does not allow that, then I have a stationary bicycle. I do not believe that I get fatigued any more than normal. No weight gain -- I lost about 25 pounds a few years ago to beat a high blood pressure problem. So really, other than the TSH, no obvious symptoms.
I will say that I have a good strong belt of coffee most mornings and I feel really good after that, so I have not forgotten what it feel like to feel good ... not that I don't feel good at other times -- just not quite as good.
A couple of questions if you don't mind (please, anyone, join in) ...
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Why would I need to understand my T3 and T4 levels? would this in any way change the treatment?
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Is a TSH of 5.9 really that bad? (This used to be at the upper edge of the normal range.) How high have you seen it in severe cases?
I have some questions on the Iodine and Solenium supplements as well, but will cover those in a future post. I don't want to just tread water for three months and get the same results. I would like to try SOMETHING -- obvious whatever has the greatest potential. I am not at all suffering (as far as I can tell), and so some type of life long treatment is just not very appealing to me. Other than vitamins and baby aspirin, I am not on any medication.
Thanks -- dave
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