In a message dated 11/29/2006 11:12:46 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
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I want  to live long enough 
to see my grandchildren some day!  It's hard to  image that's possible as a 
morbidly obese woman.  What more can I  do?  
>>>>>>

It seems pretty obvious that you are not getting adequate care. Our specie  
has evolved over eons to eat a variable diet, survive under pretty adverse  
conditions, and keep a pretty reasonable weight. 
 
There is a reason (Diagnosis) for your problem, and you are unlikely to get  
successful treatment until that Diagnosis is found. History (how the patient 
has  been doing) is 85% of any diagnosis, the exam 10%, and the labs are worth 
(at  most) 5%. 
 
There is a very wide range of factors that can make weight loss difficult  or 
impossible. The most likely, it seems, include: the wrong dose of thyroid,  
the wrong kind of thyroid, problems with your adrenals or ovaries, insulin  
resistance, and nutritional problems to name a few. 
 
If you kept taking your Porsche to the same Mechanic who kept the  car in 
such poor tune that you couldn't get it up to 30 mph (about 50 km/h)  on the 
freeway, charged you an arm and a leg, and ignored your pleas to fix your  car; 
what would you do?
 
Give your health the same respect. Find someone who will give you the  
quality of care that you deserve. It is your doctor's duty to work with you on  your 
health problems or tell you that you need someone else. 
 
Doc Don




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