Hi everyone, My name is Dave and i've posted once before... but i will post again today just some of what i am doing and what is gong on with me... thyroid cancer patient
I am a Canadian resident in Ottawa,47 years old..... I have access to ERFA (NDT) which I started dec29th 2017 so just less than 3 months ago... i had two thyroid surgeries october 2016 and july 2017... second surgery damaged my parathyroids (producing pth but low still) right side was 1.9cm at 1st surgery left side was only 0.6cm. to be honest...i should have never done the second surgery until many years later... i am in worse shape 8 months post 2nd surg. than i was 8 months post 1st surgery...i am taking 120mg of ERFA full dose 730am everyday after a 10 hour fast... and water only for one hour post dose. I am in decent shape physically 6'2" 216lbs. so the dose works for me. All my symptoms from synthroid are pretty much gone... i do find by 6 or 7pm i am quite tired .. i believe a nap around 3 seems to help if i can squeeze it in... i am taking b12, thyrocsin (mid day) green shakes heavy on the spinach, try to eat a decent amount of food daily , also taking 3:1 ratio of magnesium to calcium (corrected a week ago which helped my PTH symptoms as well)..lots of vit c soucres. vit A, K2 and i have tried adding in Iodine, regualr iodine doesn't seem to do much, but 1 drop of Lugols a few times a week seems to make me feel better... Staying active and getting sleep, seem to be the 2 most important factors aside from a healthy diet of course, these all seem to balance out... on such a high dose of ERFA i noticed if i don't eat enough... i do get tired... anyway.. this is where i am at.. no crampy legs from Synthroid, no foggyness, and generally seem to feel better for sure... questions? or additions ?