Hi, well I’ll mention my problems so far and what I’ve done about them:
Weight/digestion issues – Since I’ve eaten more, sometimes double what I usually eat, I’ve had a lot of trouble gaining weight. At the start of the year I weighed 7.3 stone. I now weigh 7.10 but I haven’t yet reached my target weight of 8.5 stone. I don’t look as though I need to gain any more weight as I’m petite but my mum and stepdad have made comments about me being skinny.
Coeliac has been ruled out from the autoimmune blood test so what I’ve now done is start to eat four 300 calorie meals a day so I can reach my ideal amount of calories burned. At the moment I eat small snacks but then eat a large dinner later on. Weight doesn’t come off or on, but when I do eat a lot more the weight comes off more noticeably. Tonight I went for a mushroom risotto – it has a lot of calories in as well as carbohydrates so hopefully that will help.
Vitamin levels – I’m low in Vitamin D, folate, ferritin, Vitamin B12 and possibly magnesium, so what I’ve decided to do is invest in some magnesium and a Vitamin B12 spray and continue taking the Spatone and Vitamin D meds.
Thyroid levels – I’ve continued taking the thyroxine at 125mcg a day but I’m now looking into consuming Brazil nuts as they’re said to be high in T3 – as long as I don’t take too many from what I’ve read!
Well, my next blood test isn’t until January 20th to check my thyroid levels. Last time they were abnormal at 4.6 (0.27-4.2) but the Free T4 was in range at 15.6 (12-22). Is the GP testing me too soon as I was tested back on the 5th December? I have been tested before for thyroid function but I’m sure there were a few more weeks apart than this!
Also if the Brazil nuts do contain T3 and improve thyroid function, would this show in the blood test results coming up? Or is there going to be some delay before this change is noted?
Raynaud’s symptoms – I’ve now decided using the hot water bottle on my core area (tummy/chest) and this has helped with the numbness/tingling in my toes so I will be continuing to use the hot water bottle as this for now.
Am I doing too much right now? I don’t know what I should be doing first or in what order!
Thanks
Jo xxx