Pear, cucumber and Ginger detox drink

[greygoose]

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I was going to do this, and bought the pears. But then I forgot. And the dog and I pigged out of pears tonight. Then I came across the recipe and remembered...

[Daffers123]

just looked up. sounds delicious - will get stuff tomorrow. Does your Dog like pears - or cucumber ? lol

[greygoose in reply to Daffers123]

He didn't like them the first time I tried, but tonight he couldn't get enough! He doesn't like cucumber, though.

Let me know how you get on with it.

[Clutter]

GG, it sounds delicious, even though I'm not mad about ginger. Is that a very large pear or very small lovely dog?

[gabkad in reply to Clutter]

My thought exactly, Clutter. That's some huge humdinger of a pear if that dog is normal size. Do they grow pears bigger in France or what?

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

It's a puppy. But not mine. Mine is a full-grown monster that weighs 47 kilos!

I love Ginger, but not so keen on the spinach... Still, you never know, the flavours might blend very well together.

[Angel_of_the_North]

LOL! Never tried a drink with pears, they always tend to make me feel as though my adrenals are playing up. Cucumber, melon and ginger is great (and possibly not as exciting for dogs).

[greygoose in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Well, pears are goitrogenic, so that could be why. I couldn't eat them when I relied on my gland for some of my hormone. Now that my gland is dead - or as good as - I Don't have any trouble with them.

[Daffers123 in reply to greygoose]

Sorry me again. probably a stupid question but how did you find out your thyroid was dead ? and did they remove it

[greygoose in reply to Daffers123]

No, not a stupid question at all.

About 8 years ago, I saw a certain specialist in Paris, and he took one look at me and said 'Madame, your thyroid is dead!' And that was before doing any tests.

But he wasn't entirely right. Two years ago, for reasons I won't go into, I came off all thyroid hormone replacement. After six months, I got a test, and I had just a tiny bit of T4, but very little T3. TSH was 35. So, my gland was producing a tiny little bit - it was making an effort, so to speak, so not entirely dead. But not able to make enough for me to live on. I was very proud of it! lol

But the fact that I have to take massive doses does rather point to a dead gland and/or hormone resistance.

[Daffers123 in reply to greygoose]

That's very interesting as I am sure mine is still producing erratically. Some days I am almost a bit hyper, and without having changed my meds (so then I cut them down and juggle a bit) . I read on Dr Myhills page that sometimes the gland just does shoot some out.

YesI I understand your pride (!) felt quite sorry that my poor old gland was being shut down (or almost) by a man made hormone when it still had something to give . I wish we could have some way of measuring like diabetics do, on a more regular basis.

While you were off all the thyroid hormone stuff, how awful did you feel? Did you get anxiety ? I don't know anything about hormone resistance so will now look it up.

Do you take both hormones now, or NDT

[greygoose in reply to Daffers123]

I felt great at first. I didn't have any anxiety. But, it's difficult to tell, really, because I'd just come out of hospital, drugged up to the eyeballs with poisons like Beta-blockers and PPIs, and stuff that made me feel so weak I couldn't hold my head up properly... and then my dog died, so I was all messed up emotionally. And then I started to put on weight. So, I thought, that's enough!

My doctor wanted to put me on Levo at that point. He said that was THE treatment for hypo, and he didn't know any other. I told him I wasn't taking Levo and that was that. I wanted Cynomel. And although he didn't have the slightest idea what it was, he gave it to me. I no-longer see that doctor - or any doctor, come to that! - but I'm still on T3 only.

[BeansMummy]

Mmmmm, sounds nice and looks like one I should try.

I had a cat that used to go mad for cucumber.

[greygoose in reply to BeansMummy]

Yes, I've heard of cats loving cucumber before. Never thought to offer it when I had cats. But I did have one that used to steal mushrooms if you left them ungarded. lol