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Tania Smith elegantly describes the problems with T3 production with no thyroid

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This blog from Tania Smith or her Canadian site elegantly describes the problems in therapy control that arise when the thyroid is lost, together with its ability to produce T3 direct.

The TSH-T3 disjoint in thyroid therapy

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Hi I can’t seem to locate this article. Is there a link please. Thanks

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TSH110 in reply tokazb1966

I think it is here:,

thyroidpatients.ca/2019/10/...

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kazb1966 in reply toTSH110

Thankyou

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Marz in reply tokazb1966

I signed up for updates from her ... scroll to the very bottom ...

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kazb1966 in reply toMarz

Thanks Marz I didn’t see that. I too have just signed up. If I’m honest I didn’t understand a lot of it but the bit that mattered seemed to go in!

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Marz in reply tokazb1966

I think many of us find it difficult to read long and complex pieces. Maybe the more we read the easier it becomes 🤔

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kazb1966 in reply toMarz

You’re probably right but I seem to read, it goes in and then I forget 😂 I do follow a wonderful GP who herself has an under active thyroid, she does fabulous videos that make things very clear.

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TSH110 in reply tokazb1966

If you work through her articles I think slowly things make more sense as you begin to make the connections needed to build up the jigsaw puzzle that is thyroid function. I imagine my understanding is very crude compared to her’s or diogenes’, but I certainly know a lot more than when I first had the great luck to find and join this community 😊 I really didn’t have a clue back then. Knowledge is power.

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UrsaP in reply toTSH110

An excellent source of information.

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TSH110 in reply toUrsaP

I totally agree this dr made the penny truly drop for me - such clarity in her discourse.

A well-written article that accurately displays the results of experiments which show conclusively that levothyroxine on its own will never give good health to every thyroid patient.

I don't pretend to understand much of it but suspect that many endocrinologists and doctors will also not be able to.

There are many, many such informative articles but not one of them is worth writing unless those who authorise changes are prepared to read them and take appropriate action.

In the UK it is the BTA who can change things as they seem to be the root from which UK recommendations originate. But they are unapproachable and the associated BTF is of no use.

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arTistapple

Right this is fab information. However it is ‘heavy’ in that it comes thick and fast. What I would like to know is why can’t I print this off? I so want to digest every bit of it and frankly I can’t do it all at once and every time I go back to my IPad again I just have to hope I have not lost it. This stuff is just so juicy.

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toarTistapple

There is no obvious reason you cannot print it.

However, you could save a lot of ink by saving a bookmark! Or saving as a PDF.

I've attached an image of the button you need - (from a Mac not an iPad but it looks much the same, I believe) - click on it. You might have to scroll down to get the option you want to use.

Thyroid Patients Canada ( thyroidpatients.ca/ ) has dozens of detailed, well-researched blogs. I doubt you'll want to print all of them. :-)

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arTistapple in reply tohelvella

Ooh helvella thank you. I still hanker for the black and white paper version but you are correct - I can’t print them all!

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