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Barrow Thyroid Support Group

Happy New Year. The Barrow Thyroid Support Group is meeting next Saturday 16th January at 1.30pm in the Bistro of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel on Abbey Road,...

Happy New Year. The Barrow Thyroid Support Group is meeting next Saturday 16th J...

juliej333

•9 years ago

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Help again.

Thanks everyone for their support and advice but still at times not doing so well. Having found this forum I now know I have Hashimotos and I am in the stage...

Thanks everyone for their support and advice but still at times not doing so wel...

Louisesymons

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Gelatine

Does anyone know if you can get thyroxine without gelatine. I am on levothyroxine which contains gelatine. I am vegetarian so not impressed being prescribed...

Does anyone know if you can get thyroxine without gelatine. I am on levothyroxin...

Shenow

•9 years ago

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Please Help 😐

I've been suffering for months with what I believe to be Hypothyroidism. However had been automatically labelled with Fibromyalgia. Insisted on a blood test...

I've been suffering for months with what I believe to be Hypothyroidism. However...

Kiki1st

•9 years ago

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Any Advice for my daughter, please!

Hi there, My 7 year old daughter showed symptoms of nipple discharge last summer (2015) so after a referral to a Paediatrician, a scan confirmed breast tissue...

Hi there, My 7 year old daughter showed symptoms of nipple discharge last summe...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Do You Really Need That Calcium Supplement?

http://www.realdiabetestruth.com/calcium-diabetes-type-1-diabetes-diet/ Doctors think that all that is necessary for healthy bones is calcium. Once again,...

http://www.realdiabetestruth.com/calcium-diabetes-type-1-diabetes-diet/ Doctors...

greygoose

•9 years ago

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Pmr

Hello everyone, hope someone out there can help me, I have had Pmr for three years now, and still taking all the usual medication, including prednisolone, I...

Hello everyone, hope someone out there can help me, I have had Pmr for three yea...

Eastender

•9 years ago

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Huzzah!

My hair's stopped falling out and I'm hitting the tiredness wall later and later in the day. Whisper it, but I think my ferritin and fT3 levels may be...

My hair's stopped falling out and I'm hitting the tiredness wall later and later...

hose1975

•9 years ago

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Ferrous fumarate.

Diyena

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Thyroid levels

Hi all just had bloods back ...Free T4 = 28.5.... TSH = 0.5 ...My Rheaumy said " your thyroid is all over the place " then dismissed it ( as not her concern )...

Hi all just had bloods back ...Free T4 = 28.5.... TSH = 0.5 ...My Rheaumy said "...

Romany

•9 years ago

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Weight Gain

I have been taking Levo for 3 weeks now (gradually increasing the dosage to 100mg). I have put on weight of 4kg. I had expected to lose weight. I have hypo...

I have been taking Levo for 3 weeks now (gradually increasing the dosage to 100m...

Shenow

•9 years ago

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Sore throat

Yeah , it does that to me also ... And my ears seems pretty swollen inside and they hurt badly when I wash them ...

Yeah , it does that to me also ... And my ears seems pretty swollen inside and t...

Ripped_moose

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Issues with taking thyroid mads

I've been on 100mg of Levo since 2011 over the last 8 weeks or so maybe Longer I haven't been taking my meds half the time I forget to take them I've noticed...

I've been on 100mg of Levo since 2011 over the last 8 weeks or so maybe Longer I...

Penni2016

•9 years ago

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kind of sad

For those of you in the NHS who aren't sure what healthcare is like in the US, imagine a place where you have to buy health insurance, and the healthcare...

For those of you in the NHS who aren't sure what healthcare is like in the US, i...

Eddie83

•9 years ago

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Lab results

Got latest results today t4 at 11 ( same as before ) & tsh 1.57 any thought anyone ? Ts4 range over 12 & tsh range is 0.05 - 5.00

Got latest results today t4 at 11 ( same as before ) & tsh 1.57 any thought an...

Crawford1961

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Help with Lab tests - first timer

I think your forum is extremely helpful and am learning everyday. Have Hashimotos for 20 years and taking Leveothyroxine at around 100 mcgs once a day for...

I think your forum is extremely helpful and am learning everyday. Have Hashimot...

Irishbutterfly1

•9 years ago

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The Endocrine Society Centennial: The Thyroid Leads the Way

Thyroid is simple, just take your levothyroxine every day... Ignore the exquisite control by deiodinases. In fact, ignore most of the 120 years of research...

Thyroid is simple, just take your levothyroxine every day... Ignore the exquisi...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

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I feel lost.

Despite a few friend's recommendation to have my thyroid checked and done some research. I have found out that I have all the symptoms of an under-active...

Despite a few friend's recommendation to have my thyroid checked and done some r...

De-Santana

•9 years ago

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Is it really just my under active thyroid

Hello, I have been on thyroid medication for almost 20 years now (started in my teens) back then my doctor also gave me a b12 injection every three months....

Hello, I have been on thyroid medication for almost 20 years now (started in my ...

mrsc82

•9 years ago

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B12

Hi, just looking for some advice on b12. I was told by blue horizon my levels of b12 were low at 270, so I saw my GP who didnt seem to concerned, but said I...

Hi, just looking for some advice on b12. I was told by blue horizon my levels of...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Fed up!

Just been for my blood results, saw a locum and I've left the surgery in tears. B12 (128) range 180 - 914 Ferritin (38) range 11 - 307 Folate (6.6) range 3.1...

Just been for my blood results, saw a locum and I've left the surgery in tears. ...

Crazymam10

•9 years ago

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Hello!

This is my first message on here so I thought I'd try it out and say Hello to one and all! I've got an under-active thyroid due to a long standing Hashimoto's...

This is my first message on here so I thought I'd try it out and say Hello to on...

mocah

•9 years ago

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Help with results pls

These are my blood results I have no thyroid glands serum tsh 0.27 free t3 is 3 two half grains of amour a day but now take 50mcg levothyroxine and one half...

These are my blood results I have no thyroid glands serum tsh 0.27 free t3 is 3 ...

kimmie52

•9 years ago

4 Replies

I need your advice again!!!

Hi all. Thank you so much for your advice following my doctors refusal to prescribe T3, the good news is now that my GP is 'reviewing' his original decision. I...

Hi all. Thank you so much for your advice following my doctors refusal to prescr...

Hidden

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Hashi's or not?

Hi, I'm new here & was hoping someone could help with my blood results. tsh: 0.72 mlu/L Ft4: 11 pmol/L Ft4:ft3 ratio: 2.1 T4: 77 nmol/L Tpo antibodies: 31...

Hi, I'm new here & was hoping someone could help with my blood results. tsh: 0...

Tiredjess

•9 years ago

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Elderly Mum with hypothyroid sleeping all day

Mum has been hypothyroid for decades and on 100mcg levothyroxine. Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia last summer and has a very gradual deterioration in...

Mum has been hypothyroid for decades and on 100mcg levothyroxine. Mum was diagn...

Dramlouie

•9 years ago

27 Replies

Alternative to liothyronine sodium?????

Hi, I've posted before about problems I've been having with liothyronine over the past fifteen months. It's now become really serious for me. I have been on...

Hi, I've posted before about problems I've been having with liothyronine over th...

dizzy864

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Letter from endo to GP - advice needed

Brief history is that I've been hypo and on levo since I was 21 (I'm now 40). Only saw an endo for the first time a couple of years ago and was diagnosed with...

Brief history is that I've been hypo and on levo since I was 21 (I'm now 40). On...

Jules_Essex

•9 years ago

5 Replies

Everything

Type in Dr. Peter Glidden in Youtube, he is very interesting, and certainly strengthens my views, about the medical profession. For example, taking 4 x Brazil...

Type in Dr. Peter Glidden in Youtube, he is very interesting, and certainly stre...

langdocienne

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Functional Medicine Practitioner

Dear All Could anyone recommend a good functional medicine practitioner that specialises in thyroid / hashimotos in the south of England. Please PM me....

Dear All Could anyone recommend a good functional medicine practitioner that s...

geo86

•9 years ago

6 Replies

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Thyroid UK

All posts for January 2016

Barrow Thyroid Support Group

Help again.

Gelatine

Please Help 😐

Any Advice for my daughter, please!

Do You Really Need That Calcium Supplement?

Pmr

Huzzah!

Ferrous fumarate.

Thyroid levels

Weight Gain

Sore throat

Issues with taking thyroid mads

kind of sad

Lab results

Help with Lab tests - first timer

The Endocrine Society Centennial: The Thyroid Leads the Way

I feel lost.

Is it really just my under active thyroid

B12

Fed up!

Hello!

Help with results pls

I need your advice again!!!

Hashi's or not?

Elderly Mum with hypothyroid sleeping all day

Alternative to liothyronine sodium?????

Letter from endo to GP - advice needed

Everything

Functional Medicine Practitioner

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