I have been lucky enough to survive cancer twice. Once in my early twenties and again in my fifties. I was not expected to survive a year in my twenties but due to surgical and oncology techniques I am here to tell the tale. I can relate to Ken in many ways and have been told that I have the same chance as anyone else to be stuck down a third time. I try to put it out if my mind to be honest as I want to enjoy my life x
One of the nutrition pages that I subscribe to is Robb Wolf's page. He is a proponent of the Paleo Diet, and low-carb eating, which is what i am doing. Earlier this month, they had a ketogenic summit, and I listened to some of the videos of the talks from the summit. Today, he sent me an invitation to the thyroid summit, and it will be a similar kind of thing. It goes from October 24-31st, and it is free to listen to any of the talks during that time frame. You can also purchase the talks; but I just watch it while it is free. Anyway, this is for anyone who has been diagnosed with any kind of thyroid issues, or even people who have already had their thyroid removed, like you , @Ken Anderson . It is also for anyone that has the symptoms of malfunctioning thyroid, but has not been diagnosed. They said that 60% of people with thyroid issues are not diagnosed and treated for that. There is a video on the website when you go there to sign up that explains more about the symptoms and the summit. I have already signed up for it, and forwarded the email on to Ina, and I think that @Chrissy Page would like this, too. http://thyroidconnectionsummit.com/
So I have to commit to anything if I sign up? I'm not one for watching long videos. I'd rather read the info. What's a leaky gut? I saw that on the webpage.
No, you do not have to commit to anything. What I did on the last one was just watch the talks that interested me personally. Some of them were for athletes that were doing keto for more stamina, and others were for people who wanted to help heal things like cancer or seizures, and I was mainly interested in the ones for weight loss, so those are the ones I watched. This should be the same way, and there will be several options for each day. You can usually watch the options for the day for about 2 days, so if you miss one, you can catch it later. The do offer to sell the whole program, but there is not any push to buy it, so it is just a good chance to learn more about thyroid issues if you are interested. Since I also take thyroid medicine (Armour thyroid) , this is something that I am interested in, and I just wanted to share it here in case anyone else wants to learn more about how the thyroid works (and doesn't work). I have heard of leaky gut, but would have to look and see what it is. I think this is part of a health group that has other seminars online as well, since they just had the ketogenic one earlier this month, too.
@Chrissy Page I just signed up, and there is no cost. It is very easy, and not a lot of invasive questions either. I'm hoping this will help me understand just how my thyroid works. Before I was 40, I had hyperthyroidism, and I was never able to slow down. People use to ask me how I could raise a family, work ful time, and maintain a full schedule at our local college. Well it took all that just to keep my mind occupied. Then for awhile, I seemed to settle down, and I was happy to stay in that frame of mind and energy level. About eight years ago, everything seemed to flip again, and now I have hypothyroidism. At this point, it is very hard to find the energy I really need just to go about daily events. Maybe I can't "fix" it, but I'd like to understand how my thyroid actually works, and maybe just how mine is malfunctioning.
Actually, I think that it is great that it comes before your blood tests, Chrissy. This way, once you have the test results, it will be easier for you to understand just what they mean. My doctors put all of my blood work online where I can sign in and look at the tests in depth, and I had to really research to figure out what each little test was measuring. It is great that now i can look at the results and see how much my thyroid is improving since we first started the Armour thyroid. I think that listening to some of the video talks will help all of us to have a better understanding of what is happening with our thyroids. I am definitely looking forward to it. The keto one really helped me to understand the relationship of using sugar for fuel vs. using fat for fuel, and the benefits of changing over , and i think that this one should have some good information to help with healing the thyroid better.
I still haven't signed up for my drs website....just got an email recently too. I'm afraid to see that they wrote crazy on mine.
My endocrinologist is upping my dose of Levothyroxine to 137 mcg after getting the results of my last labs. For the sake of the numbers, I guess, because I feel fine.
Ive never been on that high of a dose. Wish my dr would up mine. I'm in range on my tests but might feel better on 100mcg. Used to take that years ago. Don't know why I was downgraded. Anyway, I'm curious as to my parathyroid test result...and anxious about it. Hopefully I'll know on Monday but I really did my bloodwork at the last minute. Even though the lab is right next to my dr...in fact they share a wall ..they send it out.
You know, I was thinking. After my thyroid was removed and before they put my on Levothyroxine, I didn't have an appetite. By that, I mean that I could eat and enjoy a meal as well as always but I wouldn't necessarily think of it if my wife wasn't preparing meals or suggesting we go out. That was perfect. Why can't they duplicate that as a weight-loss method?
I don't know, I've always had a good appetite so can't compare. I've also been on levothyroxine for more than 35 years. I don't now any different, really. Certain stress can cause me to lose my appetite but sometimes it just makes me eat more so it's not consistent. The only time I lost my appetite was when my mom died and then had other stress factors on top of that. Also lost my appetite when my husband died. Certainly don't want those type of circumstances to lose a few pounds.
I wouldn't really want the blah feeling or the headache back either, but the loss of appetite was perfect.
Good morning @Ken Anderson , I know what you mean. In '08 my doctor told me I had blown out my thyroid. Those were his words, not mine, and I'm still not sure what that meant. But I too seemed to loose my appetite. I got to where I actually forgot to eat for a day or two at a times. I take the same medication that you do, and when the dosage is off I tend find myself hungry, but when it is right, I find I loose my appetite again. I don't know why it does that, but I'm happy that it does. So give your body a chase to readjust it self, and munch on some celery when the hunger gets to you. I've often wondered if diet meds didn't jack with a person's thyroid function.