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Originally Posted by erickajm  Thanks to both of you for the information! I have never heard of an anti-inflammatory diet...have to look that one up! I have terrible joint pain..right now having a tough time with my arm. What if anything do you take for your thyroid? I am on Synthroid. |
I was on levoxyl but was weaned off of it a couple of years ago,
I had pneumonia in Feb 08 and had to take a medrol dose pack. i think the steroids started to mess with my thyroid again.
I was really really sick..not energy and i couldnt think straight.
my doc tested my tsh and it was off the charts high. so he wanted to retest it before he started any meds.
i had been diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis around 2004 i think and was developing a small goiter. it was only the size of a quarter and slightly noticed by touch. So the US showed i had a nodule in the isthmus, central part that connects they two lobes of the thryoid together.
the doc started my on Levoxyl to supply my body with the needed hormone and this would prevent my goiter from growing. my thyriod wasnt producing enough hormone so it grew more hormone secreting tissue (goiter) to keep up with my body's demands.
So the goiter went away and my body normalized and i was weaned off.
my internal med guy said that suppression was old school and he didnt think i needed it.
I was great for about 2 yrs until the steriods
but i had to have them because my eardrums were bulging and my airway was closed and i was just miserable.
I was on anitibiotics for about a month. At the end I was left feeling rotten. So i started a 2 part physical with my internist. this is when they found the elevated tsh. so he sent me for another ultrasound of the thyroid which showed my nodule had grown from 9mm in 2004 to 1cm in 2008 and the radiologist recommended a biopsy
So i tried and tried to schedule that at my hospital and the radiologist that was scheduled to read my biopsy said he did not think it needed to be biopsied!
So no i have to see what the internist has to say. I was scheduled for f/u when my dh had the chest pain issues last week!
I guess i am in limbo now.. BUT the good new is
I did a yeast cleanse a few weeks ago and now with the colon cleanse I have tons of energy and can work all day without feeling like i was near death the next day. also after i did the yeast cleasne my tsh was back to normal!!!!!!!!!
I do believe your gut is the most important factor in health. Everything starts there.
There is a great book called The Maker's diet that explains all about why the gut drives all other body functions.
As far as the anti-inflammatory diet...well I cant SAY enough about it.
what we eat either nourishes or destroys our tissue.
An AI diet will help with joint pain and destruction as well as help with asthma and coronary heart disease!!!
these are all inflammatory processes!!
Any one with questions about either just let me know!