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| Name: | Heidi E. Nagel, Esq. |
| Email: | Battlborn@hotmail.com |
| Where are you from: | Las Vegas, NV |
| Comments: | Finally!!! I've been suffering from low body temperature for years and, after an extremely stressful event approximately 18 months ago, my body stalled. I lost nearly three-quarters of my hair, my skin and nails went into shock and my body refused to let loose of a single pound. However, my thyroid tests were "normal". I am working with Dr. Traci Grossman (internist) in Las Vegas, NV, after finding a book entitled "Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome" (see also WilsonsThyroidSyndrome.org). Thank you for having this website. I thought I was losing my mind and every other doctor wanted to put me on anti-depressants and get me into the gym (hello! already there on a regular basis). Your website has been very helpful as I wait to meet with my doctor regarding starting treatment. Regards, Heidi Nagel Las Vegas, NV |
| November 17, 2005 00:01:23 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Fiona Turner |
| Email: | ft1967@hotmail.com |
| Where are you from: | London UK |
| Comments: | Thanks Margie! I found your website very informative. I think with a TSH level of 8.8 and a T4 level of 5.75 and displaying 23 out of the 30 symptoms, I will demand treatment from my GP who says he will "just monitor the situation" with further blood tests. I can't help thinking this is just an attempt to save the British NHS money. Perhaps his practice gets penalized for prescribing lifelong 'free' treatment??! |
| February 4, 2005 13:53:49 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Lisa Fischer |
| Email: | lisafischer@comcast.net |
| Where are you from: | Little Rock, AR |
| Comments: | I love this site! Margie is both candid and encouraging at the same time. Seeing her with the pretty smile and thin figure remind me that IT CAN BE DONE! Thanks-Lisa Fischer |
| October 16, 2004 20:57:53 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Linda |
| Email: | rustyisnot@comcast.net |
| Where are you from: | Sacramento, CA |
| Comments: | Your website was very helpful, especially because of the real life way it is written and so many of my questions answered |
| October 16, 2004 06:57:12 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Brandee Williams Lara |
| Email: | brandee5678@hotmail.com |
| Where are you from: | Seal Beach, CA |
| Comments: | Thank you, Margie for a site that I can share with others, so they can better understand what I am going through. I saw Dr. Holtorf for the first time this week, and I already feel better just knowing he is "Dr. Right." Again, thank you for the this "virtual support group!" -Brandee |
| October 16, 2004 04:02:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Christine Lopez |
| Email: | yahoo16499@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | maryland |
| Comments: | after you encouraged me to visit your dr right a few years ago i had been feeling great and losing weight until aug of 03.since then i have been on the weight roller coaster with dr right trying everything with nothing working to stop the weight gain. then about 1 1/2 months ago he put me on another last resort medication (of course i still take my thyroid meds) and the weight is finally coming down. Thanks margie thanks dr. right!!! |
| September 29, 2004 11:58:50 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Betty Flager |
| Email: | betty_flager@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | I am so much relieved to fine your site. I have been trying to make my MD understand how I feel. Now I have some good proof to print off and show to him. Love this sight |
| September 25, 2004 17:31:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Shirley Gagne' |
| Email: | shirleyg@ejourney.com |
| Where are you from: | Beaverton Michigan |
| Comments: | Margie this is a great site I sure it will help me I printed out a few and going to doctors tomorrow. I'm totaly exausted all the time and I'm tired of being tired. Everyone says it is old age but I'm 68 and I don't feel old. I just pray dotor can help me Thank you agin shirley |
| September 21, 2004 02:47:03 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Leah Zotiades |
| Email: | athenalaz@aol.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | Margie, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your website. It has been so helpful and encouraging. Also, thanks for including my personal account of thyroid cancer. It's an ongoing battle to reach 'normality' and I'm not sure if I'll ever attain it, but at least I know there are others out there going through same or similar experiences and I can learn from them. I must check out T3 with my doctor!! Thanks again - Leah |
| July 29, 2004 15:18:16 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Beverly Chase |
| Email: | bachase98@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | San Luis Obispo |
| Comments: | Thanks to reading your expeirences I now have a doctor right too, giving me the same advice you give online. Normal MD doctors that do not specialize in the endrocrine system do not know the answers. The secrete is to find yourself a doctor who Listens to you and specializes is the specific areas you need help in. I finally after 5 months found the doctor to give me the right dose for my specific body, and t3 as well. I hope to be losing weight and feeling better within 3-6 weeks.Maybe now exersize out will pay off. All because of what i learned from Margie i am no longer lost and alone with my symtoms! Thankyou Margie!!! |
| July 16, 2004 16:54:41 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Melissa Meadows |
| Email: | im_the_nurse@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | Connecticut |
| Comments: | I'm glad I found your site! I may be a nurse, but I still need support and info when I go see a doctor, too. You have a great site, very informative. Thank you! |
| July 15, 2004 17:38:42 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Nadine Holdegraver |
| Email: | puglady2@pacbell.net |
| Where are you from: | Antioch, California |
| Comments: | Now I understand why I feel so tired and can't seem to get anything done. thanks for such an information website..... |
| July 8, 2004 20:41:12 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Donna Holland |
| Email: | dl@holland1864.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Where are you from: | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire |
| Comments: | Hi Margie... I found your webside through Diana's and being newly diagnosed in March this year (despite telling my doctors for nearly 3 years that I had hypothyroidism) I've found lots of information that will be very helpful. Thanks... Donna...x |
| July 4, 2004 13:43:21 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | mary lenore reynolds |
| Email: | |
| Where are you from: | brownstown, michigan |
| Comments: | thank you for an informative web site. I do not have an email address yet. |
| July 3, 2004 18:18:25 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Zacquelyn Vickers |
| Email: | almondeyez928@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | Florida |
| Comments: | I really appreciated your article. It was very informative. |
| June 27, 2004 19:03:54 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Carey Gave |
| Email: | cgave@direcway.com |
| Where are you from: | Springfield, IL |
| Comments: | |
| June 17, 2004 18:45:25 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Phyllis Davidson |
| Email: | davidson@hwy16.com |
| Where are you from: | Vanderhoof, BC Canada |
| Comments: | How wonderful to see that people like you are encouraging thyroid sufferers to perservere until they get some help. I spent ten years feeling "not good" after becoming hypo post RAI for Graves and a further seven years in "hypo hell" until my search led me to a physician (Dr. David Derry) who had the answer to a better life. I now won't settle for anything less as none should have to. Keep up the good work Margie. |
| June 17, 2004 17:10:57 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Robert G. Ward |
| Email: | Robertlindaward@msn.com |
| Where are you from: | California |
| Comments: | Your information is informative. I have had problems for past 5 years. Fatigue and flu like symptoms with low body temperature. All thyroid tests normal. All other tests (numerous) normal. Still searching for answer. Very frustrating. |
| May 31, 2004 21:05:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | cher |
| Email: | Sacred1Savage@aol.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | I was misdiagnosed for years but this year marks a decade since I near-crawled into a new GP's office, my entire body trembling to hear her exclaim, "I know what is wrong with you! You have Graves Disease." and whisked me off for RAI. I lost my career, my marriage, my home, my friends, my health, and my vision, as I developed Thyroid Eye Disease so rapidly and intensly it moved faster than all interventions. Now, diabetic,major depression, with asthma, CFS and a mild heart attack, I am living in the UK to simply improve my "quality of life", inhaling the perfume of the explosion of gorgeous flowers and greenery,and hoping to reclaim some of "the simple things" I loved while I'm still here! I need to try Armour, since I feel myself "dying" each day, barely existing...but gave up hope when my doctor here told me my lab levels were in the "normal" range so I "was fine". Am looking forward to digesting your site slowly to (once again) regain the strength to fight for my life , via the en |
| May 28, 2004 23:56:38 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Lakshmi Roy |
| Email: | nilajala@hotmail.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | Your web page was very helpful to me. In th past couple of years I've been getting more sick. Doctors just say I'm depressed and push meds. Still in search for a new doctor, but I have new hope. Thank you. |
| April 27, 2004 07:41:48 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Dr.Shashikant Patwardhan |
| Email: | editor@ayurveda-foryou.com |
| Where are you from: | India |
| Comments: | There are some excellent ayurvedic medicines too for thyroid diseases. read here -http://ayurveda-foryou.com/treat/thyroid.html |
| April 15, 2004 01:32:31 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Cynthia Bauer |
| Email: | WelcomeAzna@webtv.net |
| Where are you from: | Michigan |
| Comments: | This site is SO important! It is an awesome site as well. So informative. I can not thank you enough. Truly. Bless you. Cynthia |
| April 10, 2004 21:07:57 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Dr Barry Groves |
| Email: | barry@second-opinions.co.uk |
| HomePage: | http://www.second-opinions.co.uk |
| Where are you from: | Oxfordshire, UK |
| Comments: | The public needs to know more about the effects of the environment on the thyroid. Keep up the good work. |
| April 9, 2004 16:12:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Athena Navarro |
| Email: | girlygirlnxtdr@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | Margie, You are a God send. Thanks for all of your support and referrals. I'm so excited to be feeling better. God Bless YOU! Hugs, Athena |
| April 6, 2004 17:30:37 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Christine Lopez |
| Email: | christinelopez@myway.com |
| Where are you from: | |
| Comments: | margie - they say - good comes out of bad . . well . . after all you went through and to know that you are now helping others. I am so proud of you! mom |
| April 6, 2004 12:25:24 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Edna Kyrie |
| Email: | thyroidhistory@yahoo.co.uk |
| HomePage: | http://www.thyroidhistory.net |
| Where are you from: | London, UK |
| Comments: | Well done for sharing your story. I am sure that it will help and inspire others to also get better. best wishes, Edna Kyrie www.thyroidhistory.net |
| April 6, 2004 10:36:49 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | diane |
| Email: | dianerj@myway.com |
| Where are you from: | next door |
| Comments: | A very informative website Margie - I am sure it will be of help to many people! d |
| April 6, 2004 05:52:21 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Tammy C. |
| Email: | tamgc2003@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | Texas |
| Comments: | Margie's website is one of the most helpful websites on hypothyroidism. It is just absolutely the best! I have found so much helpful information. |
| April 5, 2004 03:48:33 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Lisa Franchini |
| Email: | l.franchini@verizon.net |
| Where are you from: | Norristown, PA |
| Comments: | I'm in the beginning stages of dealing with a slow thyroid. My Dr. insists that my test results are normal although they were clearly marked as (high) by the lab. I'm now going to an endocrinologist and i'm waiting to hear her opinion of my blood work. |
| March 30, 2004 03:36:21 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ann Tucker |
| Email: | ann.tucker@linkline.com |
| Where are you from: | Victorville, CA |
| Comments: | Your site has been so helpful. I know what you went through finding a doctor who finally understands you. |
| March 26, 2004 19:11:51 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Missy |
| Email: | nolpost@aol.com |
| Where are you from: | Philadelphia |
| Comments: | Reading your post-college/wedding story is like reading part of my life. I starved myself, took OTC diet pills and gained it all back within 2 months. Sadly, my hypothyroidism was only dx at age 38 after 2 miscarraiges and is still not controlled. Now at 40, I have suffered two more losses and have possibly developed other immune diseases that impair pregnancy. I just had my doctor switch me to Armour thyroid and I hope it helps. My time for a healthy life and family has been altered by a lack of treatment and knowledge, I hope others can be helped by the type of information you provide. Thanks for the site! |
| March 25, 2004 17:00:22 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Marianne Kleminski |
| Email: | mkleminski@att.net |
| Where are you from: | Phoenix AZ |
| Comments: | Thanks Margie, I will keep you posted. |
| March 23, 2004 16:52:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Trisha Stewart |
| Email: | triste4978@yahoo.com |
| Where are you from: | mid-Michigan |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for putting this site together! I have at least 10 symptoms of hypothyroidism and have been diagnosed twice as being "normal"! I am 25 and finishing up my last year of school so I have no insurance and cannot afford repeated testing, but eventually when I can get tested again your website information might save me from any more years of misery! Thanks again! |
| March 21, 2004 01:09:59 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ellen Hudson |
| Email: | jehudson@charter.net |
| Where are you from: | Jackson, TN |
| Comments: | I really enjoy your site! I have had thyroid disease for seven years and have had a terrible time convincing doctors that something is wrong when you don't feel good while on 225mcg of Synthroid alone. I recently convinced my doc to try me on T3 as well, and my body feels like it's alive again! I hope he doesn't change his mind when he sees my lab results.......Thanks again for your site, it's been the best I have found yet! Ellen Hudson |
| March 16, 2004 13:27:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Connie Lyerly |
| Email: | CONILUV@aol.com |
| Where are you from: | Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Comments: | Hi, Read your journal entry in the LOW CARB Forum. My weight has just edged up for the past few years. I look like an apple on 2 sticks. Anyway, I am going to the dr next week and I want to ask to have T3 (is that right) added to my medication. I am currently taking synthroid. It helped my fatigue symtoms, but I am having a hard time losing weight. I would appreciate any feedback and suggestions, Thanks |
| March 10, 2004 20:43:47 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Carrie Hsi |
| Email: | chsi101@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, I can't say it enough to you. Well Done! I had been taking Prozac for 11 years before getting a proper diagnose of Hyprothyroidism. I have just started taken my Medication. Wish me luck! Regards |
| January 26, 2004 05:20:42 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ann Garczynski |
| Email: | garczynski@aol.com |
| Comments: | Great website! Very interesting. I enjoyed reading the "whole" story even though I thought I knew it already. |
| January 10, 2003 14:57:54 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Paul Waxman |
| Email: | waxmanps@netzero.net |
| Comments: | Margaret - pretty impressive information, great info about how you found your way through the medical maze. Good for you! |
| January 10, 2003 13:04:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Jennifer Ryan-Touhill |
| Email: | touhillazlaw@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Awesome site! Great information for all women--it will empower us to make changes in our life! |
| January 9, 2003 20:59:44 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Bill Garczynski |
| Email: | garczynski@aol.com |
| Comments: | Wonderfully written history. You should be an author and not a lawyer!! Love, Bill!! |
| January 9, 2003 02:45:49 (GMT Time) |