The Dreadful Diet, Day Two....

[rabidsamfan]

I want PROTEIN!!!!!!!!!!

Er... Did I mention that I'm rationed to five ounces of meat a day? I mean, I like peanut butter and all, but aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!

Fortunately my itty bitty meatloaf is now in the microwave, so I will soon be able to wave my headache good bye for a while.

Comments

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

The conversion mainly happens in the liver - which you should still have. ;) That's how the majority of the T3 in your body was made even while you still had a thyroid - most of what the thyroid makes is T4 and it gets converted to T3 peripherally. Now, I don't think we know with 100% certainty that everyone's liver converts synthetic T4 to T3 as efficiently as the natural hormone - and I know a few folks when I was on active duty swore that they never felt 'normal' taking anything other than Armour Thyroid (powdered pig thyroid, I think). Since a lot of the sypmtoms of hypothyroid are so subjective - things that can't be measured, that you can only find out about by asking the patient about her symptoms - I personally used to err on the side of treating the patient rather than the TSH number.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I personally used to err on the side of treating the patient rather than the TSH number.

*grin* That's my favorite attitude!

And I've got at least two liver functions that have always been wonky, so I'll remember to mention that when I talk to the endo. It seems to be genetic, too. My mom and my sister both are wonky in the same functions.