Great info, Robin
Posted By: GhostMom on 2009-05-15
In Reply to: Some homeopathic things to try - Happy MT Robin
I started having symptoms about 15 years ago but didn't get diagnosed for a long time. I was in a new marriage, pregnant with my midlife baby, working fulltime and caring for my mom at home through her terminal illness, so I figured I was just suffering from anxiety and stress.
Towards the end of my pregnancy the baby was determined to have IUGR and had to be delivered early. A couple of weeks later I got a phone call that his newborn screen indicated he was hypothyroid, so I brought him in for a recheck and this time the blood work was normal. I couldn't seem to make enough breast milk, though, and over the next couple of years my periods never returned to normal. My mom passed when my son was 4, and a month or so after that I finally went to a doctor for a "checkup."
My own labs came back showing I was hypothyroid and postmenopausal, and as an added perk the doctor diagnosed me with clinical depression. Suddenly everything fell into place in terms of my baby's IUGR and transient hypothyroidism, my weird periods and problems with breastfeeding, the uncharacteristic weight gain, hair loss, dry skin, constant coldness and extreme lethargy. It's still stunning to me that with all the medical scrutiny I went through during the pregnancy nobody thought to check my hormones.
Like you I HATE taking that stupid little pill every morning. I live a healthy lifestyle, eat as organically as possible and am a follower of natural and alternative medicine, so the possibility of treating hypothyroidism other than synthetically is exciting to me. I had been a big consumer of soy milk and tofu until recently and have stopped that. I've always avoided artificial sweeteners and fluoride and think I get enough iodine as I've always lived near the coast. I've increased my exercise and am concentrating on shedding this extra poundage once and for all. Still, my thyroxine level was never just "borderline," and an herblist and a homeopathic physician have told me hypothyroidism is challenging to treat by natural means. I realize I may never get completely off the meds, but I'm going to do what I can.
Thank you for your tips and inspiration!
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Robin McGraw
I haven't read her book but did see her on the show talking about her alcoholic father and her childhood. It really changed how I felt about her. She had it rough and seems like a good person, not the Privileged and spoiled person I wrongly judged her to be. Now I like her a lot more.
seeing that first robin is so exciting!
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I agree with Robin
Everyone is different, and I wouldn't take it personally.
The best thing to do is talk with her some time and tell her how you are feeling ... ask her about her end of it.
As long as people are respectful and not acusatory, communication is the best way to go.
Robin Williams did a skit about this once....
Robin Williams once said.....something to the effect of....
A woman president would never push The Button (red button to make war).....she might get a little testy every 28 days but she wouldn't push the button.
Or Robin Williams! You'd never be able to slow him down! LOL..nm
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I saw my first robin of spring this morning!
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Robin McGraw's book
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Robin, I have to disagree, here are the reasons....sm
First of all, when a woman truly wants a baby of her own, it goes way beyond WANTING, like a possession, I faced this myself, I had polycystic ovarian disease, had been married 8 years, and had lost 3 treasured babies. I was so devastated, and while I would have welcomed an adopted or foster child, there was this deep, inner need, it was like the need to BREATHE, beating within my heart, I love my husband so much and I just wanted to much for us to have the baby we had dreamed about since before marriage. Happily, just when I thought it would never happen, I had my daugher, quickly followed by two sons.....God is good, I had lost three, but God blessed and honored me with three. But women who conceive and have children easily cannot fathom the deep heartache of those who cannot, it is like missing a limb or other body part, worse....
As for adoption, it is wonderful, but do you have any idea the money it takes?? The YEARS, the stress, the invasion of privacy...and how many of us can travel to distant countries to the beautiful infants and children who truly NEED parents, many of us cannot do that.
There are many times IVF does not work, just like natural conception, God decised both. And insurance does not pay for multiple attempts, many times not at all, just depends. If the resulting child is cherished, nurtured, and happy, it is a wonderful blessing. In this case, though, it is just so outrageous, I cannot imagine the doctor who would do this, should definitely lose his license....and all those babies will pay in more ways than a few, most small, pre-term or multiple babies grow with many developemental disorders that will effect their whole lives.....so sad.
Snow Robin (LOL - i kinda like that name)
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I have a robin nesting on my porch
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Robin Williams and Carol Burnett..
For those of us who watched the Carol Burnett Show, you'll probably remember this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfDyTUiL8xs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsketchcomedyclips%2Ecom%2Fvideos%2Ephp%3Fid%3D37
No, Robin...You're the VOICE OF REASON on this topic and
And you're saving me the trouble of posting since you're beating me to it.
Keep posting and keep the reality checks coming, please!!!
ROFL, that was good, Robin, I was thinking the same thing but.....sm
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Nah, and I NEVER pass on those round robin letters for good luck, money, love, etc. if passed on in
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Limbo. Great song, great game. Also,
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Wow!! What a great attitude! I love that - great perspective!
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What great determination and help from a great friend! :) nm
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I am sure that you are a great mother and a great cook,
and that you tried everything, now try the 'hunger diet'.
Thanks! That was enough info for
me to find the sheet music :)
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I don't own a TV but get info from the net
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Thanks for all the info cat, unfortunately
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