Desparate and need help

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Permalink Reply by Christine Starke on August 6, 2009 at 5:55pm

I dont know where you are located, and you say you are willing to travel. I would seriously look into the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston Massachusetts. That is where I go and have gone since I was diagnosed when I was 11. They are amazing there. It's like a one stop shop for diabetics. They have a full staff there of Endocrinologists, eye specialists,phychiatrists, nuerologist, nutritionalists, exercise physiologists, and kidney dr's as well. They also have an affiliate podiatrist dirctly across the common from them at BIDC (Beth Isreal Deaconess Center)

However, I have found similar issues with Dr's after leaving Mass for short times. They look at it as "If it's not broken, dont fix it" Basically if the labs are good, things are good. I would set up an appt with one of the endocrine nurses. Preferably the head nurse of the whole place. That is what I have had to do in the past, and they tend to listen more and suggest other things to help. Good Luck!!

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Permalink Reply by heather turek on August 30, 2009 at 8:55pm

update!
i'm back in FL now. energy still isnt good but it's better than when i left for MO.
I saw my endocrinologist last week and he gave me an acth test which basically tests to see how fatigued/ or shot my adrenals are.
i'm actually kinda hoping they're bad enough to raise his eyebrow to take strong enough measures to fix me!
i also was pretty discouraged to find out there is a shortage of Armour thyroid- i switched from synthroid a couple months ago and it made a huge difference in my energy levels.
anyone else on armour who knows what's going on or what to do about that???
thanks everyone who has posted on this discussion- i appreciate everyone!

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on August 30, 2009 at 9:23pm

Good to hear from you! Glad you're feeling better, but know you want to feel normal again.

Big shortage of Armour. My mother has been freaking because she can't find any. She lives in NYC & called 30 pharmacies to try to get some. I don't know the whole story, but Armour changed the formula & this has adversely effected many people. There also seems to be some sort of effort to stop the selling of natural thyroid supplements. Big pharm stikes again!

Check out this site: www.savenaturalthyroid.com. Think that's the address.

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Permalink Reply by heather turek on September 1, 2009 at 2:28pm

awsome i'll check it out!
yeah it looks like i'll have to move to another country with all this bullcrap going on!
thanks for the link!

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on September 1, 2009 at 2:56pm

Spoke to my mother today & she'll be getting Armour in Oct. Guess it's back in production & there's a wait. She's upset because it will be the new formula that people are having problems with, unless they've gone back to the old formula again. Confusing!

There's another brand of natural thyroid, but it's expensive--of course! Her insurance wouldn't cover it, naturally.

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Permalink Reply by heather turek on November 10, 2009 at 5:32pm

crossborders pharmacy has the equivalent. and it's cheap!

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 10, 2009 at 7:18pm

Thanks!

Hope you're doing well.

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