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Interestingly, I too have autoammune disorders - hypothyroidism amongst them.....




FYI - new guidelines last year from the endocrinologists, basically saying if you have symptoms your TSH should be kept between 1 and 3, not 1 and 5 as before. Lots of people were probably receiving inadequate amounts of thyroid hormone under the previous guidelines. Infertility docs know that hypothyroid women have the best chance of conceiving if their TSH is between 1 and 2 - I figure that's probably where most of the rest of us need to be too. Might help some with the weight if you had them tweak your dosage, if you're not already in that range. (you know TSH goes the opposite direction of T4).

Therapist wants to put my D on BCPs to preserve her bone density.

D had a good day yesterday. She stayed home from school because she was exhausted and had insomnia the night before. Later she ran some shopping errands with me and we ate lunch together. She ate pretty well and although she felt uncomfortable afterwards, we were able to talk about it. In the afternoon she had an appointment with an accupuncturist her therapist recommended, to try to help her with her digestive problems. Have to say I've always had my doubts about accupuncture, but D seemed better afterwards. Eveb if it's just placebo effect, I'll take it And the accupuncturist put on these "seeds" (like little bb's under a piece of tape) so D could stimulate those points herself, which at least gives her something to do when she feels uncomfortable.

D's mood seems much better, I think she feels hopeful now that therapy has started. It's so interesting, because it's not her whole body image that's distorted, just her abdomen. She was showing me her wrist yesterday and telling me how awful it looked because it was so skinny and looked like it could break easily. And she says she just wants to get strong so she can surf again. So all things we can work with, thank goodness.

Ellie