Reply #327: Do I choose to be obese? Do I eat a lot? No I don't.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

I've eaten like a bird my whole life. I've had my parents, teachers, grandparents, and in-laws get STARK RAVING MAD AND YELL at me for not eating enough. Or not eating the foods they wanted me to.

My thyroid is completely dead since I was 10 years old. I've taken thyroid extract since I was ten years old.

Some stupid doctor once took me off of it, and after five years off of it, I went to a doctor who told me I had one of the worst cases of myxedema (severe puffiness of face) he had evern seen. He even told me, "You were about a month or two away from going into a coma and DYING."

I've gradually gained weight over the years and am taking two times the normal dose of thyroid. I'm reading a book right now called "The Thyroid Diet" and it looks like you have to eat very little and exercise a whole lot more than a normal person would to lose weight.

You think I enjoy it or choose to be fat?

Synthroid is now the most commonly prescribed drug in the US and it is estimated that one in five US adults (esp. women) are hypothyroid. Sadly, Synthroid is not nearly as effective as the natural stuff made by Armour (the meat packers). And we have to fight with our doctors to test our thyroids, listen to our symptoms, give us the right kind of hormones, give us enough hormones, etc. I could write a lot about that one. I've argued with some very well credentialed endocrinologists. They go by lab tests. I go by how I FEEL. They think all females are hypochondriacs anyway.


Some education: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com

www.thyroid-info.com

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