Welcome to your new forum!

Hi Everyone... I am so glad that everyone is feeling better. Just think of the drawings and Avatars we could have made last year when we were all in the HOLE. I am attempting humor at something that I will never forget and a group of strong women who bonded and helped each other make it through some very difficult times and are still sharing on a wonderful new blog/forum. I am really into the AVATAR. I really just got my hair cut all off and very short. I was in shock when I could not pull it back into a ponytail. Long overdo for a change. Stacey, did you not mention that you are a hairstylist? I was married to a very successful hairstylist and when we divorced I missed the hairstylist much more than the husband. I think I am going for all my blood work the end of September. I love my Doctor but I dread doing anything medical since the nightmare that occurred with our medicine last year. Cabro, are you feeling better on the blood pressure medicine?. That was another terrible journey. Karen, sorry to hear about your tooth. Janet,are your Hair and nails doing better with the levoxyl? My hair is finally getting back to its old thickness, My hair was very thin and falling out on the Sandoz. Take care ladies and have a nice and relaxing Labor Day. Janet, I again thank you for all the effort AND SUCCESS in bringing us all back together....Love....Kathy

Thanks Janet for posting all the inactives!

I'm so glad you are still doing well on Levoxyl, KAT!

Hello,

Just a quick stop by as I've been super busy. But Carol from what I'm looking at just briefly it appears that each time we each write a post it raises out "star" approval.
For instance " junior member" - now the more you post that "higher your status" is what could be possibly happening.

I'm not for sure on that, however just in my quick glance over this morning that is what I'm taking from it. It's a Fun Free- Style message Forum chat board so it maybt just be using a Free base description as each member continues to ad posts to their name profile.

This is just a guess at first glance I could be way off base on this one, but that's what I'm taking it possibly mean. Again this is a more Fun Free Style Board so the star & ratings will tend to be more Free- Style.

Just my opinion, I wouldn't sweat it, we know you well enough to never just add that to your profile : ))

Take Care Girls, Anither busy week almost done & then straight into a Busy weekend. I'm hoping I can sit down and write an update soon, but I'm also hoping to get over to the Beach if possible : )) Lots of good Surf to Waych again this weekend!! : )) Go Surfers!!

Stacey : )

I'm not sure if people are seeing the posts in the other threads. I posted under the Levoxyl thread the other day and no one has responded there, but there have been new posts here on the main thread. When I get e-mail about new posts it directs me here to the main thread, so I don't know if people ever find out about new posts to the other threads.

How do you get to the other threads?

Hi Katen once you sign in with your username. & Password click Home in the top purple banner. That will take you to a General Forum Folder. Click open that Folder. That will open two seperate sections. There are two other folders with titles, continuing to scroll down, you'll the the original heading of welcome to our new forum, directly below that is another title called Levoxyl. Click on that title and that will directly take you to the chats of who are chatting about Levoxyl.

Hope this helps you. Sorry been busy. I drive down once weekly to Carmel Valkey Scripps to get my bladder Catherized. & a treatment instilled, just did my second one today. But with all these darn fillers & my new odd reaction to Levothyroxine in general I have Flared my IC of the bladder up terribly and haven't been able to empty at all therefore not ridding all the nasty toxins. Pfizer really messed with my body chemistry as I never really had this specific issue ever before our recall in 2013.
I've also did try the compound T 4/ T3 with acidophilus and it made everything much worse. I stayed on it for 3 weeks. But the torture of body pain and not able to empty bladder or bowels was a constant horrible mess. I had to give up totally. Once I have cleared out my high RT3, though not optimal I'm feeling So much better. I'm working very cautiously now with Cytomel & WP Thyroid. Lactose mono hydrate is only bad culprit in that but not shutting me down thank goodness. : )) being totally shut down was really scary to have being able to go to the bathroom at all days on end. Not just simple constipation but couldn't empty or even try to get any urine out at all. I blew up full of toxins fairly quickly. Scary stuff.

I at keat have energy again and so happy to go to the bathroom now and be so scared of needing to go but not being able To.

I wave each time I see the sign for your Area , it's so kewl to know how close we are. : )) please take care & I truly hope you are being treated well with the compound , I pray for you & Carol's heart and hope all stays stable. & calm for both of you. My min had her stint put in but still really struggling with progressive dementia that each time we talk I know I've lost a little more of her from the time before. My heart breaks for her so much as she & I had such a strong bond, but I understand it's progress & am learning to accept her as she is today because at some point she won't be here to talk to at all.

Hope you're doing well plz take care and to all of us on this crazy journey. It's a tricky ride for sure : ))
Stacey : ))

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry for all the typos but I was getting ready for bed and finally remembered reading that Karen was having troubles seeing other chats, so I quickly wanted to jump on and type a quick message. On my phone our chat box only offers very small text at least from the way I'm getting on that I just quickly & messy typed out a note. : ))

Sue isn't it so odd that Levoxyl now is creating loose stools for you and no matter what dose increase I try w/it, it completely shuts my whole system down. Geeez so crazy how it reacts in just the few of us lol. I know from the Facebook group I'm on so many are still struggling with their journey as well.

Im sorry to hear about your daughter I only had the dumb morning blood draw for cortisol which was good, however I have been looking into my Iron/Ferritin issues as someone mentioned a term called "Pooling" I'm still reading it and breaking it down to see if I fit the criteria of such a thing. (Which very well could be possible) I know I've struggled with being Anemic. But iron and vitamin C for better absorption is going to be difficult with my tummy & Bladder issues. But still going to study this Pooling completely before I walk away.

Karen, I know the heat has been rough these last few days & days to come are in the 100's for us up here in the Valley. I so just need a few beach days to just chill out thank goodness on a week day it's only a 45 min drive to Oceanside Harbor Beach, and they keep their restrooms open & clean year around. : ))
I'm sorry you're still needing a T4 boost but can understand that, it's appears to be the hardest thing to do successfully right now for do many of us. I'm sending lots of good thoughts & prayers your way.
Yes I would love to meet up one day after my instill. I'm leaving for my first football trip Sept 25 & home late Oct 7, so let's plan for a cooler mid Oct. Day. I'm getting 9 instills and just had my second one. And yes very Worth the drive. I made it there yesterday in just shy of an hour : )) Traffic at 9:00 am is much better that at 8:00 am, I learned that the hard way. Lol!

Everyone Take Care and have a great Day!!
Stacey : ))


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Karen
I like your picture