Comments on: Dr. Mark Starr has made a comment strongly favoring desiccated thyroid

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:23:28 +0000

I was on synthroid quite a few years ago and actually got pregnant with my 3rd child after starting it.however a few years down the road it seemed like I began to get puffy and have less energy and “Slow” and I was gaining weight.
I stopped taking it and of course my Tsh was ok and so the Dr did not restart it.I felt ok initially but several years after now I am having the same symptoms again.My joints are more sore now.
I had a subtotal thyroidectomy and only have the rt lobe remaining.The surgon said that I did not need to have my tsh rechecked and I was surprised.My surgery was due to a nodule on my left lobe causing dysphagia.2 months after surgery I had bonchitis and saw a family practice MD and had my tsh rechecked there and it was 4.4 which is within the lab values norm.still did not feel good.
Went to see Dr.Sult in St.Cloud,Mn and he said that my tsh was too high—so was put on armour Thyroid 30 mg daily.it helped me but then I felt at times that I was too buzzed from it—so I was instructed to stop it and recheck the tsh levals.
Long story short,I think that I do better with only 15 mg of Armour and I have started and stopped it becuz I thought that it was causing me to have headaches—which could have been my sinus problem.I am trying to feel good again and Ive felt so aweful sometimes that I feel like I dont have the energy to do my job or enjoy life at all.
What Im doing now is taking childrens chewable vitamins and also painting a small section of iodine tincture on my skin about every other day.The vits have vit b’s in them and I can tolerate them better than adult vits with all the other junk in them.I also am experimenting with taking the armour 15 mg daily.My joints have been terribly sore and have been unable to sleep much at all.
I will say that the mainstream MDs out there are not very informed about thyroid issues.If a lab value comes back normal they file it in your chart—end of story.The MD’s need to be taught to look at the pt and notjust the lab value!!! I know this cuz I’m an RN.
The best you can do out there with any of your health care is to advocate for yourself!!!!! And don’t give up!!!
Doctors are there to be your advisors;they serve you and they are there mostly to make recommendations to you—most MD’s forget this!!!!

By: Shara Khodaparast

Shara Khodaparast — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:42:48 +0000

I need a refferal Of a good doctors in Dallas for thyroid . I am homebound and I have MS( i have been blined and paralized for over 12 years . Please respond here and let me know the name of a good doctor in Dallas.
I do thank you for your consideration.

(From Janie: try Dr. Stephanie Elmore in Irving or Dr. Bessie Owens in Mesquite. Removed your phone number as it’s not a good idea to post it)

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:11:39 +0000

Correction to Latin:

“Sinister” is the Latin word for “left”.

“Dexter” is the Latin word for “right”.

By: carolyn hunter

carolyn hunter — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:50:37 +0000

Please add this below to my original comment so it may make more sense?.….

With regard to a description of a right handed or left handed SPIN…a more scientificly accurate explanation is about the way light affects a substance .….and the way the substance affects light.

In this case, one could use vitamin E as an example, in comparing the synthetic and the natural, and how light is “BENT” when shot or reflected through them..

It is only reasonable to discern .…that if light reacts differently, between the natural, and the synthetic substance,…which is deemed by some.… to be exactly “the same”. That the human BODY COULD ALSO react differently , .…..while using a natural substance ‚versus the synthetic imitation of that substance.

By: carolyn hunter

carolyn hunter — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:33:03 +0000

re: left handed and right-handed…that is a dumb-ed down version of what reallyb happens when a ray of light is shown through the substance.

natural vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol ) for instance, when a ray of light is shown through it, the LIGHT IS REFRACTED TO THE RIGHT.

While…on the other hand, regarding The Synthetic
Vitamin E, ( dl-alpha tocopherol ) When a ray of light is shown through it, the ray of light refracts to the LEFT.

That’s why there’s a tiny letter “L” after the “d”

The tiny “l” stands for lextra, …in latin, …which means “refracted to the left”.

By: Elenor

Elenor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:04:13 +0000

@Andrea
My assumption is that the good doctor is referring to ‘left and right spin’ not as some kind of “energetic medicine” but as a short-hand for left-handed and right-handed molecules. — it’s a description of the direction in which the molecules twist.

From: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55510/ :
“Amino acids come in left-handed and right-handed forms, which, like a pair of human hands, are mirror images that cannot be superimposed onto each other. Yet living organisms use only the left-handed version …”

That would most likely align with his words to signal that natural thyroid is left-handed (left “spin”) and therefore usable by humans; and right “spin” is not (or not so much).

By: Dr. Starr former patient

Dr. Starr former patient — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:49:53 +0000

This is VERY interesting to me especially since this same dr. just told me that since I have hashi’s I won’t be able to tolerate desiccated thyroid and he wanted me to start taking compounded SYNTHETIC T4/t3??? Buyer beware with Dr. Starr. He writes a great book, but doesn’t practice his own medicine.

By: kendra

kendra — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:58:01 +0000

I got both the Thyroid s and Efra, for which I did have to pay out the bum for, they doubled the prices! but I have 1000 Efra and they are the closest thing to the old Armour yet, they are totally dissolvable under the tongue and sweet. i am storing the rest in the freezer.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000

This idea of left spin is interesting. Where did he get that information? Where would I look to find more information on this?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:01:01 +0000

Thanks Kathleen. I don’t know why the site asks for your SS# and birthdate (I didn’t give it)
The bottle you described is what I thought I was getting. I will see what this new site sends.
Thanks for the tip.