Quick history, I am 46 and had in 94 full thyroidectomy and 5 lymph removed due to papillary cancer. Last 3-4 years hypothyroid on .15 levothyroxine, all levels fine according to family doctor, I developed multiple food sensitivities, energy poor, quality of life suffering greatly, need to work full time. Now on 4th well known ND and hope will help me but….

Here is my question, many of you are so panicked at not having your dessicated thyroid and I wonder if I too will feel so much better on it. My new ND said my levels are fine as well but has not tested t3 and t4 yet. She won’t give me any dessicated thyroid until she is sure that the mercury chelation I did previously has removed the mercury since she says it plays havoc with my thyroid levels and we need to remove the mercury before adding dessicated thyroid. I am so sick and tired of being tired and cold and sad. Do you agree with this approach. I feel I really don’t have that much time and that if only I could have the dessicated thyroid then it will give me the much needed support my immune system needs and then I can handle any cleansing, chelations much better, I am so scared about how poor my liver is functioning so your feedback again is so welcomed.

Blessing to you all and I am so grateful for this wonderful website!

Sandra

(From Janie: you may get quicker and more responses from patient groups: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/talk-to-others )

Furthermore, the reasoning Armour was out for so long was because the manufacturers, Forest, replaced the filler product without FDA approval, and without informing physicians, pharmacies or patients, which resulted in many people having adverse reactions to the product that hadn’t before. so the FDA is investigating Forest and is believe it or not, looking into eliminating natural thyroid from the market altogether!

(From Janie: Actually, many have reported Armour to be back on shelves in their areas. It just hasn’t made it your area. But with so many reporting problems with the newly formulated Armour, looking into Naturethroid or Erfa’s Thyroid is preferred by many right now. And by the way, we have no proof right now that the FDA is removing desiccated thyroid. In the future? Maybe. But we’ll have to see, since the future may mean expensive clinical trials rather than a removal.)