All I can say has been that all my thyroid issues have always, always been underplayed...whether it's simply hyer/hypo...the treatments: meds therapies and surgeries are pretty well established...tho more is starting to be done in more progressive aspects... Most is experimental at best.. The 'traditional' routes are fairly well explored. Key is diagnosis and treatment..should a thyroid or para thyroid go kaflooowy, well treatment is fairly standard.. The symptoms are apparently the same tho. Slow, insidious, sneaky and ultimately debilatating.... Much seems to overlap with vitamin deficiencies and PN. To a degree, a good deal is helped thru diet and exercise, BUT, certified/pedigreed/and proven treatments do exist to ease such issues..Only a modicum of patience is required to allow the effects of the subtle med subsitutes/modifers to kick in. The variations of thyroid replacement/suppression therapies are varied, wide and to some, controversial. My issue is Hypo, now, Hashi's...My endo has seen films from a decade ago [comment: yucky], Films now are: Really Yuckky!!!!. Hey articulate and graphic distinctions between the two? Thyroid and parathyroid issues are usually simple to treat. Chill about it. Just be sure you don't have to be forced to take a generic! That is one area every single doc I've ever had is truly emphatic and adamant about!
Go vacation! Send pics and give me a vacation from the 95 degree heat here..Anything pretty would put my mind there in an instant! just from me! - j