I had a thyroidectomy last year for Grave's Disease they were unable to control, then I spent 6 months with a TSH of 20 and virtually no T3. I had hashimotos. My hair fell out, my skin flaked and I was tripping all over, periorbital edema. Started about the time my legs and ankles weakened with the PN, actually I thought it was just the thyroid. Got my synthoid increased after asking my endo doc to do blood work after 2 months of begging and pleading. Took a couple of months to normalize.

I am also astonished to see the hepes zoster info. I do not take Lycine, but I will now. I have had 6 documented cases of zoster in 10 yrs. It lives in the base of the spine forever. Basically my immune system does not know what it is doing. Last outbreak was my eye last Oct and I had it on the toes of my dropped foot in Jan. I thought this might have contributed to my PN, but neuro doc says no because my spinal tap was neg for HZ. She did put me in Valtrex 1 gm three times a day. Started this last monday. I do have the residual pain at times.

Thank you so much for the links. I am out the door for the supplements.