Date:   4/20/2010 4:59:41 PM ( 15 y ago)
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I could really use any thoughts, advice, suggestions, inspirations, hunches or lightbulb moments....sorry this is a long one.

Still struggling with the leg thing - pain, aching, cramping, swelling. Not overweight, never have been, but my legs are getting bigger and it's not fat. At this point I'm not sure whether it's lymph, circulation, or both. It seems to be just my lower body, basically waist down. I even think my butt is retaining fluid. I can't function without compression socks now, and it feels like it's soon to be the pantyhose. If I go an hour or two in the morning without them, my lower legs swell noticeably and get very firm. For sure my sedentary typing job all these years has contributed, but I'm starting to wonder if there's a thyroid connection because I know people who are truly sedentary that don't have these issues. Still fishing more hair out of the tub and brush than I think I should be, thinner on top, but I don't have bona fide bald areas. Still tend toward coldness, esp. feet, and very occasionally the Reynaud's symptoms in my hands. Peeling, soft nails for the first time in a long time (might be iron, so I got a good Enzymatic Therapy iron supplement). I got some slant cushions and am doing that daily, and also our eliptical machine and/or rebounding & skin brushing.

My last blood test about 3 weeks ago showed still low thyroid (though I have to admit I don't know the details, which levels, etc.) and magnesium was still low despite weekly "Meyer's" vitamin cocktail IVs with extra mag, oral mag in various forms AND topical magnesium oil all over or at least on my legs about 5-6 days a week, though my levels were better than a few months ago. I can't seem to go more than a week between the IVs without the cramping coming back. I had some jumpy leg stuff for quite a few years, but the difficulty walking and severe cramping started early last September. The swelling seems worse, though the cramping is a little better if I keep up the IVs.

I asked Dr. B about increasing the Iodine to 100mg, he told me to stay on 50mg and increased my Naturethroid from 1/2 grain daily to 1/2 grain alternating with 1 grain each day. I'm trying to remember if all this started before or after iodine, though I know either the Iodine or the Naturethroid or both must be helping some because the thyroid enlargement reduced moderately after about 4 months. It's time for another ultrasound, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Still taking the companion nutrients plus a few others he recommended. I thought I might have an absorption problem, though my gut is functioning better since a couple of good colonics, being very strictly off gluten, taking lots of probiotics and a really good aloe drink plus triphala. I was on Barefoot's LBB for a LOOOONG time, and then doing the Schulze products, but they started to feel like "too much" and my gas/bloating, sluggish bowel was actually worse.

I need a refresher - SSKI is iodide? Could there be an issue with the ratios of iodine/iodide in the Lugol's (which is the only form I'm taking), or has anyone heard of edema being a result of Hashimoto's/thyroid disorders, or maybe a "side effect" of natural thyroid hormone? Saw a vein guy, he didn't find any blocked vessels on ultrasound.

I'm stumped and starting to freak about a future in a scooter or something! Not funny, but really, I went from moderate hiking to barely being able to walk through a grocery store in a matter of weeks.

Any ideas would be really appreciated!
 

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