Termyn8or
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OK, I have one, I have never been under the knife. However reading the other thread about this has spurred me onto some thinking. If you have no thyroid, well you are dependent on a cetain drug or enzyme, hormone, whatever they call it to live, at least well. I did post about some physical problems here in the past and among all of the advice given, which seemed to try to impel me to go to a doctor, I have stood my ground and covered every inch of it. If I read the other thread correctly my symptoms are at least very similar, may or may not be so severe, but almost identical to what was described there. It comes and goes, some days are better than others. Now iodine is what the thyroid needs, and I have re-examined my diet, and though it is not as bad as in the old days, I did notice something. For one I use no table salt, I mean that iodized stuff on the common kitchen table. Why did they put iodine in there ? Further I noticed that I was hardly using even the sea salt I touted as being so good for health. So I get some salad stuff and make my special dressing consisting of sour cream, vinegar and sea salt. After a few days of this I am all of the sudden feeling better. Organic sea salt does contain iodine, but the refinement process takes it out. What I bought was a long time ago and the price has almost tripled. Why ? This market is pretty much unregulated so market forces must apply, and the results imply that someone somewhere thinks this is good stuff. I was "sleeping" up to 14 hours a day, could barely walk, part of that problem was a pulled achille's tendon in my left ankle. Usually this is no problem, but this time around I found it impossible to disregard the pain, and it affected my gait to the point where I walked like a 100 year old Man. Coming out of that problem I still had to deal with this, and I know my immune system may have been compromised due to a couple of infections. In the old days I would be able to cut myself wide open and not even worry about it. Over the years so many times people told me I had to go get stitches, only to find a few days after I was almost healed all the way. I was always a fast healer. These last few days I can feel me coming back. Damn, if I had known this was all it took I would've drank the stuff like beer. My appetite has skyrocketed and strangely, after I ate more today than I have eaten in a single day for months, I do not feel bloated. Not too long ago just one burrito would make me feel like I had just eaten a whole blue whale, and as my legs, arms and ass shrunk, my belly grew. The tiredness, always cold, it fits. I am no longer cold, although it is hot here, I used to be cold even when it was hot out. In years past I would set the AC down to like 62F and love every minute of it. I am not yet back to that point, but getting there. I got rashes on my forearms all but gone, the swelling in my ankle(s) is down. To put it eloquently as possible, my experience in the bathroom is much better. I'd like to kick myself in the ass if this was all it took. I stuck to my guns, and I did not see an MD. If I beat this I consider it a feather in my cap so to speak. Everyone absorbs minerals differently, and other than something caused bacteria wise, virally, or congenitively, people's diseases are largely caused by this inequity in our systems. Of course everyone gets something, but what ? I know certain things, like pancreas=chromium and vanadium, gall bladder-sulfur, and of course thyroid=iodine. However I was never really aware of the exact symptoms. When they jibed I tried it, and think I am on the right track here. Where I see the trouble at was that I refused table salt altogether, and they put the iodine in there for a reason. I also did not have the best of diets, not the worst but not that many things I would use salt on. For example I have seen people salt salads and never understood why. Doesn't the dressing take care of that ? Well mine certainly does and it is too sour and salty for most tastes, but I like it. It is nothing but vinegar and sourcream, but with enough seasalt in there to paralyze a moose. Joking sure, but I would say about almost a gram for a small salad. That is alot. Now IIRC whenever I ate this I felt good the day after, what am I to believe ? I ate one of these salads today and I am so full of energy that I can't sleep even though it is about 5:30 AM here. And I had a full day. In the other thread someone mentioned 'radioactive' pills or something. I am familiar with that. When exposed to radiation, it is absorbed into the iodine in one's system, and there it remains. The iodine pills flood the body, causing it to excrete the old contaminated iodine replacing it with nice fresh iodine. This was, and probably still is among the treatments used for radiation sickness. Now the thing is, there is only so much of this salt I can ingest. Now I am wondering about natural sources, I amean RELIABLE natural sources. I would imagine something from the sea. When something like this happens it only encourages me more to find out more, and to tweak my diet more, or at least it used to. During the time I had been going downhill I can easily see that there was a different scheme to my diet. I must get back to being diligent in this matter. If I have to I will have a salad every day, but I would rather have some alternates. On my other PC there is a database about this and other nutrients, and of course I will refer to it, but you never know if you are getting the nutritional value out of anything you eat these days. I would prefer something iron clad, solid, would not grow to fruition without iodine. Such as certain types of nuts will simply not grow without the right soil. If it grew, it has it. Within this database I have is also proof, part of it provided unintetionally by the US government, is the fact that on average a full cup of vegetables does not have the nutrients of a tablespoon of nuts. What's more, on average a teaspoon of spices has even more. These are facts folks and I can email you a zip file of the whole thing. I have made my conclusions and stand by my convictions. I shall be in sole control of my health, anything else is just advise. I do appreciate advice, but everyone telling me the same thing does not make it true, if it did, we would all be in perfect health and have no need for doctors at all. If I do not live my life on my terms, who's life is it ? At 49 years old I have only been really sick about three times. I have never gone to a doctor for the primary problem. One time a very bad flu laid me up for weeks, after I was up and about I had an ear infection so I did go to an ENT. When I got shot I wanted a cab home, not an ambulance. And this time around, it looks like I am beating it again, finally. Any comment other than telling me to go to the doctor are welcome. Damn, after eating that for a few days I almost feel like playing again, something that has evaded me for some time. I still haven't taken a pill for so long I can't even remember when, I don't even do aspirin. I will not take normal supplements, rather I go for the natural ones, including spice. Right now I am full of something, and I feel like cleaning the kitchen, but I am already undressed and in the bedroom. I don't think it would be too good an idea. Plus now I will have to get by on about five hours sleep instead of fourteen, but I think I can do it. We shall see. That is if I can even get to sleep. Not long ago you couldn't get me up, now it is totally opposite. I can't say I pity, but I can feel for those with conditions that actually do require the intervention of modern chemistry to live. There but for the grace of The Creator go I, and if I can avoid it, I am damn sure going to give it a try. T
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