messtafarian
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The way I came to the research of Dr. Peat was through an instant Google PhD in Thyroid Problems, as I appear to have one. His name and Thyroid sort of go together in the search engines and I started to sort of home in over the past couple weeks. My diagnosis is Toxic Multinodular Goiter -- meaning I have multiple cysts inside my thyroid, one of which is very hot and is bringing my TSH down to .26; which is just slightly lower than "normal" ranges, although I wonder sometimes given my weight problems and my general Largeness ( 5'10", 185), not to mention my severe history of female issues if that TSH number really reflects the state of my thyroid at all; it could be my pituitary gland, for all I know.
In any case, since I'm fibrotic in multiple organs the advice of Dr. Peat seems to more often than not involve optimizing thyroid output. I am actually convinced I need *more* thyroid hormone regardless of my TSH output. I also need progesterone right now, even though the advice is to "fix the thyroid first."
The problem is I am not sure exactly what to do about "fixing the thyroid." I will not be offered thyroid medication by the endocrinologist because she will state, logically, that I am already subclinically hyperthyroid and do not need to supplement with hormones. I will be offered radiation to kill the offending hot nodule, resulting in lifelong hypothyroidism, or I will be offered a thyroidectomy or lobectomy to get rid of the thing altogether.
My game plan for now is to do nothing medically for the goiter and try to get the rest of my organ systems running as optimally as I can. However RP has said in several places that one should "fix the thyroid" -- in my case, fixing it would essentially mean killing it from the conventional medical standpoint; and I will not really legally be able to self-medicate with thyroid supplementation; either T4 or Cytomel. In my case the fear would be that this would bring on a "thyroid storm."
What would you do if you were me; or is there any guidance from RP on this specific condition that I've missed?
In any case, since I'm fibrotic in multiple organs the advice of Dr. Peat seems to more often than not involve optimizing thyroid output. I am actually convinced I need *more* thyroid hormone regardless of my TSH output. I also need progesterone right now, even though the advice is to "fix the thyroid first."
The problem is I am not sure exactly what to do about "fixing the thyroid." I will not be offered thyroid medication by the endocrinologist because she will state, logically, that I am already subclinically hyperthyroid and do not need to supplement with hormones. I will be offered radiation to kill the offending hot nodule, resulting in lifelong hypothyroidism, or I will be offered a thyroidectomy or lobectomy to get rid of the thing altogether.
My game plan for now is to do nothing medically for the goiter and try to get the rest of my organ systems running as optimally as I can. However RP has said in several places that one should "fix the thyroid" -- in my case, fixing it would essentially mean killing it from the conventional medical standpoint; and I will not really legally be able to self-medicate with thyroid supplementation; either T4 or Cytomel. In my case the fear would be that this would bring on a "thyroid storm."
What would you do if you were me; or is there any guidance from RP on this specific condition that I've missed?