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Aussie Girl · 11-11-2013, 06:25 PM

Hi Andi,
I've been offline a few days with my own chemo.

It is really hard to keep good nutrition when you have IBS and then add diabetes and hypertension. Much easier than if you can eat a wide variety of wholesome food and do without supplements, but with your diet limitations make that impossible.

I definitely wouldn't give up gluten if there wasn't a sound reason to - I hate having to eat gluten and lactose free, but for me, it's better to do that than spend all night on the toilet.

You sound like you've been doing a good job on your nutrition for years, under difficult circumstances.

It's not that long until you see the new endocrinologist, so you can ask him about the iodine levels etc. I'd really like to see a further thyroid panel of blood tests a few months after the low TSH lot, to confirm there is a continuing problem.

Cheers
Aussie Girl

11-11-2013, 06:25 PM	#30
Aussie Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 260	Re: Tsh low -- what does it mean? Hi Andi, I've been offline a few days with my own chemo. It is really hard to keep good nutrition when you have IBS and then add diabetes and hypertension. Much easier than if you can eat a wide variety of wholesome food and do without supplements, but with your diet limitations make that impossible. I definitely wouldn't give up gluten if there wasn't a sound reason to - I hate having to eat gluten and lactose free, but for me, it's better to do that than spend all night on the toilet. You sound like you've been doing a good job on your nutrition for years, under difficult circumstances. It's not that long until you see the new endocrinologist, so you can ask him about the iodine levels etc. I'd really like to see a further thyroid panel of blood tests a few months after the low TSH lot, to confirm there is a continuing problem. Cheers Aussie Girl __________________ 31mm Infiltrating duct carcinoma Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+, Neg Sentinel nodes x 5 49mm field of DCIS 17 June '13: Screen detected impalpable mass, Mammogram neg, US. 25 June '13: Diagnosed after multiple biopsies and MRIs 28 June '13: Left lumpectomey 4 July '13: Left Mastectomy 12 August '13: Commenced TCH chemo Mid December '13 : TCH finished. Herceptin continuing three weekly. 4 August 2014- Herceptin infusions finished. END OF THERAPY - YAY!