My husband knowing that in the next few years will retire from the Army decided that he would enjoy retiring with another military member. That being a military working dog. He put in an application. A number of months after submitting his application he emailed, just to get an estimate on where we were on the list. They emailed back the next day saying they have a dog for us. Her name is Ebby and is a 3 yr old German Shepherd. She was used to train the handlers but started teaching the handlers what they were suppose to be doing instead of letting them handle her. We are very excited that we will go to Texas and pick her up in a week or two. We were sent a photo and she honestly looks a little bit happy crazy.
We currently have a turtle, white mouse, two guinea pigs, a tank of fish and an old orange and white cat. It will be very interesting to see how Ebby fits into our busy crazy happy family. My husband is working on making sure the fence is secure. We have 1/2 an acre all ready for a good run for our new family member. More to follow when we get her :)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Thyroid Study Completed
The end finally came for the thyroid medication study. I got a letter in the mail and everything, thanking me for my participation. Looking back I have to say that it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Switching thyroid medication/doses is never easy and doing it so many times in the span of 6 months or so was draining.
My conclusion: I was on Armour and Synthroid. By far the Armour made me feel better and increased my memory. I don't know if it works that way for every single person but it was for me. My thoughts on it are Synthroid is only the thyroid hormone 4. A fully functioning thyroid turns the T-4 into the other thyroid hormones. If your converting function doesn't work properly you then will have enough T-4 but not enough of the other thyroid hormones. Armour because it is actual dried up ground up thyroid from pigs it contains all the thyroid hormones and no converting is needed.
My cholesterol went down on the Armour. My hands and feet are warm for the maybe the first time in my life. My brain also seems to be clearer, making my memory seem to work better. It seems to me that I can make the decision on how to make a plan to remember things. The memory test included a board with squares and you have to remember the shapes in the grid and where on the grid those exact shapes were located. Too much information to record in your brain at one time no matter how good of a memory you have. So on the Synthroid my brain went "tilt" and I could barely remember anything. On the Armour I could decide to remember the shapes and not the exact location. My accuracy was much better on the Armour.
I am glad I was able to participate in the research study comparing the two medications. It was truly amazing to me that no one has ever done a study to see what the memory/cholesterol/and personal reactions were to the two generally well known, long term used medications. In conclusion for me anyway the inclusion of all the thyroid hormones makes a marked difference in how I feel. I would not want to go back on an only T-4 based medication again. I have been put on the Armour since the end of the study and intend to stay on it for the duration.
My conclusion: I was on Armour and Synthroid. By far the Armour made me feel better and increased my memory. I don't know if it works that way for every single person but it was for me. My thoughts on it are Synthroid is only the thyroid hormone 4. A fully functioning thyroid turns the T-4 into the other thyroid hormones. If your converting function doesn't work properly you then will have enough T-4 but not enough of the other thyroid hormones. Armour because it is actual dried up ground up thyroid from pigs it contains all the thyroid hormones and no converting is needed.
My cholesterol went down on the Armour. My hands and feet are warm for the maybe the first time in my life. My brain also seems to be clearer, making my memory seem to work better. It seems to me that I can make the decision on how to make a plan to remember things. The memory test included a board with squares and you have to remember the shapes in the grid and where on the grid those exact shapes were located. Too much information to record in your brain at one time no matter how good of a memory you have. So on the Synthroid my brain went "tilt" and I could barely remember anything. On the Armour I could decide to remember the shapes and not the exact location. My accuracy was much better on the Armour.
I am glad I was able to participate in the research study comparing the two medications. It was truly amazing to me that no one has ever done a study to see what the memory/cholesterol/and personal reactions were to the two generally well known, long term used medications. In conclusion for me anyway the inclusion of all the thyroid hormones makes a marked difference in how I feel. I would not want to go back on an only T-4 based medication again. I have been put on the Armour since the end of the study and intend to stay on it for the duration.
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