Doctors can be so frustrating sometimes, can't they? Yeah, your numbers are really high for Hashi's. Most really good docs that I have heard of, say that folks with hashi's feel the best (and are able to conceive) at TSH levels around 1-2.
Interesting that your antibodies have come down. Mine were in the thousands when I was first tested. I've been gluten free for, hmm, I think like 8 months now. I would like to get retested and see where they are at now.
Hang in there. Healing is tough, especially when you are first starting out. The good becomes more and more and the bad becomes less and less over time.
Oh! Get yours tested! I'd love to hear where your numbers are at for antibodies. I'm not sure if it's coincidence but I'm going to stay gluten free just in case.
I'm finding this diet easy to stick to for some reason. I've said no to all kinds of things and not felt awkward for it or felt a few minutes later that I was craving it and should have said yes. I think my body is telling me this is good.
When are you going to do another update on your site?
I'm sure it isn't coincidence. I've read studies that said they found that people could reduce or eliminate their antibodies after being gluten free for 3-6 months. It is believed (not by mainstream medicine of course) that the gluten causes the antibodies through molecular mimicry. The gut isn't properly breaking down/digesting the gluten for reason and big particles "leak" through the gut. The body then is charged with destroying these large particles. The gluten looks like body tissue chemically (like, for example, the thyroid) and the body makes antibodies against it, only it ends up making antibodies against itself, against the thyroid. Either eliminating gluten from the diet or using strong specially designed digestive enzymes to break down the gluten properly should reduce the problem
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LOL, you cheated in the beginning? 'snicker, I have a little, but you know. I don't feel guilty afterwards for some reason like I used to. The guilt would just lead me to cheating more out of anger.
Maybe the camera will show something in comparision with the month before that actual pounds won't tell the tale of.
I still have a few sugar cravings, and resent not being able to put it in my morning teas, but overall I'm finding I don't want to snack as much as I used to.
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Interesting that your antibodies have come down. Mine were in the thousands when I was first tested. I've been gluten free for, hmm, I think like 8 months now. I would like to get retested and see where they are at now.
Hang in there. Healing is tough, especially when you are first starting out. The good becomes more and more and the bad becomes less and less over time.
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I'm finding this diet easy to stick to for some reason. I've said no to all kinds of things and not felt awkward for it or felt a few minutes later that I was craving it and should have said yes. I think my body is telling me this is good.
When are you going to do another update on your site?
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Maybe the camera will show something in comparision with the month before that actual pounds won't tell the tale of.
I still have a few sugar cravings, and resent not being able to put it in my morning teas, but overall I'm finding I don't want to snack as much as I used to.
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