On the other hand...
My wife was diagnosed as hypo-thyroid.
Her doctor wanted her to take synthroid.
She researched the side effects and decided no way!
Instead, she took a natural, organic hormone recommended by Jonathan Wright 
(Naturoid or something like that?).
This gave her some scary chest pains, so she discontinued it.
After more research, she took between 1 and 2 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil 
per day.
After a few months of this, her thyroid test was back to normal.
She still takes a teaspoon per day for maintenance.

Del
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nenah Sylver 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:20 AM
  Subject: RE: CS>CS and thyroid


  [Lisa] Has anybody had any experience (or luck) in normalizing thyroid 
function with CS?  Or even a combination of CS, MMS, DMSO or anything else? 
I've been having issues (originally diagnosed at hypo.now possibly hyper). I've 
got an appt with an endocrinologist at the end of the month: however, I 
certainly would like to self-treat and use the dr. for tests/results and 
possibly a diagnosis.

   

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  Lisa,

  I'm one of the most do-it-yourself people around. However, I can tell you 
from personal experience that thyroid disorders are among the few conditions 
that one should NOT self-treat.

   

  The situation you describe, where you're alternately hypo and now possibly 
hyper, sounds like it might be an autoimmune condition affecting your thyroid. 
In autoimmune conditions, the body attacks various tissues. In Hashimoto's 
thyroiditis, an autoimmune condition affecting the thyroid, there are two sets 
of antibodies that the body has produced.

   

  Metagenics makes two nutritional products, one for each set of antibody 
markers, to help stabilize and overcome the autoimmune component of thyroid 
disorders. It's reasonable to assume that the presence of mycoplasma and other 
bacteria without cell walls (or other genetically engineered pathogens) inside 
the tissues have caused the body to attack itself. However, whether CS would 
help can only be seen with experimentation, as the CS must touch pathogens in 
order to work. I'm not sure CS could reach inside the cell wall to a 
transformed microbe; does anyone know?

   

  Supplementation with the proper thyroid hormone is paramount. An article I 
wrote an article on Hypothyroidism Type 2 was published in the December 2008 
issue of Townsend Letter. While it does not address autoimmune problems of the 
thyroid per se, it will give you enough information so you can see how complex 
the situation is. You can read the article here:

  http://www.nenahsylver.com/holistic_health_hypothyroidism.html 

   

  There are other articles you can link to as well about the thyroid gland.

   

  Before I see an endocrinologist, I would ask what success s/he has had with 
natural therapies, and if s/he has used any nutritional supplements in 
combination with thyroid hormone-and also what types of thyroid hormone are 
being used.

   

  Good luck. Let us know how you fare.

   

  Nenah

   

  Nenah Sylver, PhD

  author: The Rife Handbook of Frequency Therapy (2009),

  now available in HARDCOVER

  & The Holistic Handbook of Sauna Therapy

  www.nenahsylver.com