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Posted 9/30/2015 11:42 AM (GMT -5)
When I went to my new LLMD on Monday I told him that I have maintained my weight for a very long time and since I was bit I am gaining weight. I said, "let's do a 'real' thyroid test because I have never had one. He said, okay.

So on to yesterday, I go to get my nails done. I have gotten them done every 2 weeks for a couple of years. My nail dude says, "your nails have not grown hardly at all, were you just here?" I told him it had been 2 weeks and he looked on his schedule and sure enough, 2 weeks. Hardly any nail growth.

My bet is my thyroid is off.

I have a hair appointment today so I wonder what she will say???

Won't get the thyroid test results back until Oct 12.

I have not changed my diet except that I was on abx for a month. I started taking multiple vitamins and BP meds recently.

Does lyme mess with your thyroid or did my thyroid just go wonkie naturally with my age and genetics (yep, Mom and aunties all take thyroid meds).
Posted 9/30/2015 11:54 AM (GMT -5)
Definitely - lyme can mess with your thyroid.

I hope you got the Free T3 and Free T4 - not just the TSH test? You need to have the other two, as well.
Posted 9/30/2015 11:59 AM (GMT -5)
Yes I told him I wanted "the complete thyroid test, not just the TSH."

I have enough trouble with my weight and maintaining, I don't need something that adds to it.
Posted 9/30/2015 12:31 PM (GMT -5)
I'm glad you have gotten the thyroid testing started!! yes, the thyroid can be a factor in your nails. I've noticed many changes in my nails - and in my hair - during the course of my illnesses and each one means something different. Here is what was a very interesting pdf that I believe is full of information:

www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/medicine/grad-ed/geri/learning-materials/learning-modules/NailExamination.pdf

And as someone that gained 40 lbs in less than 3 months without changing one thing in my life (other than stress levels), I'm so glad you are being insistent on this!! It's been 2 years since that time, and I am only just now losing that weight - and only by taking the thyroid meds and ignoring diet advice from my doc!!! I had to listen to what my body needed/wanted instead. I've lost about 20 lbs this month alone.
Posted 9/30/2015 12:39 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks Traveler and Girlie. I would not have even thought about it without this forum.

I thought lyme was affecting my ribs or I had shrunk my garments because I could hardly wait to get off my underwear and get in comfy clothes. Then I got on the scale and WOW! 7 pounds gained since April.
Posted 9/30/2015 2:28 PM (GMT -5)
Good that you requested a full thyroid work up! I had very similar problems that started for me last year. Brain fog, weight gain (and no loss with restricted diet and exercise), nails were brittle, hair falling out, stomach pain when eating (hypothyroidism affects your stomach acid), and strange hive rashes that lasted for weeks. But, I was always told my TSH, FT3 and FT4 were "normal".

Don't be fooled by the "normal" ranges. Those ranges were configured by sampling groups of people in any state of health, even the sick - as long as you had a pulse!

You want to aim for OPTIMAL numbers. If I remember correctly, that means in the top 25% of the range for Free T3 and top 50% for Free T4. My levels were in the bottom of those ranges, but no one would help me.

Also, it would not hurt to have thyroid antibodies tested. This includes TPO as well as TgAb. If you have either of these antibodies, you are positive for Hashimoto's which is autoimmune thyroid disease. I eventually tested positive for TgAb antibodies.

It is very common for lymies to end up with autoimmune diseases because of what lyme and other infections have done to our gut and immunity. Hashi'sis a common one.

Keep us posted on your test results!
Posted 9/30/2015 4:18 PM (GMT -5)
Based on many books & many hours of reading official logs of scientific reports of studies done; I'm leaning in the direction of believing that Lyme bacteria in/of itself isn't causing the autoimmunity but rather not being able to fight the bacterium BECAUSE OF either a viral overload of HHV6, and or having the mthfr gene mutation.

Our bodies are designed to fight off and eradicate the pathogens; so the real question we should be asking, "Why couldn't MY body kill the borellia"?
Posted 9/30/2015 10:23 PM (GMT -5)
Hair dresser said "you hardly have any grow out." Meaning my roots were not grey. LOL

Another piece in the puzzle. LOL!

Now I have 2 horrible days of stress. Board of Directors meeting - I am the District Clerk (jerk) LOL! And then District audit by an outside auditor (CPA) for 8 hours.

Do you know how hard it is to be sweet, nice and accommodating for 8 hours when you are hurting?

Pray for me and thank goodness I have a couple valium left.
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