Jump start symptoms and conditions

I discovered I had endometriosis in March 2000 at which time I had surgery to remove what was there, then the gyn followed up with the Depo-Lupron shots for six months. To help with the hot flashes, mood swings etc. My doctor put me on a very low dose of Estrogen which helped. I was having fertility issues before this and when I finished up the shots and the time had ran out and still had no period, my doctor put me on fertility drugs to give my body a jump start, and in April 2001 we found out we were pregnant, during which time my teeth started deteriating and by the time I have my second and last child in March 2003, I had to have major dental work done. I blame the lupron shot for this issue, apparently my calcium level dropped. I told my gyn about it and he said he had never heard of any such thing before as a side affect of the drug. I pretty muched laughed in his face and told him to advise future patients to increase the calcium while on the drug. Then recently I discovered like a lot of you that there are some really serious side affects from Lupron. Since this after having my last child I went on the Depo Prevera shot for 6 months, gained unsightly weight, so I got off of that and got my tubes tied in 2004, then by March of 2006 I knew my endometriosis was back full fledge and in June 2006 I had to have a hysterectomy. My only long term affects from the Lupron and Prevera shots is still trying to lose some of the weight and living in pain during every meal but due to the extreme affect it took on my teeth, I can not afford even with insurance to get all the work needed done!!!! If I had to do it over again, I would have had the surgery and then worked on getting pregnant immediately, because long term..... It isnt worth the "preventative" HaHaHa!!!!

Had total thyroidectomy 9 months ago and started taking Synthroid immediately thereafter. For the last 4 months I have noticed significant hair thinning. I have always had very thick, healthly looking hair but now it's just dry and brittle all of the time. I always feel tired and bloated around my stomach area in particular. I have always been a size 4-6 but have inexplicably gained 6 pounds in the last month. Is there an alternative to snythroid without these side effects?

jules,
no apology necessary at all. It was all my fault. What do u do for a living? This info. is wonderful! I will do research, but I am very interested in pursuing this further. I am 42 and female. I had a kidney/pancreas transplant four yrs ago. The pancreas failed 9 days after transplantation. It had a blood clot which exploded after they opened me back up and took it out. That was rough. I spent one month in the hospital. Three times in icu. But, I'm still here and doing better. I still feel so bad for my awful attitude I showed to u. That is not me at all. I'm so used to the Docs. telling me what to do when it comes to pills. I really like what u r saying about all this. If pred. was necessary at the time, then I'm ok with that. It's now that it has affected me so greatly. I've lost 32 lbs. so far. I want to lose around 25-30 more. I'm 5'8. Don't want to be skinny, just to feel better.
I printed out the info. u gave me. Thanku for being so forgiving! I've had Diabetes since I was 11. I saw a man on TV talking about a natural way to jump start the pancreas. He was talking about his book. He wrote it because he had made a promise to his dying mother to find a cure for this disease. He said it took him 20 or 30 yrs. to find all the natural ways. I'm ordering his book. I'm going to get all the info. first. He's a Doctor. I've got four transplant surgeons. I really respect everyone of them. But I know there has to be more for me to learn. I can't even take naps, I'm never sleepy. I'll be patient. Easier said than done, right? ha ha
take care jules THANKYOU SO VERY MUCH TRAILBLAZEN ...........................