On Thyroid Treatment but Still Tired?

If you're on thyroid meds for hypothyroidism but still experience fatigue, weight gain and other hypothyroid symptoms, or your doctor keeps needing to increase your medication dosage, there's a pretty good chance that you've actually got an auto-immune condition involving your thyroid gland. If that's the case, the medications are never going to take care of the problem fully.

For the duration of the month of January, you can get reduced rates on the lab tests to find out exactly what is going on with your thyroid. At Directlabs.com for only $68 you can have a thyroid antibodies panel run. (If you're in the Viroqua area, you'll need to do this through me as there are no LabCorp sites nearby to do the blood draw for you.)

Give me a call or send me a message and I can help you to decide which panel would be best for you to run. Then I can help you interpret the results and guide you in healing your thyroid condition.

Yours in health,
Susan

Susan Barendregt, MNT

Winter Pleasures

Hi Everyone;
It's midwinter and most of us benefit from an enjoyable interlude in the long winter season. Here are a few ideas:

* Go see the annual juggling convention in Madison. (Check the Madison City website or tourism department or the Isthmus paper www.thedailypage.com/daily/ .)

* If you are in Madison, visit Olbrich Gardens www.olbrich.org ; the tropical conservatory is a wonderful way to banish winter for a while. Olbrich Gardens is one of the 10 best botanical gardens in the country. Anyone who loves to garden really should see it, winter or summer.

* Spend a few minutes when the sun comes up on a sunny day to watch the light change.

* If you ski, walk or snowshoe in the winter, go to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve and enjoy an outing at one of the best natural reserves in the midwest.

* Get a massage from one of the great massage therapists we have in Viroqua.

* Come and take a sauna at the Holistic Health Center's far-infra red sauna.

* If you have health concerns that you have been hoping will go away and they haven't....now might be a good time to make an appointment for an acupuncture assessment. Add some options to your health care. Learn what's possible for your health!

Be Well, Be Safe, Be Happy.

Susan Cushing C.A.