help getting iodine?
I have been vegan for over a year now and I LOVE it!!!
I have been having really low basal body temperatures lately which is sign that I could have a thyroid problem, I have made a dr's appt for Tuesday to have it checked and I have been reading how not getting enough iodine might cause that. I don't think I could live with myself if I find out I have it and that I might have brought it on myself by being vegan and not getting enough Iodine, or buy eating to much soy :'(
how are all u guys making sure u are getting enough?
From the information I have found I could get iodine from:
* Kelp (i think i will throw up if I have to eat that, i hate it)
* low fat yogurt (but does this go for Silk Soy Yogurt, or disgusting dairy yogurt?)
* Cows Milk (ewwwwwww)
* Boiled Eggs (ehhh gross)
* Strawberries :-) (love them but I am NOT allow to eat them due to another medical condition)
* Mozzarella Cheese ( yet another non vegan food )
* Iodized Salt
thats all I see. I don't like using salt but when I do I use only sea salt cause i thought it was better for you and its lower in sodium which i really like cause I am always worried about adding to much salt to foods, since strokes run in both mine and my husbands family, I try to keep it to a minimum. but it looks like i might have to change out my beloved sea salt for iodized :-(
i don't want to take a supplement to get the iodine I'd rather get it from foods, but if I have to choose one from the list seeing how i can't have strawberries and not sure if i can get the iodine from the silk yogurt and i'd like to keep the soy to a minimum too so i'd really dont want to do the silk yogurt either, Kelp is making want to throw up just thinking about it. The only things i'd consider is having to cheat on my vegan diet and have the cheese or regular yogurt and I will hate myself plus I am lactose intolerant.
LOL see where I am having a problem? Someone HELP me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have heard that it could get much much worse after having kids and me and my husband are trying to conceive and I am so worried that I am gonna get worse after. I almost decided NOT to have kids and just adopt instead because of it, but we are gonna go through with it & I am so nervous.
if you are that nervous, maybe you should give adoption another consideration? i would hate to see your health deteriorate (as i'm sure you and your husband would) and what if it went to the worst case scenario? are you going to be bound to bed out of pain for pretty much the rest of your life (again, worst case scenario)? i don't know this disease, but it sounds like the pain could be debilitating. your health should be your top priority because you want to make sure that you're going to be healthy enough to take the best care of your children. not that sick people cannot, but they might not be able to do as much as they could if they were healthier (depending on their illness, of course). or they might be physically able, but i know that when i feel cruddy, it's hard to motivate me to do ANYTHING!
my stepmother was sick, in a way, and totally isolated herself in her bedroom for years. i raised my younger siblings (i'm the oldest of four) once that happened. she didn't cook, clean, socialize with us, go to our school things, take care of us when we were sick, buy us the things we needed for school, help us with our homework, or pretty much anything that required leaving her bed for about five years. my dad was always at work, so that left me!
of course, you can always risk it if you realllllllly want to be pregnant... but i'm sure there are tons of kids out there that are just waiting to be loved by you!
:)>>>
it doesn't make you any "less" of a "real" parent if you adopt, but it might allow you to be a healthier one.
i'm not saying you'll be a bad parent at all if you chose become pregnant... just saying, it sounds soooo risky... maybe you should look into the possibilities of adoption a little more and see if that is something that you would like to do. if not, then i truly wish you the best. i know i wouldn't want to feel like i've got a uti all of the time and i certainly wouldn't want you to feel like that either!
and congratulations on the decision to build a family! :)
to increase your iodine....you can actually just make about a quarter sized circle of liquid iodine on your inner thigh, or another inconspicuous, thin skinned spot...and your body will absorb the iodine thru the skin. You can apply it more as you need it, it will suck up faster if you are deficient!
Isn't that how doctors used to check to see if you have a deficiency? Seems logical to me.
Yep, i have heard of docs doing that.
and yes, hesp, if you are deficient, you will suck up the iodine usedin surgery prep.
and yum...potato scones..that sounds awesome! :P
i thought that type of iodine came from animals? the kind used to clean wounds and such?
because before they use it on me they always ask if i'm allergic to shellfish.
If you are allergic to shellfish, there's a super high chance you'll be allergic to iodine, but it's not animal derived.
I also have endometriosis, so I've got daily pelvic pain from that anyway, so honestly, I'm just used to it. There's nothing I can do, so you just have to realize and accept that you will always be in pain. Sucks pretty bad, but since there's nothing i can do... why dwell on it right? I seem to have been dealt the crappy hand of cards regarding medical issues, but like I said, it could always be worse!
oh.my.gods. poor girl.
you sound a lot like my friend, nichole. but she had a full hysterectomy by the time she was around 23 or so, i think?
if the stuff for ci doesn't work, are you 100% sure that you've got that particular disease and not something else that could mimic it? i'm always hearing about stories (like on discovery health) where someone has a disease that they think is one thing and treat for that thing, but nothing works and it turns out that it is actually something completely different that might be less common (or even unknown to most doctors) & once they get the right treatment it's like a totally different experience since it will actually work.
Originally my doc thought I just had frequent bladder infections, so they'd give me anti-biotics on a regular basis. When I landed in the ER, the ER doc told me I didn't have one, and explained what IC was, and he was pretty sure I have it. They referred me to a urologist, thank goodness. The only way to diagnose IC is via a cystoscopy. They insert a metal tube into your bladder via your urethra (I was out cold for this of course), check it out w/ a camera, then expand your bladder w/ air. If you have IC, when it's expanded w/ the air, you can see the inflammation more. My urologist said mine is "moderate to severe", and I saw the pictures, it's definitely IC. After that, they instill a super caustic chemical that basically burns the lining and scars it, so hopefully you won't feel it for awhile. That worked for a week or so, but it was by far the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my life, and I've had a ton of surgery and procedures.
That worked for a week or so, but it was by far the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my life, and I've had a ton of surgery and procedures.
oh man, i really wish that there was something that could be done. are there any CI awareness groups out there yet to raise funds for more research to hopefully find a cure or at least more ways to seek relief?
have you ever though about doing any work with some sort of awareness group? i know your illness is really affecting your life, but you could turn it into a little bit more of a positive which could possiby lead to help? maybe... dunno... just a thought.
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