Here it is:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184...121450#35124268

It was helpful to see the issue come up.

I think you're still in a catch-22 situation...the doctor won't usually give you a referral to a thyroid specialist when your TSH is "normal".

I had to argue and cry to get mine to refer me to the endo.

Most thyroid patients that I know who get well* end up seeing regular doctors that specialise in hormones rather than endocrinologists. This piece proves that, as the lady found help from Dr. Ken Holtorf (http://www.hormoneandlongevitycenter.com/thyroiddoctor/) who is a regular doc rather than an endo. The endo in this piece actually said and I quote: "What he is doing is laying on hands".

I don't know of even one thyroid patient that found success with an endo that:
1. Tested their adrenals and treated them if necessary
2. Offered them the option of T3 or natural thyroid
3. Ignored TSH
4. Listened to them
5. Let them raise by symptoms, even if this meant they were slightly over the range.

* Getting well means the complete elimination of symptoms: no more constipation, no more inability to get to a healthy weight on a healthy LC diet, no fatigue, good BP, good cholesterol etc. It does NOT mean getting bloods to a particular point in a lab range.

Endocrinologists are pretty worthless too for the most part.

Oh yeah!