THYROID POWER-A Self-Assessment

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. You will have to scroll to bottom to navigate.</b></font></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="635" align="center"> <tr> <td width="635"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="635"> <tr> <td width="94"><img border="0" src="images/richsm.jpg" width="94" height="122"></td> <td> <img border="0" src="images/TITLE.jpg" width="431" height="92"> </td> <td width="94"> <img border="0" src="images/karileesm.jpg" width="94" height="122"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="95" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Richard L. Shames, M.D.</b></font></td> <td width="438"> <p align="center"></td> <td width="99" valign="top"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Karilee H. Shames, R.N., Ph.D.</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="635" height="2451"> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="74"> <p align="center"><B><font size="6">DO YOU HAVE LOW THYROID? </font><font color="#D6004A" size="6"><br> </font><font color="#AA003C" size="6"> A SELF-ASSESSMENT</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="268"><font face="Arial"><b> The following questionnaire, from <font color="#AA003C"> Step 1</font> of the book <font color="#AA003C"> THYROID POWER</font>: 10 STEPS TO TOTAL HEALTH, provides an initial opportunity for you to determine if your situation is suspicious for low thyroid. <BR><BR> <img border="0" src="images/star.gif" width="15" height="15">Please note: <font color="#AA003C"> Step 3</font> offers a more detailed evaluation to help you and your practitioner determine if low thyroid is your likely diagnosis. <img border="0" src="images/star.gif" width="15" height="15"> <br> <br> If you have already been diagnosed and/or treated for low thyroid you should still take this little quiz. </b></font> <p><font face="Arial"><b> A troubling percentage of treated patients continue to have thyroid-related symptoms, even after their blood tests return to normal. </b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b> They clearly need some of the additional treatments outlined in this book.</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="50"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"><b><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#AA003C">DO YOU...</font> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30" valign="middle"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30" valign="middle"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have unusual fatigue unrelated to exertion? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Feel chillier than most people, often needing to wear socks to bed? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <b><font face="Arial">Dress in layers because of needing to adjust to various temperatures<br> </font></b>      <b><font face="Arial">throughout the day? (sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold)</font></b></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have feelings of anxiety that sometimes lead to panic? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <b><font face="Arial">Have trouble with weight, often eating lightly, yet still not losing a<br>       pound?</font> </b></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Experience aches and pains in your muscles and joints unrelated to<br>       trauma or exercise? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have increased problems with digestion or allergies? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Feel mentally sluggish, unfocused, or unusually forgetful, even<br>       though you're not old enough to have Alzheimer's? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Know of anyone in your family who has ever had a thyroid problem<br> </b></font>      <font face="Arial"><b>(even yourself at an earlier age)?</b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Suffer from dry skin, or are prone to adult acne or eczema? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Go through periods of depression, and/or lowered sex drive,<br>       seemingly out of proportion to life events? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have diabetes, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, or early graying of hair?<br>       Does anyone in your family? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Experience your hair as feeling like straw, dry and easily falling out? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Experience significant menopausal symptoms, including migraine<br>       headache, without full relief after taking estrogen? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have a history of whiplash or other neck injuries (which may have<br>       damaged your thyroid)? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Have significant exposure, now or in the past, to chlorine, bromine, or<br>       fluoride? (which compete with iodine in your thyroid) </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Feel utterly exhausted by evening, yet have trouble sleeping? </b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <blockquote> <p><img border="0" src="images/bullet.jpg" width="12" height="12">   <font face="Arial"><b>Do you wake up tired?</b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="50"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="201"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="4"> If You Answered <font color="#AA003C">Yes</font> to <font color="#AA003C">Four or More</font> of These Questions, <br> You Could be <font color="#AA003C">One of Millions</font> of People with an <br> Undiagnosed or Under-treated <font color="#AA003C">Low Thyroid Problem</font>.</font> <br> <br> Be sure to get a copy of<font color="#AA003C"> THYROID POWER</font>, <br> and to take the Self-Assessment in <font color="#AA003C"> Step 3</font>, <br> as well as the recommended blood and temperature tests, <br> to help determine if low thyroid is your definite diagnosis. </b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b> Once your situation is diagnosed, it can then be treated optimally, using some of the suggestions in the <font color="#AA003C">THYROID POWER</font> book.</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="50"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="347"><CENTER><b><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#AA003C">DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT</font></B></CENTER> <br> <font face="Arial"><b> REMEMBER that if you would like additional support with your health situation, <font color="#D6004A"> <a href="biosfr.html#richard"> Dr.</a></font> <a href="biosfr.html#richard"> <font color="#0000FF"> Richard Shames</font></a> is now available to do <font color="#AA003C"> "INDIVIDUALIZED THYROID COACHING"</font> over the phone with you.<br> <br> Click on the <a href="consultsfr.html">COACHING</a> section of this website, and consider whether this would be an appropriate next step <font color="#AA003C"> FOR YOU</font>. </b></font> <p><font face="Arial"><b> You could save yourself, and other loved ones, years of frustration and misspent monies, not to mention misdiagnosis, unnecessary invasive medical treatments, discomfort, and lost wages. </b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b>We want you to feel and live at your very best!</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b>Blessings, and best of health! 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