Terri,

I don't have a clue about this mastitis the mom feels certain she has.
But has she been checked for hyperthyroidism? (Not hypo - hyper) I don't
know what this does to one's immunity, but I can't imagine it would be
good. Many of the rest of her symptoms just jumped out at me.

<when I went for =
several weeks at a time eating very little due to post partum depression
=
and later from fits of stupid dieting. . . . . .I think I overexerted
myself cleaning, smoking, =
canning and freezing 70 Salmon in one week, and I hit a wall of =
symptoms.  I was 18 weeks along in the pregnancy.  My blood pressure =
went up and my heart would race and palpitate over any exertion or =
excitement.  I could hardly dress myself  . . . . During the last week,
however, I had an
echocardiogram  to check my heart because of the palpitations I had been
experiencing. . . . . .(heart =
palpitations, low grade fever, and EXTREME loss of energy). . . . . . . I
was getting very poor sleep at the place we were =
staying and intermittently dieting.  . . . .>

Just seems like red flags worth checking out to be sure. I agree with
Valerie in one way, but somehow I just don't think someone could push
themself that hard for that long just by sheer willpower alone. I think
it would be worth if to see if some of that frantic go-go-go to
exhaustion might not have some basis in too much circulating thyroid
hormone.

Or could the depression sometimes be sort of manic at times? 70 salmon!
Sheesh!

K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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