I went to the doctor today and I am off the thryiod med I am now medication free I was able to stop taking my diabetic med and blood pressure med (doc was worried about my kidneys) back in Oct. and today - no more thryiod med!!! Yippie I am sooooo happy This vegan warrior is going to celebrate with some diamond foods and hopes that the new version comes out so I can enter vegan and get the proper protien portion so I can loose the rest of the extra weight! I must be doing something right

How encouraging is that! No wonder you are shouting from the rooftops. So happy for you...

Congrats!

That is fantastic!  I think I may covert to strict vegan diet now too!

Such good news!!! Yay for you!

Congratulations!  There is such power in working with your body and not against it!  

The powers of diet and supplements show their muscles AGAIN!!!!! Take that, Big Pharma!!! I felt ten years younger when I merely got off BP medication which I had to take after a Clorox reaction.  I can just imagine how thoroughly human you feel again after getting off all this stuff!!!

I will be happy dancing for days!

Great news...  YAY for you!

yyyyeeeehhhaaa... beautifull beautiful congratulations... well done !!!

great job!  

Quoted from ProudVEGANWarrior

I will be happy dancing for days!

That's great - even more beneficial exercise!!!

Awesome! Good for you.

  That is wonderful. thank you for sharing.

Congratulations! This is fantastic!  

You go girl !  ths is a good testimonial for Dr D, but we know already !!

Quoted from ProudVEGANWarrior

I went to the doctor today and I am off the thryiod med I am now medication free I was able to stop taking my diabetic med and blood pressure med (doc was worried about my kidneys) back in Oct. and today - no more thryiod med!!! Yippie I am sooooo happy This vegan warrior is going to celebrate with some diamond foods and hopes that the new version comes out so I can enter vegan and get the proper protien portion so I can loose the rest of the extra weight! I must be doing something right

I was telling a friend of mine your story. She is Blood Type 0, unknown secretor status and does not follow BTD/GTD, but is considering  it from your success. She takes glandular thyroid medicine. Did you start experiencing symptoms that were unusual because your body no longer needed meds? Does one have to go off the meds for awhile and then do tests to determine if it can work on its own? Thanks.  

Wow that is so great to hear of your success!

Dianne, I just had blood work done to see what my thyriod was doing. Before I had always been at the high end of normal - then I pushed up into the high range - so I was being tested regularly already to monitier it. Then because I had been having such great results with everything else she went ahead and tested me again and my number was good. I will get my thyriod tested in 6 months to make sure my number is still good. My over all health has improved and I have been loosing weight as a bonus I had no specific signs - but some people do.

Thanks for your reply. I'll let her know.  

Don't you have settings for vegetarian-- paleo etc in the SWAMI?

Quoted from Andrea AWsec

Don't you have settings for vegetarian-- paleo etc in the SWAMI?

Only in SWAMI GenoType and SWAMI XP2.

They are not in the current release of SWAMI Xpress.

Congratulations !  I am working my way toward Vegetarian, before I think about Vegan.  You are an inspiration.  I too will be happy when Swami allows a vegetarian option for us Warriors.  

Keep up the great work  

As a Warrior, vegan has really made the difference for me.  I know I feel healthier and happier being vegan - I do on occassion "cheat" and don't feel well after and regret "cheating" later. I would love to say I am perfect and never cheat - but life happens and hidden ingredients happen. I just move on and know that the next meal/snack will be better. It does annoy me when you ask a server questions and they don't answer them correctly - I won't say lie, because I hope it is just that they don't know and are too lazy to check. I have had servers that have been extremey helpful and gone way beyond to check and make sure everything was good for me - I tip extremely well for them. The biggest thing is listen to your body - the two biggest warrior cheats - my guilty pleasures - are chili peppers and popcorn - still vegan but not warrior. My occassional slip ups in being vegan are usually hidden ingredients in sauces or cheese that isn't listed on the menu. One example is I found out Panda Express uses chicken broth in just about everything - even things you wouldn't expect it in - so anyone out there that chicken is an aviod - avoid Panda Express. One thing about Vegan or being on the BTD or SWAMI diet you have to read labels - menus are harder to navigate. Never be afraid to ask questions.

Congratulations VeganWarrior!  

I'm and Explorer and have been vegan for almost one month and feel really well.  I would like to continue w/ being vegan and could use the help w/ the SWAMI.  How can one get a report from the SWAMI Geno Type or the SWAMI XP2?