If you are a reader of my blog, and you are over 40, I want to tell you something that may save you some precious lost time.
For over a year now, I have felt pretty crappy. My usual spry self has been replaced with someone who is tired; a lot, hair falling out, skin drying out, gaining weight, at least 20lbs now ( I could be exaggerating a tad there, but pretty darn close!) quite often cold, and just plain cranky.
First I thought it was peri-menopause, seemed reasonable. My Mother started that at 42, so I knew it was a possibility, and the "symptoms" seemed to match up enough to be plausible.....
Then, My Mother said I ought to look into Thyroid issues, something she also started experiencing in her 40's.
After reading about it, and hearing my Mother's experience, I decided I had enough information to justify the trip to the doctor, the $1,000 dollar trip to the doctor, which is all out of pocket, and ended with "there's nothing wrong with you"
HMMMM...
There IS something wrong. I know it. I remember a ward member telling me about this guy she takes her whole family to, "he knows more about the human body than anyone I know"... so I call her, get his name and number and decide to "think" about it!... all of 5 min, then I decided that since I was at a dead end with traditional help, and she had so many good "for instances" that I am just going to go.
Mark Johnson is a chemist, that's what his 1st degree is in, chemistry, he is a holistic doctor, takes his work VERY seriously, I was impressed with what he "knew" about me without even saying a word. He does an accupuncture test, says everything in your hand has a direct connection with your insides, said "in a few minutes I will have a STORY about you"... and he did.
First thing, I am probably NOT peri-menopausal, my thyroid is DEFINITELY not working; not diseased, but not functioning properly, and the thyroid controls your whole metobolic/pituitary funciton, well, FINALLY we're on to something.
I left with two bottles of drop, one for thyroid and one for the fact he says I'm highly allergic to mold, which he says would be partly responsible for so many sinus issues, mold of course is everywhere. He asked me to return in a month and bring my Dr's thyroid test results with me...
I left that office about as hopeful as I've been in over a year, giddy almost. Not only did he seem to know and understand what I was saying, but he was able to explain to ME why things are the way they are.
Last week I returned, told him I wasn't feeling "much" difference, and that I'm still battling fatigue. He said he had writen down three possible scenarios for me and that afte he looks at the numbers again, he'll know more to adjust....
All my "distressed" areas did improve, the thyroid numbers were the least moved, but they had gotten just a slight bit better, and that my overall hormone "picture" had improved. I told him I had read something that suggested maybe testosterone or progesterone was a possibility and he said he had also noted on our first visit that may be an avenue to explore.
I left with a new "mix" and had ordered the vitamins he suggested that may help, which I started the next day. That was Thursday, I woke up on Saturday and was just "awake" I got up and showered, got ready for the day and felt pretty good... the same thing happened Sunday and then again on Monday.... it's Tuesday and again, up and able to really accomplish things without feeling that I'm struggling against the current, the fact that it is 8am and I'm OUT OF BED is something of it's own miracle. Seriously, I can't really make you understand, by reading, how exhausted I have been, and it's just not me.
When I was doing my 5mile walk disc the other day, Leslie Sansone said something to the effect "if you do this and watch what you eat, you'll lose those lb's"... that's the standard formula. Reduce calories, bump up your exercise and you'll see results.....
IF YOU ARE OVER 40 and you can't seem to make anything work, and you've noticed you're just not "yourself" I suggest maybe there is something else going on, and that no matter how hard you try, you're fighting a losing battle. One thing Mark said was between my thyroid and my cortisol levels "you are fighting a battle you will NEVER win" and that was so liberating to hear; IT'S NOT ME, it's my body and all the internal dialogue that went "get up! get with it! try harder!" was neither true nor possible, literally.
Go get checked, there are many diseases/ conditions that can cause multi-similar symptoms. In the end, Mark said the results of my thyroid test put me in the BOTTOM 16%.... and I paid my Dr $1,000 to tell me nothing was wrong, get my husband all worked up that I spent $1,000 to find out nothing was wrong, AND be left wondering what to do next because I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG!
There. I hope I just saved you some trouble. :)
OH! PS. When I showed Mark the very popular, most "recommended" multi vitamin I started taking to try to help, he scoffed. Says all those multi vitamins are basically pee'd out before they ever have a chance to be adsorbed into the system, he recommends one called Superspectrim, says it's time released and actually works. You can get those at http://www.superspectrim.com/.
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