Re: Re: good doctors in L.A.

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My thyroid is definitely low. I discovered this quite a few years ago after reading Dr Bates book and started testing my armpit temperature in the mornings. Even though the thyroid lab tests never showed me deficient, my body temp. was sometimes as much as two full degrees what it should have been, my hands were freezing cold in the middle of the summer, and my normal temperature was rarely anything close to 98.6. I finally went to a nutritionally oriented shrink who put me on Armour thyroid and my health improved dramatically. Since starting supplementation with iodine, I rarely feel as cold as I used to even though I don't have a doctor right now to prescribe for me, so I haven't had any thyroid meds for several months. I plan to start charting my morning temperatures again to see if I still need thyroid. Oh, I just got approved for Medicare so I

think I'll be able to find a doctor that'll treat me now. MarkFrom: ladyhawkblue2 <chantalh@...>Subject: Re: good doctors in L.A.iodine Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 7:31 AM

Have you tested your thyroid?

Even with lab tests, thyroid labs can be misleading and this is one of

the reasonswe have so many people with fibro and cfs,the labs look

good so the dr treats the labs instead of the patient.

My labs are off the chart for T3 so if my dr were treating my labs I'd

be bald and bedridden.

Dr Lowe has done extensive work with fibro and thyroid.

I had fibro and it went away when I got on enough thyroid meds.

Go to www.drlowe.com and read about thyroid,cfs and fibro.

While Dr St Amand might be a great dr I believe he uses the

Guaifenesin Protocol which will not treat a thyroid deficienty.

You don't want to get rid of fibro pain with Guaifenesin Protocol

and still have an untreated thyroid.

Finding a good dr that will take medical is almost impossible so I

feel for your situation.

A quick self test is to take your temp for a couple weeks on awakening

and then again through out the day to see if you are in a hypo

metabolic state which is the real cause of cfs,fibro.

There are several drs in Ventura,Santa ,LA but I don't know if

they take medical.

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> I live in the northernmost part of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, and

> need to find a good doctor/naturalpath that will take Medi-Cal and

> Medicaid. I am almost done having my amalgan fillings removed and

> would like help for myself and my daughter with all of the testing and

> chelation and health issues. I'm close to the San Valley, or

> I could go the other way to Palmdale/Lancaster. Thanks so much,

> everyone, for all your help. I just got approved for Social Security

> Disability which gives me Medi-Cal and Medicaid so I can finally

> afford to see a doctor. I'm dealing with CFS, major depression, and

> fibromyalgia. The iodine seems to be helping with many of my symptoms.

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> Mark

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