Re: Another Doctor for Adrenal Fatigue, Armour, and Compounded Stuff

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Yes, this thyroid patient later said that she doesn't know why she said Solu-Cortef, that it was actually Cortef pills she got. No, I'm not joining the Louisiana site. Just wanted to let some Tx residents know about this doctor, that's all.

Re: Another Doctor for Adrenal Fatigue, Armour, and Compounded "Stuff"

Solu-Cortef is hydrocortisone given by injection. Is she injecting herself daily with this?

I can post the info on the Louisiana site, too. Or you can join and I will make a you a moderator and you can do it yourself. . . .

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Louisiana_Thyroid_Groups/

>> For what it's worth ladies and gentlemen, another doctor was just posted on another group, who is closer to us than two states away. This one is in Louisiana, Shreveport to be exact. For anyone who is willing to leave the state of Tx for their thyroid care, here's the info. What's written in stone is the fact that she treats by symptoms more than labs.> > Dr. Deborah Adcock> Shreveport, Louisiana

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I will note that there's also a really, really good Lyme doctor in

the Shreveport area - there is a group of folks from North Texas

(and I imagine Houston as well) that travel there for treatment.

This doctor will run all the hormonal labs, as well. I will post his

name if folks are interested.

Lyme can be a hidden infection in many, many people. Many, many

people have it in their blood, but it doesn't cause any problems.

However, for folks like us with thyroid problems and poor

functioning immune systems, it can wreak havoc on every system in

our bodies.

As an aside, there is a fantastic film on Lyme disease produced by a

non-profit film company in CA. I was interviewed for this at one of

my Lyme disease conferences. There is a FREE showing of this film

in Arlington this coming Saturday (look for Arlington):

http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_screenings.html

The details are:

Date: Saturday, Aug 23, 2008

Time: 1:00 pm

Place: The Vine Fellowship

5229 Elliott Rd

Arlington, TX

Note: there is no religion involved, this is done as a public

service for the community. Nor, do you have to belong to any Lyme

support group.

I am inviting many of the medical professionals in our area that I

know, as I think it is so very important for them to hear this story

and to consider the potential for LD in their patients (especially

those that are originally from the East Coast or the Northwest).

There is a trailer available on that website and you find the tails

of dealing with the medical system -eerily familiar (i.e., " there's

nothing wrong with you " , " You're just looking for attention " , " You

just need some anti-depressants). I will note that I was

interviewed for the film, but I have high confidence I ended up on

the cutting room floor, because my story was so like everyone else's

and they likely didn't like my " Lyme " green shirt - too upsetting

for many people ;(

I believe this film will change people's views of chronic Lyme - and

hopefully FM/CFS since that is the more medically acceptable

diagnosis that gets the medical bills paid for many of us.

And, you may ask, what does this have to do with thyroid? Well,

many doctors find that Lyme patients have big thyroid problems just

like many of us. They also find that in patients with perfect

looking labs, that some Armour can really help. This is likely due

to Lyme triggering autoimmune reactions - Lyme can mimic the " key "

that unlocks this progression of immune reactions that causes your

body to destroy itself (the genes for these reactions are on

Chromosome 6). On the top of the list is RA - which has been known

to be one of the very common autoimmune impact of Lyme (even by the

most conventional doctors - this was the key to the discovery of

Lyme disease in Lyme, Connecticut about 30 years ago). The next one

that few of the doctors are aware of is celiac/gluten intolerance.

However, almost all of the alternative docs (and a handful of

educated Lyme literate docs) will test or flat out recommend the GF

diet for all their patients.

And, I will note that for those of us that have ever lived or

vacationed on the East Coast (the risk gets higher as you move up

the coast from GA to the Northeast), the potential for getting Lyme

is EXTREMELY high. It is now clear that I got it as a child living

in Newport News, Va. and then again 5 years ago while visiting my

brother on the Chesapeake bay and then this past June when hiking

the Appalachain trail in Va.

Be well,

B.

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> > For what it's worth ladies and gentlemen, another doctor was

just posted on another group, who is closer to us than two states

away. This one is in Louisiana, Shreveport to be exact. For anyone

who is willing to leave the state of Tx for their thyroid care,

here's the info. What's written in stone is the fact that she treats

by symptoms more than labs.

> >

> > Dr. Deborah Adcock

> > Shreveport, Louisiana

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