Dr. Thierry Hertoghe. Who has seen him?

[Guest guest]

I'd like to hear experiences on Dr. Thierry Hertoghe. already

told some of her experience on the topic about the book Safe Uses of

Cortisol, but I'd like to hear more. I got an appointment to Dr.

Hertoghe on Feb. 28th and I'm very curious. Several people said he

follows Jeffries quite strictly, but I'm hoping he can give me some

advise I wouldn't have thought of.

I'm currently on 30mg of HC, I've been taking cortisone for a year and

five months, and I'm completely unable to lower. I hope Dr. Hertoghe

will be able to help me, if my adrenals can still be saved.

Annukka

[Guest guest]

Hi Annuka,

I've been seeing Dr Hertoghe since 1999. He is a very good endo, open minded

and well ahead of the other endos in term of knowledge and treatment.He will

listen to you

He does know the different way of treating the Adrenal glands, wether it be

Jeffery's method or the traditional one 2 or 3 doses of HC/day, or prescribing

natural or synthetic cortisone.

He will prescribe the treatment that best suits you.

He will take a global hormonal approach and rebalance all of your hormones

that need to be corrected, as rarely the adrenals are out of whack on their own.

He is a fifth generation endo, one of the top one in Europe. he (he told me)

recognised in himself early symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue and he is therefore

taking HC as well as growth Hormone.

He is more or less following Dr Teitelbaum's hormonal protocol; I found for

the sleep issue (at least in my case) he wasn't so good.

He doesn't have a weight issue (he is very slim), so again I found when it

came to deal with my insulin resistance he wasn't as knowlegdeable as with the

hormones (yes the theoratical knowledge is there but he doesn't have practical

experience first hand like with the adrenal fatigue, if u see what I mean)

He is really good at making a diagnostic by looking at you, your body...; he

doesnt just rely on test

Thanks to him I got my life back, well sort of I am only working part time as

i've got the worst job you could have with this illness (longhaul

flightattendant); I know if it hadn't been for my job I would have 90% recovered

a long time ago, but instead I have ebbs and lows.

Still I amphysically active and that's really good when just walking a flight

of stairs to use the bathroom (b4 seeing him) was all I could achieve in any

given day.

have a look at his book the " Hormone Solution " you might learn a few things.

Having said that the curse of this illness is u can't rely on any doctor,

there are still things they don't know and u have to keep doing your homework;

That's where I take the opportunity to thank Val for this site that

tremenduously helped me understanding the thryroid dump, amongst other things.

I hope this is of some help to you

marc

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marc!

I forgot to thank you for yout thorough reply. It's nice to hear

experiences before seeing a doctor.

There's a problem, though; I didn't realize just how expensive this

would turn out to be. I took this bit from an old post in the NTH-list:

" The appointment will take 1 1/2

> hours and will cost 175 euros "

This was two years ago. My appointment is for 1h15min and the cost now

is 280 euros!! How can a shorter appointment possibly be so much more now?

The other problem is, that they wanted me to take a blood sample and a

24 hour urine test with me when I go and then make an appointment for

a follow-up in one month. I told them I can't fly to Belgium for the

appointment every time. They're now trying to figure out a way for me

to take the tests beforehand and find a _2 1/2 hour_ appointment for

me for the same week when I was going in the first place. You can

imagine that a double appointment costs double as well, and that's 560

euros for one appointment!!! Plus the tests and the flights, and

possible accommodation, of course.

Is there any point to this? Spending 1000 euros on one doctor's

appointment? I'll probably have to go to Belgium for a follow-up

anyway, easily doubling the cost (I have to be prepared for it

anyway). I really want to see dr. Hertoghe, I'm pretty sure he can

help with the fact that I'm starting to feel worse again. But the fact

is that I'm already living on a loan as it is (I'm a student).

What would you guys do?

Annukka

> Hi Annuka,

> I've been seeing Dr Hertoghe since 1999. He is a very good endo,

open minded and well ahead of the other endos in term of knowledge and

treatment.He will listen to you

>

> He does know the different way of treating the Adrenal glands,

wether it be Jeffery's method or the traditional one 2 or 3 doses of

HC/day, or prescribing natural or synthetic cortisone.

> He will prescribe the treatment that best suits you.

> He will take a global hormonal approach and rebalance all of your

hormones that need to be corrected, as rarely the adrenals are out of

whack on their own.

>

> He is a fifth generation endo, one of the top one in Europe. he

(he told me) recognised in himself early symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue

and he is therefore taking HC as well as growth Hormone.

> He is more or less following Dr Teitelbaum's hormonal protocol; I

found for the sleep issue (at least in my case) he wasn't so good.

> He doesn't have a weight issue (he is very slim), so again I found

when it came to deal with my insulin resistance he wasn't as

knowlegdeable as with the hormones (yes the theoratical knowledge is

there but he doesn't have practical experience first hand like with

the adrenal fatigue, if u see what I mean)

> He is really good at making a diagnostic by looking at you, your

body...; he doesnt just rely on test

>

> Thanks to him I got my life back, well sort of I am only working

part time as i've got the worst job you could have with this illness

(longhaul flightattendant); I know if it hadn't been for my job I

would have 90% recovered a long time ago, but instead I have ebbs and

lows.

> Still I amphysically active and that's really good when just

walking a flight of stairs to use the bathroom (b4 seeing him) was all

I could achieve in any given day.

> have a look at his book the " Hormone Solution " you might learn a

few things.

> Having said that the curse of this illness is u can't rely on any

doctor, there are still things they don't know and u have to keep

doing your homework; That's where I take the opportunity to thank Val

for this site that tremenduously helped me understanding the thryroid

dump, amongst other things.

>

> I hope this is of some help to you

>

> marc

>

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