Re: Standard Procedure Doctors!

[Guest guest]

>I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

Anybody else gagging???

HOW RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! He's ALREADY NOT A GOOD DOCTOR!!!!!!!!

IGNORANCE PREVAILS in the medical society!!!

Janie

[Guest guest]

>I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

Anybody else gagging???

HOW RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! He's ALREADY NOT A GOOD DOCTOR!!!!!!!!

IGNORANCE PREVAILS in the medical society!!!

Janie

[Guest guest]

Run, run, run! Find ANOTHER doctor!

Laurie

Re: Standard Procedure Doctors!

>I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

Anybody else gagging???

HOW RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! He's ALREADY NOT A GOOD DOCTOR!!!!!!!!

IGNORANCE PREVAILS in the medical society!!!

Janie

[Guest guest]

Run, run, run! Find ANOTHER doctor!

Laurie

Re: Standard Procedure Doctors!

>I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

Anybody else gagging???

HOW RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! He's ALREADY NOT A GOOD DOCTOR!!!!!!!!

IGNORANCE PREVAILS in the medical society!!!

Janie

[Guest guest]

Run, run, run! Find ANOTHER doctor!

Laurie

Re: Standard Procedure Doctors!

>I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

Anybody else gagging???

HOW RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! He's ALREADY NOT A GOOD DOCTOR!!!!!!!!

IGNORANCE PREVAILS in the medical society!!!

Janie

[Guest guest]

Hmmm. Why have you not done the blood tests on your own? We have access to

that through www.healthcheckusa.com . And if you type in the code 12345, you

can get a small discount. It costs 75.00 to get the bloodwork done that you

need done. I think I'd be trying that instead of going to any fancy clinic

and spending that kind of money just to get a line that says you have to

purchase " their supplements " at outrageous prices. I too was sent home when

my TSH showed 3.17 and my FreeT3 and FreeT4 were too low for me. My dr told

me I could come back when I really 'needed' thyroid replacement. HA!

I needed it then, and through this group found out a lot more to add to what

I already knew about this disease. I wish you much luck on your new

venture, but most everything you need to know is right here in this group.

There are many of us who think Fibromyalgia is nothing more than untreated

hypothyroidism. Whether that's fact or fiction remains to be seen, but many

people do better once they are on the proper meds. If your dr thinks you

have fibro, then I don't see why you don't spend what little bit of money it

would cost you to get these proper tests done, and self medicate?

SandyE~Houston

Standard Procedure Doctors!

>

> Hello All,

> Thank you all I am learning so much from your

> emails. My Doctor after two years of begging and an

> endocrinologist almost laughing in my face for being

> an informed patient and trying to discuss other

> alternative treatment because I have been unresponsive

> to everything else they have tried. I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

>

> He also reminded that and Washington

> University is one of the Best Hospitals and has some

> of the Best Physicians in the country. So with that

> said my body still aches, my hair is still falling

> out, depression, insomnia, chronic fatigue, panic

> attacks and other unexplainable problems he comes to

> me (also according to him sometimes medicine doesn't

> work because it is all in your head) and says after me

> begging for most of the extra test that my parathyroid

> is not functioning properly and we are going to try a

> new aggressive treatment of vitamin D daily and once a

> week

>

> I finally had said a year ago if it is not my

> thyroid " Then find out what it is! " I haven't gotten

> better! So I had been reading for two years and

> following internet groups like yours and so on. I

> finally found some information on a Dr. Kent Holtorf

> in California at the The Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Center

> due one lady's story named Margie it was titled

> " Margie's Thyroid History " and her struggled with a

> thyroid problem that " didn't exist " according to all

> the other doctors she went to. Dr. Kent Holtorf has

> dedicated his life to the study of FFC and the thyroid

> and their relationship so anyway I finally made and

> appointment and they suggested I go to the Cleveland,

> Ohio center because it is closet to me here in St.

> Louis, MO.

>

> So with that said and another 6 months or so of

> reading and reading group emails like you guys and

> reading more about the . Dr. Kent Holtorf and emailing

> and talking with Margie (she has written several

> letters to the AMA about doctors who are not treating

> patients correctly and her doctors of course) I

> decided to make the appointment and tell my regular

> doctor. I had never heard of Fibromyalgia and had

> heard very little about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Once

> a story about 6 years ago about how this condition was

> all in the patient's who had reported these symptoms

> head)

>

> So anyway my doctor said I think that's a good

> idea. I said really? Is there a test we could due to

> find out for sure? He said no, only after we have

> exhausested all other treatment methods we can

> defiantly say you have Fibromyalgia. I can say this;

> we are very close to exhausting all treatment methods.

> He thinks it is Frybromyalgia, but doesn't really know

> what to do. So after reading many " standard doctor's

> or standard endocrinologist's treatment all the same

> by the way " (For the treatment of different people,

> Hummm) they don't even know the proper treatment or

> test of the thyroid and other alternatives for thyroid

> patients.

> So I saved my money. I don't have insurance I

> have Medicaid so " oh well " , it's come down to my life

> and it's worth it. I am going on March 21st and 22nd

> with all my medical records that every doctor couldn't

> explain.

>

> Basically the treatment that this Doctor who was

> trained by Dr. Kent Holtorf (I wanted to go to him,

> but he suggest out of convenience to me. That the

> other doctor in Cleveland was just as capable after

> being trained closely by him personally)

>

> Has said is mostly what you guys have been saying

> plus more. I can't wait! I am so tired of fighting and

> finally found someone who is willing to listen and

> understands and is willing to treat me. There maybe

> other doctors here in St. Louis, but I couldn't find

> one. Maybe I just wasn't looking correctly or felt

> trapped by the Medicaid system.

>

> Good thing though Medicaid will pay for my blood

> test! So that is a relief because the types that they

> order are so extensive and most blood work is

> expensive. Even for little test. I started to self

> treat, but in the state my body is in. I decided a

> specialist in this area is the best idea for me now.

> They will be opening a clinic in Kansas City, MO in

> June or July I think Dr. Holtorf said. I can't wait I

> decided.

>

> With that said I still must Thank All of you for

> sharing your stories and this group and all the others

> like it! I hope this all made since I wrote it in the

> heat of passion after reading so many stories like

> ours. I even cried at some of them because I can

> relate and with the relief of " Finally " . Sorry for

> being so long as well.

>

> Wish me luck! Have a great and safe to the coming

> week ahead and the weekend that's left.

>

> Bye,

>

> Rockette

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday!

> Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

> http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hmmm. Why have you not done the blood tests on your own? We have access to

that through www.healthcheckusa.com . And if you type in the code 12345, you

can get a small discount. It costs 75.00 to get the bloodwork done that you

need done. I think I'd be trying that instead of going to any fancy clinic

and spending that kind of money just to get a line that says you have to

purchase " their supplements " at outrageous prices. I too was sent home when

my TSH showed 3.17 and my FreeT3 and FreeT4 were too low for me. My dr told

me I could come back when I really 'needed' thyroid replacement. HA!

I needed it then, and through this group found out a lot more to add to what

I already knew about this disease. I wish you much luck on your new

venture, but most everything you need to know is right here in this group.

There are many of us who think Fibromyalgia is nothing more than untreated

hypothyroidism. Whether that's fact or fiction remains to be seen, but many

people do better once they are on the proper meds. If your dr thinks you

have fibro, then I don't see why you don't spend what little bit of money it

would cost you to get these proper tests done, and self medicate?

SandyE~Houston

Standard Procedure Doctors!

>

> Hello All,

> Thank you all I am learning so much from your

> emails. My Doctor after two years of begging and an

> endocrinologist almost laughing in my face for being

> an informed patient and trying to discuss other

> alternative treatment because I have been unresponsive

> to everything else they have tried. I tried once to

> suggest Armour or Cytomel they said no that is out of

> the question because they are not the " standard

> treatment and therefore he would not be a good doctor

> if tried something else and these drugs are desiccant

> and the dose varies from dose to dose "

>

> He also reminded that and Washington

> University is one of the Best Hospitals and has some

> of the Best Physicians in the country. So with that

> said my body still aches, my hair is still falling

> out, depression, insomnia, chronic fatigue, panic

> attacks and other unexplainable problems he comes to

> me (also according to him sometimes medicine doesn't

> work because it is all in your head) and says after me

> begging for most of the extra test that my parathyroid

> is not functioning properly and we are going to try a

> new aggressive treatment of vitamin D daily and once a

> week

>

> I finally had said a year ago if it is not my

> thyroid " Then find out what it is! " I haven't gotten

> better! So I had been reading for two years and

> following internet groups like yours and so on. I

> finally found some information on a Dr. Kent Holtorf

> in California at the The Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Center

> due one lady's story named Margie it was titled

> " Margie's Thyroid History " and her struggled with a

> thyroid problem that " didn't exist " according to all

> the other doctors she went to. Dr. Kent Holtorf has

> dedicated his life to the study of FFC and the thyroid

> and their relationship so anyway I finally made and

> appointment and they suggested I go to the Cleveland,

> Ohio center because it is closet to me here in St.

> Louis, MO.

>

> So with that said and another 6 months or so of

> reading and reading group emails like you guys and

> reading more about the . Dr. Kent Holtorf and emailing

> and talking with Margie (she has written several

> letters to the AMA about doctors who are not treating

> patients correctly and her doctors of course) I

> decided to make the appointment and tell my regular

> doctor. I had never heard of Fibromyalgia and had

> heard very little about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Once

> a story about 6 years ago about how this condition was

> all in the patient's who had reported these symptoms

> head)

>

> So anyway my doctor said I think that's a good

> idea. I said really? Is there a test we could due to

> find out for sure? He said no, only after we have

> exhausested all other treatment methods we can

> defiantly say you have Fibromyalgia. I can say this;

> we are very close to exhausting all treatment methods.

> He thinks it is Frybromyalgia, but doesn't really know

> what to do. So after reading many " standard doctor's

> or standard endocrinologist's treatment all the same

> by the way " (For the treatment of different people,

> Hummm) they don't even know the proper treatment or

> test of the thyroid and other alternatives for thyroid

> patients.

> So I saved my money. I don't have insurance I

> have Medicaid so " oh well " , it's come down to my life

> and it's worth it. I am going on March 21st and 22nd

> with all my medical records that every doctor couldn't

> explain.

>

> Basically the treatment that this Doctor who was

> trained by Dr. Kent Holtorf (I wanted to go to him,

> but he suggest out of convenience to me. That the

> other doctor in Cleveland was just as capable after

> being trained closely by him personally)

>

> Has said is mostly what you guys have been saying

> plus more. I can't wait! I am so tired of fighting and

> finally found someone who is willing to listen and

> understands and is willing to treat me. There maybe

> other doctors here in St. Louis, but I couldn't find

> one. Maybe I just wasn't looking correctly or felt

> trapped by the Medicaid system.

>

> Good thing though Medicaid will pay for my blood

> test! So that is a relief because the types that they

> order are so extensive and most blood work is

> expensive. Even for little test. I started to self

> treat, but in the state my body is in. I decided a

> specialist in this area is the best idea for me now.

> They will be opening a clinic in Kansas City, MO in

> June or July I think Dr. Holtorf said. I can't wait I

> decided.

>

> With that said I still must Thank All of you for

> sharing your stories and this group and all the others

> like it! I hope this all made since I wrote it in the

> heat of passion after reading so many stories like

> ours. I even cried at some of them because I can

> relate and with the relief of " Finally " . Sorry for

> being so long as well.

>

> Wish me luck! Have a great and safe to the coming

> week ahead and the weekend that's left.

>

> Bye,

>

> Rockette

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday!

> Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web

> http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank You Sandy,

I think you guys are correct. Like I said before I

didn't know a lot until I started reading your group's

post. You guys are very active in sharing information.

Thanks Again,

Rockette

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