Think I Finally Found the Right Doctor!!

October 21, 2010

Today was my appointment with the OB/GYN doc that also does 'Functional

Medicine' as well. He is in his mid-sixties I think but looks much younger and

is very athletic looking and energetic.

He was impressed with all of the copies of bloodwork I had, and the two pages of

symptoms and my story for the past year that I had put together in a folder for

him. He read it before coming into the room, and said it gave him a very good

start on me.

We went over everything, and sat in front of a dual monitor computer together

talking for over 45 minutes. He showed me all the pathways, and explained most

of my troubles using graphs, etc.

He said the endo I went to should be limited to diabetics, and was a joke. He

especially enjoyed when I told him that she said my last Total T of 323 was

normal,.....the guy laughed out loud.

This is the FIRST doc, besides my cardiologist that said my E2 was too high and

needed to be treated as well. He offered to start me on TRT and Arimidex today

if I wanted, but asked if I could handle another week or two to have all of my

testing done. Of course I said yes.

Thyroid testing to be done:

FT3/FT4, TT3/TT4, RT3, TSH, Ferritin, TPO Antibodies, and Thyroglobulin

Antibodies.

Also he ordered a 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level as well as a full nutrient level

panel.

On top of that, I have to do a 4X day saliva test for cortisol, and adrenal

function. Also some type of urine collection test, as well as a fecal screening

to check for everything imaginable.

Sorry for the long post here, but I am actually encouraged for the first time in

over a year. He says that he will get to the bottom of what is wrong with me,

and I will feel 10 years younger soon. He definitely thinks I have a thyroid

issue as well, and like Barb said, predicts my RT3 will be high due to a

conversion problem.

The guy actually seems to be excited about getting to the bottom of my issues.

He thinks I have a number of small problems that are resulting in a huge loop

making me feel like I am fading away by the month,.......he couldn't have said

it better, as that is how I feel.

Once again I am sorry for the novel, but I feel like I have finally reached the

right doctor and this nightmare just might end soon.

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