One Day After the Appointment

Well, today  is Tuesday and I met the doctor yesterday afternoon.  I survived the appointment and am trying to digest everything she told me.  First I have to say that she weighed me and took my blood pressure and didn’t even touch me after that.  We just talked.  She asked me questions, I asked her questions.  That was kind of different for me but I really liked it.   She told me that first they have discovered that many pain patients have low Vitamin D levels.  She would do a simple blood test to determine my level and then prescribe Vitamin D if I needed it.  Next we discussed my thyroid.  I told her that I have been on thyroid medicine (a very low dose of Synthroid).  She told me that she preferred Armour Thyroid.  She would do another very simple blood test and do an extensive thyroid screening.  She would then change my prescription.

Mandy (My daughter who began this journey through her intervention) was on the edge of her seat waiting for the ball to drop and I was so excited that nothing had yet been mentioned about diet.  The doctor asked me if I took any vitamins and I told her I didn’t.  She felt I should take fish oil, a mega multi vitamin and vitamin C.  Ok I could live with all this.  Could this be enough to make a difference?  Could this be enough to take down the Fibro-Meter?  Could this get my pain level down, improve my Fibromyalgia and do something to improve my lack of sleep?  Oh please, let it be so.  Please don’t ask me about my diet.  My mind was just racing with what was coming next.

Do you drink much soda she asked, much, well, that is all I drink.  Next question, do you eat many sweats (oh no, I just saw the ball come through the ceiling)…I love my sweets I answered my day begins and ends with them.  Do you eat many carbs came next.  (The ball just crashed through the damn floor).  I had to tell her that cereal, bread, pizza and pasta were the staples in my life.  I could tell this was going just where I did not want to go. I looked over at Mandy, she was trying not to smile but she couldn’t hide the sparkle in her eyes.  At last, we were going where Mom would never go before.

She told me that most Fibro patients have way too much yeast.  She said that all three things above convert to yeast in the body and that if I would eliminate the yeast it might just change my life.  How do I do that I asked.  Well, first we will do a ten day yeast detoxification.  They will give me the paperwork as I check out.  After you detox you will follow a yeast free diet.  For one month I would take an anti-fungal prescription that would also help me get rid of the yeast.  She said that many people just flat out wouldn’t do the detox but did take the medication.  Due to the severity of my pain, the detox was really warranted.   Oh great I say.  All of the sudden my pain doesn’t seem that bad.

Last but not least we would check all my hormone levels.  If there was an issue with any of the hormones, we would begin a regiment of compounded hormones that would help with all of my symptoms

I left the office with my fish oil, vitamin C, and the mega multivitamin, the kit I would send in with $99.00 to test my hormone levels along with the detox information and the diet I would follow for the rest of my life.  I sat in my car and quickly glanced over the paper work.   I can’t do this.   No Way! Maybe I need to read it slowly and carefully and it won’t be as bad as it looks at first glance.  I pull into Arby’s and get me a roast beef and cheddar and a large Sprite.  Oh my does this Sprite taste good.

Tomorrow we will check out the paperwork in more detail.  Don’t leave me.  Stay with me and together we will figure this out.   I know you feel like never reading this again but stick with me and maybe it isn’t going to be so bad.

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