I have an immune system issue for which I occasionally need help from a rheumatologist, a surgeon, and a PCP. The PCP gives me the most headaches, almost literally. His method is to prescribe meds and thus create more (but different! yay?) problems. Most often I fill the Rx, read the insert, and throw the pills away. I'm fortunate in that I have "good" insurance and my out-of-pocket is affordable ($3,000). Last year due to age I was forced onto Medicare (still have secondary insurance), so now I'm figuring out how to weave through a new set of rules.
i had a plethora of health issues about 8 years a go.
i started reading about healthy eating and it led me down a path of health, i went from 6 meds a day to zero in 3 months
arthritis, asthma, diabetes, psoriasis, bad back, bad guts.
the full works restored firstly by going Keto, then i started to dig deeper and now a full carnivore and look and feel 10 years younger than i did 10 years ago
think about doctors and what they do:
do they treat the underlying cause or give you a drug for a symptom and another drug for another symptom?
they are trained from day one by pharma unfortunately
I was poisoned with e coli in 2008, which continues to cause problems. I take some supplements, watch my weight (21.5 BMI), exercise every day (I recommend getting an active dog and a small swimming pool), eat square meals, avoid alcohol and excess sugars (except between Thanksgiving and New Year's, don't want to go overboard).
Sorry to hear that. You might want to look onto the Carnivore diet. So many people with autoimmune diseases have seen great improvement and even complete remission. I will be celebrating my one year anniversary as a carnivore this Sunday. It has eliminated my MeniereтАЩs disease, cut my thyroid antibodies from HashimotoтАЩs in half (and allowed me to reduce my dose of thyroid replacement in half), ended my sleep Apnea so I no longer sleep with a CPAP, and improved my arthritis, reducing the swelling and stiffness in my finger joints, and greatly improved the quality of my sleep.
Thanks for the input. I've done some reading about the carnivore diet. As an aside, my husband & I bought a smoker last fall and I'm the primary cook. I'm having fun and am getting much better results than at first.
one easy decision, avoid doctors unless its a trauma
I have an immune system issue for which I occasionally need help from a rheumatologist, a surgeon, and a PCP. The PCP gives me the most headaches, almost literally. His method is to prescribe meds and thus create more (but different! yay?) problems. Most often I fill the Rx, read the insert, and throw the pills away. I'm fortunate in that I have "good" insurance and my out-of-pocket is affordable ($3,000). Last year due to age I was forced onto Medicare (still have secondary insurance), so now I'm figuring out how to weave through a new set of rules.
i had a plethora of health issues about 8 years a go.
i started reading about healthy eating and it led me down a path of health, i went from 6 meds a day to zero in 3 months
arthritis, asthma, diabetes, psoriasis, bad back, bad guts.
the full works restored firstly by going Keto, then i started to dig deeper and now a full carnivore and look and feel 10 years younger than i did 10 years ago
think about doctors and what they do:
do they treat the underlying cause or give you a drug for a symptom and another drug for another symptom?
they are trained from day one by pharma unfortunately
Have any of these doctors suggested an elimination diet to heal your immune system?
Of course not. LOL
I was poisoned with e coli in 2008, which continues to cause problems. I take some supplements, watch my weight (21.5 BMI), exercise every day (I recommend getting an active dog and a small swimming pool), eat square meals, avoid alcohol and excess sugars (except between Thanksgiving and New Year's, don't want to go overboard).
Sorry to hear that. You might want to look onto the Carnivore diet. So many people with autoimmune diseases have seen great improvement and even complete remission. I will be celebrating my one year anniversary as a carnivore this Sunday. It has eliminated my MeniereтАЩs disease, cut my thyroid antibodies from HashimotoтАЩs in half (and allowed me to reduce my dose of thyroid replacement in half), ended my sleep Apnea so I no longer sleep with a CPAP, and improved my arthritis, reducing the swelling and stiffness in my finger joints, and greatly improved the quality of my sleep.
Thanks for the input. I've done some reading about the carnivore diet. As an aside, my husband & I bought a smoker last fall and I'm the primary cook. I'm having fun and am getting much better results than at first.