Tuesday, August 16, 2011

First Holistic Doctor Visit

I had a good experience at the holistic doctor today.  She read all of my previous tests, and somehow I had missed the one that proves that I do have an autoimmune disease.  She wants me to get checked for gluten intolerance, since that has been linked to autoimmune diseases and if I do and then start eating a gluten-free diet, that is all I will need to do.  It would be a pain in the butt, but I can do it.  Especially if that makes me feel human again.  I will also get they typical blood tests, so that's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.  I get to fast too.  Joy.  I get so light-headed.  Fun times.

She gave me some things I can be taking to help my foggy mind and my general feeling of irritability.  Tried the stuff earlier, and wow it helps.  I will be upping my dose a little, but I could already tell it was helping.  It's something that I can be doing now while I wait for my tests to come back.  The blood one is really quick, but the gluten is a stool one, so I get to poop in a box and send it off.  How would you like that job?!  Anyway, that one takes something like 3 weeks to get back.  

This stuff is expensive initially, but it's past time to feel better.

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