Post by louig on Nov 2, 2005 9:53:21 GMT -5
Hello
A few months ago I went to see a naturopath with regards to work, so not a full consultation. She isn’t someone I could work with as quite frankly she was a bit brash and bolshy, not really open to opinion – my brother has ME, had it chronically for 9 years house bound, bed bound a lot of days, started to recover in the last 18months don’t know why, has tried most types of alternative medicine but nothing worked, she said "oh you should of sent him to me, I’d of had him better in 6 months!", which I found quite flippant when she’s never even met him or knew his symptoms – no 2 ME sufferers have exactly the same symptoms, and there is no known cure.
Anyhow she showed me a little of how she works and suggested I had a slightly slow thyroid (which i'd wondered due to other symptoms), I’ve since had blood tests that showed nothing but then I know that western medicine has a problem detecting thyroid and hormone probs. She also suggested I could have excess estrogen or estrogen sensitivity, and it’s hereditary, my dad has psoriosis, which is apparently a sign of too est problems.
Just been to a reflexologist who said that my facial hair is due to not enough estrogen.! With my very basic understanding that could make sense if it is being stolen (I think you know what I mean!) to make testosterone, only all the blood tests from the docs showed they were within normal range.
I have searched and searched for saliva hormone testing in the UK, nada, neither my doc or nurse had heard of it!, but then in the UK GP’s may be free but they can be pretty useless!
So has anyone got any suggestions on who (naturopath or reflexologist) might be right or how to find out??
All comments welcome
L
A few months ago I went to see a naturopath with regards to work, so not a full consultation. She isn’t someone I could work with as quite frankly she was a bit brash and bolshy, not really open to opinion – my brother has ME, had it chronically for 9 years house bound, bed bound a lot of days, started to recover in the last 18months don’t know why, has tried most types of alternative medicine but nothing worked, she said "oh you should of sent him to me, I’d of had him better in 6 months!", which I found quite flippant when she’s never even met him or knew his symptoms – no 2 ME sufferers have exactly the same symptoms, and there is no known cure.
Anyhow she showed me a little of how she works and suggested I had a slightly slow thyroid (which i'd wondered due to other symptoms), I’ve since had blood tests that showed nothing but then I know that western medicine has a problem detecting thyroid and hormone probs. She also suggested I could have excess estrogen or estrogen sensitivity, and it’s hereditary, my dad has psoriosis, which is apparently a sign of too est problems.
Just been to a reflexologist who said that my facial hair is due to not enough estrogen.! With my very basic understanding that could make sense if it is being stolen (I think you know what I mean!) to make testosterone, only all the blood tests from the docs showed they were within normal range.
I have searched and searched for saliva hormone testing in the UK, nada, neither my doc or nurse had heard of it!, but then in the UK GP’s may be free but they can be pretty useless!
So has anyone got any suggestions on who (naturopath or reflexologist) might be right or how to find out??
All comments welcome
L
