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I have a deep family history of high cholesterol, early deaths by heart attack (my dad died at 42), heart disease, etc. In my 20's my total cholesterol was 350. I'm 46 now and it runs right at 200, LDL 146, HDL 50. While those numbers look high, they are fantastic for me (the HDL is good). I eat a high fat diet and swear…

Yes! Progesterone is HUGE for me. Just had mine retested and it's tanked again. Which probably explains why it's taken me more then 5 months to lose 10#'s. I used a compounded bio-identical progesterone cream for quite awhile before I didn't need it anymore for a few years. May got back to it short term while I sort out…

OP, I would recommend you do a lot of research before adding anything that will reduce stomach acid (OTC PPI's or prescribed). When people have reflux, it's not because of too much acid (like they think), it's because of too little acid. Food ends up sitting in the stomach way longer then it should because of not enough…

You hit this right on. Anger is almost always the first emotion to surface but is rarely the real issue.

So many of your symptoms are common to food allergies (which can show themselves at anytime). I highly recommend the ELISA 96 Food Allergy Panel from US BioTek labs. Most allergy tests doctors run are worthless. The ELISA is very sensitive and can pick up even the slightest allergy or sensitivity. I would recommend…

My sister said this exact thing to me last night. The "why" has to be so personal. I haven't figured mine out yet - other then I want to be healthy. Good post, OP.

This was my thinking. Depending on the age of the kids. My kids were taught to do their laundry at 12. From that point on, if they ran out of cloths, they quickly figured out how to look ahead so they didn't. Initially, I would remind them to keep an eye on their cloths until they got use to doing them, but after that,…

Right with you on this one. If it's infrequent emotional eating then find things to do when you're feeling that way (I keep a list of what I call my "emergency measures"). If it's more deep seated then that, seek counsel from someone that can walk you through whatever issues are causing you to want to eat. The depth of…

This. 100% this. Finding a doctor to treat you correctly can be so frustrating. I'm on armour thyroid and still have to make sure I get enough selenium and vit. C because pituitary damage precludes me from converting inactive hormone to active hormone. I cannot stress enough how much STTM website can help you with info…

You're beautiful and you look amazing! Congrats!!

All of this and so much more! I have found a combined T3/T4 is so much better! Armour and naturethroid should both be options you can discuss with your doctor. If you are not converting T4 to T3 efficiently selenium and vit. C are both factors in conversion. Even with taking armour I don't convert well and have to…

Oh! The coconut oil coffee! I have sooooo many friends that swear by that stuff. :-) I can't do it, but others say it tastes fabulous!

Wow! Way to go! I hope I can say that in 3 months.

Off my game and trying to get back on. So crazy busy with three teens all running different directions this summer! Between that and managing an acre of land, animals, garden, etc. - it's busy. Had some new blood work done b/c I think my thyroid may be tanking a bit again. :( Here's to a new day though.

Their strawberry acai refresher has 130 cals for the venti. I HATE tea and I love the refresher! It is the only thing I will get there because it's about the lowest calorie thing I could find. It fits easily into almost any of my days and I never feel guilty for it. If you want a side treat to go with it (vs. a more…

This is brilliant. I may have to try it myself in times of need........

Are you calling the Indium a white blood cell scan? That term is not used here so I want to make sure it's the same thing. I know the indium tags platelets and they trace their destruction. They may currently do that here with white cells (I have no idea, have not looked into that) but they are not with platelets. I'm…

Dude - you are hopeless. I'm not going to argue with you. Nothing I say, or link to, or do is going to change your mind. It would be an exercise in futility. My time and energy are way to valuable to spend on the likes of you. Short of you seeing tests of my bladder you aren't going to believe anything. BTW, you might want…

nvmomketo - I tried to PM you twice and MFP keeps dying every time I try to send it. Not sure if it's a glitch right now or what. You can try sending me a PM as a test and I can try to respond. I'm not having issues responding to people writing to me so I'm not sure what's up.

I get this! Many have been there. I think anyone with any disease has had all kinds of stuff thrown at them because it's human nature. If I have learned anything, (and the reason I struggle), is it's best not to say anything unless someone approaches and asks. The hard part is when you see someone doing really poorly and…

No one accused you of "not trying hard enough." Anytime anyone has to have diet restrictions IT IS HARD. We have BTDT for too many years. It doesn't matter if the restrictions are for your reasons (just to try and survive life) or mine (trying to heal the body). Either way, it is difficult. My beef is when people are…

I will PM you. It is not a one size fits all. You are very blessed. I know of only two people who've had their spleen removed that it actually worked for. Often, the liver takes over and starts destroying platelets. I know in Europe they actually test to see if both are destroying the plaetelets before they do a…

Really? 14yrs of IC and I didn't know that's what I had? Everyone that saw me for 14yrs misdiagnosed me? Wow. You think even less of the medical community then I do. You're a *kitten*. Plain and simple. And no, my child's ITP did not go away on it's own. He was refractory to all treatments and they had no hope or plan for…

I don't think anyone was giving medical advice. I think the discussion was whether or not there is merit to fasting for AI's. That's a worthy discussion.

We'll just have to politely agree to disagree. And it is NEVER one thing that does it. Every person is different and everyone (literally) will require different routines and protocols to make it happen. That's part of what makes it so difficult. Medicine likes to do everything *mostly* (note I did not say exactly) the same…

I never told anyone to stop their drugs or just change their diet for their AI's. Sometimes it takes using them for years while the body goes through a healing process. I had to do both for a long time. And yes, type 1 is a different story. I do believe if caught early enough it can be stopped or slowed, but not completely…

It's a fair question to ask given my general stand on medicine and doctors. We attempt to be balanced, which means looking at all sides (and all options - even those that might not be as palatable) and making decisions from there. 1) I do tremendous research when I make a decision to use something medical and I came to…

My beef with the above statement is, it is untrue. We've had two autoimmune diseases in my home and both have been completely healed. Neither with drugs. IC and ITP. It was a long 6yrs but we did it and I have no issue giving full credit to the natural doctors that helped us and the unbelievable amount of work it was to…

In Kuna (10 miles south of Boise).

Yes, most doctors do recommend Miralax. I would recommend looking up the ingredients for yourself and reading them. The actual ingredients. I don't do doctors - ever - unless I have a broken bone. As a holistic practitioner in training, I prefer not to recommend crap to people. You and I will never agree so we should just…