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@pichulita
I don’t know how my message doubled it’s self….. But THANK YOU for your response! It seems all the Drs I have seen don’t know what to do and they don’t know what to do. I was diagnosed in 2022 and Dr seems to hardly understand…..
Before the MC suddenly hit in August 2022 I am THANKFUL I had put on some extra weight. I have lost 55 pounds and I pray I don’t loose any more. If I do…. I suspect I will be in the hospital and little they will know to do or possibly that might be the only way I will get nutrition help. It’s hard to thrive when we lack nutrients that are obvious to everyone aside the Drs we see.
And most are hard to get an appointment with. I tried an appointment with the Mayo Clinic but was denied as my insurance is out of network…..
Good luck to you. You found hope….. surely I will too.
Sincerely
Teresa
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Good luck to you too, Teresa. BTW, my name is Gracia. Sending you a warm hug
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Something you need to know is that insurances do not usually cover functional doctors, but functional doctors get to the bottom of what's causing illnesses by doing a lot of testing.
I was doing well and then a flare up reared it's ugly head right after Mother's Day. I panicked, but my wonderful husband and daughter talked me down and kept telling me it was just a slight blip and I would be fine. They were right.
I think what might be helping me is that I take a shake every morning w/the following:
non dairy yogurt, homemade kefir, sourghum flour, chia seeds, collagen peptides, a little kombucha and a couple of powdered supplements from my functional doctor.
I also take 112.5 billion Visbiome probiotic daily and 150 billion Akkermansia every other day.
This may sound kooky but I have a medical intuitive who is very good and she told me that my body was very deficient in cell salts and trace minerals and told me which ones to get. (it's important to get the right ones) My functional med doc agreed.
If you want something to help calm you, you may want to look into Brain Md Happy Saffron Plus which is put out by a very well respected neuroscientist. It's proven to be as good as an anti depressant for some people. The dosage is 3 a day but since I"m very sensitive to supplements and meds, I take 2 a day and it helps (along w/2 antidepressants.....the MC led me down a horrific hole and I ended up w/PTSD).
I don't eat any processed foods or dairy and maintain a very low sugar count daily. Another biggie for a lot of people (and they probably don't know it) is that they may be sensitive to gluten. I stopped gluten about 8 years ago and it was much, much better. I rarely miss it anymore. Gluten can be very poisonous to some people. If you eat gluten and sugar, try getting off of them for 2-3 weeks and see how you feel.
Thank you for responding to my post....so comforting that I'm living w/MC with a whole lot of other people.
Have a wonderful day!