Here We go again!

I have lost a noticeable amount of weight. The Dr. says I am losing too slow--didn't know there was any such thing. He wants me losing about 5 lbs per week I am losing like 1-2.

I realized today that life the last few years has knocked me down a bit. I have kinda lost my confidence and fell off my band wagon. I haven't been in the least bit interested in my what I call my passions. I have let my studies in natural health and chidbirth just slip away. Not really sure why they have just kinda taken a backseat.

I am now trying to process and re evaluate my interests and dreams and really decide where and how they fit in the big scheme of things.

The good news is that I AM losing weight and people are noticing. It may be a little slow, but it is happening--that is the important part!!

Today I started a diet under the direction of a Dr. in Georgia. He is a Chinese medicine Dr. as well as a gastrointerologist and a research Dr. 

The herbal elixir I have to drink is nasty! But I think over time it will become more palatable. I am on a strict 1000 calorie diet with the elixer taken two or three times a day. The elixer is supposed to speed up the weight loss and curb the hunger in between meals. I am also taking a water pill in the morning and I drink LOTS of water throughout the day. I am hungry but I am pushing through this!! I will lose this weight!!! 

Today I walked 4 miles!! WooHoo!! Hey that's a pretty big deal for me!! I am a little sun damaged from the walk. I bought the nordic walking poles last night  and tried them out today! Pretty amazing gadgets. I felt like they forced me to stand up straighter while I walked. My oldest daughter also tried them out and really liked them, I used them for a mile of the walk she used them the other 3 miles. I think she needs to get her own!

I will try to keep this updated on my journey through this plan! Please feel free to comment and leave words of encouragement--I'll need them!!!

Now What?

I haven't posted in awhile so this will have to be a catch up to the last few months! 

I have been seeing a nurse practitioner that is willing to let me use the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue's protocols to an extent. I started in thyroid medication and feel 100% better!! The last week I went in for an echocardigram because my nurse detected a heart murmur. They found that I have a leaky valve in my heart. Of course this alarms me! I go to see a cardiologist in Aug, so obviously I am not dying since they see that it  is safe to wait that long to see me. The scary part is the idea that fixing the valve means open heart surgery, although I don't know yet if they are going to want to fix it right away or not.

Back in March we went to GA to see my family. My sister told me about a Dr. there in Augusta that uses chinese medicine and has great success with his weightloss patients. Yesterday she called me and said that she had got me information on his fees and things. I called him right away and I am now waiting on my medicine from him (actually it is a tea). He told me (he is a cancer research MD) that the heart murmur will go away as I lose the weight.

So this has gone from a battle with hormones to something a little more! I will be talking to Dr. Li every two weeks so I will work a little harder to keep my blog updated on how it is going and my weightloss. I am going to also track it on facebook and maybe even get the nerve to put up some pictures, but don't expect them until I can show a before and a after.

Another Doctor Another Day

Sometimes I wonder if this is even worth fighting anymore! I found a Nurse Practitioner that is or seems to be willing to work with fibro and fatigue clinic is Fort Worth and she is sending me to an endocrinologist. Butdon't you know that that will take 6 weeks before they can even see me. ARRRGG! My daughter is competeng in a singing competition in March and i was hoping to have at least some idea of something before then maybe even be feeling better, but no I will not have gotten anywhere before we leave. This is all soo frustrating!! Grocery shopping wiped me out the other day--what i that about? So I have decided to turn over everthing I can to the rest of the family and hopefully be rested enough that I will be able to manage the trip to TN in March.

In other news I did learn about an anti inflammatory diet that I am going to look into to see if that may help. I will post an update on what I find out on that!

I found some articles about hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue and thought that I would shar the link here for anyone that is interested.

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/fibromyalgiacfs/a/cfsfibrothyroid.htm

Hopefully someone else can find some use in these.

More trial and error

In the last month I have been on a whirlwind trying to figure out what is going on with my body. I have had some blood work done, but felt like the Dr. was basically apeasing me. The results came back that I was NOT PCOS yeah! but I am insulin resistant and my cholesterol is a little high. This Doctor basically said that my female problems where being caused by my weight issues. Kay?!?! So if I lose weight I will have periods again--hmm--the weightloss is part of the problem!! If I could get the weight off I would!!!

I also visited with the Dr.at the fribromyalgia clinic in Ft. Worth when my friend Sherlynn had an appointment there. I learned alot about the fine details of thyroid and hormone balance adn the importance of testing EVERYTHING to really get a true picture of what is going on. I am now working with a Chiropractor/Homeopthic Doctor to get some more blood work done. We will be testing human growth hormone, thyroid T3, T4, and reverse T3 to see how they working together. We will also be looking at candida growth in my body as well as some nutritional numbers in my results. I have also been told of a nurse practitioner here in Duncan that may be willing to work with me. I need to go pick up the patient application. Yes I have to fill out an application so she can decide if she wants to work with me--crazy huh? I will drop off my application with a caregiver application for her so I can decide if I want to be HER patient. I am afterall paying her for her services.

I am feeling hopeful that I will be getting some sort of answers this time around.