Any/All Docs who prescribe HC in Texas..

March 18, 2010

I haven't posted about this doc yet because she hasn't actually prescribed

anything for me yet, but I think Dr. Ridley in the DFW area is a

good bet. I've seen her once and she talked to me for almost 2 hours,

explaining how the different hormones all work together and drawing me

pictures. She came across as very intelligent and knew what she was talking

about. It was comforting after 25 years of synthroid and docs telling me

I'm fine, when I'm obviously not. What she told me was pretty similar to

what you guys have reported - that all of my hormones are probably

completely screwed up. She said my adrenals are probably fried, and because

my problems started at puberty my sex hormones are most likely a mess. She

had me do all kinds of labs (I'll post those when I get them) and I go back

to see her on the 29th. She is a gyno, but specializes in thyroid. She

even went on a small rant about Big Pharma and the medical profession. She

was appropriately disgusted that I haven't once had a doc suggest trying

something besides synthroid. She was very interested in what caused my

problem in the first place, which I haven't even had anyone ask about. She

said that she wanted to see all the labs so that she could get the big

picture of everything that is going on with me, but that she doesn't treat

by the numbers. I think she wanted to get a baseline before prescribing

anything, but indicated that she would prescribe natural thyroid and any/all

other hormones that I need to get fixed. She wasn't terribly expensive

either, she charged my co-pay +$100 for the first visit, the follow up will

be my co-pay + $40. The extra covers her time that the insurance won't. I

feel very confident that she will help me and be easy to work with.

I'll post more after my next visit.

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