Re: Amy ~Hi Darla

[Guest guest]

I can share with you what I am doing, yes.

I started a blog site, that may be helpful for you to read

the " beginnings " ... of my journey...and then I ended up starting a

board in yahoo called TotalHealth2008.

Blog site is:

http://bodymindspirit-amy.blogspot.com/

When I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in Nov of last year..I freaked

out. I couldn't believe my body was attacking itself. I've been healthy

most of my life, or so I thought. I was diagnosed with hypothyroid

disease about 7 years ago ( I don't know exactly how long)..was happy

at that time to just take the medical doctors advice and do what he

said about meds and such...he put me on synthroid/levoxyl at first..and

my hair fell out, eye brows and eye lashes etc....I went back and got

on Armour.

I went to see a naturopath last Oct. (I think) and she was the one that

did the test for the hashimoto's...I wasn't feeling " well " ...was tired

of seeing my M.D. and getting no where...now she( the naturopath)

diagnosed the Hashimoto's BUT I probably had it a lot longer.

I also began working with a Naturopath in Florida...Dr. Lou..who works

with stage four cancer patients. He is a wellness counselor as well. (

I can share everything he sent me if anyone wants it.) He sent me an e-

mail back and said not only was my thyroid " inflamed " my WHOLE BODY and

SYSTEM were...I had not told him anything about my health but the

Hashinoto's disease, I believe. He wrote back mentioning the MERCURY

posioning from my 4 fillings and that I probably had a Candida

infection...both were true.

I took a mercury forced urine test..my levels were " elevated " ...then I

wanted to back up that test with another way to test for mercury in the

body...so I got a 37 metal test through a hair analysis...that test

showed ( about 2 months after the urine results came in) that I have

almost NO MERCURY in my body now...my Naturopath said she thinks it's

the juice ( mentioned later).

So I began looking at WHY I was sick ( trying to get to a root cause)(

Dr. Lou thought that maybe the mercury settled around my thyroid in the

fat tissue and therefore my body started attacking the mercury but

couldn't tell the difference between my thyroid and the mercury filled

fat around my thyroid)...WHY are a lot of people sick in this country

(US)...when we're one of the most affluent ( sp?) countries in the

world? Why do we have , for the first time in history, children

getting diseases they shouldn't have until in their 60's and 70's. It

just doesn't make sense.

So I learned about FOOD in this country and how it isn't feeding

us...we're actually starving in this country for nutrients( because of

the way in which we grow the food and then pick it GREEN not allowing

the food to rippen on the vine)...about the same time I was diagnosed a

friend of mine, a, introduced me to MonaVie...a juice that even now

Bill and Hillary Clinton are taking ( have you noticed how she doesn't

look as tired as she did 4 months ago??)

I am also on vitamins (Shaklee) and Mannatech ( glyconutrients/plant

sugars to improve my cellular communication)...I'm at the gym atleast 6

times a week...have been going in the morning for an hour of cardio and

in the afternoon for another hour and weight lifting...I'm journaling a

few times a week...I believe in the body, mind, spirit connection..and

in order to balance one you have to balance all three. I realize some

people don't give any creedence ( sp?) to this kind of thinking or

healing...that's ok we all have to find what works for us.

I was on 180 mg of Armour after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's..I

reduced that in half right before Christmas because i was suffering

with a headache and the " jitters " ...the feeling as if I'm plugged into

an outlet...and those are both signs of TOO much medication...so I

trusted my intuition ( body, mind, spirit) to reduce the Armour.

I have now had the headache for a few weeks again, and think the blood

tests yesterday will show I need to reduce the meds again.

I can't tell you exactly WHAT is happening in my body, all I know is

that this juice and the ACAI berry in this juice has an ORAC value of

1027...the ORAC value is the ability of that food to capture FREE

RADICALS and get them out of the body before they do cellular damage.

A blueberry ( depending on wild or low bush) has an ORAC value of 220 (

wild) and somewhere around 60 I think for the low bush. There are 18

other fruits in this juice as well. So it's a powerhouse of

antioxidants.

that's about it...I'll let you know what my blood tests showed...

one day at a time...breath and move forward... :-)

Be well,

~Amy~

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> I am on my way to getting off Armour ( the only medicine I take).

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[Guest guest]

Amy,

Please post your labs when you get them back. I would be interested in

seeing them.

Darla

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> that's about it...I'll let you know what my blood tests showed...

> one day at a time...breath and move forward... :-)

>

> Be well,

> ~Amy~