Hi ,its me marg

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Thanks for answering me. First of all medicare will not cover

holostic,natural medicine or nutritionists. I did find an md who

also practiced integrative medicine in land and all she seemed

to be interested in was my mental health. Most doctors don't even

believe in hypo and the new doctor I see in Virginia now doesn't

treat hypo and neither did the one I use to go to. Hypo also is

controlled by diet and everyone has to so call experiment as no two

hypos tollerate the same foods. It took me a while to see what foods

I could tollerate as a hypo and now I have to omitt wheat which on

my hypo diet was accepted but I found a receipe for bread that is

good and is gluten free and casein free and for sugar I use splenda

which works in my portable oven. I eat all meats where animals are

grass fed and I can have baked white and sweet potatoes, all

vegetables ,both fresh and I usually buy frozen too. I can have

popsicles with splenda and I watch what oils and margarines I use

and eat mostly egg beaters. I too have sunflower seed nut butter for

a snack and can't have cheese which before I could but its hard to

find foods without gluten,casein but thats life.Sometimes I get

discouraged and cheat but pay for it. Its the same with hypo. I have

been to nutritionists for my hypo and tried their sugestions which

didn't work as I had to see what my body could tollerate. I can only

eat certain fruits because of hypo and its hard also to find a

nutritionists that knows anything about hypo. One told me I could

take a certain calcium and it had 5 gms of sugar in it and that I

can't have. I paid her 100 dollars an hour for mis information. I am

going to see an endocrinologists sept 9th and see what he saids

about hypo and thyroid and many other problems. I hope hes good and

was highly recommended to see him. The internest I go to now seems

good but doesn't treat hypo and thats one of the reasons hes sending

me to an endocrinologists. He also thinks I have a para thyroid

problem. I have so many problems with my health like heart

trouble,neuropathy,hypo,gerd,severe arthritis,ulcers and many more

which I really don't think a holostic or naturopath can treat all my

health problems. I showed the internest the report from entero lab

and he said that gluten or celiac is diagnosed by biopsy and I have

had 2 EGDs and was biopsied and they came back ok but the internest

said it wouldn't hurt to try a gluten,casein free diet but its very

difficult as there is gluten in everything and hes right but I still

am trying. I think my constipation is getting better although I

still take MOM. I'm 72 years old and have lived a good life until my

mouth problems started and I still think it was the guard.To find an

md with experience in nutrition and natural medicine I would have to

travel for hours and its hard with my arthritis,so I will try the

gluten,casein free as best as I can and I know it can take years. my

husband and I try to check everything I eat for gluten,casein and

things that I can't have on my hypo diet and that the best we can

do. my mouth still burns most always and gets sore and sometimes I

get an ulcer which goes away in a few days. I do the best I can and

my arthriris is getting worse and its not from diet. I have osteo

and degenerative arthritis which is caused by wear and tear on bones

thru the years and i did hard heavy work in the operating room,where

I lifted too much weight for so many years. Your much younger than I

and its hard for you and probably will take years and I've read that

sometimes it may never get resolved. By the way did you ever get

your cabbage probiotic made. I gave up as I read it can also be a

problem as it has to be made correctly or it can be a problem for

ones health. Take care and let me hear from you. sorry for the long

letter. best marg