Re: My Blood Test, Day 12 Cycle Six

[Guest guest]

Am I hearing no common sense, OR fear that the test would make the

book unpublishable? Amazing! So we are all THE TEST! We will go down

in history, one way or the other.

> >

> > I think I recall reading the same info in the Schwarzbein books,

> too,

> > but just remember it in more detail from Wiley because of some

> things

> > she said that I found interesting. I read it cover to cover

twice,

> long

> > before I knew it was full of erroneous information. Although some

> of

> > you have explained to me that she basically did the writing, and

> the

> > actual research discussed in the book is from Formby and Taguchi

> and

> > therefore valid. She just put it together. That is why I find it

> > amazing that doctors listened to and took so seriously someone

who

> > basically is a good journalist and nothing more. She had no

> business

> > telling doctors how to do that program. Taguchi should have done

> that!

> > You would think they at least would have expected her to have a

> > Pultitzer Prize, as one of my best friends from college does,

> before

> > they would agree to take her seriously (that is a joke -- and I

> say so

> > because I realize it is hard to know if something is meant as dry

> > humor, or not, in emails all too often)! LOL

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Boy oh boy, this insulin resistance is serious s***t. I don't like

it. ALL of my fat is in my middle. It's disgusting. You can't wear

anything. I have no waistline but blubber hanging over. I was

always a skinny little girl and mortified at what people looked like

that had love handles! I'm being punished now for making fun! I

guess no matter how good you are with supplements, menopause really

kills our bodies. It's frightening.

So are you taking anything to control your blood sugar too? I'm

not taking enough of it because I'm still craving sweets. I need to

get better with the amounts.

And we need to keep up our E levels that's for sure. But when I

feel good, then I start bleeding! Damned uterus and fibroids!

>

> You are right, I did misunderstand or misread. I thought you meant

> you had a three-day period. Thanks for correcting that for me.

>

> I really didn't have problems except for my chin hairs and my body

> shape changing drastically -- weight in my middle!!! UGH!!! And a

> vague sense of a lack of well being that was hard to define.

>

> But those were enough that I wanted to hear what Dr. Morton might

> suggest and depending on what she said, I would do that OR go to

> Diane for a private consultation. You know the rest of the story.

I

> DID keep balanced for years with my own knowledge of diet and

> supplements, and I used Diane's info for a lot of that, but not

jsut

> hers, and through Chinese medicine. But AFTER menopause was when

it

> all seemed to hit me like a bad ton of bricks. Six months into my

> hormone program, I am convinced my problems were hormonal, just

like

> my doctor AND Diane Schwarzbein in her books says. You have to fix

> the hormones FIRST or nothing else will get fixed. The controversy

> begins of course, when figuring out which hormone program to use!

So

> far so good, but if Dr. Morton tells me in July we are doing

> something else, I am open to that. I realize the information is

> changing all the time and I trust her to stay on top of it.

>

> I just checked Schwarz. books and she says insulin resistance can

be

> a symptom of low estradiol levels. Dr. Morton told me if I didn't

go

> on a natural hormone program, in a few years I would weigh 300

pounds

> and be totally insulin resistant, as I was gaining weight since

> menopause and couldn't seem to control my weight like I once did.

She

> did not think, based on our discussion and my tests, that I was

> insulin resistant when I began the program. I don't think I was

> either, but I could see how I was heading in that direction. I no

> longer am. My body is very different than it was six months ago!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, I don't have insulin resistance and don't have cravings. In fact

when I have tried specific supplements, one formula in particular,

designed to control cravings and the insulin response, it gave me

really bad low blood sugar, so I don't need them, apparently.

I am a non-secretor according to blood type theory and a test I took

(I am blood type A, but non-secretors are found among all blood

types) and that means I am in a minority of the population that,

according to the blood type doctor, D'Dadamo, has very fragile

health. I tend to believe his theory has a lot of truth, although not

total truth, LOL (what does?!), in part because his theory about non-

secretors, which he writes about a lot in his books, fits me SO

WELL!! It was like having someone tell me why I have had to work so

hard all my life at taking care of my health.

I think good menopausal supplement programs and diet and/or Chinese

medicine can work well for a lot of women, who generally are

secretors. But non-secretors like me are often the ones for whom a

program that works for everyone else doesn't work! That is the story

of my life! Or I need to do more, use more, stay on something longer

for results, etc. etc., compared to 'normal' folks, meaning the 80-

90% of humans who are secretors.

I worried about this problem, where things don't work well for me

when they do for others, when it came to doing the hormone program

Dr. Morton has me on, but so far so good. I DO feel STRONGLY that if

it weren't for my level of health, based on hard work and discipline

and constant learning, going into the hormone program, I wouldn't

have had the good results I have had with it so far. And I feel I

still am in the early stages. Let's see what a year or two years from

now is like....

And I do know that women who aren't healthy going into menopause are

going to have problems with it, although that doesn't mean they can't

use menopause as a good excuse to start really taking charge of their

health. But you need good people helping you, you cannot do it alone,

we all need a 'team,' people we can trust, even if they don't always

agree with each other.

This list really is helpful in this regard too! We are so lucky to

have each other on this list.

In rhythmicliving , " " wrote:

>

> Boy oh boy, this insulin resistance is serious s***t. I don't like

> it. ALL of my fat is in my middle. It's disgusting. You can't

wear

> anything. I have no waistline but blubber hanging over. I was

> always a skinny little girl and mortified at what people looked

like

> that had love handles! I'm being punished now for making fun! I

> guess no matter how good you are with supplements, menopause really

> kills our bodies. It's frightening.

>

> So are you taking anything to control your blood sugar too? I'm

> not taking enough of it because I'm still craving sweets. I need to

> get better with the amounts.

>

> And we need to keep up our E levels that's for sure. But when I

> feel good, then I start bleeding! Damned uterus and fibroids!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > You are right, I did misunderstand or misread. I thought you

meant

> > you had a three-day period. Thanks for correcting that for me.

> >

> > I really didn't have problems except for my chin hairs and my

body

> > shape changing drastically -- weight in my middle!!! UGH!!! And a

> > vague sense of a lack of well being that was hard to define.

> >

> > But those were enough that I wanted to hear what Dr. Morton might

> > suggest and depending on what she said, I would do that OR go to

> > Diane for a private consultation. You know the rest of the story.

> I

> > DID keep balanced for years with my own knowledge of diet and

> > supplements, and I used Diane's info for a lot of that, but not

> jsut

> > hers, and through Chinese medicine. But AFTER menopause was when

> it

> > all seemed to hit me like a bad ton of bricks. Six months into my

> > hormone program, I am convinced my problems were hormonal, just

> like

> > my doctor AND Diane Schwarzbein in her books says. You have to

fix

> > the hormones FIRST or nothing else will get fixed. The

controversy

> > begins of course, when figuring out which hormone program to use!

> So

> > far so good, but if Dr. Morton tells me in July we are doing

> > something else, I am open to that. I realize the information is

> > changing all the time and I trust her to stay on top of it.

> >

> > I just checked Schwarz. books and she says insulin resistance can

> be

> > a symptom of low estradiol levels. Dr. Morton told me if I didn't

> go

> > on a natural hormone program, in a few years I would weigh 300

> pounds

> > and be totally insulin resistant, as I was gaining weight since

> > menopause and couldn't seem to control my weight like I once did.

> She

> > did not think, based on our discussion and my tests, that I was

> > insulin resistant when I began the program. I don't think I was

> > either, but I could see how I was heading in that direction. I no

> > longer am. My body is very different than it was six months ago!

> >

> >

> >

>