Guest guest Posted June 13, 2001 Report Share Posted June 13, 2001 , I don't know the answer to any of your questions, but when he gets home, I'll ask my husband. He may know. I understand the problems with distance and small child, I was so lucky to live in a metro area and find the right person to treat me back then. Now, I think 50% of all the acupuncturists/herbalists in the US are right here in the SF Bay area! What a practice Bart would have if we moved. We have friends elsewhere that wait a month for an appointment. Terry > > Reply-To: graves_support > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:59:47 -0700 > To: <graves_support > > Subject: Re: vaccines > > Hi Terry- > > Thankyou for the info. I don't know if I'd have the will to do that so > often (I would if there was someone up here) because it takes so long to > drive into town. And with a 5 year old (need I say more?). > > I'm also curious if they'd treat a thyroidless person the same way they'd > treat a person with a thyroid. I've read a study where they induced PCOS in > rats by rendering them hypothyroid. The PCOS was reversed once the rats > were euthyroid again. Even though I'm supposed to be " euthyroid " on > replacement meds, I still have many hypothyroid symptoms. I'm beginning to > think that something is blocking my cell's use of thyroid hormone. And I'll > never have a functional thyroid again (unless they start transplanting them) > no matter what I do. It's gone. Do you know if they'd treat people like me > the same way? All this endocrine stuff is tied together and I'm missing a > pretty important part of it. > > I wasn't sure I had PCOS until I had a special ultrasound that positively > showed the cysts (rice krispies is a good analogy). The abdominal > ultrasound had always showed normal-sized ovaries. And I've never had > irregular periods. The lab tests never fit so I had my doubts before. > > Thanks again. You can't discount that Chinese medicine often has beneficial > effects. All medicine started with finding something that worked and > running with it. Heck, with western medicine they'll sometimes find > something that works but don't know why. And then they start using it. > > Take care, > > > > >> , >> >> Sorry to take so long, I've been working non-stop for the last few days > and >> got myself into the exhausted realm briefly. Catering is like that, either >> dead quiet or swamped. Another few weeks and I slow way down again. >> >> Briefly, I was diagnosed by my gyn way back in about 1975, when my oldest >> was 3 years old. I had classic symptoms including sudden facial hair, >> thickening waist, lowering voice, and my period stopped dead. I honestly >> don't remember all the tests they ran, probably blood work I guess, but I >> remember the little drawing she made of an ovary with what looked like > rice >> crispies all over it. I also remember being offered some treatment options >> but I don't remember exactly what they were, only that I was freaked out > and >> immersed in my doctor-phobia, and also at the time, living very >> hand-to-mouth, short-order cooking single mom of a 3 year old, no med >> insurance, and my head in a bad place. I do remember a full year without a >> period. >> >> As I mentioned, I short-order cooked, and did it right in front of the >> counter where customers sat. I did breakfast/lunch shift, and had many >> " regulars " . One who I got to know was an acupuncturist, one of the first > in >> the area, Zeiger. He was initially a pharmacologist, and had a > fairly >> small, new practice as an acupuncturist and herbalist at the time. >> >> I'm sure I was upset enough over all of this that it showed, and I've no >> real memory how we started talking about it--but he decided to treat me, > at >> minimal charge since I had no money. I saw him for 6 months, every 5 days >> for acupuncture and boiled his herbal concoctions and drank them > faithfully. >> The symptoms gradually disappeared, my period came back, and it was gone. >> Gone so completely that the gyn. who had taken over my old one's practice >> and who I still see, didn't believe I ever had PCOS despite all the > records. >> >> Anyway, that's what started me trusting Chinese medicine. While it's not >> perfect, it cured me, it cured my son's horrible asthma, and at this > point, >> it keeps me in far better shape than I imagine I'd be in without it. Hope >> this helps! >> >> Terry > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 There have been a couple of posts about clinical trials and vaccines lately (thank you Donna). I would really love to hear from anyone involved, or knowing of anyone involved in one of these trials. We have been considering such a trial. Thanks, Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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