Guest guest Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 So how do you get an appt. with Dr. Downing??? Is he private..i take it he is outside NHS?? Just Curious...york is nearer for me than London! Fluffy > well finally had my visit to see Dr Downing in York yesterday so reporting > back > > Was an interesting consult and I now don't feel like an overweight, > middle-aged, female hypochondriac. > > he was very surprised my GP hadn't given me a diagnosis of Hashimoto's with > my 'slightly raised antibodies 885 and a chance of perhaps developing > hypothyroid in teh future' (my GP's word's) so gave one himself. He doesn't > think I have a 's problem which I had originally thought and why I had > found him sp that is good but did say because of all my issues I.e candida, > low female hormones, ibs etc it was difficult to know where to start first > as > they were all obviously related ( how great to hear someone finally tell me > this !!!!!) so we are dealing with souping up my adrenals first once they > are in order he can start looking at the Hashimoto's and also check for any > other autoimmune problems I am bound to have given my family history but > doesn't want to bombard my system yet. > > He commended me on teh action of reading and self-medicating and said I had > done very well to get my body to teh functioning state it is now in and it > was a matter of taking it further along. > I am to continue to take the natural adrenal glandulars I have been buying > form teh nutri-centre in london as well as the Thyroid ones (which are > stronger than I thought as 1 tablet is equivalent to 2 grains of armour so > that is good) and he prefers me to be on a natural rather than synthetic > meds which is fab. As my temperature is increasing, hit normal the other > morning for half an hour yaay!!, and I can actually finally feel a pulse > feels they are doing me good will keep on them fro another couple of months > and then do another saliva test to see if there is a change. the big test > this month is that although my period is due any time now I don't have > thyroid foot which ahs crippled me at this time in teh past few months. > I am also increasing to maximum the supplements I have been on which I > thought I could safely do but was one of the reasons I went to see him just > in case I couldn't and adding a couple more (he thought I was probably > magnesium low) > I can post these to the list if anyone is interested in his recommendations. > > I am glad I went despite the cost as I feel I have validated my illness and > what I have been doing the last few months. I'm sure that if I had gone to > see him a year ago then I would have been vastly improved by now but am also > on teh track he would have put me on anyway. It would have been nice to walk > out of there with a quick fix answer but as we all know there isn't one and > at least now I feel I have some support at last even if it did cost me a > fortune. It will be interesting to see how my visit to him compares with my > visit to the NHS endo when he finally deigns to see me > > Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 So how do you get an appt. with Dr. Downing??? Is he private..i take it he is outside NHS?? Just Curious...york is nearer for me than London! Fluffy > well finally had my visit to see Dr Downing in York yesterday so reporting > back > > Was an interesting consult and I now don't feel like an overweight, > middle-aged, female hypochondriac. > > he was very surprised my GP hadn't given me a diagnosis of Hashimoto's with > my 'slightly raised antibodies 885 and a chance of perhaps developing > hypothyroid in teh future' (my GP's word's) so gave one himself. He doesn't > think I have a 's problem which I had originally thought and why I had > found him sp that is good but did say because of all my issues I.e candida, > low female hormones, ibs etc it was difficult to know where to start first > as > they were all obviously related ( how great to hear someone finally tell me > this !!!!!) so we are dealing with souping up my adrenals first once they > are in order he can start looking at the Hashimoto's and also check for any > other autoimmune problems I am bound to have given my family history but > doesn't want to bombard my system yet. > > He commended me on teh action of reading and self-medicating and said I had > done very well to get my body to teh functioning state it is now in and it > was a matter of taking it further along. > I am to continue to take the natural adrenal glandulars I have been buying > form teh nutri-centre in london as well as the Thyroid ones (which are > stronger than I thought as 1 tablet is equivalent to 2 grains of armour so > that is good) and he prefers me to be on a natural rather than synthetic > meds which is fab. As my temperature is increasing, hit normal the other > morning for half an hour yaay!!, and I can actually finally feel a pulse > feels they are doing me good will keep on them fro another couple of months > and then do another saliva test to see if there is a change. the big test > this month is that although my period is due any time now I don't have > thyroid foot which ahs crippled me at this time in teh past few months. > I am also increasing to maximum the supplements I have been on which I > thought I could safely do but was one of the reasons I went to see him just > in case I couldn't and adding a couple more (he thought I was probably > magnesium low) > I can post these to the list if anyone is interested in his recommendations. > > I am glad I went despite the cost as I feel I have validated my illness and > what I have been doing the last few months. I'm sure that if I had gone to > see him a year ago then I would have been vastly improved by now but am also > on teh track he would have put me on anyway. It would have been nice to walk > out of there with a quick fix answer but as we all know there isn't one and > at least now I feel I have some support at last even if it did cost me a > fortune. It will be interesting to see how my visit to him compares with my > visit to the NHS endo when he finally deigns to see me > > Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 This is their website http://www.minotaur.org.uk/webdesign/sites/na/ just phone I only had to wait a week sadly yes he is private cost for first appointment outside london is £120 in london £150 they also have clinics in acouple of other places but York is head office also do phone consults midway between visits to check how things are going Dawn > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:27:47 -0000 > > Subject: Re: visit to top doc uk > > So how do you get an appt. with Dr. Downing??? Is he private..i > take it he is outside NHS?? > Just Curious...York is nearer for me than London! > Fluffy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Dawn, sorry but I think you under a misapprehension about T-Lyph. They are a glandular which is not the same as armour which is desiccated thyroid. Although they are distributed by nutri in Derbyshire, they are actually made by Nutri-West in the US Can someone who is more knowledgeable about glandulars chip in here? They would be allowed to sell them without prescription if they contained T3 This is what the label says: Each tablet contains 130mg thyroid (laboratory tested thyroxin free) Parotid 1mg bovine source. I'm not saying that they are going to do you any good at all but they definitely do not contain 2 grains of armour Lynda visit to top doc uk They are called T-lyph made by nutri in Derbyshire and I get them from the nutri-centre in london (also online) cost 11.60 for 100. I wasn't sure of teh actual strength previously as compared to Armour as I didn't know what teh armour grain-mg ratio was but these contain 130mg of desiccated cow per tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 NP and good luck Dawn Subject: Re: visit to top doc uk Thanks you so much..... Fluffy Ages Of Elegance makers of historical clothing, uniforms and bridalwear http://www.agesofelegance.co.uk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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