Re: Re: Doctors?

[Guest guest]

After several years on a GF diet in which I did well, I began having

gastric problems and generally low blood pressure which gets down to

87/48-52. During these drops my legs felt weak, I felt fuzz-brained

and sometimes too tired to get out of bed. I began reacting to more

than 100 foods. My internist didn't help. My naturopath ran stool tests

which predictably showed no gluten problem, but did show low pancreatic

enzyme, & several bacteria including C.Diff & a general overgrowth in

bacteria. They prescribed a ten-day course of Metronidazole to kill off

these bacteria, followed by pro-biotics, pancreatic enzymes, and

Ayurvedic Holy-Basil to regulate the blood pressure. In the past

three weeks, I have been feeling well--really well! No more dragging

around, no more sinking spells and I've been gradually adding back

foods without reactions. (not gluten, but it's a big help)

Am not in bay area and don't have any recommendations, but seeing your

hypotension and gastric problems, I thought my treatment might be of

interest. (Just before my symptoms escalated, I had helped my father

for a month following colon surgery and visited my mother in her

nursing home just before they had a c.diff outbreak--my naturopath

speculates that this might be where I picked up the bacteria in my

gut.)

Anne

On Jan 20, 2006, at 10:36 AM, des1713 wrote:

> Thanks. Yeah, he's my current gastro and I do like him very much as a

> person but I have had some issues with this office over the past 2

> years (another friend who sees him was also given contradicting

> information due to sloppy filing). My situation is that my initial

> blood panel was negative, my first endoscopy elevated t cells (put on

> GF diet) and the second one clean after a year on a GF diet, My

> prometheus gene test was negative. I could deal with a GF diet/ gluten

> intolerant diagnosis but I have other ongoing health problems with

> blood pressure regulation (hypotension) and syncope that statred at

> the same time as the gastric problems and did not improve, and

> actually worsened since starting the diet. I guess I am just wanting

> another read on my case...any GREAT primary care doctors any of you

> see?

>

>

>>>> Hi, I'm looking for a gastro in San Francisco. My current gastro is

>>>> very well known in gluten intolerance but I have some issues

> with the

>>>> way things are run at his office, don't return calls, test results

>>>> lost or missing from my file, I also just want another

>>>> opinion...suggestions?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

[Guest guest]

While the person I see is not a doctor, I have been having great luck with her. I started seeing Flavia Kreis, a Certified Nutritional Consultant in Mt. View, about 3 months ago. I have tons of food allergies and she works on treating digestive imbalances with metabolic and digestive enzymes and then treats and clears the allergies. I was stunned when she eliminated my cat allergy that I have had for years! She uses acupressure and bioenergetics, along with the enzymes and the most knowledgable nutritional information I have ever received.

She is now helping me to diagnose a possible thyroid imbalance that none of the medical doctors I saw identified and offers protocols for autoimmune disorders. I likely have fibromyalgia and am hoping to explore the protocol for that that she has.

If any of you are interested in learning more about what she does, check out the book "The Food Allergy Cure" by Dr. Ellen Cutler or attend her free lecture at East West Books in Mt. View on Thursday Feb 9. She is also doing a workshop that weekend on doing self clearings of allergies, also at East West.

Criss