Naturopathic doctors appointment.

I've seen more doctors than I can count on my fingers and toes. Doctors who seem to know what they are talking about, and doctors who obviously cheated on their MCATs. I spent a few years with a great one in Orlando, Dr. Ashley Hill. He is an Endo specialist to some degree and offered me a great deal of pain relief. But, like other doctors, he could only take me so far. The past couple of months have been rather painful. Periods are progressively getting worse, I'm exhausted after 10 hours of sleep, and as hard as I try, I cannot seem to lose weight.

Conventional doctors are often very set in their ways. They have tunnel vision. I've walked into doctors offices doubled over in pain begging for another laparoscopy because I KNOW there is something wrong, and these "drs" send me off with more painkiller than I ever need. (It's no wonder why or how this country has such a high dependency on drugs. We give them out like candy.) So, I decided recently to take an unconventional route of medical treatment and go natural.

Dr. Marlene Lepore is a Naturopathic Doctor here in South Florida. She uses Bio Meridian as a way to "diagnose." Now, I write "diagnose" for a reason, as Dr. Lepore isn't really "diagnosing" anything. Rather, is she finding the reason behind a problem. Bio Meridian uses your acupuncture medridian system to discover any imbalance in each organ. For instance, Dr Lepore used a probe (no needles, I promise!) on the ends of my fingers and toes, as well as on my hand to find readings on what organs are stressed, or what imbalances/impurities I have in my body. Let me just say this, for about three years now I've been in and out of doctors offices asking if my thyroid is normal. Thyroid issues run in my family and I have every telltale sign that it's off. Ok, sometimes that doesn't necessarily mean anything, but I've have my blood taken over four times for my thyroid and it always came up in the "normal" range. Dr. Lepore tested my thyroid with Bio Meridian and low-and-behold my thyroid was totally out of whack! She also discovered I'm severally hypoglycemic and that my adrenal glandes are very inflammed from stress. Sitting there and talking to her gave me more clarity than I have ever had. Lightblubs started to go off, "Oh! So that's why this is happening," and, "Ah! That's why I feel like that." She finally did diagnose me with PCOS, as my FSH was disgustingly low. I knew I wasn't ovulation! God, I love this woman, and I love her more for telling me she can fix it!

After about an hour of all this fun self discovering stuff, Dr. Lepore gave me a bag load of natural supplements to take home. See, this is the difference... natural doctors find out exactly where the problem in stemming from and treat it directly. Conventional doctors diagnose, write a 'script that simply masks the problem and send you on your way - for the most part, anyhow.

I'm excited to start my new treatments. I have a follow-up appointment in four weeks, which will allow Dr. Lepore to see which supplements I need to continue taking and which ones I can stop. This is the first time that I left a doctors appointment feeling better then when I walked in! :D