Digest
Hi O’s,
Thanks for all the suggestions on calcium and milk substitutions. I
really think I’ve finally found the best diet for me, after years of trying
mostly vegetarian or semi/vegetarian diets. Every day I feel better. If
only I had found this in my twenties!
I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the North American Pharmacal
supplements. ARA 6? That one sounds good for the immune system. And I’m
not sure if Bladderwrack would do me any good, since I don’t have a thyroid.
In my twenties, I had hypothyroid, and then when I was 32, I had Grave’s
disease (hyperthyroid). I’m on total T4 rplacement. Went into early menopause
after that. Sherry, wanted to tell you I’m on natural hormone replacement.
Have you ever heard of Dr. Jonathan Wright? He is a pioneer in this area,
wrote a book called “Natural Hormone Replacement”, you can get it through
your library. I have read a lot about wild yam creams, and they don’t do too
much for you. Women need the progesterone USP. Have you ever read Dr. John
Lee’s book? It is all about natural progesterone. Since I have been on
natural HRT (which I get prescribed from a compounding pharmacy), I feel
hormonally like a twenty year old, but no periods or PMS!! Also, my skin is
much better.
I am wondering too about where you get Pharma Mag. And what elemental
means. I found a calcium recently I like that is called CalMax. They
advertise it on TV, but you can get it over the web for half the cost. Also,
someone mentioned getting your vitamin D from the sun, but I live in northern
Ohio, and that’s impossible most of the year. (Hope to be moving to Florida
in the next two years!)
Melissa
June 19th, 2003 at 7:32 am
Sherry McCartney,
I know that micronized natural progesterone (derived from soybeans) is
available from ob-gyns in the USA. I had a problem recently where I bled for
a month, and my ob-gyn informed me of this option. However, I got the
bleeding to stop and did not pursue it. I use wild yam and chaste berry
capsules regularly and tinctures of the same on occasion, along with Yarrow
tincture to keep my situation under control. I hope you find something that
works. Surely there might be homeopathic remedies that can help.
Menstruating every two weeks is no fun. It could be a sign that you’re not
ovulating.
Kathleen