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When I heard of Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome Treatment Center I was, for the first time in many years, optimistic
that someone might have discovered the key to helping me feel like life
was worth living. I was frustrated. Here I was, a registered nurse with
some record of success in helping others to get well and I couldn't find
a way to get help for myself. The morning "ache all over feeling,"
headaches, more and more pronounced fatigue and trouble focusing lasted
longer and longer each day and now encompassed most days. I was difficult
to arouse by my door bell, telephone, or any outside stimuli. The increasing
signs that my body wasn't functioning well (increased infections, skin
problems, neurological problems, mental problems) were evident. It seemed
to me that something was terribly wrong with my metabolism, but no physician
could find a test to substantiate that, and I was becoming depressed.
I had no doubt that my primary physician and the other specialists in
a large clinic in Wisconsin were competent. I was afforded all the lab
tests and evaluations they knew to pursue.
When the dermatologist
suggested a psychological basis and the psychologist whom I had personally
known agreed, it still seemed physiological, I felt cornered. I knew I
practiced the best of health habits. Those I practiced worked well for
my public health nursing clients, but they didn't help me. Still, I knew
somewhere there was a physician, who could find the key, so that when
I learned of Dr. Wilson I saw hope.
Still I arrived at
Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome Treatment Center with a fair amount of skepticism. His
explanation of Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome made sense and his explanation of its
cause and the way it could be corrected sounded promising. About everything
he described I found to be true. I was amazed to find my average body
temperature was so much below normal. I was likewise amazed when my troublesome
symptoms decreased as my average temperature increased. I was so prepared
not to believe what I heard that I couldn't accept at first that I felt
much better within a week after I started the treatment plan. When I continued
to feel better, when my friends commented on how much better I seemed,
and when I found myself about to take on more activities and enjoyed them,
I was convinced the course of treatment was working for me.
My problem did seem
to start over 10 years ago. I had changed nursing positions, was taking
university classes, and recovering from alcohol addiction. Additionally,
we started to build a new house "hammer and nails." We were
preparing for our daughter's wedding and I was asked to run for a local
elected office, which I did. When my elderly mother became unable to care
for herself and came to live with us, and this necessitated my taking
over also more of her business and the farm business, I began to feel
constantly fatigued and achy. Reasoning that I was spread too thin, I
cut out my job and classes, which helped a little.
A few years later my
elected official position increased in demands with more committee responsibilities
and statewide organizations; and my mother-in-law, no longer able to care
for herself, came to live with us for a while. I became more tired, achy,
had more difficulty focusing on arising, and then new health problems
came (Bell's palsy, shingles, sinus and dental infections, which did not
respond well to treatment, atypical skin problems, and increased irritability).
I was able to cope because I organized so as to use the time when I felt
good effectively, and I had the support of many good friends and colleagues.
When my husband retired
about 3 years back, I found organizing much more difficult, especially
when I was trying to sandwich in escalating family farm operations in
another state in between my own elected office responsibilities, and at
the same time get our house ready for sale, seek a new house in another
state, and get ready to move. My symptoms were becoming so pronounced
that by the time we moved, I often had trouble being aroused in the morning.
When I did get up, I felt terrible most of the time.
After we moved, my
system seemed to go down and stay down. I overslept often. I ached so
much and was so tired I didn't enjoy doing anything. I was frightened
and a little depressed and had 23 of the some 30 problems sometimes seen
in Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome when happily I heard about Dr. Wilson. I wish I had
heard about Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome treatment earlier because I was becoming
so frustrated and angry with my family for their "parameddling"
suggestions which didn't help, and their lack of sympathy, that our relations
have become severely strained. While I do need to and have the strength
to work these feelings through, I'm not sure I will ever have a close
relationship with some of them again. But the important thing is that
I feel so much better that I can get involved with fun activities with
friends. Many of my friends and colleagues, now that I have been open
about my successful treatment, have shared that they, a family member
or a friend, have suffered similar mysterious symptoms and have asked
for more information about Wilson's [Thyroid] Syndrome. I am glad to give them the
information and recommend Dr. Wilson. I hope they too can get help because
"walking through life with what seems to be the weight of the world
on your shoulders is not really living at all."
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