Dear Chris,
…….. You have to trust me.
Dr. Jack
I can’t count the number of times that Dr. Jack has had to say that to me, probably more than he thought he would. Trust is hard for some people, really hard for me. But, in life, you have to be brave. Sometimes, you have to take a massive step and just go for something that seems so totally out of your reach that you don’t have a prayer of ever getting it. Skip the brass ring and go right for the gold, no matter if you have to crawl there to get it.
Trust me….. that was a tough one….. I have been sitting here today, in my thinking spot, pondering lots of things. I have had a lot of people contacting me, through Facebook, emailing me, talking to me about the program I am on with Dr. Jack.
I started thinking back to when I found him online and contacted him in total fear that he, too, would be unable to help. At the time, I knew nothing about him or his program. I went on faith, on a gut reaction to what he was telling me. I had heard what he said on his webinar, analyzed it all, listened to what he was about when we talked, and then I went on faith, that what he was saying was both true and that he could change what was going on for me. Did I trust him from the beginning? Partially….. I believed what he was saying, but I had to learn to trust him. I learned really quickly that I was right in following that instinct, and I give myself a whole lot of credit for being that brave.
Trust me…..I think it is different for me than a lot of people. I was beyond desperate for help. I had tried absolutely everything there was to try, including starvation. I had run out of options. I had run out of diets, I had run out of people to ask about helping me. But I had also run out of steam to just keep going on as I was. I seriously was the most symptomatic Hashimoto patient I knew. And the most desperate. Some people have a few symptoms. I had ALL of them.
When I found him, I was so beat down, it seemed like there was no hope to EVER recover from this. I had years of failure behind me, years of exhaustion from trying EVERYTHING there was to try. I walked in to this thinking that if he could cure half of my symptoms it would be good and if I just lost forty pounds, at least I would feel better. That was the best I could hope for. I remember him asking me, why are you shooting for just that. I had no idea that those were such minimal expectations where this program was concerned.
Trust me….. how many times I heard him say that to me. “You have to trust me, Chris.” It was a challenge in the beginning to trust anyone. I had been down this ugly road so much, I didn’t need a road map. I could crawl my way through in the dark with no help. It had been filled with disappointment and failure. It was filled with people rolling their eyes at me, telling me all about what I did wrong.
But from the first day, this road was different. In three or four days, I just started feeling a little better. In a week, I noticed a marked difference. In two, more noticeable. In a month, a lot, in two months, TONS. Three months? Symptoms gone.
Trust me….. this involved changing a lot of things. I work two jobs, finding time to make nutritious meals would be a challenge. Finding time to do important things to help my health might be difficult. But, I found time and I made the plans I needed to because to be totally honest, I was soooooooooooooooooo sick of feeling awful all the time. I was so tired of putting in a ton of effort to make others around me feel like I was okay when I was so far from okay, it was ridiculous.
Trust me…. I think the longer you have Hashimoto’s the harder it is to believe those words. You get so caught up in your symptoms, and your are so tired of everyone just telling you it goes with this disease that you lose your ability to trust anyone. After all, what makes his program different? But that is the thing I wish I could help people to see. It IS different. And it does get results. If he can take someone who is massively symptomatic and change them completely in four months, what can he do when you are moderately symptomatic? What about those that are mildly symptomatic?
Trust me….. I had heard those words when I got diagnosed with hypothyroidism and then Hashimoto’s years and years ago. “This is the easiest disease to treat! You just take this little pill every day for the rest of your life and everything is fine.” Biggest lie I was ever told This crazy disease has stages. First, you just accept it, and you believe the hype that you just take the little pill and all is well. It doesn’t take long for you to figure out this monster will rear his ugly head at the worst moments and with the craziest symptoms. You complain about them, but the answers are always the same, “Trust me, this goes with your thyroid disease.”
So when Dr. Jack has said to me, “Trust me,” it wasn’t easy at first to believe that.
Trust me…. I sat here today thinking to myself, that I have never quite given myself enough credit! I was truly brave going into this. I made the biggest move of my life. I used to think my stubborn streak was my worst quality, but I have realized that it is one of my best. If I had not been so all fired stubborn, would I have even tried? Probably not.
And if I hadn’t given him 110% cooperation, would I feel this great today? Definitely not. If I hadn’t gone into this both feet and up to my eyes in what were doing, would I be here today? Absolutely not. No one has to suffer from the symptoms that go with Hashimoto’s if you don’t want to anymore. But you have to make the commitment to yourself. If you don’t, who will?
Trust me………..