Dr. Jack is not covered by insurance for this aspect of his practice. How crazy is that? But that’s not his fault, that’s the insurance company’s fault. Here is a man who took me, the Hashimoto Poster girl, who had every symptom imaginable and got rid of every one and helped me lose over seventy pounds so far. And he gets none of my insurance money. But if I went to my regular doctor who had to prescribe medication to alleviate one symptom, the doctor and the blood work company, and even the pharmacy are covered? What!? That makes no sense!!
That’s a crazy thing when you think about it! And what’s worse is when I start adding up the money I have spent on things that didn’t work, I could cry. So the six months I tried Weight Watchers where I gained ten pounds, the library of diet books I owned? Atkins, South Beach, Sugar Busters, GAPS, DASH, Mediterranean, Paleo, Zone, Whole 30, Spark people, how long should I go on…..
How about the exercise videos I tried? I could rent them out I have so many. Or the time I went to the Hypnosis place to see if they could help me, gosh I almost forgot that! I have a whole collection of self hypnosis cd’s.
Know what else is expensive? The countless dollars I spent in co pays!! The constant blood tests, office visits, scans, more blood tests, the endless cycles. Synthroid is a top tier drug, not cheap even with copay not cheap. Neither was all the medication I took to alleviate what came with this disease.
Then there was the library of Hashimoto Diet books, the books on hypothyroidism, the supposed books that would cure it but left me nothing but less cash. There were the authors I wrote to, the endless parade of endocrinologists, all of that is expensive.
You know what was really expensive? What ALL of that did to my self esteem. What about the years of good health I missed out on? What about all those times I felt so bad about myself? Can I put a price tag on any of that? And if I could what did that cost me? What about the psychological damage that I paid with? Is any of that ever going to be compensated? Nope…. That came with a HUGE price tag.
All I know is I was desperate for a cure….. And I was lucky enough to have found it. I am eternally grateful to him, every single day of this whole thing. This has been the most profound experience I have had in years. When people say “life changing?” This experience is its definition!
Is his program expensive? Comparatively to ALL that?? Not to me. I guess it all boils down to how desperate are you? I know that for what I paid? Dr. Jack got the short end of that deal. I have access to care all day, every day. I am never left to figure it out on my own. So the choice was easy for me. Keep spending a few hundred each place? Or invest one time and get better. Best money I have ever spent!