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w it’s difficult. You are scared. So many people have made promises that were never kept. Doctors told you that all you had to do was take the little pill, and it would all be fine. But it’s never been fine since. And someone comes along and tells you they can change all of that. You want to believe him, but you are afraid. How do you know what he is saying is right? Didn’t all the other ones promise they were also right? Sigh…. That’s what I read every day.
I belong to a million forums on thyroid disease and Hashimoto’s. I read these posts all the time. I read where some person posts asking for help. I want to call out to the person. People keep telling you to try different things. They give you list of advice on what works and what doesn’t. You sit there asking yourself, do I have one more try left in me? Is there anything left in me that has any hope? So you do try. You run to the store, you buy the book. You read it, you run to the grocery store, get stocked….. But in three weeks, it will end up the same. Disappointed….nothing changed…. And then you are back to the forum. The cycle is like a little gerbil on a wheel. Run, run faster, get exhausted, and you have gone no where.
I was reading a forum today and watched it again. Some poor woman who is at the end of her rope. She posts in a forum looking for help and I am cringing reading. Try drinking apple cider vinegar, you need to add in massive exercise, cut the gluten, buy these pills, try a new workout….. The list is endless…. Try weight watchers, that works……no, Atkins works….. No, Beachbody is the way to go….And my heart breaks for her. That was ME. That was sooooooooo me.
I kept reading and the original poster went on to say she had tried all that. Yup…. been there. It reminds me of when you are in a group and you say, I am having this problem with my foot. People start telling you ideas of what they had and what they did. Finally, one day they get so tired of it, they pick up the phone and call their doctor. HELLO!!!! Sometimes that is exactly what you need! An expert!
I have collections of those books. Not a single one of those things was ever going to work for me. I tried everyone’s great ideas. I have spent more money on copays and books and programs, indecent amounts of money.
I mean no offense to people how have been successful with others who tried a program and were successful, but I needed someone more than a coach who had been on a diet before me. It isn’t enough to me that a person thinks they are an expert in nutrition. I needed someone who actually was, who was going to make an entire life change for me. And I needed someone who was an educated expert in this field. It had to be someone who had not just lost weight on their own but someone who was truly a doctor, a pro. I needed solid medical advice. Nothing was working and I was tired of people telling me that they had all the answers, when they only had THEIR answer. Not my answer.
Dr. Jack is my answer. I have waited more than twenty five years for him. He is not someone who just lost a few pounds on a good diet. He is a doctor who has done extensive research and who is constantly educating himself on the ways to help his patients. That’s what I needed. I needed a pro. I needed to ask a question and not just have someone guess as to what I could try. I needed solid, proven advice. I needed my emails answered with definitive answers, not just, “Why not cut out a few carbs and let’s see how that goes?” And that is exactly what I got. Proven answers, almost immediately. Scientifically proven results. I had to do my part and it would all be fine. More than seventy pounds off someone who couldn’t lose six in six months? I am thinking he is absolutely the expert I needed so badly.
I try to answer people in those forums. I direct them to Dr. Jack’s site and I offer my email to talk. Some do and others don’t. That is their choice. I don’t push. I share my story, the ongoing story of my journey. It use to be a dark story, but now it is all flowers and sunshine.
I just wish, sometimes, I could save others the agony that’s coming. I know how low you can get with this disease. You lose yourself in it. YOu lose your hope and your faith that there is an answer somewhere. It can be so bad that when the answer comes along, you are scared to death to believe him.
I am so glad my heart wouldn’t let me do that. I am thankful everyday that I listened to that little voice inside that kept repeating, “One more try.” Every single day…… I am grateful that Dr. Jack saved me.