Bye Bye Dairy

So we left the doctor with a bag of supplements, blood draw orders, and a plan for G’s new diet.  The run down: Non Fasting Labs: CBC, C  reactive protein, celiac serology, Vitamin D level, Red blood cell elements. Fasting Labs: chemistry panel, fatty acid profile, carnitine profile, Plasma amino acids, SAGE food allergy testing. [...]

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The Day Has Come…Our Naturopathic MD

I knew that this was not covered by insurance and I knew it would be expensive. But what I didn’t know was how much this was going to be worth to G.  This was a scary appointment to arrive to, I don’t know why but it just was for me.  I was anxious and nervous. Dr. S welcomed [...]

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Research, Research, Research

One thing that I learned from the specialist was that many of her patients had excellent results from the Feingold Diet and I had never heard of this diet. So the Google search begins. As everyone knows, Google opens so many doors it can be overwhelming. So I settled on a book by Dr. Kenneth Bock, [...]

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The Specialist

So just a recap on how the diagnosis went down on January 31st.  The doctor starts the appointment with gross motor skills tests. Asking G to hop, skip and do a jumping jack, all of which he can’t do very well and it is actually quite awkward.  I immediately felt like a failed mother for [...]

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