So we visited the chiropractic doc on Monday. No big surprise, she is having us take him completely gluten and dairy free! She explained a bunch of stuff that I can't explain but basically it boils down the fact that a thyroid doesn't function all by itself. It is only one piece of an entire system, and all of the signs are pointing to his system being all messed up.
It has been a hard week for me because I have been a cooking fool! There is a lot that goes into cooking when you are gluten and dairy free! And it is expensive. I'm buying almost no pre-prepared foods. I'm making it all from scratch using replacements like Almond Flour and Coconut oil, and grapeseed oil. I have 2 awesome cookbooks, The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook and the Spunky Coconut. So far everything has been great. And best of all, he is actually eating all of it! I never expected that!
On a different note, sort of....we had a meeting at his school yesterday as things are not going well. Turns out the Intuniv all by itself is NOT helping him focus at all. AND...I discovered that I had made a mistake and the doc had wanted me to give him the Intuniv IN ADDITION to the Focalin. So I have begrudgenly made the decision to put him back on the Focalin.
The goal is to get somewhere healthy with this diet. In the meantime, he has to be able to survive at school and that is not happening in ANY way right now!
Wish us luck!
Friday, January 22, 2010
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Comment to Jeanine - I tried to post your comment but I think something happened. His T3 and T4 were tested and they were both normal.
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