So, I had an appointment with Victoria on Wednesday. She said that I looked good. I told her that things have definitely improved a lot since October although I still feel that I am not out of the woods entirely. I told her that I had emailed Dr. Ellis last week the following:
Hi Dr. Ellis,
I [...]
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Today was my first hair appointment of 2010! I got to see Stan (my colorist) and that is always so great. We decided that 2010 is going to be a fabulous year! He looked like he was glowing so I asked him if he was seeing anyone and he said, “No, I quit smoking on Dec. [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 01.12.2010 at 6:15 pm// Tagged: good karma, hair , Alanis Morissette, Crush It, hair, hair loss, Rumi, The Guest House
My amino acid powder arrived around December 21st. I started taking it immediately. Dr. Ellis told me that I should take it with juice and not water because it didn’t taste very good alone. She wasn’t kidding. I didn’t have any juice at first so I just mixed it with water and it was nasty! [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 01.08.2010 at 9:28 pm// Tagged: good karma, hair, supplements , amino acid powder, biotin, Dr. Ellis, flip cup, hair loss, snowboarding
My thyroid blood test panel came back November 19th. Victoria told me that nothing looked totally off except my Reverse T3. It was high. She told me to look up Wilson’s Syndrome (not Wilson’s Disease). Here is what I found on the Internet:
If you have a body temperature of less than 98.6 F. and some [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 12.09.2009 at 10:25 pm// Tagged: hair , amino acid, blood test, body temperature, cold hands, cold intolerance, Dr. Ellis, dry eyes, dry hair, food intolerances, gluten free, hair loss, inactive thyroid hormone, Isoleucine, Living Gluten Free For Dummies, Lysine, muscular/joint aches, Progesterone, Reverse T3, ringing in the ears, Roots, RT3, T3, T4, The Gluten Connection, thyroid, tinnitus, unhealthy nails, Urea, Whole Foods, Wilson's Disease, Wilson's Syndrome
I took the 24-hour urine test on October 1st and sent it off to Meridian Valley Labs. It wasn’t until the middle of October that I actually started noticing a difference in the rate at which my hair was falling out. For the first time in 10 months my hair loss actually slowed down… a lot.
I had [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 11.30.2009 at 10:36 pm// Tagged: hair , 24-hour urine test, amino acid, amino acid IV infusions, Basal Body Temperature, birth control pills, Dr. Ellis, essential amino acids, fasting plasma amino acid test, Gastracid, gluten allergy, gluten allergy test, gluten intolerance, hair, hair loss, hypothyroid, hypothyroidism, Living Gluten Free For Dummies, Low progesterone, Meridian Valley Labs, Progesterone, protein, Spectra Cell, stomach acid, thyroid, thyroid panel blood test, villi
I had another appointment with Victoria on August 10th. We discussed all the Xymogen supplements that I was taking and she put me on a couple more. By this time I was taking, Methyl Protect (folic acid, B-12, B-6), Glutaloemine (to repair tissue – digestion/absorption), IgG 2000 DF powder (to reduce G.I. inflammation and for [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 11.24.2009 at 10:19 pm// Tagged: food, hair, supplements , Adrenal Essence, adrenal support, ALAmax, ALAmax CR, amino acid, antioxidant, B complex, B-12, B-6, Betaine Hydrochloride, Beyond Essential Fats, bioidentical estrogen, Brazil nuts, Breakthrough, Coenzyme Q-10, CoQmax CF, DHEA, Dr. Wright, estrogen, folic acid, Gastracid, Glutaloemine, Glutamic Acid, glutamine, hair loss, hormones, hydrochloric acid, IgG 2000 DF powder, immune support, inositol, joint pain, low hydrochloric acid, low stomach acid, low thyroid, Meridian Valley, Methyl Protect, micro-nutrient, micronutrients, Mozyme, MSM, nightshades, Pepsin, Probiodefense, Regenemax, Resveratin, seaweed, selenium, sex hormone loss, Spectracell Laboratories, Spectrox, stomach acid, Suzanne Somers', thyroid, vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Vitamin D 5, Xymogen, Zinc Glycinate
Victoria’s introduction letter states, “I believe that our health is determined not only by our genetics, but also by the environment in which we live. While we cannot change our genetics, we can significantly reduce our exposures to toxins in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. In so [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 11.10.2009 at 10:37 pm// Tagged: hair , Basal Body Temperature, cayenne, cleanse, hair loss, hormone, iodine, Iodoral, joint pain, joints, nightshades, Ryan Drum, sea vegetables, seaweed, shower filter, supplements, thyroid, thyroid deficiency, toxin, ulcerative colitis, Vitamin D, Xymogen, Zinc, Zinc deficiency
July… and still my hair was falling out non-stop everywhere. I had stopped smiling months ago – now I could hardly get through the day without spilling my miserableness over everyone. I called Dr. Wright’s office and explained to the woman who answered the phone that my hair was falling out. I could hardly get through [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 11.09.2009 at 10:12 pm// Tagged: hair , accupuncture, B12, cayenne pepper, Dr. Bloem, Dr. Ellis, Dr. Jonathan Wright, Dr. Wright, endocrinologist, hair loss, nutritionist, Rumi, The Guest House, Wendy Ellis
I continued to go to Dr. Ming for a few weeks. One day while I was in the checkout line at the Giant grocery store a headline on the magazine for women First caught my eye. There was a picture of Oprah and it said “Oprah’s Secret To Beating Tiredness: Bioidentical Hormones”. Of course, I had to buy [...]
Posted by Karmic Nectar on 11.04.2009 at 10:52 pm// Tagged: hair , Bioidentical Hormones, Dr. Ming, for women First, hair loss, hormone, metabolism, Oprah, The Master Cleanse
Agadir Argan Oil Hair Treatment – just discovered this at my salon… an oil made from the crushed nuts of the Moroccan Argan Tree. It’s excellent for hydrating, repairing and conditioning dry, damaged hair. It’s a nutritious oil rich in Vitamin E, Omega-9, Omega-6, Linoleic Acid, Oleic Acid and unsaturated, essential fatty acids – extremely [...]
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