Changing my doctor!

I did mention that since last year I have been experiencing tingling and numbness in my left foot. Then when I started working at the gym, standing on my feet for 4-5 hours at the time, I felt the tingling and numbness in both feet.

When I looked up what could cause these symptoms, I found diabetic and Hyperthyroidism listed.

Last year my doctor eliminated the diabetic as the cause and so while I was waiting for my first week of July appointment with her I decided to start reading on Hyperthyroidism.

I got Living Well with Hyperthyroidism by Mary Shomon and have been reading it. I have learned a lot about Hyperthyroidism and if I shall be diagnosed with it I feel more prepared to deal with it. But I am hopeful that the cause of numbness and tingling in my feet is something else, as in inflammation.

Last week I was looking for something that I came across The Hormone Diet by Natasha Turner. This book is also very informative and I have learned that inflammation could be caused by diet. Turner states that poor diet, diet high in fat, sugar, white flour, and processed food could cause inflammation in body.

I was under the believe that inflammation is caused by injury, but not so. That is why when I saw one of the causes of tingling and numbness in feet is inflammation I didn't even give it second thoughts. I thought I was not injured so no inflammation.

Saying that I am pissed at my doctor is understatement. Last year she just wrote the blood work that I went to see her for (diabetic) and told me, without any tests, that I had compressed nerve in my back and that is the cause of the numbness in my foot, and advised me to lose weight. I am thinking she must of known that one of the other causes could be Hyperthyroidism, so why didn't she also order Thyroid tests. I was having a blood test anyway, why not draw more blood and do more tests. I have also learned from Turner that there are blood tests to determine inflammation in body. Again why didn't my doctor ordered that test.

Needless to say tomorrow morning I am calling her office, canceling my appointment and I am going back to my previous doctor, the doctor that saw me from my late teens to when I switched to this doctor. So why did I switch, because of the stupid health insurance rules. My health insurance at work required me to have a GP in their network. My old doctor was not in their network, so I picked this new doctor since she was accepting new patients and since she was conveniently located near work. But I never liked it from the start. I am so glad I can go back to my old doctor. I completely trust him.

I am not sure if it is my imagination or the numbness and tingling in my feet has been reduced!

Friday night I came home with excruciating pain in my feet. I wanted to cry. I took couple of Advil and iced them. Thankfully, the pain got reduced so I could sleep. Saturday morning I still had a bit of pain and so I decided to take more Advil. Then at work my neck started hurting so I took more Advil. Sunday through today, every 6-8 hours, I have been taking Advil for my neck pain and thankfully I am feeling much better now.

I think the anti-inflammatory Advil might have cured my feet! Seriously, I can feel my big toe again. I shall let my old doctor diagnose it, lol.

Hopefully I shall be done with my vicious cycle. You see, I eat badly, ice cream, fast foods, several diet cokes a day, vending machine chips and chocolate, and I not only gained weight, I developed inflammation. According to Turner, inflammation in body prevents one from losing weight. So last summer, after my doctor's advice to lose weight, the more I tried the less successful I was. So I gained more weight and my feet started bothering more probably because of more inflammation.

Could it be the pain I have been living with for the past year be cured this easily? I am so hoping. lol.