DEAR DR JACKSON,
I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR FROM YOUR TREATMENT OF 2 OF MY BIGGEST HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAS CHALLENGED ME FOR SOME TIME. WHEN I ENTERED YOUR OFFICE IN 2012 I HAD BEEN INFORMED BY MY PRIMARY CARE DR THAT I NEEDED A HIP REPLACEMENT. I HAD BEEN TO A SPECIALIST AND HAD MRIs AND X-RAYS STATING THAT THEY BOTH AGREED, YES A HIP REPLACEMENT WAS IN ORDER. I WAS IN SUCH PAIN I ALMOST WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERING THIS INVASIVE ANSWER TO MY PAIN. (ON A SCALE OF 1-10 I WAS A 10 OR HIGHER) TODAY WITH DR JACKSON’S TREATMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS MY PAIN IS DOWN TO A 1 OR 2. THIS WAS WITH OUT THE INVASIVE HIP REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR JACKSON. I FEEL I WILL BE AT A ZERO SOON.
THE 2ND MAJOR ISSUE WAS MY THYROID PROBLEM. MY THYROID WAS REMOVED IN 2000 BECAUSE OF CONCERNS WITH MY GOITER THAT MAY HAVE HAD CANCER. THANKFULLY NO CANCER WAS FOUND AFTER THE OPERATION. I WAS PUT ON A SYNTHETIC THYROID MEDICATION, SYNTHROID. I WAS GAINING WEIGHT AND I WAS TOLD IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REMOVAL OF THYROID AND THE MEDICATION, SYNTHROID, WAS KEEPING MY THYROID TEST IN THE NORMAL RANGE. WHEN SPEAKING WITH DR JACKSON AND CHANGING TO A NATURAL THYROID MEDICATION I STARTED LOOSING WEIGHT. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I HAD GONE ON ALL TYPES OF DIETS AND WITH NO WEIGHT LOSS. I AM DOWN 45 LBS TO DATE AND I CAN NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SYNTHROID WAS THE CAUSE OF THE HIP PROBLEM.
JUST A SIDE NOTE: AS A CHILD I WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE A GOITER MEDICATION AT SCHOOL BECAUSE I LIVED IN THE GOITER BELT OF THE US AT THE TIME. I THEN IN MY 30s GOT A GOITER. I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER SYNTHETIC DRUG SYNTHROID THAT WAS TO HELP ME WITH THE LOSS OF MY THYROID. MY BELIEF, BECAUSE OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCE IS THAT DRUGS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER. SOMETHING NATURAL THAT GOD HAS PUT ON THIS EARTH FOR US TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE IS MY FIRST CHOICE. DR JACKSON AND I ARE IN HARMONY WITH THIS BELIEF.
IN GRATITUDE
JUANITA