Lots of cat fighting on this board! I do have concerns when a provider, consultant, or whatever he/she defines themselves as doesn't have a website, written materials, and other things you can research to make an educated decision.
Does HAN and Michael Scully, M.D. work together at all? What I don't understand is if HAN has helped so many here why there aren't tons of posts on the thread telling us what he did for them and the success they experienced. Everyone likes to share successes, right?
I have spent SO much money on medical stuff, alternative providers, and other stuff. I'm very cautious before I jump in the pond now. I saw a medical provider who did ART (Autonomic Response Testing) a few months ago. Strangely, every visit they found I needed $200-$300 of supplements. Furthermore, wouldn't you know they are were sold there.
The person was a well-educated M.D., but they just didn't take time to look at my medical history. They were sure their methods were foolproof. I can't say one way or the other, but like I said I tread carefully. That doc at least had a website.
About a year ago, I came on to this forum very desperate and actually ended up traveling to go see Han and Dr. O all the way from Florida. At the time, I believed all the hype and thought that he could get me back on track and would be the missing link I needed to get healthy again. In reality and in the long run, I virtually had to figure out all my own problems during every step of my treatment and the treatment itself was botched. Of course I am very disappointed that this happened, but the only positive for me was that I learned alot about various medical topics through my own research and trial and errors and feel that I am close regaining my health.
Overall, the results have been mixed. There has been alot of ups and downs and if I had to do over again, I would have probably never went up there. Most people who would seek his services are probably either very frustrated with their own doctors or in a very desperate heath situation and need help quickly. This is can make a patient very vulnerable and willing to believe almost anything.
The Pros were that in the beginning he was there for me when I was at a very low point in my life and really needed just someone to say that I had a chance to get healthy again. We talked about various medical issues and it sounded like we were going to make some progress, and this can really lift a persons spirits. I definetely needed it and have always thanked him for being there at that time even if it did not work out that great in the long run.
The Cons were that during my treatment, my health got worse from a medicine that he prescribed me and then I was left on my own to figure out what went wrong and how to try and fix it. And the medicine was cortef, for adrenal support. As I started working my way up to 10mg with the cortef, I first started to feel very jittery and nervous and just plain awful. I mentioned this and they did not really know what to say and pushed me to go for 20 mg because the "cortef needed to push the thyroid in the cells." Then as I got up to 20mg, I felt very bad, once again no help. I actually had trouble getting ahold of them during this process as well, which was like a double whammy. Taking something a doctor prescribes, you start to feel very bad, and then not have them there to ask questions or get their advice on what I should do. Imagine that.
After staying at 20mg for a few weeks, I started get some serious symptoms in my central nervous systems such as alot of pain in head, neck, spine, and some numbness in limbs, etc. that was very scary for me. This is when I am the most disappointed with the treatment. Once I started to develop these symptoms, both Han and Dr. O basically left me out to rot. They did not want anything to do with me and that is pretty sad. But I have learned that thats how some doctors work and have accepted that. What would have been nice and what a Doctors in my opinion should do, is when things don't work out like there supposed to or a patient is getting worse, that is the time when a Doctor needs to dig deep and really try to help a patient. The only one digging deep and trying to figure out what went wrong and get healthy again was me. But I have learned alot in this process.
Also during my treatment, he seemed like he was wrong on predictions almost every step of the way. One week it would be like your thyroid is screwed, and little time would go by and he would be like oh actually, I think you never even had a thyroid problem to begin with. Or he would say something like, I am sure the "xyz" level is going to be depleted and that is why you feel so bad and this lab that I just ordered for you will tell us that. And then when the lab comes back, the "xyz" level is actually ok. These are just a few examples of many, but you get the point. This happened on many lab tests and various levels one can measure in the human body.
I have spent the past few months running tests at Cleveland Clinic and other hosptials to check for a barage of major illnesses that could be affecting me and the good thing is that nothing has came back very bad yet. I still am feeling pretty awful, but at least I know I am not dying or have some terrible disease, and that is big relief for me. I am going to post a thread soon asking for everyone's help to try and regain my health.
In summary, I think it is completely justified that people question Hans judgement or anyone else judgement who wants to put themself out there as person who knows alot about medical subjects and comes on to these forums and tells people what they have or don't have going on,. And this not the first time that people have called him out on things he says. What people need to understand when they come on these forums and others, is that you cannot believe everything you read or someone tells you. You have do alot of research and look at multiple opinions before you come to any conclusion. And the research and everything else is out there for you to view. The internet is great for this. You can learn so much, but you also have to be careful at the same time. And as far as Doctors go, don't think Han or others are the only ones who can get people on various forums healthy again. There alot of good people and doctors on forums who love to help people. However, there are also alot of good docs out there right in your own neighborhood. You just have to know what type of doctor could possibly help you. I will say though that I have learned so much from this forum and am very grateful that it is available to all of us.
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