Calling all Women! Do you want to be well? Are you suffering?
Hi and welcome to my battle for Well Women all over the world.
Is 2008 your year?
My name is Marianne and I suffer with the auto immune thyroid condition Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
I was also suffering with severe premature menopausal symptoms for a about 2 years and understand entirely how ill and draining, both physically and mentally these conditions can make you feel.
I have had many of the conditions on this site or know someone who does, and it was because of this that I decided to make this site, so that others can benefit too and not feel alone.
Maybe with perseverance we can all get well together and hopefully you will find many answers here.
Many GP's can't answer your questions on Thyroid and endocrine matters simply because they genuinely don't know. Often the patients themselves know more about their condition because we desperately try to find answers so that we can feel better.
I have strived to find answers over the past 3 years but really want to share them. I have managed to get a lot better than I was and can walk better now and don't feel quite so exhausted and weak so often. That to me is everything because now my husband, Mike doesn't have to do everything for me and I can help myself and keep my pride
I can also enjoy being on outings with my children without having to stay in the car to sleep and I can help my mum who has a heart condition with hospital visits and shopping etc.
As you know, Fluoride is bad for the thyroid and the endocrine system in general. The government is planning to add even more fluoride to our water supply in the UK. Please sign the 10 Downing St petition to object to this by clicking, HERE
Calling All GP's. Why are women with thyroid conditions, CFS and other chronic illnesses treated so badly by the NHS? Why are so many women with thyroid conditions told that they don't have one? Why are women with underactive thyroids not given a choice regarding medication such as slow release T3 or Armour thyroid? Why is synthetic T4 (L-thyroxine) the standard medication for hypothyroidism even though it does not suit many women? Why isn't there more dosage choices such as 85mcg? Why are we just told to "get on with it?"
And why do so many women have to seek private treatment because their GP and the Endocrine consultants are failing their thyroid patients?
Please let me know. Websites like this exist purely because GP's and consultants are not caring for their patients, recommending products, supplements etc to help them, giving them a choice in how they are treated or monitoring them throughout their illness.
Basically, GP's are not listening.....AT ALL. And we are sick because the medical profession are brushing us off time and time again. So we are having to do your job for you by trying to make ourselves well and in doing this, sometimes making ourselves worse.
The NHS are failing us because there are mandates in place that they have to adhere to set by the GMC and other such authorities.
It seems to us that they are trying to keep us sick by dealing out pointless medications such as anti depressants, statins, sleeping tablets etc that in the long run will just make us more sick.
Then there are those who have Scoliosis and feel alone. What choices are there for us? Do we have to have surgery to correct our spine? What happens are we get older? How can we dress to improve our self esteem?
It is my aim to research and document regularly on this site , the best natural effective products for improving and maintaining your health, looks and wellbeing as well as up to date information on thyroid treatment so that you can make informed choices and feel better about yourself.
If you have a Thyroid or autoimmune disease, scoliosis, panic attacks depression or are suffering the ravages of menopause, then this site is for you.
Only you can do it. We are all responsible for our own destiny and we are wasting precious time by leaving it to the medical profession alone. By providing you with plenty of solutions, you are then equipped to help yourself to total wellbeing.
Self help is necessary and ultimately can result in much improvement but only if you are totally committed to getting results and being committed and disiplined enough to make the changes required. Read through this site for solutions and ideas to send you on the road to better health now and in the future. You are best off using the sitemap button on the Nav Bar for instant access to all pages written for this site
As you read information about the conditions there are also many suggested products that may greatly help the condition and your overall health, looks and wellbeing.
These products have been discovered through daily research and I am committed to finding the Best of the Best to help you make informed choices.
Did you know that there may be a connection between scoliosis and thyroid and endocrine problems? Please see my scoliosis page.
I have also sourced many natural Beauty products to help you regain your self esteem.
Totally Natural and organic products are the key to better health and looks and we need to return to simpler lifestyle choices like simple food without additives, paraben and other chemical free beauty and cleaning products and chemical free household products such as paint and varnish. With many supermarkets now realising that we need the choice in healthy products and providing organic foods, things are starting to change for the best.
When we are ill we certainly don't want to look ill too and sometimes when we look better, this can help us feel better too.
I feel many women are not receiving sufficient information about excellent products that could help them long term to overcome or improve these conditions. The products are mostly 100 per cent natural in accordance with the ethos of this site.
You will be provided with many links to valuable relevant sites and products. Only the most valuable and beneficial websites are mentioned.
The site is growing each day and hopefully will be a one stop area for all your wellness resources. For those who want to look and feel well again, this site is dedicated to you all and is specially for women and their problems.
Please, please, take note of the Warnings page which informs you of the dangers of chemicals in beauty products, toiletries, household products and additives in our food and offers natural solutions which are just as good, if not better
Check my well-women blog for updates and subscribe to my RSS feed so that you can keep up to date with my discoveries. I have personally tried and tested many of the products myself.
I can not over emphasise how well Natural bioidentical Progesterone cream has worked for me as well as many other products like digestive enzymes, serrapeptase, colloidal silver Chamae Rose and organic silicon, and many others and hope that some of you will try them and some of my other suggestions and be as amazed as I am. There are so many things out there and so many we have not even heard of.
Please, please contact me to let me know what has worked for you as feedback is important or if you have any questions or product suggestions.
Whilst it is important to me that I know whether anything suggested has worked for you, remember to give it time, and don't give up!! I am including a feedback form which can be completed anonymously if preferred on my contact page.
I also suffer with a spinal condition called Scoliosis and hope to offer help, tips and support to all those in the same boat!! I have had this condition for 33 years and still can not decide whether to have the surgery recommended to me when I was a teenager.
I have had many interesting emails from many women so keep them coming. I will reply personally to them all Should you wish your story to be featured, either anonymously or not, then please email the story and include any photographs that you are happy to have published on the site (optional). I will be building the stories page soon. It is a general support page for everyone who is suffering and so that we can all associate with eachother and know that we are not "alone." Also if anyone has any ideas, solutions or "cures" to help eachother, then please let me know what has worked for you and I will publish them. We need to share ideas to be well women!! We are all different and some solutions may work some of us and some may not, but we won't know unless we try.
For more information about me, please click on my “about me” page for details about my own story and experiences with the above conditions and how supplements, avoiding chemicals, changing my diet and natural bioidentical progesterone cream have helped me so very much.
Please use the buttons on the left to navigate through my site or better still, use the sitemaps buttons at the top of the navbar which detail every page on the site, where you will find information, products, books and resources which will help women in your quest to be well women. I have also added many products which I have found of interest and which may well benefit you too. We won't know unless we try.
Being chemical free is important to me and I hope you will read about the dangers of chemicals in beauty products, food and cleaning products and take a look at the books page for extensive information about this subject. I will also be putting some of these products on my pages so that you can purchase them if you so wish.
Calling All Work at Home Mums. Please see my Working from Home Page
Remember, Auto immune diseases are for life and medical knowledge is limited. Self help is the only way, as I have found out. Menopause is a fact of life that can cause misery and illness.
Scoliosis is just one big question mark and so many are confused as to what route to take regarding major surgery, what to wear, exercises, pregnancy etc.
