new treatments

I am one week away from my next doctor's appointment. This is a new and alternative doctor. The Hotze Wellness Clinic focuses on bioidentical hormones and natural supplements to fix many issues including allergies and hypothyroidism. Specifically, I'm going to be treated for hypothyroidism and hormone imbalance. This doctor believes in listening to the patient's symptoms instead of reading a lab test to determine a diagnosis (amen to that!).

I read his book a couple of weeks ago. Most of it made sense. Actually, all of it did. It's exactly what God wanted our bodies to do. It's the way that we are made and supposed to work and feel. But somewhere along the way, our bodies have been polluted with prescriptions, processed foods, emissions, and the eternal downfall of humankind. So Dr. Hotze and his clinic strive to restore the balance in the body. It's not holistic. It's not that alternative. He is a licensed MD and has been practicing for many years. It's new treatment. Something different. Something I've never tried before. And as you can tell, I've tried a lot. And I've been disappointed a lot.

This treatment claims high success rates. And of course, the logical sense that it's how God wanted my body to work. But there is still a large part of me that tells me it may not work. Afterall, I've seen many doctors and tried many treatments, always ending up in the same place I started out. So who is to say this one is so different? How can I trust this will be different than all the others?

I don't think anyone can really change my mind (or bring me fully to the other side) that this is my answer. However, that doesn't mean I'm saying it won't work. I'm saying that I'm not positive it will. I believe it can. I believe it may not. I refuse to set my heart and soul on something that has disappointed me many times before. The disappointment of counting on something is much greater than the disappointment of realizing I was right.