For your consultation please have the following
information available if possible:
Any gallbladder test results
A brief history of your gallbladder problem
A list of your current symptoms
For an assessment of your diet, you will
also need a three-day dietary intake that includes everything you have had to eat or drink including meals, drinks
and snacks.
The COMPLETE METABOLIC ASSESSMENT
with Lab Work, Consultation and Follow-up Consultation
Gallbladder disease often has other co-commitant
problems along with it. Since hydrochloric acid is a contributor to optimal gallbladder emptying, many gallbladder
patients have low hydrochloric acid along with their gallbladder issue. Hydrochloric acid is accompanied by its
own set of symptoms that may contribute to the discomfort of the gallbladder
problem. Low HCl may definitely be a contributing cause to the problem. Wrong diet is an obvious one. Food allergies
can be a major contributor. Stress is a less known factor but what is often not considered at all is hypothyroidism
which has also been shown to be an underlying contributing factor to proper gallbladder function. And if you've
had your thyroid checked and been told it's not a problem, consider looking at it from a "functional"
rather than a "pathological" viewpoint.
The Metabolic Assessment Package is designed to take a look at the whole picture. What we do is assess your laboratory
findings from a functional rather than a pathological perspective. This is a tighter range that looks at optimal healthy ranges rather than diseased
ranges. Our hope is to catch you before you are diagnosed diabetic and put on insulin and
catch the thyroid problem before
you spend years on antidepressants.
According to the work
of Datis Kharrizian, there
are at least 8 different patterns of thyroid diease and only one of them is found by the standard lab reference
ranges.
Have you had trouble losing weight no
matter what you do? This could
be caused by cortisol surges from the adrenals influencing the testosterone levels which can give similar symptoms
to low thyroid. These people cannot lose weight, they have hair loss but facial hair growth. For this an assessment
of the adrenal glands is necessary and most likely gluten intolerance as well. Cortisol surges from stress or allergies
can also influence insulin levels contributing to insulin resistance which is a precursor to diabetes. Insulin
resistance has beginning stages where your glucose levels on the labs are within normal range but you crave sweets
after meals and/or get tired after eating. As it progresses it can be called Syndrome X or Metabolic Syndrome and
here you begin to see rises in your cholesterol and then your blood pressure. And brain fog can be related to these
problems and improved with dietary and supplement treatment.
We are looking for the root cause hidden
in your laboratory ranges. Every blood chemistry tells us a story about you. We are looking for patterns, not single
markers. For example, fatigue can be caused by many imbalances such as blood sugar, anemias, low adrenals, thyroid,
immune imbalances. So simply taking something for energy rarely addresses the root of the problem. The blood panels
we run will look at the following:
– Blood Cells
– Sugar Balance
– Adrenal Health
– Thyroid Issues
– Immune System
– Cholesterol Levels
– Others
The reference ranges we work from are narrower
than those of the medical profession. Let us take a look at your lab markers through a different lens and help
you make changes that will make a difference.
Great! What do I do next?
First we need paperwork from you. Included
here are detailed instructions for filling out the forms.
Fill out the assessment forms and the patient
history found in the box to the right. Please open the form and immediately save it to
your desktop as: YourNameMAF.pdf and YourNameNTAF.pdf respectively.
Now open those forms from your desktop and fill them out ENTIRELY including your 5 major health complaints. Make
sure everything is filled in.
Click save again.
Attach them both from your desktop in an email to heidi@gallbladderattack.com. Ask her to schedule your for an
appointment for the blood work package.
In that email please list your medical history including:
any diseases you have or have had
any family diseases medications and what reason
you are taking them - although
this is on the MAF form, there may not be room for everything there so include them in the body of your email as
well.
If everything is not complete, we will need to send the forms back to you which may delay your appointment. When
all your information is has been received, Heidi will call you to schedule your first appointment which will happen
before the blood work is ordered.
If more tests are needed beyond the list
included here, you will be charged additional fees for them, with your approval. We will order tests for you at
a lab in your area.
Please note that we are not ordering gallbladder
tests but blood tests for the purpose of assessing your total health.
BLOOD WORK PACKAGE
$795
The Basic Blood Work Package price includes:
lab work listed below (additional lab work
is not included)
initial consultation -history and information
gathering
report of findings with patterns and suggestions
emailed to you
final consultation re above with assessment
of patterns found, recommendations for diet, lifestyle changes and product suggestions - usually one hour
A 3-day dietary intake that includes everything
you had had to eat or drink including meals, snacks, water, etc.
Six Month Follow-up Consultations Blood Work Package Add-On
- $295
This is available only to those who have purchased
blood work package and must be started within one month of completing the package.
This includes 6 15- minute sessions once a month beyond the package above. This will give you the added support
you need to stay with the program (whatever that may be for you), to make changes to your program and to monitor
your progress. This is especially useful for those who need to monitor their blood glucose levels with HbA1C periodically.
(Cost of additional blood work is not included in this package.) People working with long-standing digestive issues
such as celiac disease, people heading towards diabetes with insulin resistance and possible high cholesterol and
high triglycerides, chronically fatigued individuals with adrenal exhaustion or low thyroid and autoimmune diseases
such as hashimotos are all good candidates for this Add-On. Let us help to support you through your return to health.
Please be prepared to re-take both the metabolic assessment survey form and the brain assessment form twice during
the 6-month period.
HOW MUCH TIME
SHOULD I SCHEDULE?
The 10 minute
is typically scheduled by people having questions about their gallbladder protocol such as what to take for their
particular situation or what to do next. It is also used for follow-ups after blood work consultations have been
completed.
The 30 and 60 minute will get into more detail about your history and
overall symptoms. Please fill out the two assessment forms and email them back with a medical history. Talk to
our office for more details please. Some people want lots of time to go over diet. Please specify your needs when
you make the appointment so that we can schedule the right pratitioner for you. Please note that CONSULTATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS need a minimum of 30 minutes and must be accompanied
by all assessment forms. Best results are obtained by doing the Complete Metabolic Assessment with Lab Work and
by reading the thyroid book by Datis Kharrizian in preparation.
The Complete Metabolic Assessment
with Lab Work is available
in packages only and is for looking at causes that may be underlying your gallbladder problem such as possible
hypothyroid involvment, gluten intolerance, insulin resistance, weight gain, etc. You do not need to have a gallbladder
problem to benefit from this package. See below for details.
For Blood Work
The following information must be in our
hands 24 hours before your scheduled consultation.
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