Hey Margie,....i don't think Dr. Sears was saying the silent inflammation was a disease, but was caused by an underlying production of arachidonic acid. Did...
Dear Margie, May I ask who gave you the diagnosis of Dercum's Disease? I thought, in an earlier post, that you said you had been diagnosed with Dercum's ...
Margie -- you e-mailed me with your other e-mail address and I can't find it. Can you send it again? I can't get any mail thru to you at the 323 e-mail ...
Hi Kay -- just wanted to respond to your comments here. I went to an environmental sensitivity meeting recently. The speaker spoke about Lyme disease. I asked...
Hi there -- have you checked at www.lipomaforum.com to see if anyone has recommended any doctors in your area? There's a section there for doctor referrals, as...
Hi Margie, Glad you're feeling better. I guess I didn't word that well. I didn't mean that the Met was making DD worse, just that it has progressed even while...
Dear Kay, I was absolutely positive I had DD. My lipomas, tumors. lumps, encapsulated and unencapsulated tissue looked (still looks) just like pictures of...
Apologiesfor my last email Margie, where I spoke of your doctors diagnosis..... I see that you have been diagnosed with Lyme disease, not Dercums Disease, I...
Were you diagnosed with DD or Lyme disease? In my opinion, it could not be DD, as the 'lumps' would not dissappear with anti-biotics , nor would the nerve pain...
Hi Anne, Yes, I also was diagnosed with FM for 15 years, along with CFS and Hpothroidism, before someone actually thought to test me for Lyme...using an expert...
Hi Cynthia, thanks for explaining. I just wondered about the 'no longer use of human materials'.... should that perhaps have read bovine or animal materials?? ...
Jennifer, Has the Met at least lowered your blood sugar, if not decreased your lumps? I would tend to think that if it's making the lumps worse, why would the...
Hi Judi, I googled for "Silent Inflammation", and everything I found related to Dr. Sears and the Zone diet. Is "Silent Inflammation" considered a disease...
Dear Judi, Did your doctor tell you to start the Metformin before your labs come back? Dora listed all the contraindications for taking the med, so I would...
Margie, Wow--how encouraging that you have had such success. Your experience is similar to a friend's daughter who had been diagnosed with FM years ago. Now,...
I got a phone call today from my dentist, and the poor man was nearly in tears! He apologized humbly for offending me, and said he has "learned his lesson"...
Hi group, I forgot to mention that the endo asked me yesterday if I would be willing to "donate some fat" for a colleague of his who studies fat! He said if I...
Hi Jennifer, He is starting me out at 500 mg once a day (though I elected to start with half a tab for the first week) for a week, then twice a day for a week,...
I've been taking Met for almost 1 year (500mg for 9 months and 1000mg for 2 months)for IR and my lumps have worsened/spread over this time period. It has not...
Thanks for the input, Carole! As I told Dora, I am going to cooperate, mostly just so they know I'm willing to try things. But I will let them know of your...
Dear Dora, Thank you for all the interesting information! I read up on met thoroughly lyesterday, and talked to my daughter (who has been on/off it for...
Judy: I have been taking glucophage (metformin) for about 6 years and it has not had helped progression of my tumors. I do hope this works for you. Jacklyn ...
Hi everyone,....below is an article I received today, and thought it was very interesting. I also e-mailed Dr. Sears to ask him if he knew about Dercums, and...
... personal ... Hello, I also take Metformin. In fact I take it with Avandia about two years now. I have had problems with these lumps for about 18 months....
Hi Dora, I thought I'd add my thoughts or experience on this issue. I have been on Metformin for my blood sugar for almost two years, and my Dercum's has...
Greetings! To underscore what Cynthia has already stated, the hormone HGH, like insulin, is a protein. If taken orally, both HGH and insulin will be digested,...
Dear Judi, The endocrinologist has an interesting thought process going on here with the Metformin (aka Met; brand name: Glucophage). To read about the drug,...