He was interesting. He gave my son and I 1.5 hours of his time to discuss our last year and he asked lots of questions. He'll definitely be doing some things that we've wanted to do for a while now, such as test for food allergies and intolerance. He is also checking for vitamin deficiency and celiac disease (another food intolerance that is common among people with Crohn's). The Children's doctors would absolutely NOT do any of this for us even though I asked them to on multiple occasions.
The downside. Seven "naturopathic medications" and $225 later I left the clinic... and that doesn't include the cost of the appointment (which my health insurance will pick up, thankfully). Vitamins, fish oil, curcumin, FloraStor, Intestinal Repair Complex, etc... and he had it all so conveniently there. I understand them all individually, but to throw all of them at us at once was a little much.
You know what? I gave the conventional doctors a shot and they screwed up and didn't know how to treat our son. I'll give the unconventional doctor a shot too and see if he does any better. The funny thing is that he wouldn't talk to me about the one thing I wanted to talk about: the SCD diet. He indicated that he'll discuss things with you after 6 months on the diet, but noted that colleagues at U California have observed greatest effects after two years! Ughhhh...
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