Chronic conditions are often very difficult to detect, and standard medical practitioners may not even know how to look for them. My digestive problems and thyroid symptoms became much worse after my unsuccessful pregnancy and no specialist that I visited was any help. I suffered from acid reflux with every meal and even suffocated at night because of it. The only remedies they could recommend were pharmaceuticals, which turned out to be ineffective. The suffocation, fear, and resulting heart palpitations (due to thyroid dysfunction) lasted for what seemed like an eternity. I was subject to countless EKGs, echocardiograms, and innumerable blood tests. The results always came back negative or inconclusive. This went on for at least fifteen years of my…
