Doc P?

[perardua]

Just reading over some old posts... who is Doc P? Whoever he is it seems he’s very clued in with adrenal supplementation etc.

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Dr. Barry Durrant-Peatfield, author of "Your Thyoid and how to keep it healthy".

[xeena in reply to Hidden]

Dr. Peatfield had great knowledge - he was also a very caring person - i was a patient of his and i was doing well with him treating me - but that was a good few years ago now - i moved and he came under scrutiny from the know alls know nothings - he new what was wrong with his patients and treated them kindly and very well - just a shame there are none as good as he was and also Dr.Skinner was an amazing person with a wealth of knowledge - very sad that they have gone - the present day GP's could have learned a lot from them both - but they choose to remain ignorant and keep people ill.

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Ps. Here is an article about Dr. P:news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/...

[Localhero in reply to Hidden]

So sad…

[shaws Administrator in reply to Localhero]

It's more than sad as Dr Barry was a gentleman, caring and sympathetic.

After a whole career of restoring people's health and well-being he was pursued by the GMC for treating his patients as he was taught.

He resigned his Licence so that he could still advise patients and they travelled the breadth of the country to consult with him.

He saved many lives and one woman's story is worth a read.

The book is called 'Tears Behind Closed Doors' and a complete eye opener.

thyroiduk.org/product/tears...

The method he used is now 'out of fashion' as the preference is for the professionals to only take notice 'upon a blood test alone' (if taken - as my blood was never tested). I was of course given 'other' diagnoses for things I didn't have! Even had an operation for something I didn't have but not even informed of that as I recovered from anaesthetic.

Diana Holmes who wrote the above book went on to assist Dr Gordon Skinner and they did their best to return from the 'modern method' (failure method) to how we were diagnosed/treated. It would also save the NHS millions of ££££s for blood tests alone.

Dr Gordon Skinner was pursued even more than Dr P - both trained in the same era. Both sadly and badly missed.

[Localhero in reply to shaws]

It’s a complete travesty what happened to him and amazing he kept going irrespective.

I think the direction the bulk of the medical profession is going is deeply worrying. They have become so entrenched in their position of what’s right, that any nay-sayers have to be quashed. We patients get it ongoing. How dare we challenge their diagnoses etc? And it must be awful for outlier doctors, as Dr P was.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Localhero]

If a doctor said to anyone on this forum that 'your TSH is too low, your T3 too high and T4 too low'. The response to him but I take T3 only so T3 will be high and T4 will be low as I take none! His response - 'but T3 converts to T4' !

[Localhero in reply to shaws]

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That’s awful!

I’ve had arguments with my GP about low TSH and it makes no odds that I explain that, as I take T3, I expect TSH to be low. Most recently they refused to fill a repeat prescription for Levothyroxine because, sticking with their script, they reckoned I was over medicated. I’m not. Thankfully, when I told my endocrinologist about this fracas, he prescribed Levothyroxine for me. Which meant I had to pay for it. I’m in the process of moving house and so will be changing GPs and I’ve no idea what the new lot will be like. But I’m not confident.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Localhero]

First of all I wish you and your family happiness and good health in your new home.

I'm glad your Endo has prescribed for you as it's a worry if we cannot source the thyroid hormones we need for our wellbeing.

As your Endo is prescribing I'm sure your new GP will follow on with what the Endo has prescribed for you.

[Localhero in reply to shaws]

Thank you shaws That’s kind.

It is a worry. I had a few sleepless nights, I assure you. It should not have to be this way.

Thanks to you for being such an advocate for thyroid health. I don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t found this forum.

[humanbean]

Doctor P worked until he was in his 80s, and was extraordinarily popular with his patients. He became ill and retired, but sadly I have no idea what has happened to him since then.

[grumpyold]

Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield. He was the subject of a witch hunt and hounded out by the GMC for putting his patients first and refusing to toe the line.He continued to help patients privately after his licence was revoked. I was lucky enough to have seen him about 15 years ago and he was instrumental in me getting my health back with his advice on NDT. The NHS robots dismissed NDT as "pure quackery" when I asked for help.

He was a lovely man and a great doctor.

[mstp in reply to grumpyold]

I think he actually resigned rather than giving them the chance to revoke his license. He turned my life around too. Ten years ago when I joined Health unlocked, he was God on here.

[Lynneypin]

He saved me. I sobbed when he told me I’d found someone who would finally listen to me. A truly wonderful caring man. He gave me my life back.