Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Desperate for Answers: My Body Was Failing

10 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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This YouTube video (uploaded by Robert Whitfield MD) presents a first-person account of prolonged, unexplained health problems. The speaker reports hair loss, joint pain, gastrointestinal and skin symptoms, sought care from multiple specialists (endocrinology, gastroenterology), underwent invasive procedures including colonoscopy and endoscopy, but received no clear diagnosis — leading to desperation and a search for further answers.

My hair was falling out. I had joint pain, stomach issues, skin issues. Super inflamed. My mom actually pretty much moved in with me. I was living downtown Austin, and I was just really sick, and I was going to endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, all the specialties, and no one really had answers. You know, I was put on different medications. I did invasive procedures, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and really had no answers. And so that's when I was desperate, and I was like, all right, there's gotta be more.