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Posted 9/24/2011 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone read this book?  I am just beginning this and am wondering if anyone has read it and what your thoughts are on it?

thanks for sharing,

Jerrie/FibroNana

Posted 9/24/2011 11:40 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Jerrie...I have a friend who used his technique of vitamins, raw veggies...no gluten, acupuncture and other regimens for almost a year and more than $5,000 later...no difference.  The reason she stuck to it for so long is because he claims 'it takes time' for your body to heal.  If memory serves me right, he also wants his patients to be tested for all kinds of viruses and parasites, which she did....at one of his 'centers'.  Of course they found Epstein Barr and several other viruses and put her on a massive dose of antivirals that made her very sick.

My suggestion is, read the book and if sounds too good (or expensive) to be true, it probably is.  There is no cure for fibro. 

Donna

Post Edited (vestabula) : 9/24/2011 9:50:17 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/24/2011 1:52 PM (GMT 0)
I bought the book and tried most of his supplements, went gluten free, got off coffee and who knows what else...it's been several years...and I continued to have fibro. Nothing changed. Maybe I noticed a "little" difference" but not enough to make me want to continue. The supplements were pretty expensive. The only thing I continue to take now is the B vitamin complex, because the price is really good (I buy it from iherb.com) and it has higher doses of the B vitamins.
Posted 9/24/2011 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
I went online to find out more about the book. The author seems to have remedies for all sorts of maladies...it would be wonderful if they worked.

I have to agree with Donna..." read the book and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

B complex is great for stress :)

Hugs, Robin
Posted 9/26/2011 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone...that's what I was thinking, too good to be true and all the tests and supplements , who has that kind of mula??? I just keep praying and searching for that one thing that might help...

I go to my new neurologist on Wed. so I'm anxious to hear what she has to say. I've only spoken to my rhuemy about the fibro..so hearing another opinion on the subject will be intersting.

thanks again and here's to a pain free week!!

Jerrie/FibroNana
Posted 9/26/2011 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Jerrie,

I think many of us are "praying and hoping for the one thing that works" and, because of that, when we have our worst days we become desperate and willing to try anything -- just to see if it helps. I know I've certainly been down that road.

Now I try to think before I leap and let common sense dictate things. True enough, if going gluten free, doing tests, and taking all these supplements would fix us, I think we'd jump in a heartbeat, but when others who have tried the regimen (and incurred the out of pocket expenses for it) tell us they didn't see a significant difference, than that certainly should make us think twice.

Nevertheless, I would read the book for any helpful suggestions. Please share if you find any good tips!

Hugs and prayers to you!

--Vickie
Posted 9/26/2011 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
I love how these guys all have their special blend of vitamins and you have to mortgage your home to afford to buy them.  Yeah, they really want to help those that are suffering.  mad

 

Sherrine

Posted 9/27/2011 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
Thannks Vickie and Sherrine,

You both are right, when you are feeling so bad and you know that it will pass eventually but still you look for that one thing that will take you back to where your health once was. Sherrine, you are right as well, they promise to do this and that and after spending several hundreds of dollars, it's the same ole same ole!

I am going to continue to read it and allow my spirit to judge it...

Hope that all of you are feeling better than I am these days..

Jerrie
Posted 9/27/2011 7:43 PM (GMT 0)
The doc I go to for fibro bases his treatment on this book.  I have been seeing him for a year and am much better than I was before the treatment.  I think having a doctor guiding me rather than me just going by using the book is helpful.

We focused on increasing my deep sleep with the mix of minerals, supplements and rx.  As well as other suppliments, vit, minerals and herbs. 

I have less fatigue, I can do more, I don't have the muscle weakness like I once had, and I have less pain.  So all in all the treatment strategy is working for me.

And stress is a huge trigger for my fibro, right now I am in an extremely stressful family situation.  There is no way I could be going through all of this without having found this doctor.

So my view is that maybe the patient using the book themselves isn't as good as having a doctor who is guiding the patient with the treatments that are in the book.

Just my two cents,

Susan

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