Here's the the link about
GWB (Gary) about
supplements:
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1690780GWB writing about
supplements and Dr. J.:
We're on a short lunch break so wanted to give you a quick update:
Dr. J has only given my two supplements and three homeopathy and herbal remedies at this point. I have asked him to give me a couple of the popular ones that I've read about
that some of his Lyme patients talked so positive about
. He said my body isn't ready for those yet and we will have to wait and see if and when my body is ready for it.
He did take me off of all of the supplements I was on which I admit was not easy for me to do. The only one he said my body was responding to was my multivitamin which is "Nature's Way Alive!" He didn't attempt to sell me his brand as he said my body was reacting positive to this one.
I really challenged him on taking me off my my supplements and explained how this disease needs all of these supplements to help build my immune system and fight this disease. He asked me if I was getting better or worse in the past six months? I told him I've never felt worse.
He went on to explain more why he was taking me off the vitamins and supplements but also explained that as time goes on with the treatment we will see which of the vitamins and supplements my body responds to and put me back on them.
He explained that my body simply isn't absorbing the majority of the supplements I was taking and it was forcing my body to work hard to try to digest them and not allowing my body to fight this disease naturally.
His goal with his homeopathic tinctures and herbals is to get the body's immune system to work on it's own and fight the disease as it is naturally meant to fight it. Yes, vitamins and supplements are all good, but they have to be given when the body can absorb them and utilize them effectively otherwise they they do you very little good.
I have a hard time with this concept, I admit it. I have to trust that when he does BRS on me that he is getting the right communications from my body and that it's telling him what I need (or don't need). It's not an easy approach for me to adjust to because of the mind set that I have.
Six months ago I would have never gone to a clinic like this. But when you feel like death is knocking on your door and the abx don't work and the doctors can't get you well, I felt I had nothing to lose.
In some ways it's like AI or Dr K's protocols ( not exactly the same methods but some similarities) and it requires an
open mind and a lot of faith to accept these type of protocols. As I said before, it seems less scientific and more "hocus pocus" at times, but the end results is what counts.
It's too soon for me to say what the end results are. I can say that I'm seeing some improvement in the way I've been feeling. My abdominal pain improved the first two days but yesterday and today not so good. My mind and emotional state is improved about
25% or more. My energy level has improve about
the same amount.
I am hoping to get the funds to stay one more week as is recommended but at this point Im not sure if we can do that or not. I will know by the end of the day if financially we will be able to stay one more week. I hope I can because I do feel it's benefiting me so far.
Oh, another thing. The doctor asked me to try to stop taking digestive enzymes and see if anything changes. I did stop but noticed that my foods weren't getting digested as well. He looked at what I was taking and tested it on me and said it was a very good digestive enzyme and said I could stay on them but increased my dosage from one to three with meals.
I've often wondered if I should be taking more as I felt I should but am always taking things cautiously and prefer to take too little than too much. I take the Digest Gold for those who are interested in knowing.
I warned the doctor before we started that I would be questioning everything he does and want to know why he's doing it and what the exact ingredients are to each product he gives me. He's been perfectly fine with this and even enjoys answering my questions.
You can see from his enthusiasm and how he works and explains everything that he loves what he's doing. He's a positive person and I believe that plays a big role in his treatments. He sees people who are physically sick but he treats the whole person, body, mind and spirit because they're all intertwined into one.
This approach isn't for everyone, and like I said, six months ago I would have never considered coming to a clinic like this. Dr J does not promise to heal everyone who goes to his clinic and even says that not everyone leaves his clinic healed.
Some leave getting better and continue to get better over time, some never get better at all. Dr J is a Christian and he is humble enough to admit that even if you get well and totally healed it isn't because of him. He credits God for all good things that take place in the healing of one's body.
Some people might not like it that he's a man of faith. But he doesn't preach at you or make you feel uncomfortable in any way because of his faith. He's more
open to me about
his faith because I'm a Christian and involved in the ministry so he and I talk a lot about
God, but I don't think he does that with everyone (but I can't say for certain one way or the other).
Anyway, that's kind of off point but did want to bring this up because I know people there are reading my posts and wondering if maybe this is something they should do. I want to be completely
open and honest about
my whole experience here so that anyone who's giving thought to going to this clinic will have all the facts, "the good, the bad and the ugly" (so to speak).
Right now, all I can say is I'm doing better than I was before I got here. I'm still skeptical of some of the BRS stuff, but I am trying to keep an
open mind and be positive about
it because I don't want my negativism to hinder any progress that I might have.
My lunch break is about
over and I need to get back to the clinic but I'll be back later to answer questions some of you have asked me.
Let me just add this, I had a full body massage yesterday that was the most intense massage I ever had in my life! The massage technician massaged EVERY part of my body (well every part except "down there"). ; ) But I mean every muscle in my body was massaged in a way that I had never experienced before.
When I continue my postings later on I will tell you how it made me feel afterwards. That was an interesting experience.
More to come soon...
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Post Edited (GWB) : 1/15/2010 2:58:40 PM (GMT-7)