New Treatment

OK, this is probably overdue but I guess I wanted to give my new treatment a little time to work before I reported on it. About a month ago I was referred to a chiropractor, who also does acupuncture and general healing/nutrition.

I liked this doctor right off the bat (and once I was convinced he wasn’t going to start sticking me with needles.) It isn’t that I no longer trust conventional medicine, but I have learned that the two neurologists I’ve seen are more trained for diagnosis than treatment. Maybe that is the nature of nervous system maladies; they can identify and classify the problem, but can do little to stop the degeneration, or reverse the damage.

A wise friend once told me that she believes MS is any number of illnesses that happen to share a common diagnostic profile. I totally believe that. After all multiple sclerosis means “multiple lesions,” referring to the scars on the brain or spinal cord visible from high-tech imaging. Who knows how you got it, how precisely it will affect you, or how to fix it, but you have multiple lesions. It would be like if you felt feverish and your doctor said, “Yep, you have ET, elevated temperaturosis” but offered no theory on how you got it, no treatment for it, and could not provide a prognosis other than you will probably uncomfortable.  (Then all your friends feel bad for you because you have ET, a disease with a Latin name and initials.)

To make a long story not quite as long, this non-conventional doctor believes that I can be healed. Like me, he believes that although the human body is mortal, it is not designed to attack itself, and that I am too young for my limitations. He believes MS was caused by my body’s reaction to one (or more) of five situations: scar tissue, toxic chemicals like pesticides, build-up of harmful metals, infection, or a food allergy.

He did a lot of tests using vials and acupuncture pressure points and it appears to be door #3: metals, aluminum and mercury, specifically. It makes sense as I have very little scar tissue, I’ve had no serious infections, and I’ve not been able to see any link between foods (like dairy or meat or wheat) and how I am feeling. And I have not dusted too many crops and I wash my fruit.

Anyway, so metals.

Questions:

1. How did that happen?

2. Is it correctable?

3. Can I prevent it from happening again?

4. Can the nerve damage I’ve sustained be reversed?

5. If I get my voice back, will I ever stop singing?

Answers

1. Can’t really know that but likely culprits may be my mouthful of silver fillings or soda from aluminum cans.

2. Maybe

3. Sure, but let’s see if we can undo what’s been done first

4. Maybe, but it may take some time; don’t hold your breath

5. No, not when I am awake, probably not

He gave me some potion that is supposed to help the body purge metals and eight different herbal supplements all aimed at promoting healing. The pills aren’t bad but there are a couple of remedies that are drops that I add to water and it is so awful. It is like drinking bleach, tonic water, and rancid battery acid. OK, that is an exaggeration but seriously, I drink it in front of a sink in case I gag or otherwise reject it. However, it is nothing compared with hope restored, and I’d drink it every hour if it would help. I’d even write a song about it.