From a Reader with Multiple Sclerosis
Submitted by ACinMA on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 13:40Via www.tomwoods.com
Reader Glenn Horowitz sent me what follows.
I live in Nashville, Tennessee, am a former civilian courier pilot, and I’m a longtime fan of LRC, its contributors, and of course your own work. I’ve been an adherent of the Austrian School since the very early 90s and have been grateful for its influence in my life.
I’m writing you today because I find myself in an unusual and unpleasant situation, and I have an oddly positive feeling that you might be able to offer some cogent advice and possibly some assistance with it. I respect your opinions and admire the way your mind works, so I have confidence that any advice you might care to offer will be sound.
Several years ago I came down with multiple sclerosis and recently it’s disabled me to a critical point. It permanently disabled me in 2006 and much as I’d like to, I can’t work productively. At this point, however, not only can I no longer walk, but I can’t even stand upright reliably. Even transferring from my power wheelchair to my bed is dicey, but I refuse to stay bedridden. Transferring to my vehicle, a 2008 Honda Element, is far worse, putting me at risk of an uncontrollable fall to the concrete or asphalt surfaces I’m dependent upon. The only family member willing to help is my mother, who moved here from Washington, District of Criminals last October at my request.
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Medical Marijuana
is a partial answer for this person, it is shown to have great benefits for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Hope this helps, I am not sure on how to get this particular information to this person. I think it may be even a proven fact that it helps.
Here is a link, I have not studied the link to approve it's statements, but have heard from quite a few sources that it helps.
http://norml.org/library/item/multiple-sclerosis
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine
The R3volution requires action, not observation!!!!
I promised to send links
I promised to send links about the MS procedure (CCSVI) I had done in Poland. Please forgive the delay. If you don't mind cut-n-paste, here is the email I just sent to a delightful woman I met at the Chicago St. Patty's Day parade yesterday. We both marched for Ron Paul. She was originally from Poland, and I mentioned I had a medical procedure done there for MS and she asked me to send her the info for a friend of hers w/ MS. Here is the email I just sent to her:
Dear Xxxx,
I am the woman at the St. Patty's Day parade for Ron Paul who was treated for MS in Katowice, Poland. Here are some links for you to pass on to your friend.
Short intro to Chronic CerebroSpinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI):
http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-7374.html
Here is a good place for more general information on CCSVI (pretty US-focused):
http://www.ccsvi.org/
Here are some before and after youtube videos:
http://www.thisisms.com/forum/chronic-cerebrospinal-venous-i...
This is my favourite blog out there on CCSVI. An entertaining, witty, cynical New Yorker who does very intelligent, even-handed analysis of the topic:
http://www.wheelchairkamikaze.com/
If you want to get into a forum, this one is where the CCSVI conversation started. I recommend the "Sticky" posts.
http://www.thisisms.com/forum-40.html
Finally, my recommendation for doctors who perform this procedure are:
*Katowice, Poland
Dr. Ludyka and Dr. Simka
-Their team has done over 2000 procedures by now, including mine
-Cost is $10,000 (out-of-pocket)
-Contact info for patients is:
tel: +48 32 793 77 33
fax: +48 32 601 09 60
e-mail: info@euromedicpoland.com
The Poland team also has a US location (New Jersey) that will do preliminary ultrasound testing to establish the degree of stenosis in the vein(s)
http://www.euromedicpoland.com/13,us_euromedic.html
1-732-873-0200 or 1-877-265-8346
Top Local (Chicago area) doctor has done roughly 70 procedures:
Dr. Hector Ferral at NorthShore University HealthSystem
(Covered by insurance)
While the Poland team is the best, I recommend having a local guy like Ferral who can be used for basic check-ups.
All my best,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
xxx.xxx.xxxx
p.s. There was a grey, Ron Paul child's t-shirt left at the table (GAP brand). If it was yours, I would be happy to mail it. Let me know.
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My Wife has MS and...
here is what I have done to help reverse her symptoms. This has taken quite a few years to figure out but have nailed it down for the most part. Most thing regarding an ailment can be solved through proper nutrition, herbs, vitamins and minerals. So here is what is what she takes and has done to change her diet:
1. Absolutely no animal products (no eggs, milk, cheese ect) with a 30% raw diet.
2. No sugar replacements such as aspartame, high fructose corn syrup ect...NONE WHATSOEVER! You can have raw sugar but very little. Better options are Grade B maple syrup and honey.
3. Tumeric/Curcumin- cook it everything from spaghetti sauce to soups ect.
4. Cilantro- it gets rid of the heavy metals in the body, so I recommend eating as often as you can stand it in salads, guacamole, salsa ect.
5. Use only organic products such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Also make sure if you use meat replacement products that they are GMO free.
6. Exercise all those muscles using what is comfortable for you and incorporate yoga into the routine.
7. Vitamins and Minerals- D3, CoQ10, B vitamins, Blue Green Algae/ Wheat Grass, Multivitamin, Flax seed oil, Bragg's Amino acids.
If you can start to do these things and get very serious about it than I promise you, you will see a significant change within a few months. If you would like more help on this in more depth, I would be happy to help but you have to make the commitment before I give you my time.
I have been a professional chef for many years and have been studying nutrition for about 10 years out of my career. I am also fluent in herbs and the Vedic tradition of the healing arts.
BTW, My wife has almost no symptoms now. Can do everything that anyone else can except climb a mountain. She still experiences some lite balance issues. We also have five children and she home schools 4 out of the 5. You wanna get better?
Love Has No Opposite!
Acupressure treatments may help you
I know the psychologist who developed the treatment and has some very prestigious credentials. He has lectured at Cambridge and commands $600 for analysis, but most of his acupressure treatments are posted on the web at http://www.the-tree-of-life.com/gogsrc.htm His website looks flaky, but
Dr. Ebert is anything but. While you must contact his foundation for some diseases, including MS, he used to charge a nominal ($100) fee for his specialized treatments. He has several contracts with the Department of Agriculture, so the government tacitly admits the validity of his work.
My suggestion: use one of his free acupressure treatments. If it works for you contact him for his treatment for MS. Besides maybe feeling a little silly, what do you have to lose?
Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough
Please pass this on! I ran across this awhile ago and have been forwarding it to everyone I hear about with MS:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/researchers-lab...
I had the CCSVI procedure
I had the CCSVI procedure done in Poland 2 yrs ago, after I read this same article...just before Thanksgiving of '09. They opened my left internal jugular vein and azygos vein. Pre-procedure I was shopping for a cane, needed a golf-cart to take me to my car after a football game, and went to bed for the day at 2pm. After the procedure my vision sharpened immediately and I walked around Krakow the next day with a baby on my back. That week I hiked 2 miles in 80 degree heat, and within a month I water skied and held a 19 second handstand, things I hadn't done in years. The people I traveled with had similar results, although mine were among the more pronounced.
This is a vein issue, a plumbing problem so to speak and your neurologist probably won't buy it (his interests aren't aligned, and he likely hasn't studied it), but find a good vascular guy and this will make perfect sense to him.
If you wonder why this obscure article from 2009 is all there is, as a Ron Paul supporter, you can guess the answer. MS is a $7 billion industry. The average MS patient spends $30,000 a year. This procedure is cheaper and lower risk than any drug out there and it actually stops (and often reverses) MS progress. The main drugs out there slow deterioration 29-67% and the 67% one has a 1/1000 chance of death (I was on that one). Thank goodness for the internet. I'll find some links for you in another post. This one is already intolerably long.
*btw, absolutely I think good nutrition helps everyone, by all means add it into the mix, but this procedure addresses the baseline problem.
Congratulations!
I absolutely love hearing stories of people winning against illnesses. Thanks for sharing the positive news! :D
You can perhaps do a reverse mortgage
I think the idea of reverse mortgages in themselves are odd, but considering you will get the equity back you've already put in and make it disposable while you're able to use it you might consider it if you don't have children especially.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Americans are generous
We don't need GOVT handouts because we can all help each other.
In the age of the internet, no one should have to go hungry or suffer alone just because of money.
Americans are generous people.
Bump.
Witness the POWER of an IDEA - the MASSIVE Ron Paul Rallies! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsg7a-Ok8Q
My dad has MS
and has been in a continuously deteriorating condition for 30 yrs. Bedridden for the last 6 years, and on a walker or wheelchair for 15 years before that. He can now only move his right arm, and his head, and can still swallow, so my mother can feed him.
It's been a rough time, but if you need to, you can manage it.
There are charities and helpful people who can make it more bearable. It does sap away all your life savings on medical costs, but there's not much anyone can do about that.
We finally now have him on hospice care, and it's on the last slide.
Life isn't always a joy ride, but caring family members and other helpful people can make all the difference.
bump
getting this done proves the point that we don't need gov't to take care of us
jferrier
Bump for a fellow patriot
Bump for a patriot! My heart goes out to this man.
Healthnut4freedom
The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment...Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are His delight. Prov 12:19,22
Please keep this bumped, let's help him out!
If I were ever diagnosed with MS, I would get tested for Lyme, and if I had Lyme, I would treat it using both standard antibiotics and Stephen Buhner's protocol as given in his massively important book Healing Lyme.
MS is, in some situations, an advanced, chronic case of Lyme disease.
I see Stephen Buhner's book
recommends several excellent herbs -- why would you interfere with their healing by using antibiotics?