The treatment that has healed me!

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Hello! I wanted to share how I have been healed in hopes that it may help others in their quest for restored health. I began following this forum January 2015 out of desperation believing that I was going to die! My tale begins as many of yours... One day shopping i became so dizzy I thought I was having a stroke. Four months, eight specialists, seven misdiagnoses, and countless tests later I wound up in emergency surgery! The final diagnosis under the medical model was Ménière's disease which after four months of dizziness nausea and vomiting caused LPR or silent reflux, acute gastritis, stomach polyps, and a vasovagal response condition with the random bouts of blood pressure and heart rate dropping accompanied by passing out! It was explained to me by my surgeon that the strain on my digestive tract caused a weakened gallbladder to cease working. No stones were ever found however my gallbladder was removed via an emergency surgery and was found to be swollen, rigid, and rotting from the inside out! Following the surgery I could keep no food down, was in constant pain and discomfort from nausea. I was virtually bedridden and failed to improve. Medical doctors placed me on PPIs which did not improve my condition and I was told that I would be on them for the foreseeable future. The impact however of these harsh drugs on my weekend body were deleterious. Months went by and I became weaker and more ill. But then one day I read something on this forum that I had not read before. So began some research and finally found someone willing to take me on as a patient for nutrition response testing or muscle testing. After a very short few minutes of testing I was told that there was a relative cure for me! I had tried everything I read on these forums from Minooka honey to cabbage juice and aloe vera... but not only was there no improvement I seemed to get worse and could not understand why these things would work for others and not me! My MD/ND explained to me that nutrition response testing is individualized and that each person is a different organism in need of different approach based on physiology nutritional history current medical condition etc.... And my cure is okra! Yes I said okra! How could it be so simple? It is a Whole Foods supplement (or as close to a whole foods as it can be being a supplement) and that along with Pituitrophin for a pituitary malfunction also identified through the response testing has been my cure. It is now five months and I have my life back! My MD/ND indicates it will take me 12 to 18 months to fully heal But i am well on my way! I am up to 54 different foods I eat and have no negative reaction, I have no nausea and sleep flat again on the bed, I no longer have the sticky glob of whatever choking me in my throat and can breathe normally! I walk a mile a day (quite a feat as just five months ago I could only crawl from my bed to my bathroom). I have not had a vasovagal episode in months now and I feel as though I am strong and sturdy once again not on the verge of collapse and death at any moment! And I do not exaggerate that! But please do not do what I did! Do not order out for okra supplements believing that they will help you! Have the nutrition response testing done for yourself to find your ultimate cure! I could have tried and just about did every remedy talked about on this forum and because it was not what I needed it made me worse! And I can honestly say that I could have tried different remedies for years and never have gotten to okra! There is an answer folks! I went from having a cardiac specialist, an internal medicine specialist, A surgeon, three general practitioners, an ENT, A neurologist, and an otologist to one MD/ND who practices holistic medicine and recognizes the need to blend both the medical model and the natural path smile I could have wasted years of my life in suffering trying to find the right remedy or combination of medical treatments...., but at what cost? I am now gaining my weight back, hair and nails are growing back again, my gums which had receded below my enamel line are recovering! My liver kidneys heart and lungs as well as my stomach and esophagus are all functioning normally once again! And all of my blood work has leveled out! If you are concerned about cost it is not that costly! The initial testing for me was just $200 and an office visit of $45 each time I go. The supplements are less than $40 and last me 2 1/2 months. So it is true that insurance does not pay for this type of medical treatment, but I have had less out-of-pocket expense with my MD/ND than I did with co-pays deductibles etc. for everything else I had previously done through the medical model! I cannot recall now who originally posted about this testing but I thank you! And I am grateful for this forum! I wish all of you godspeed on your health recovery journey!

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    Thanks for sharing Jodi - a truly beautiful story of your journey through adversity.
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    Thanks Jodie for your posting. It's Rex's supportive other half here.  This sort of situation not only gets the suffere down, but also the wife/husband/family as we cant find a magic wand to make our loved one better.  Their "down" mental attitude permeates through and we end up totally depressed as well, like I told one doctor recently we were at the end of our rope. If - no when - he gets better, he better not fall off the food wagon again, or else!  I think he has learnt a hard lesson. Your story gives us a light at the end of the tunnel.  A BIG Thank you. Chrissy in Australia
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    Hi Jodie,

    What a great story.  I am so glad that you are doing so well.  I am from Manchester in the UK, would they have something simlar here that I could ask to be done as I am still undergoing issued with my throat due to acid reflux!  It is a pain and I am on mainly liquids because of it all! 

    Thank you,

    Amanda.

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      Hi Amanda! I am in the States, but while trying to find an MD/ND here that does NRT, it became apparent the testing is more common around Europe than here! Perhaps just search online in your city for Nutrition Response Testing (NRT), holistic medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Nutrition, and Naturopathic medicine. Many combine with chiropractic facilities as well. And, just start calling.. Ask if they do NRT or know who does... That's how i found mine!
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    So happy your sorted and thanks for okra tip  I too seem to have cracked it without okra but will add to my diet good luck and thanks Jodie 
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      Hi Trev - could you kindly share how you fixed your reflux please? Much appreciated.
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      Hi Rex it is trail and error at start I can't eat tomatoes ! Not even on pizzas worst thing for me !!!

      but maybe ok for you look up on google foods bad for reflux ban them all for 3 weeks while on your meds then drop all meds eat only fresh food no TV dinners no concentrated juices  while you do this

      read your labels cut out trans fats these are bad for everyone lots of biters and spreads have them ( if they have veg oil and dairy butter they are trans fat) better off with whole dairy butter ! 

      out of the banned foods add 1 a week to see if you react  if you don't add to your diet and so on  you will end up with just a couple of items you will not be able to eat again others you may have as treats for example chocolate if I eat it on empty stomach or every day I reflux if I have 1 portion after a meal but every other day and  I don't !

      so you need to find the triggers mine is trans fats and tomatoes  anything over a medium curry most have tomatoes in that screw me up so curry with no tomatoes for me !

      after I stopped meds I was doing this...

      I took pine nut oil capsules 1 in morning hour before I eat  and 1 in afternoon 1 hour before main  meal 5pm ,

      i also took milk thistle extract after meals ,

      i cut right down on milk and replaced with soya milk sweetened type !

       On my Corn flakes but don't try it in coffee or tea its crap so I stick to milk for hot drinks ,I find for me soya milk drank cold when I feel acid coming on a glass of soya milk and it's gone in 1 belch ! I won't be without it now .

      try things that have worked for others that you have never tried before .

      good luck remember it takes time to work

       

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      Thanks Trev! I hope I dont cark it before finding the right triggers. Tomatoes are OK but no at night, soy I'm +4 intolerant same as milk but A2 milk seems OK but the labs never test for this? Basically I'm doing what you do and simply dont crave junk food anymore. Hot chips and cheese one can miss though and of course delicious hot bread! I have never tried pine oil though I do eat pine nuts every second day. Would like to give pine oil a bash. Could you tell me the brand please? Again thanks for taking the time to share - much appreciated.
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      They won't let me tell you on here a brand name just been censored! 

       

    • Posted

      Trev just PM me. I used to get gonged for mentioning a Vitamin company but they now advertise here.
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    Hi Jodie......I have had issues of clearing my throat from time-to-time and I saw an allergy doctor and he believes I have LPR.......been to ENT doctors....pulmonary doctor....regular doctor.........diagnosed GERD few years back........do you think I should seek a Nutrition Response Testing within my area?  Thanks!  Bill85205

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