Hi Everyone,
I had an interesting email a few days ago from an owner of a website about Lyme that contains lots of data about the failure within the medical community and the government to act responsibly in regards to the Lyme problem. He very bluntly said that I was “sad” because I wasn’t standing up for Lymies and for myself. He later apologized, but I can understand his anger.
This is the situation. I’m not an activist. I’m an advocate. I find solutions to problems. My goal is to help people get healthy first. If the opportunity arises to do something greater and get involved politically, I just might. I’m not SAD at all.
What I’ve done is pretty remarkable. But I can’t let anger rule me. In fact, I do know probably more than I want to about the breakdown in the medical world and Lyme being a bio warfare bug. Yes, I WAS upset about it, but how can anyone fight when they don’t feel good. There are many injustices in the world and when you’re sick, you’ll kill yourself trying to worry about them.
There’s a place and time for everything. My point is that many of us probably know already quite a bit about the situation with insurance, politics and medical world involving Lyme. I have a few friends who have written about and ARE continuing to write about these issues.
For people who are sick, the focus should be on oneself and NOTHING else. You can’t use up valuable energy fighting and you shouldn’t. You can’t be angry. You should be determined. Being determined gives you a positive focus. Being angry wears on you emotionally and physically.
Electrolytes – Making You Feel Soooo Much Better!
I know I’ve already written briefly on this, but this is the deal. Everyone who is ill needs to have their electrolytes balanced. There is no excuse to be running around ill with Lyme and ill with an electrolyte imbalance.
Electrolytes provide the means, when combined with proper circulation and balanced body chemistry, to maintain proper blood pressure, circulate nutrients, rebuild damaged tissues and expedite waste from the body, including our lymphatic circulatory system. This is a HUGE deal with people who have bacteria in their body.
Yesterday, I was working on my book in the morning and was writing about this problem of my lymphatic system becoming “clogged” by bacteria which was trying to make its “last stand” and slowing down the lymph nodes by clogging them. Of course, I explain it in much better detail, but the point is that because neurotoxins from Lyme can make you as sick or worse than the bacteria itself, it’s important to make sure all neurotoxins are leaving your body in an orderly fashion. Electrolytes are essential for this.
I had not known about the need to balance electrolytes at that time. Unfortunately, many people are already imbalanced, but people who are sick are always unbalanced. Medications make the problems even worse. I hear people complain about nausea, dizziness, fatigue, etc. from not only Lyme, but also from the medications they are on. Having your electrolytes balanced combats the problem, and it may even completely reverse many symptoms.
There is actually too much information to completely cover everything about the electrolyte situation, but if you have any of these problems below:
• Suffer from heat-related illnesses
• Suffer from stress-related disorders
• Sweat excessively or don’t sweat easily
• Have circulation problems (cold hands and feet)
• Have low or high blood pressure
• Take medications which affect blood pressure
• Eat poorly or have poor drinking habits
• Are susceptible to infections and colds
• Exercise regularly or
• Have an existing illness or disease
…you need to go here to discover what you can do about it (because you can’t just eat more salt or drink a sports drink to help you with this serious medical problem!)
http://www.healthtoheart.com/fluid-electrolytes-drink.htm
and also get this report (you may pass it around to anyone you suspect has some illness due to the common electrolyte imbalance but so often overlooked!)
Download your Free Electrolyte Report Here
There is a price break on these electrolytes that I use and honestly if you suspect you have some problem from reading the above information, and you don’t get and USE this product, then there might be a reason why you’re so sick…Get what I’m saying? Consider this email a small blessing.
Go here to get the ones I used to get myself balanced. (It’s made a very big difference, as you can read my testimonial on the right hand side)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Treating Inflammation Associated With Lyme Disease
Hi Everyone,
I’m plugging away at my book about my Lyme Disease journey, through treatments, healing and personal discovery. I’m 250 pages into it and am now adding in all missing segments. Because I just did so much. In fact, I did so much I had to go back and look at my progression through certain treatments so that I could write about it. What’s more interesting is that I haven’t had writer’s block at all..it’s like I’ve been dying to get this off my chest for some time now.
Treating Inflammation With A Natural Remedy
Today I wrote about dealing with inflammation. Just about everyone with Lyme Disease or a co-infection has this problem. Inflammation can be triggered by a number of things and since Lyme Disease is a disease of opportunity, those people who had a brewing inflammation problem, coupled with Lyme Disease are probably hurting really bad. Because Lyme Disease compounds any prior health issue. The inflammation from Lyme Disease is caused by bacterial lipoproteins (BLPs) and it triggers autoimmunity (in which your own immune system gets reved up and sometimes attacks itself.)
If that weren’t bad enough I strongly believe many people have serious gut health issues, especially those with Lyme Disease ( I’ll cover more in a future newsletter), but for now, know that your gut may be inhabited by pathogens, other than Lyme Disease bacteria. These pathogens can also cause inflammation. And inflammation can travel around in the body, spreading like a disease.
Inflammation is one of the things that MUST get under control and those who master it have a good chance of recovering fully, so it’s very important to fight the inflammation back.
One of the best inflammation fighters I used during my Lyme Disease fight, was aloe. It sounds so simple and yet it’s so effective. When I had Lyme Disease I had terrible inflammation down my spin and around my neck. My skin along my shoulders and down my back was constantly itchy and tingling. This was a sure sign of having an overload of inflammation! I talk about a lot of things I did in my book, but one thing I wanted to give you a heads up on is Aloe, simply because it’s one of the best ways to fight inflammation.
If you can fight it successfully and “put out the fire” a little, it gives your immune system a rest and allows it to focus on the Lyme bacteria itself.
Some people who haven’t had luck with aloe do so for two reasons. One they buy the diluted stuff from the catalogs or stores and Two, they don’t try it long enough. It’s most definitely a build up effect, although I’ve heard people who have taken it and had results immediately.
Aloe is a natural inflammation killer. It has a cooling effect and taken internally it provides not only anti-inflmmatory but also contains massive amounts of nutrients. Aloe is rich in Vitamins, Minerals, Enzymes, Amino Acids, Glycoproteins and Growth Factors believed to act synergistically to impart Aloe's powerful benefits.
It has been shown to stimulate the immune system, perhaps because of aloe vera's ability to nourish individual cells and to facilitate the cell's waste removal (which is a BIG deal for people who have neurotoxins from die-off of the Lyme bacteria).
One of its most important nutritional components of aloe juice, the Polysaccharide, has been shown to have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and even anti-parasitic properties. This means it makes Lyme Disease very miserable inside your body.
Many people take aloe because of issues with their gut as it gives them great relief, but I’m here to say that I think it’s a must do for people with Lyme Disease! People with Lyme Disease have so many health issues, it’s pretty awesome to come across a product that can battle the disease and the by products of the disease on multiple fronts.
I could write about aloe all day, but I think you get the point. Back in 2003, before I knew I had Lyme Disease I was racing and getting ready for the 2004 Olympics and was introduced to this aloe:
http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-vera-juice.htm
It may have been one of those things that was helping me perform as such a high level, while being sick! Then in 2006 I started taking it again because I realized how much I needed it. I’ve been on it every since that time and continue with it just for maintenance.
The aloe here is a super concentrated form and made by some people in Colorado that have been in the aloe business for a VERY LONG TIME. In fact, their aloe is so damn good the FDA tried to shut them down because they had their aloe cream being used in hospitals and it was working “miracles” on burn victims (for those who want their cream or a list of their other products, please email arden). So the FDA had to find something wrong with them and shut them down because they had used the names of diseases on their website! And to be certified as FDA approved it costs BIG BUCKS. So I’m telling you this just so you’ll know how great a product it is.
The Aloe Oil is the only supplement I know of that contains the concentrated oil from an aloe plant. For people who have serious joint problems from the inflammation, put this on the goodie list. It can be used to repair damaged tissues.
http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-oil.htm
May 14th Rally
For those who wanted shirts, best place to get them is here (best to order today or tomorrow so you can have them by next Thursday!):
Get your BEAT LYME DISEASE SHIRTS HERE!
LymeCryme Website
If you have bugging questions on Lyme Disease like WHO, WHY and WHERE? Go to http://www.lymecryme.com/ You can sign the petition, but try not to get upset about all of the information there. Remember, your health is first!
Want to know even more? Go get Les Roberts’ book: http://www.poisonplum.com/
Expect the best,
Perry Fields
P.S. If you’re in need of a direction to go in for treatment, I can help navigate to the best treatments, doctors and protocols based on my outstanding success. To have a one on one with me, email arden so I can straighten you out!
I’m plugging away at my book about my Lyme Disease journey, through treatments, healing and personal discovery. I’m 250 pages into it and am now adding in all missing segments. Because I just did so much. In fact, I did so much I had to go back and look at my progression through certain treatments so that I could write about it. What’s more interesting is that I haven’t had writer’s block at all..it’s like I’ve been dying to get this off my chest for some time now.
Treating Inflammation With A Natural Remedy
Today I wrote about dealing with inflammation. Just about everyone with Lyme Disease or a co-infection has this problem. Inflammation can be triggered by a number of things and since Lyme Disease is a disease of opportunity, those people who had a brewing inflammation problem, coupled with Lyme Disease are probably hurting really bad. Because Lyme Disease compounds any prior health issue. The inflammation from Lyme Disease is caused by bacterial lipoproteins (BLPs) and it triggers autoimmunity (in which your own immune system gets reved up and sometimes attacks itself.)
If that weren’t bad enough I strongly believe many people have serious gut health issues, especially those with Lyme Disease ( I’ll cover more in a future newsletter), but for now, know that your gut may be inhabited by pathogens, other than Lyme Disease bacteria. These pathogens can also cause inflammation. And inflammation can travel around in the body, spreading like a disease.
Inflammation is one of the things that MUST get under control and those who master it have a good chance of recovering fully, so it’s very important to fight the inflammation back.
One of the best inflammation fighters I used during my Lyme Disease fight, was aloe. It sounds so simple and yet it’s so effective. When I had Lyme Disease I had terrible inflammation down my spin and around my neck. My skin along my shoulders and down my back was constantly itchy and tingling. This was a sure sign of having an overload of inflammation! I talk about a lot of things I did in my book, but one thing I wanted to give you a heads up on is Aloe, simply because it’s one of the best ways to fight inflammation.
If you can fight it successfully and “put out the fire” a little, it gives your immune system a rest and allows it to focus on the Lyme bacteria itself.
Some people who haven’t had luck with aloe do so for two reasons. One they buy the diluted stuff from the catalogs or stores and Two, they don’t try it long enough. It’s most definitely a build up effect, although I’ve heard people who have taken it and had results immediately.
Aloe is a natural inflammation killer. It has a cooling effect and taken internally it provides not only anti-inflmmatory but also contains massive amounts of nutrients. Aloe is rich in Vitamins, Minerals, Enzymes, Amino Acids, Glycoproteins and Growth Factors believed to act synergistically to impart Aloe's powerful benefits.
It has been shown to stimulate the immune system, perhaps because of aloe vera's ability to nourish individual cells and to facilitate the cell's waste removal (which is a BIG deal for people who have neurotoxins from die-off of the Lyme bacteria).
One of its most important nutritional components of aloe juice, the Polysaccharide, has been shown to have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and even anti-parasitic properties. This means it makes Lyme Disease very miserable inside your body.
Many people take aloe because of issues with their gut as it gives them great relief, but I’m here to say that I think it’s a must do for people with Lyme Disease! People with Lyme Disease have so many health issues, it’s pretty awesome to come across a product that can battle the disease and the by products of the disease on multiple fronts.
I could write about aloe all day, but I think you get the point. Back in 2003, before I knew I had Lyme Disease I was racing and getting ready for the 2004 Olympics and was introduced to this aloe:
http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-vera-juice.htm
It may have been one of those things that was helping me perform as such a high level, while being sick! Then in 2006 I started taking it again because I realized how much I needed it. I’ve been on it every since that time and continue with it just for maintenance.
The aloe here is a super concentrated form and made by some people in Colorado that have been in the aloe business for a VERY LONG TIME. In fact, their aloe is so damn good the FDA tried to shut them down because they had their aloe cream being used in hospitals and it was working “miracles” on burn victims (for those who want their cream or a list of their other products, please email arden). So the FDA had to find something wrong with them and shut them down because they had used the names of diseases on their website! And to be certified as FDA approved it costs BIG BUCKS. So I’m telling you this just so you’ll know how great a product it is.
The Aloe Oil is the only supplement I know of that contains the concentrated oil from an aloe plant. For people who have serious joint problems from the inflammation, put this on the goodie list. It can be used to repair damaged tissues.
http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-oil.htm
May 14th Rally
For those who wanted shirts, best place to get them is here (best to order today or tomorrow so you can have them by next Thursday!):
Get your BEAT LYME DISEASE SHIRTS HERE!
LymeCryme Website
If you have bugging questions on Lyme Disease like WHO, WHY and WHERE? Go to http://www.lymecryme.com/ You can sign the petition, but try not to get upset about all of the information there. Remember, your health is first!
Want to know even more? Go get Les Roberts’ book: http://www.poisonplum.com/
Expect the best,
Perry Fields
P.S. If you’re in need of a direction to go in for treatment, I can help navigate to the best treatments, doctors and protocols based on my outstanding success. To have a one on one with me, email arden so I can straighten you out!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Biological Terrian For Lymies, Mold Keeping You Ill? and The Doctors On Wednesday
I just have to laugh at this. I said last week that “The
Doctors” episode I was supposed to be on was Friday. I watched
on Friday in HORROR thinking my segment was cut. Then it
flashed on the screen, Summer Illnesses on Wednesday. I thought,
Summer Dangers, now Summer Illnesses. Perhaps they just had too
much material about summer!
Unfortunately I couldn’t get the producers to contact me back
about what day it’s actually showing. In TV you’re yesterday’s
news, before your show is even SHOWN to the public! I had these
ladies calling me everyday to make sure I would show up and now
they can’t return my phone call. Ah, show business!
So on this Wednesday there is a show about Summer Illness
that includes my segment, Lyme Disease, and things like
West Nile Virus. I didn’t even know there was a segment on Lyme
Disease because my part is about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever!
They had already found someone else to talk about Lyme before
they contacted me, so I don’t even get to talk about Lyme.
However, a little something is better than nothing…so I’m okay
with that.
Helping People Who Can’t Help Themselves
I have find so many people with Lyme Disease that are hopeless,
or think praying will solve all their problems, or think the
government will take care of them, or cure them (if only there
were more funds for research.)
Now I’m not bashing prayer, so don’t make anything of that.
It’s important to believe and to have faith, but if you
spend more time praying than you do implementing,
then you might be one of those people who are just really sick
right now.
As far as the government is concerned, again I don’t like to
talk about Lyme being bio-warfare, but if it is, you should know
that the goal of bio-warfare is to maim (or kill) the weak,
already sick or injured.
Now do you really think someone is going to produce the magic
pill that makes your illness go away? Billions of dollars have
been spent on a cancer cure. I guess all those “Eat more
vegetables and fruits and Breast self-examination booklets” are
expensive to make!
My point is this: bio-warfare is meant to reduce populations,
but not to kill or permanently injure everyone. The healthy
survive; the sick don’t. The people eating at fast food places
everyday will be the first to go!
I found many people at the Lyme Rally I attended last week made
me really sad inside. I saw a lot of overweight people and I
thought is this, PRE LYME or POST LYME? Now
Sumo Wrestlers are overweight and actually very healthy. They
don’t eat junk and they eat tons of healthy soups to gain large
amounts of weight. They have no visceral fat. They have healthy
fat (there is such a thing) and their metabolic systems are
quite healthy. So I’m not bashing overweight people either. (I’m
a huge SUMO fan.) I just know some people at that rally weren’t
preparing for Sumo wrestling.
Your biological terrain has to be correct. I strongly
believe that 25% to 50% of the US population has Lyme Disease
(or some type of tick born bacteria.) You can live healthy with
it and you can get your body to take care of it.
But I’m amazed to see so many people instill all of their trust
in physicians who never talk about how important it is to
establish the right metabolic terrain. It’s job #1 people!
Then it seems people stay sick forever, then lose the desire to
go on and I get emails from people who said they have “tried
everything” but if you’re still sick, then you haven’t tried
everything have you? So you can't give up!
Lyme Lady of 15 Years
I was really hurt when I spoke to a woman who has had Lyme for
15 years. I sat across from her at lunch one day and spoke with
her. I had brought some of the electrolytes (that I have
previously mentioned in a newsletter) with me because from some
of her symptoms she described, I knew it would help her quickly.
I gave her some and asked her what it tasted like. She said,
“SUPER SALTY” and she looked like she could not even bear the
taste of it. Without explaining to her beforehand, I knew that
she was electrolyte deficient and imbalanced. I then explained
the product, the reason why she is unbalanced and how she can
fix it. I even gave her some to take home. She never ordered the
product (http://www.healthtoheart.com/fluid-electrolytes-drink.htm)
This means she still has the problem and this past week I saw
her at the rally. My mother went with me to the rally and asked
who she was. She said “That woman looks like she would fall over
if you touched her.” She looked frail. Her body was contorted
and worst than when I saw her previously, several months ago!
So she either didn’t care what I had to say or she
truly doesn’t want to get better. Either way, it is truly
perplexing. If I were sick and talking with someone who had the
disease and also has rosy checks, amazing energy, bright eyes,
and serious muscle tone, I would probably listen up. (I should
disclose that I looked a lot like this lady 3 years ago.)
...Or maybe it’s just a case of someone who has had the
disease for so long that they really think they know it all.
But it really hurt my feelings and makes me sad. Because I know
she’ll be sick forever!
Dr. Schaller
This doctor named Dr. Schaller was a speaker at the rally and
he’s a really funny guy. He really knows Lyme Disease. What
makes this physician different is that he does his own research!
He’s even tried alternative things (although I don’t know to
what extent, but at least he’s made the effort.) I actually
agreed with everything he said, which was surprising.
He said if you have had one bite, you’ve been bitten 10 times
before!
He believes the opposite of most LL MD’s which is “baby dosing”
with medications at first…not just all out assaulting someone
with different drugs. It made sense. But I felt like his speech
was too much about the different infections and different drugs
used for treatment. What about biological terrain?
He did mention two HUGE points which I’ve already tried to make in my
newsletters.
One is that mold inside a house is enough to keep someone sick ill. High humidity
always leads to mold, but you can have mold inside your house
from all kinds of sources (not just from FLOODING.)
When I said ozoning the air in your house as a MUST DO, I
really meant it. Large mold removal companies use ozone to
clean houses. If you suspect a problem you should get a
specialist to look at your house, but even after a clean up, you
still could be inhaling other toxins in your house. Ozonate the
air you live in so you can cross this problem off your
checklist! I use the ozonator to ozonate my water and the air in
my house on a daily basis.
http://www.healthtoheart.com/ozone-machine.htm
Two he said you need a mentor. He recognizes the
need and I appreciate his making this a valid point. On my
journey I kept my mind open and tried some of the most far out
things! Some worked, some didn’t, but I had good results
with the things that did work. I just kept going until there was
no place else to go and then I’d meet someone, I would have this
hunch, someone would email me something, or I would go out
looking for a specific someone. I don’t know if you can say
“build it and they will come,” it’s more like “look for it and
it will appear.” You can call it divine luck, a miracle, good
fortune, being right place/right time, ESP, but I do believe
everything happens for a reason.
All I can say is, I wish that the 2005 Perry could have known
the 2009 Perry. I could have saved myself time, money, effort,
heartache, and my life would have been so much easier.
And 2009 Perry would of gotten me through the hard emotional
times. It was hard to have not know anyone who had major success
beating Lyme Disease and it was really hard trying to be my own
role model.....REALLY HARD.
Perhaps you found me for a reason. So let me help you or you can
keep praying (without implementing), you can sit around and wait
for the government to cure you (that won’t ever happen) or you
can put all of your trust into your current healthcare provider
(who won’t have all the answers and it’s not their fault if
they don’t.)
Email Arden and get some coaching (“mentoring”):
arden@beatlyme.com
I’ll write about the Montauck Monster next. I think this
newsletter is getting too long.
Expect the best,
PL Fields
P.S. Also today "Lyme Disease Symptoms" is in the TOP TEN search phrases
for the day on Yahoo! WOW! I've never seen this before. It means people are getting the word out, so kudos to you if you've helped.
I don't know if this is just because the CBS Show, The Doctors are flashing to Wednesday's program on it. I do know it's the #1 daytime talk show, but still that's pretty amazing.
P।P.S. Pass it on. Do you have someone you know who can’t quite get over “the illness hump”- then forward this newsletter to them!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Is Your Lyme Doctor At Fault?
Hi Everyone,
This is a most pressing concern that I should address immediately. I have a lot of people asking me about which doctor they should see.
In fact, I get as many people asking me about doctors as I do people telling me that they’re upset about being misdiagnosed OR not getting the care they needed OR a doctor telling them that there’s no reason to test for Lyme.
I have to tell you right now, I have good news and bad news.
The bad news goes like this: no one doctor will ever have all of your answers. The most upsetting part about my journey (and it happens with most of us who have these strange complex autoimmune disorders like Lyme) is that doctors reach their plateau or comfort level when treating their patients. Most doctors have a certain belief on how Lyme should be treated (or any other disease.) Most doctors will not be actively going to seminars to learn the latest and they will at some point be limited in their ability to treat you.)
I’m not bashing the medical world. My grandfather was president of the South Carolina Medical Association. There’s an entire town in South Carolina that thinks he’s the greatest thing since Jesus Christ and I’m not exaggerating. Everyone in town is named “Perry” because he and his father and brother delivered almost every person in town, so they named their kids after them. The love of healing and curing and treating people runs deeps in my family.
It runs so deep that I was going to be a doctor, but in college I had a terrible food allergy and after seeing numerous doctors who just wanted to prescribe something for me, I lost my desire for it, particularly after realizing it was because I was gluten-intolerant, meaning I don’t do so well eating wheat, barley and other gluten containing foods. Not one specialist I went to see said, “Maybe it’s something you’re eating.” DUH.
The only time I could really get angry at a doctor during my Lyme ordeal was when I went to see the premiere Lyme Disease specialist in the Southeast and when I asked him about success rates (overall rates and success with certain medications), he could not tell me. I found this to be a huge disservice, as I believe if he really wanted to cure people, he would know what his success rates were.
You should be prepared ahead of time that to defeat Lyme takes multiple heads put together. It takes listening to people who have had success. Stop thinking you’re so different. Lyme Disease is Lyme Disease and almost every person with it has had multiple co-infections. That’s just part of it.
I can go even further and say people who get Lyme all have certain variables that are totally out of whack, but they can be corrected. The health of all individuals adheres to certain fundamentals… Which means I’m no different than YOU.
Be prepared to see different doctors and get different opinions. If you had a brain tumor, would you let your general practitioner operate on you or dictate the treatment to get? Heck, No! You would see MULTIPLE experts in different healthcare fields. You might see a Specialized Surgeon to take the tumor out and then see a Chinese Medicine Doctor to build your immune system back up. The people who do this have the most success, because there is so much out there you can’t expect one doctor to have all the answers. So don’t be frustrated or angry at your current doctor. They probably specialize in certain treatments and that’s their comfort zone, so respect it. Take what you need from each and appreciate their effort. Just know you’re going to have to move on at some point. Use your gut instinct to make that decision as to the time to move on.
During my ordeal I knew when I had reached a plateau with an individual doctor or healthcare provider and a certain kind of treatment and then it was ON TO THE NEXT BEST THING. I saw every type of person in every type of niched health care philosophy. Some things worked and some things were a waste of time.
People think beating Lyme Disease in a few years time is an awesome accomplishment. I think I could have done it in a year and some change had I known what to try. I didn’t have the luxury of knowing someone who had “been there and done that.” I was terribly depressed about the unknown, but I was certainly not paralyzed by it. The only way to get out of a situation is to take action. So my feelings were if nobody can help me, I will just figure it out myself.
At that time there were some Lyme forums with people taking about which medication they were on but nothing revolutionary. If I asked a question I got, “sorry you’re screwed, but don’t worry, some medications might make you feel better.” I thought, “Rip my heart out, why don’t ya?” I never went back.
The good news: You found me. I’m no Holy Grail, but you might be sick for a reason if you haven’t utilized me as a resource yet. I obviously can’t talk about everything in my newsletters for fear of it being construed as medical advice. I can’t even call it a “consult.”
The bottom line: You’re wasting time, money and your life by sitting around spinning in circles if you haven’t contacted me yet. Empowering yourself with knowledge means you can take control of the situation. It means you can seek out the right treatments and you will know immediately if it’s best for you or what you should do next. It means you take control of your own destiny. It means having a direction and path and plan of action that will lead to success.
Having WONDERFUL, multiple disciplinary doctors is great, but the TREATMENTS & Knowledge (and I should say some Diagnostic Testing) are the real stars.
Email Arden to get some serious “coaching.”
The Doctors Today
Yep, I talked about it before and it’s on TV this today on CBS. “The Doctors” are doing a show about staying safe during the summer. I’m interviewed on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (which was one of my co-infections.) They didn’t want to talk about Lyme (since they had already done a show on that, so no frowny faces, at least they covered a tick born illness which means they are up on the times.) It was hard for me not to mention Lyme Disease, but I did what I was told to do. I do that occasionally.
Dr. Handsome (oops, I mean Dr. Stork) had some interesting things to say about how he treats RMSF in an ER environment. (He’s an ER doctor.) Some people who get it must go to the hospital immediately and it does become life threatening.
Check your local listings to see when it comes on in your area.
Lyme Rally
The Lyme Rally in SC was yesterday and my next newsletter will be on what I found surprising. You don't want to miss it. Go to www.BeatLyme.com and sign up for my newsletter if you have not already.
Expect the Best,
Perry
P.S. I just got my first email from a Lymie who has started using the aloe I suggested in the last newsletter and she said after 3 days she’s already noticing a huge difference with her inflammation symptoms (like itchy burning skin.) When I mention a product or treatment, take it seriously. I’m telling you things I know to be of high quality that work.
The superstar aloe is here: http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-vera-juice.htm
This is a most pressing concern that I should address immediately. I have a lot of people asking me about which doctor they should see.
In fact, I get as many people asking me about doctors as I do people telling me that they’re upset about being misdiagnosed OR not getting the care they needed OR a doctor telling them that there’s no reason to test for Lyme.
I have to tell you right now, I have good news and bad news.
The bad news goes like this: no one doctor will ever have all of your answers. The most upsetting part about my journey (and it happens with most of us who have these strange complex autoimmune disorders like Lyme) is that doctors reach their plateau or comfort level when treating their patients. Most doctors have a certain belief on how Lyme should be treated (or any other disease.) Most doctors will not be actively going to seminars to learn the latest and they will at some point be limited in their ability to treat you.)
I’m not bashing the medical world. My grandfather was president of the South Carolina Medical Association. There’s an entire town in South Carolina that thinks he’s the greatest thing since Jesus Christ and I’m not exaggerating. Everyone in town is named “Perry” because he and his father and brother delivered almost every person in town, so they named their kids after them. The love of healing and curing and treating people runs deeps in my family.
It runs so deep that I was going to be a doctor, but in college I had a terrible food allergy and after seeing numerous doctors who just wanted to prescribe something for me, I lost my desire for it, particularly after realizing it was because I was gluten-intolerant, meaning I don’t do so well eating wheat, barley and other gluten containing foods. Not one specialist I went to see said, “Maybe it’s something you’re eating.” DUH.
The only time I could really get angry at a doctor during my Lyme ordeal was when I went to see the premiere Lyme Disease specialist in the Southeast and when I asked him about success rates (overall rates and success with certain medications), he could not tell me. I found this to be a huge disservice, as I believe if he really wanted to cure people, he would know what his success rates were.
You should be prepared ahead of time that to defeat Lyme takes multiple heads put together. It takes listening to people who have had success. Stop thinking you’re so different. Lyme Disease is Lyme Disease and almost every person with it has had multiple co-infections. That’s just part of it.
I can go even further and say people who get Lyme all have certain variables that are totally out of whack, but they can be corrected. The health of all individuals adheres to certain fundamentals… Which means I’m no different than YOU.
Be prepared to see different doctors and get different opinions. If you had a brain tumor, would you let your general practitioner operate on you or dictate the treatment to get? Heck, No! You would see MULTIPLE experts in different healthcare fields. You might see a Specialized Surgeon to take the tumor out and then see a Chinese Medicine Doctor to build your immune system back up. The people who do this have the most success, because there is so much out there you can’t expect one doctor to have all the answers. So don’t be frustrated or angry at your current doctor. They probably specialize in certain treatments and that’s their comfort zone, so respect it. Take what you need from each and appreciate their effort. Just know you’re going to have to move on at some point. Use your gut instinct to make that decision as to the time to move on.
During my ordeal I knew when I had reached a plateau with an individual doctor or healthcare provider and a certain kind of treatment and then it was ON TO THE NEXT BEST THING. I saw every type of person in every type of niched health care philosophy. Some things worked and some things were a waste of time.
People think beating Lyme Disease in a few years time is an awesome accomplishment. I think I could have done it in a year and some change had I known what to try. I didn’t have the luxury of knowing someone who had “been there and done that.” I was terribly depressed about the unknown, but I was certainly not paralyzed by it. The only way to get out of a situation is to take action. So my feelings were if nobody can help me, I will just figure it out myself.
At that time there were some Lyme forums with people taking about which medication they were on but nothing revolutionary. If I asked a question I got, “sorry you’re screwed, but don’t worry, some medications might make you feel better.” I thought, “Rip my heart out, why don’t ya?” I never went back.
The good news: You found me. I’m no Holy Grail, but you might be sick for a reason if you haven’t utilized me as a resource yet. I obviously can’t talk about everything in my newsletters for fear of it being construed as medical advice. I can’t even call it a “consult.”
The bottom line: You’re wasting time, money and your life by sitting around spinning in circles if you haven’t contacted me yet. Empowering yourself with knowledge means you can take control of the situation. It means you can seek out the right treatments and you will know immediately if it’s best for you or what you should do next. It means you take control of your own destiny. It means having a direction and path and plan of action that will lead to success.
Having WONDERFUL, multiple disciplinary doctors is great, but the TREATMENTS & Knowledge (and I should say some Diagnostic Testing) are the real stars.
Email Arden to get some serious “coaching.”
The Doctors Today
Yep, I talked about it before and it’s on TV this today on CBS. “The Doctors” are doing a show about staying safe during the summer. I’m interviewed on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (which was one of my co-infections.) They didn’t want to talk about Lyme (since they had already done a show on that, so no frowny faces, at least they covered a tick born illness which means they are up on the times.) It was hard for me not to mention Lyme Disease, but I did what I was told to do. I do that occasionally.
Dr. Handsome (oops, I mean Dr. Stork) had some interesting things to say about how he treats RMSF in an ER environment. (He’s an ER doctor.) Some people who get it must go to the hospital immediately and it does become life threatening.
Check your local listings to see when it comes on in your area.
Lyme Rally
The Lyme Rally in SC was yesterday and my next newsletter will be on what I found surprising. You don't want to miss it. Go to www.BeatLyme.com and sign up for my newsletter if you have not already.
Expect the Best,
Perry
P.S. I just got my first email from a Lymie who has started using the aloe I suggested in the last newsletter and she said after 3 days she’s already noticing a huge difference with her inflammation symptoms (like itchy burning skin.) When I mention a product or treatment, take it seriously. I’m telling you things I know to be of high quality that work.
The superstar aloe is here: http://www.healthtoheart.com/aloe-vera-juice.htm
BeatLyme.com Has A New Blog
Okay Lyme Disease Friends and Family,
I've finally have a Lyme Disease Blog other than MySpace.
Honestly, I don't get MySpace so much and maybe that's why I don't blog that much (and I usually just don't have time).
My Myspace is here: http://www.myspace.com/beatlymedisease
The Beat Lyme Disease website is here: http://www.beatlyme.com/
I will work hard at posting more about Lyme Disease treatment, my journey back to track and field from Chronic Lyme Disease and RMSF (Rocky Moutain Spotted Fever) and also the progress of my book about Lyme and what I had to do to get rid of it. It's quite amazing, creative and ENTERTAINING.
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I've finally have a Lyme Disease Blog other than MySpace.
Honestly, I don't get MySpace so much and maybe that's why I don't blog that much (and I usually just don't have time).
My Myspace is here: http://www.myspace.com/beatlymedisease
The Beat Lyme Disease website is here: http://www.beatlyme.com/
I will work hard at posting more about Lyme Disease treatment, my journey back to track and field from Chronic Lyme Disease and RMSF (Rocky Moutain Spotted Fever) and also the progress of my book about Lyme and what I had to do to get rid of it. It's quite amazing, creative and ENTERTAINING.
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