Better Health Guy: My Story

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My Story

 

 

In 1997 at the age of 27, I became violently ill. It was the scariest

thing I had ever experienced. Overnight, my body was ravaged by an

unknown illness. I had difficulty walking, balance problems, blurred

vision, low-grade fevers, rapid heart rate, burning sensations in my

arms and legs, severe joint pain, nausea, digestive disturbances

(we'll leave it at that), brain fog, muscle spasms, numbness,

tingling, skin-hypersensitivity, motor-like tapping sensations in my

hands and feet, and never-ending fatigue.

 

Doctors and health-care professionals were baffled. They suggested

that I had Epstein-Barr virus, Mononucleosis, Fibromyalgia, Multiple

Sclerosis, severe allergies, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and of course,

even that it was all " in my head " . I cannot count the number of times

I was referred to a psychiatrist. Though I will readily admit to the

reality that I probably do need one, it had nothing to do with my

physical health. (read as " Scott has sense of humor " )

 

After 27 doctors and nine months of feeling as though I had the flu

everyday, I was diagnosed with multiple parasitic infections including

Blastocystis Hominis, Giardia Lamblia, Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba

Hystolytica, and others. I was also diagnosed with severe Candida

resulting from antibiotic overuse from several previous doctors.

Additionally, I had Leaky Gut Syndrome and severe food allergies.

 

I tried so many different things to get well. I received mega-doses

of vitamins through IV. I administered coffee enemas. I was

" smudged " by mystic healers. I gave up wheat and fruit products for

years. I gave myself regular injections of vitamins to help with the

malabsorption resulting from the infections. I even went to one

doctor that claimed that I was ill due to a virus found in Crystal

Geyser bottled water (which of course never existed). I took EPD

(Enzyme-Potentiated Desensitization) shots every two months for to

help desensitize and heal my immune system. The EPD treatments

required three days of staying at home eating nothing but potatoes and

water. Oh, how I loved that. The list of things I tried went on and

on...

 

For more details, see the article written about my ordeal in Life

Extension Magazine in June 2000.

 

My journey back to health took the next two years and careful

coordination with my doctor, Jesse Stoff, M.D., one of the brightest

and caring scientists I have ever had the pleasure to know. I learned

many things along the way. Once I recovered, I never thought that

another difficult to diagnose illness could strike again, but it did!

 

WakeboardingAfter having recovered from my first bout with chronic

illness which started in 1997 and lasted through 2000, it seemed as

though everything was headed in the right direction. I was running

10Ks with good times. I was wakeboarding, snowboarding, swimming, and

doing Bikram yoga on a regular basis. Except for some ongoing

allergies, as time progressed, I stopped identifying as " ill " and once

again felt as though I had attained exceptional health.

 

Unfortunately, my regained health was not to be taken for granted. In

September of 2004, I started having severe digestive difficulties (you

name it, I had it) once again. Within six weeks, many of my original

symptoms reappeared including severe burning sensations in my arms and

legs and muscle twitches throughout my body. It seemed that I was

revisiting the nightmare that I thought was finally over.

 

Dr. Stoff, who had helped me through my first bought with chronic

illness, was no longer practicing as he had moved full-time into

research. He did, however, refer me to a doctor that he consulted

with nearby my home. I was subsequently diagnosed with probable

parasitic infections, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Candida, and multiple food

allergies. It seemed all too familiar, and yet, it was no less

frightening.

 

The piles of medical bills and test results once again reached

significant proportions. I was treated for parasitic and fungal

infections with a month-long combination of drugs. The parasitic

testing this time did not show any active infection though this seemed

the logical course of action given my almost identical symptoms. I

began to feel better, but about a month after the treatment ended, the

symptoms reappeared. I was subsequently put on another combination of

drugs for 28 more days. This combination seemed to have made some

progress as many of the symptoms improved. At that point, I thought I

was starting my road back to recovery. Well, I was wrong...

 

In summer of 2005, I started a new therapy to help with the severe

food allergies called BioSET™. At this point, I was unable to eat

milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, soy, wheat, oats, barley, or rye. I found

that I was not only allergic to foods, but I was also allergic to the

very supplements that I was taking to get well. It was an amazing

process to see how BioSET™ works. On my very first appointment, the

practitioner said that I had Lyme co-infections and specifically named

Ehrlichiosis. I went back to my MD and asked for tests to be run for

Lyme. The blood tests did in fact show a high IgG titer for

Ehrlichiosis and an equivocal result for Lyme via IGeneX Western Blot.

When this happened, I was even more convinced that energetic medicine

is real and that it can do amazing things for people.

 

Shortly thereafter, I went to a doctor that specializes in

Lyme-related conditions and was given an official diagnosis of Lyme

Disease. My subsequent blood testing showed infection with Borrelia

burgdorferi, the main culprit in Lyme Disease. I also showed exposure

to Bartonella and exposure to Babesia was also confirmed. With my

previous Ehrlichia diagnosis, I now had all of the common Lyme disease

co-infections, and guess what? I didn't even get a T-shirt or a

certificate!

 

I am now continuing down the road for the treatment of Lyme and have

every expectation that my situation will continue to improve. I still

have distance to travel, but I hope that my experiences will be of

value to you. I've learned so many things on this journey and I hope

to be able to share a few of them with you here.

 

Please visit the Lyme Disease section of the site for more details on

this often challenging and misunderstood condition.

 

In Better Health,

 

Scott