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How I Cured Morgellons
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1/21/2020 9:21:43 AM |
I haven’t posted on my thread in almost a month, so I thought it was probably time to do so, especially since my thread had disappeared from the first page! Due to ongoing stomach and weight loss issues, I had extensive testing done through a GI doctor, only to receive little help and a tremendous amount of disappointment. Perhaps I should have expected that, but I had high hopes because I have come to realize that I need to address pre-existing GI issues that appear to be preventing the protocol from working more effectively for me. Since my mid-twenties, I have been without a gall bladder. For certain individuals, this can pose issues of all sorts. I inherited celiac disease from my mother’s side of the family, and it causes all sorts of digestion and malabsorption issues, even when careful about the restricted diet. I have also developed severe acid and bile reflux. I have no doubt that my Lyme disease, MD, bartonella, and babesia have not helped an already bad situation, but these other situations go back long before I became infected. So, I went back to my Lyme doctor. We spoke for about an hour and a half (he is always good that way...never rushes his patients out of the office), and he suggested that I do a two-month trial of a supplement known as BPC (Body Protective Compound)-157. I spoke with John B. before I made the decision to give this supplement a shot, which is supposed to target the central nervous system and has been used to treat GI issues as well. It’s an expensive supplement ($150/month). I have gone back to basic science. I’m off everything for just two months in order to truly know what this supplement is—and isn’t—doing. I am in no way suggesting that anyone try this supplement—absolutely not. I’ve only been on it for less than two weeks, and it is way too early to tell what it is—and isn’t—doing, as I said before. I firmly believe that if I can get my GI situation stabilized, the protocol will, no doubt, be able to work to its full potential. I’m down to 103 pounds, and I am 5’6”, and my normal weight is 125. Since 2016, I have lost more than 20 pounds, and I can’t really afford to ignore that reality, that my body isn’t able to maintain a healthy weight. I realize that a lot of people lose weight on the protocol, but I have family, friends, and physicians who are tremendously concerned about my health. Tremendously concerned. I have made a HUGE decision to hopefully alleviate a great deal of stress, which may also have had some role in my weight loss. I am retiring from full-time teaching at the end of this year. My original plan was to defy this illness and retire after the end of year 35, three years from now. Well, that plan had to change. I have worked at my school as a high school English teacher for 32 years. That’s probably more than enough. Some of my colleagues are well aware of my health issues, and they are applauding my decision. I think some of them are a little jealous, actually! I am proud of what I have accomplished for over three decades, and God gave me the rare privilege to make a difference in the lives of thousands of students over the years. My school has left the door open for me: if I want, I can be a substitute teacher, a paraprofessional, or a one-on-one aid, all of which would still allow me to supplement my income on my terms and still enjoy helping young people. I’ll be 55 this summer, so I have a 10-year gap between my retirement and when I can go on Medicare, so I will need to do something part-time. I have made a promise to myself that I will quit anything kind of job that is even remotely stressful. I am looking forward to not correcting papers and creating lesson plans and answering endless emails. I am looking forward to the time I will have to focus on my health: more sleep, even better meal planning/preparation, less stress...the list goes on an on. The other day, I was teaching the novel Fahrenheit 451 to my lovely sophomores...I will miss them. I got a little choked up when I read the following passage: “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies...a child or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you do...as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching...The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” I hope my legacy at the school is like the “real gardener,” that I have planted countless seeds and created something of beauty—that will live on far after I am no more. That is my fervent hope. I haven’t been on the calls as much as I once was, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have all of you in my thoughts and prayers. I am just about to end one semester and begin my last at the school, and I have had to apply for retirement benefits, which is a lengthy process. This was a huge decision for me, and I needed to step back and focus on paving the way toward better health by changing certain aspects of my life. May God bless all of you. Jamie | |||
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