Re: Low Dose Naltrexone an Effective Treatment for Crohn's Disease

[Guest guest]

I’ve never really sent anything to this group because it turned out not to be exactly what I thought it was, but on the other hand, it does address items I’m interested in like solutions to diseases. I live in terrible Chronic Pain brought on by SEVERE Arthritis, 9 spinal levels fused and a brain aneurysm that has 4 major veins surrounded by titanium. For laughs, we call me the titanium woman. It’s a terrible shame that our society has absolutely no real solutions for people like me and I see these people each month when I go to my pain management doctor. Yes, chronic pain started a whole new section of doctoring now. It’s quite a money maker, believe me. That’s the sad part, they prey on we who live in severe pain day after day and give us minimal amounts of meds to help take the pain away so we can ride in those stupid ride things at the store and we buy canes like they’re going out of style. Everyone, or just about everyone I know who goes to these doctors all the time are looking for quick fixes when there is no such thing. Now, I believe in Spiritual solutions….that doesn’t mean I don’t believe I can live some kind of life without some type of drugs. I’m also allergic to so much stuff, it is unreal. That makes my life more difficult, but on the other hand, it made me realize there is no magic pill for our problems. Even when they find stuff that appears to help for a while, we get used to it and it no longer is valid. We need more or it simply doesn’t do the job anymore. What a quandary…….. Now, I do have a theory, in fact I have a lot of theories….but in this regard in my humble opinion, it takes three things to truly help. 1. Spirituality and the continual search for more, 2. Some form of medication that is as least harmful to a human as possible, and 3. support and group meetings with others who are in the same boat. I’ve done all of this and it has been the best solution so far. It’s sad that in our level of technology there is no magic pill and operations are probably not the solution either, I’ve had many. But out of everything, I’ve found that continual working on my meditation and researching my spirituality, has given me more emotional, spiritual and physical relief than anything. Up until last February I’ve not been depressed at all, but the end of January, my dear son who was in the Army, died. He was not overseas even though he’s been in two wars, but he was at home and he just dropped and was dead. I went into a depression that I have never felt in my life, it literally brought on physical manifestations. But, I’m doing better now and I’m going for grief counseling starting next week. At any rate, it taught me a lot and I know I have much more to learn about loving people and making sure that they know they are loved. The only reason I brought this up was to make it clear that I have not lived in any depression about my physical issues at all…..and it is because of what I’ve been doing. Now, I know I will have to work even harder now on my items, but maybe it was necessary anyway. Sometimes, I believe it is very hard for us humans to ask for help. I know my pride tried to get in the way of asking for help, but I knew in my heart that sometimes seeing a counselor even for medical problems can be of great help. So I figure this grief counseling might help more than I can even begin to imagine. Well I’m rambling, and I’m sorry……you all have a great blessed day and I do pay attention to what I get from this group. Thank you all……… Love and Light,Steph+