Re: Lois' story

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Wow! I love that this story highlights the dental infection issue! I went to

a holistic dentist who found a major infection in my jawbone beneath the

sites of my wisdom tooth extractions. My dermatomyositis began within 12

months of those extractions! After he removed the infection I was FINALLY

able to tolerate the Minocin. Before that, the herxing nearly killed me, and

I couldn't tolerate the AP for more than a few months at a time, without the

herxing putting me in life threatening condition. Now I've been on AP for 2

1/2 years. i've recovered my strength. I have almost normal labs- a true

miracle! Getting that dental infection discovered was so key to this whole

process.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Adlard <cadlard@...>wrote:

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> Hi group,

>

> Lois has sent us her story which I'm sure will encourage those of you

> just starting on this journey - I have put it on our web page at

> http://rheumatic.org/medhist.htm.

> Thankyou Lois and we hope life continues to improve for you

> Regards,

> Chris.

>

> Begin forwarded message:

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> > From: " Lois Verizon " <1chicshak@... <1chicshak%40verizon.net>>

> > Date: 21 June 2009 2:02:48 AM

> > <cadlard@... <cadlard%40chariot.net.au>>

> > Subject: Re: success stories

> >

> > Hi

> > Here's my story.

> >

> > I had RA for 13 years before I discovered AP. It started when I was

> > 33. Over the years being the naturalist that I was, I tried all the

> > holistic methods to deal w/ the pain. You name it, I did it. Fasting,

> > colon cleanses, every supplement on the face of the earth, special

> > diets, sauna therapy and the list goes on and on with little or no

> > success. The balls of my feet were so painful as well as my wrists.

> > Many days I could not even turn the ignition on my car let alone walk

> > a step without being in total agony. I was determined to not go on the

> > toxic drugs even though I was wracked with pain. Well little did I

> > realize what all this chronic inflammation was doing to my

> > body...breaking it down quite literally. The wake up call for me came

> > on Christmas eve December 24, 2007. After an evening of eating

> > everything in site, pastries, ham etc..( I normally had a very

> > restrictive diet and wouldn't eat sweets, pork etc) I awoke the next

> > morning to find that my right wrist had swollen up to twice its normal

> > size. It looked like I had just punched a wall or something. Not

> > painful though, it stayed that way for about a week. When the swelling

> > went down, my baby pinky finger was not able to lift very much and

> > these 2 funny soft cyst-like nodules appeared on the back of my

> > wrists. My chiropractor said that it was a ganglion cyst. I went to my

> > family doc and he referred me out to a hand surgeon. The hand surgeon

> > took one look at it and asked it I had rheumatoid arthritis. She went

> > on to tell me that the RA had literally " eaten thru " the tendon and

> > that was the reason why my pinky wasn't able to lift properly. She

> > recommended surgery. I asked to see a rheumatologist for a second

> > opinion. The rheumatologist injected the cysts. I decided that it was

> > time to get on meds. I was put on metheltrexate and humira. While

> > waiting for surgery to be scheduled, both my baby and ring finger

> > tendons ruptured on my right hand. I was wisked into surgery and had a

> > tendon transfer. Physical therapy was intense and lasted for over 5

> > months. I loathed taking the methotrexate and Humira and was only on

> > it for a few months. I researched other alternatives and had read

> > positive results with minocycline and AP therapy. I got the books The

> > New Arthritis Breakthrough and also Rheumatoid Arthritis the

> > Infection Connection. I talked to my rheumy about starting me on Mino

> > and he reluctantly agreed feeling I was too far progressed for it to

> > help me. For the first month or so, my left wrist hurt terribly! I

> > also got headaches and dizziness. I now realize it was the Herx

> > reaction. Slowly the pain in the wrists subsided but the feet were

> > still painful. I asked my rheumy to add Azithromycin to the mixture.

> > Again, he reluctantly agreed but went along with it when I showed him

> > the print-outs of AP websites. I went to the dentist and she found a

> > gum fistula (pus pocket) under an old root canalled and capped back

> > molar. This is a clear indication of a LONG STANDING INFECTION. I went

> > to the oral surgeon and as he exracted the tooth, told me that it was

> > cracked down the middle and there was a huge infection under it. This

> > exact same tooth was initially endonically " re-treated " due to an

> > infection less than 1 year BEFORE the RA set in . Did you know that

> > you can have an infection in a root canalled tooth and it can be NOT

> > visible on xray? Well that was me! This tooth over the years had very,

> > very slight intermittant pain in it that would disappear as soon as it

> > started. Whenever I would bring it up to the dentist, Iwas told that

> > it " looked fine " . NOT TRUE! An infection in your teeth can cause all

> > kinds of health problems and RA is on of them. Dr Weston Price years

> > ago confirmed this.

> > I am now on a pulsed regime of Mino, Zith and Diflucan. I take a good

> > round of supplements, have a good diet and cut out sugar and most

> > carbs. I have an awesome new Doc that is totally open minded to this

> > therapy and trusts my ability to research this thoroughly. In less

> > than 1 year, I feel 97% better! If not for AP, I am sure that I would

> > be in a wheelchair by now and on all those toxic meds that just

> > suppress the immune system and cause all kinds of secondary problems.

> > I am thankful every day for the gift of feeling good! Its been a long

> > journey but the future now looks very bright indeed!

> >

> > Lois...

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