[Debbie]

Hello there everybody, my name is Debbie Farr and this is the first time I have chimed in on these forums when you mentioned the naturopathic treatments for my PD.  I have been investigating several alternative therapies. As far as a medical background does working with, and eventually for, big Pharma since I was 18,(now 64)count for anything?

Basically I’m trying to say is I have extensive knowledge of drugs pharmaceuticals. We worked closely with a naturopathic physician  at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Atlanta.

Her knowledge as well as our osteopathic oncologist and our radiation oncologist our chemotherapy oncologist and numerous counselors therapists chiropractors massage therapist acupuncturist, cured my husband from stage 4 head and neck cancer.

The moral of that story is that I really think you have to have faith and believe that the course of treatment you’re choosing is right for you. Nobody else you. I am investigating and have actually spoken to the physician at a clinic in New York City where he practices ayurvedic medicine. This is from the thousands of years ago in India and in China and all the eastern medicines use a lot of flowers and herbs that they combine into tinctures and creams and tablets. But they don’t stop there before they take you on. As a patient. They talk to you. They find out exactly what your Simpsons symptoms are. The gentleman I am speaking with has a very thick Indian accent and when I say Indian I don’t mean American Indian if anyone’s thinking that I’m talking about Indians where the population is enormous for the size of the country, again apologizing for the inapplicable content of parts of this email.

I firmly believe in the body has the ability to heal itself. One simply has to believe that they can do that also. They have to. Like I said above trust their doctor or osteopath or chiropractor or Yogi or any other non-traditional practitioner. I called the I can’t recall the name exactly because I tried to forget with their costs treatment but it was a location that does stem cell therapy. You fly out there or get out to their facility in the west and you stay for one week and you get this treatment. It is very painful because stem cells grow in the bone marrow and they usually harvest that from your hip, but I don’t know if that’s where the stem cells are located. There are different types of stem cells and they are targeted for each part of the body that is afflicted. They are already using it in treatment for MS and lupus and they are movement disorders as well the hold back treatment is 11,000 not counting your transportation there and back your meals, but of course you’re lodging is included because you’re in the hospital. But I do believe that that is one of the treatments of the future that will eventually lead to a cure. I would also advise you to get some sort of genetic testing done to see is causing your parkinsonism. Is it genetic in your DNA? Is it environmental caused by those chemicals that the lawyers are always calling? Trying to get money for you round up. I think the product is in this case, since I’ve dragged on for 40 paragraphs that you want to do what your heart tells you to do, I’m going to go with the ayurvedic treatment which is 1,800 or $3,000 depending on the length of time your treatment. Last the clinic I spoke to and the physician I spoke to does a CAT scan and MRI and extensive blood tests before they take you on. As a patient they need to know what stage your Parkinson’s is in, what kind of treatment you have already had such as deep brain stimulation which I had 3 years ago in June and they test for heavy metals in your blood. This is something that everybody should be tested for I believe because these heavy metals are very toxic to the body. So here’s my last bit of advice. Think with your head. Think with your heart and don’t make the decision alone, your physician cannot prohibit you from going for an alternative therapy. In fact, it is in their best interest to work with the alternative practitioner, whoever he or she may be Good luck in your journey and I would like to see some positive results when I come back to this forum

 

 

 

[Debbie]

My sister and brother are very supportive but they live in Florida, and I don’t get down there often enough.

[Debbie]

I was diagnosed in 2010. You talked yesterday about how one with PD is treated like they were stupid

Well my husband has had me make a list of my daily chores, things I should NEVER do, and his “list” of pet peeves, most of which are about me. I am yelled at several times a day, certainly not excluding the F word.

I am told to get the F away from home, and that all I do is push his buttons to make him angry. He seems to forget who has PD, and that compassion is part of being a caregiver, which most times he is nowhere close