HERNIATED DISC

John, I had written on the message board about my path of improvement, failure and then success in healing a herniated disc through information learned

on your site.  I think it was lost when the board contents vanished!   It seems like very important information to be shared with all.

 

I am an R.N. age 50.  At age 36, after my last son

was born I was tired and did not feel well and I

first found out then that I had a low TSH.  I started

getting into nutritional support then and took many

immune stimulating things and continued to get

worse food allergies, low energy, brain fog and then

at age 47 I got a bladder disease which is Interstitial

Cystitis.  In August of 2000 I had 13 mercury amalgam fillings removed.   About 1/2 years ago I found this site.

I wrote John  my hair mineral analysis results and my

TSH ((0.23), which was getting lower but still borderline. 

I started the copper, etc as suggested by John.

I started getting more energy.  However, I thought

the bladder problem must be related to hormones

since it came on at age 47 and the fact that I

was getting peri-menopausal symptoms.  I tried

estrogen, even herbal and had very adverse affects.

I then tired natural progesterone cream and had

used that about 3-4 cycles when I was lifting at

work and herniated  two discs in my back.  The

pain was terribly excruciating.  I got a book from

the library  called The Chemistry of Success

and I looked up Herniated Disc on this site and noticed that copper was a key mineral in healing disc problems and I started enzymes (Bromelain, Papain) for inflammation and Ginger Root for pain and stopped the Progesterone

and focused on minerals--copper first in addition

to my Multi.  Within 3 weeks of the above, I was

able to stop all narcotic pain medications and

anti-inflammatory medications.  The nerve pain

was essentially gone. 

 

However, In the last two months I still have been

trying to get all the minerals balanced.  I then had

healed my disc which is a major miracle!  However,

I then had joint pain in groin and hip.  I wrote to

John again.  He made suggestions.  I then was

down to 3 mg. total of copper and only 12 mg. of iron.

I increased the iron to 18 mg. and started on Potassium.

The joint pain started to go away.   Then I started MSM

and I could only tolerate 1000 mg. per day because

it made me tired.  Then I last added 200 mg. of

Selenium (total of 400 mg. with Muti)  and that has

helped even more in a major way.  I can now tolerate

more MSM (adding very slowly) and now no joint pain.

 

On the Net there is lots of information about MSM

helping to heal the lining of the bladder in Interstitial

Cystitis.  My goal now is to heal my bladder my

slowly adding more MSM since I am getting more

energy all the time and can tolerate it better with

the additions of Copper, zinc, potassium, a little iron,

selenium and MSM to my Multi.  I also take calcium

and magnesium daily. 

 

I also am and have been on a very healthy diet for

at least a year with low sugar, low carbohydrates,

lots of vegetable and some meat and whole grains.

 

I have probably left out some things a long the way, but

have wanted for so long to let John and others know

about my success and that I hope to write back in

a short while about my success of healing my bladder--

the constant urge to have to  urinate  and unable to empty it completely, which affects a person's life in a major way--hard to concentrate, difficult to drive or travel and much more!!

 

Thanks so much, John.  Bev