Specifics..
I was “asked” about the specifics of the things that have improved since starting the ABP, thinking about it, it isn’t 20, it’s closer to 30, anyway I’m quite happy to list them, I just didn’t want to bore you all with what on paper seems trivial.
I’ve thought about it and just about all the improvements can fall into three categories: Balance, Strength and Coordination, all these things can blend into eachother, as simply moving and functioning requires our body parts and limbs to work in unison, I’ll list things down starting from first thing in the morning, anyway, here goes..
Being able to move from laying flat in bed to sitting up…. massively easier (1). Then reaching my water and pouring it into a glass, then drinking, no spillage which is great (2). I have to use a catheter and with my sleepy eyes and weakened fingers am able to do the necessary things so much easier, (3). Being able to raise my legs individually to put on my underwear is such a good feeling, (4). Getting to the bathroom and the several things involved which probably account for four more positives take my total to (8). I have a walker with wheels and brakes, I still have to take one step at a time rather than actually walking but it’s significantly better, (9). At my sofa and getting my first supplements, Serrapeptase 1 x 250,000 iu’s then 2 x Saltstick caps, Thyroaid caps and the only two drugs I take, Levothyroxin and Betmiga to help with the number of bathroom visits. Again lots of small bottle manipulation required so that’s at least two more (11). Getting to the bathroom and negotiating the walls and furniture twenty times per day is exhausting to say the least, but the improvements in my strength and stability have made it less demanding, what do you think…. hmm.. three more? yeah.. (14). I also have found it so much easier to reach, open and take the CBD oil, (15). I’ve certainly noticed a complete difference when physically writing, (16). Little but important things like being able to lift my left foot when furniture and wall walking, I’m bare footed 95% of the day so not crunching my toes back is so reassuring, (17). It’s easier raising a pint glass of water or a cup of red clover tea to drink, (18). There were often times I’d have been sitting awkwardly, almost laying and then having to struggle for 10 minutes and exhausting myself just trying to sit up, I know that sounds ridiculous, welcome to my world, that’s not happened lately, (19). Getting up off the floor after exercising, easier.. (20), something I couldn’t do before but can to once or twice each day is to stand up from a sitting position without resting on the furniture is so nice, (21). Making a clenched fist or feeling the solid muscles in my chest and shoulders…. wow.. (22). Being able to feel the toes on my left foot, flex and bend after 14 years, (23). Not feeling despondent and always, yes always feeling optimistic, (24). This morning I was able to do 15 squats easily, 10 is normal and my thighs felt great, strong and no negative effects after, (25). Not wanting to get into details but I’ve noticed so many other (male) improvements that in reality take my estimation to way over thirty and makes me really happy.
Twenty things.
At the end of August last year I read Healing Multiple Sclerosis by Ann Boroch, I’d not chatted with Janet Orchard yet, but felt excited about following Ann’s program, obviously I didn’t know specifically of the ABP, the Ann Boroch Protocol but just knew it was the right thing to do. As anyone with MS would think “even a little improvement would be good” let alone actually healing. Well I’m just about to finish my eighth month, I have to say for anyone new to this, the start is far and away the hardest, most difficult time, getting through the first two months in hindsight is an incredible thing, it gets easier and easier every week. Getting back to my earliier comment, just wishing for slight improvements is setting the goals far too close, slight improvements is easy, after eight months I can honestly say that I can very easily name more than twenty things that are considerably better, not just less painful or difficult, but significantly better than they were in August. I do things that eight months ago were so, so difficult, as I’m doing them now I have to remind myself of the difference, as I’ve said before, the changes aren’t necessarily obvious to others, if you see someone struggling, that’s what you see, you have no comprehension of the level of difficulty or pain they are experiencing. I’m still in pain and getting through my day is a struggle, but it’s not as painful or as difficult as it was. If this was as good as it gets, then I’d be in a better place than I was and have no regrets about what I’ve done and will continue to do. However….. I’m 100% confident that I’m only a little bit better in comparison to how I’ll be in a year or so, I don’t know the specific length of this journey, I just know that reaching my destination will be an incredible thing.
In and out.
This is referring to the specific views of two groups of people, not a criticism just an observation and in reality I’m referring to one specific person, me… so from the outside looking in it might not appear that much different, however from the inside looking out…..wow!!!!
I’ve written about what I’m personally noticing over the last week or ten days and its been positive, as we know having MS is a pig to live with, all the very basic and fundamentally essential things in our life are massively harder to do, but of late things have been easier. In fact today even though the warmer weather affects me negatively I still feel really good. Just adjusting my seating position or reaching for a drink has been so much more comfortable to do. This morning while taking my first group of supplements I was so surprised as reaching and opening containers was so easy, my core strength which normally has been nigh on non existent enabled me to sit straight and balanced, as I’ve said it’s nothing to a healthy person but for me it was….woo-hoo!!!!
I’m now using the 500mg CBD oil and taking a half pipette three times daily and I think it’s that that’s making the difference, it’s like the ABP has been doing all the hard work, and in reality I could never have made the progress I have without it, but it seems like the CBD oil was the missing piece to the jigsaw puzzle.
Multiple sclerosis puts us on a steep slippery slope to depression, frustration and an inability to function, the ABP and more recently the CBD oil have instilled an incredible level of optimism.
Another level.
So midway through my eighth month of the ABP, the protocol created for people with multiple sclerosis by a woman, Ann Boroch who had the disease, I know most of the people seeing this are aware of this but there are others that don’t know, anyway she healed herself 100% in 4 years.
I think that just like others on this protocol the first two months were tough the gradually over the next four months the bad days were much easier to deal with and far less frequent. I think at some point in month seven I became aware that I wasn’t actually having any bad days, it was the occasional tough few hour periods, but as I said, that was frequent at all.
I’m not keeping accurate records as such, but writing for my blog and the group’s help me a lot, so roughly two weeks ago I noticed I was feeling good, not just not in pain or extreme weakness, but actually feeling good. That in itself is something to be grateful and happy about, but, whether it’s the added dosage of CBD oil or just the natural progress of the ABP, I’m not sure exactly. But what I am sure of is that this is the fifth day that I’ve felt great, everything is easier to do, obviously I still have MS and am limited because of it, but the struggles I have 24/7 were not quite as hard, ooh I’m so excited, I feel I’ve moved on another level.
Note: The Ann Boroch Protocol was created as a way of eliminating the pathogens, fungus, yeast and sugars that inhibit the internal organs from working efficiently, the protocol will help with any disease.
Always got.
A question that was asked of me a couple of days ago was “Is going through all this hassle, all the food changes and supplementation worthwhile”, I can understand why someone that doesn’t have MS would say that, I really can. I mean I have to drink so much water, probably twice as much as even a healthy and concerned adult drinks everyday, I have to be really careful about the foods I eat and even more so about the ones I never eat even though it would be so nice to have them. My life is totally focused on when, what and how much, there’s no room in my life for compromise, I do it right… simple.
No one else lives in my body, just me, so having a disease the world’s medical experts say is incurable and will only make me weaker, sicker and in more pain every day could be a little depressing to say the least.
September when I started the ABP and the next three months were difficult, obviously September was the hardest, then a little easier each of the following months, but in reality 2018 has been different, I haven’t had “bad days” as such, there’s just been occasions that were a little harder but that’s not been an issue because I’ve known, yes known 100% that after rest or a nights sleep I’ll be better.
I have to say thanks to Juergen Meixner for his enthusiasm on cannabis oil because I’ve started taking it daily and gradually increased the dosage and I must say thay these past 4 or 5 days I’ve been feeling great.
So to answer the question, “Is this worthwhile?”….
Damn right it is.
It all comes down to this…If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got”….
In reality, drugs, the so called medication and not wanting to offend Dr Paolo Zamboni or any CCSVI patients, (I’m one) they all treat symptoms and have various limitations. The ABP is a lifestyle change… get it…. life, but it works for life as long as you do.
My passion.
Personally I firmly believe that we should all have a goal in life, I think I’ve had some wonderful experiences that I’m grateful for, being able physically to have done what I’ve done, also to have travelled, met and worked with some beautiful people. Life now is very different and my goal in life, my passion is to change my current situation so I use my history, my experiences, my adventures as an aim for the future, I feel blessed to be able to draw on them and tell myself that’s what I will be able to do again. Now is now, it’s not perfect but it’s acceptable as what I have, if I’d done things differently I’d be an awful lot worse off than I am now so I’m grateful.
Living as I do now, my health and the life I have, I see as just a stepping stone to where I’m going, I’m in a holding pattern, it’s temporary, I’m not unhappy or anxious about it because this is where I am, not where I’ll be in an undetermined time, it might be 18 months or 3 years but that time doesn’t matter because it’s the journey I’ve chosen.
I’ve no interest whatsoever in diversifying or distracting my focus on the most important goal I’ve ever had, anything that could potentially jeopardize that, cannot take any of my time, not an hour, hell, not a freaking minute until I’ve achieved what I’m committed to. When I succeed there’ll be plenty of time to do those things, to socialise etc but for now my passion is one thing and one thing only, my health.
Not just me.
Back in September last year when I started this life changing journey, it was hard, at that time and during the first two months I really struggled because for 23 hours each day I’m alone and there were times I was experiencing major problems. As we all know specifically in the early stages as the body is going through the most radical changes of adapting to foods that help instead of hinder, antifungals that attempt to eliminate candida, yeast, fungus and parasites, a good or great day is often followed by a day that puts our mind and body through extreme challenges. It’s hard for everyone I know, but even harder when you’re alone as is in my case. I’ve said before and I maintain my view, I’m never lonely or depressed even at those horrible times when I’ve fallen out of bed at 3 a.m. It’s strange, but after I’ve recovered and think back at how bad it was and how much better I feel, I’m proud of myself. I think of what Ann Boroch went through to achieve what she did and the guidance and encouragement I’ve received from Janet. They’ve helped undoubtedly, but at the end of the day whether I succeed or fail is down to me and I’ve told myself a thousand times that I will win and I’m not going back on my word. I love putting my thoughts and feelings in writing, telling it like it is, the protocol works and I have to continue doing what’s right, ignore temptation, don’t deviate and I will succeed, this has to be done because I want to have my life back. I know I’m alone, but when I’m fighting this battle it’s not just me I’m fighting for, it’s everyone on this same battle.
My philosophy in life has always been based on this: “if you are standing still then in life you’re going backwards”..meaning that life goes on regardless of your thoughts or situation, I saw it as if I’m in exactly the same place tomorrow with exactly the same things, I’d be worse off. I’d be older, I’d have less time to enjoy life, I’d have used time, money and energy so I’d have less of everything.
My life dramatically changed in February 2004, because I was diagnosed with a hideous, so called incurable disease, so I did my best to prove the neurologist wrong and heal myself naturally. For eight years I did well, I’d had a full dental revision by Dr Blanche Grube who at the time was the president of the IABDM, a brilliant dentist in Scranton, PA. I also went to Varna in Bulgaria to have CCSVI and as I’ve previously mentioned I tried at least 50 other things including Bee venom therapy as per Pat Wagner otherwise known as The Bee Lady.
Because I’d worked for the late Dr Hal Huggins for nearly 4 years I’d obviously been strictly following his nutritional program.
Getting to my point… September 1st was the start of my new life, reading “Healing Multiple Sclerosis then adopting the nutritional and supplemental protocol has totally changed my outlook on life and my life philosophy. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis which they say is incurable, they categorically stated that I would get worse everyday. So the way I see it is that the disease and me are getting older, I’m not getting worse, so the way I see it is, yes I’m standing still but I’m not going backwards so that must mean I’m getting better, does that make sense to you?…
Several years ago I was fortunate to be one of the early users of Lipspheric Vitamin C, this was because I was working for Dr Hal Huggins a good friend of Dr Thomas Levy a pioneer of this product.
I thought leaving the US and being back here in England meant there would be no way I’d be able to afford let alone get Lipospheric Vit C again, you can imagine the shock and absolute joy to find it on Amazon for the same price.
Vitamin-C is probably the most overlooked and underrated vitamin, the reason for this is quite simple. It’s cheap, very readily available, it works in a multitude of positive ways oh and the biggest reason is that Big Pharma can’t make billions of dollars ripping off innocent people.
Now don’t rush out and buy copious amounts of Vitamin C to throw down your throat, please read this chapter and have a better understanding of how this incredible vitamin can improve your life.
Taking vitamin c orally in large doses will more than likely induce diarrhea, I personally take 10g’s per day, I didn’t just jump up to 10 grams, I started with 1g per day and did that for a few days then gradually increased the dose by 1g every few days until I was taking 10g’s per day.
Dr Levy who I’ll talk about in more detail recommends taking between 7-15g’s per day, and Dr Huggins says that by taking just 3g’s per day will mean it’s unlikely you will ever have a cold or the flu again.
I’ll start by telling you about this incredible man, Thomas E Levy, MD, JD. Wonderful combination, doctor and lawyer, now I think he has a very good understanding of what he can and can’t say.
A product Dr Levy promotes very strongly is Lypo-Spheric Vit-C; this comes in small 1g packs. You might remember earlier I talked about small doses of Vit-C and how that’s not very effective. Well this comes in a liposomal form, a gel that is absorbed in the small intestine so it has the same effect as 8.25 grams of regular vitamin c. You can get this product which I strongly recommend from Livon Labs..
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What Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD, says about Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C
“Comparing the bioavailability of all other oral vitamin C delivery with your oral liposomal delivery is like comparing a squirt gun to a fire hose. Not only am I convinced that the efficacy of Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C far surpasses any traditional oral vitamin C supplement, but my recent personal experience with it suggests that it may sometimes be better than IV injection.”
So what are liposomes, exactly?
Liposome ArticlesLiposome-Encapsulated Products
Liposomes are belayed (double-layer), liquid-filled bubbles made from phospholipids. Over 50 years ago, researchers discovered that these spheres could be filled with therapeutic agents and used to protect and deliver these agents into the body and even into specific cells of the body.
The belayed structure of liposomes is nearly identical to the belayed construction of the cell membranes that surround each of the cells in the human body. This occurs because of the unique composition of phospholipids. The phosphate (source of “phospho” in phospholipid) head of phospholipids is hydrophilic — it loves water — whereas the fatty-acid tails (lipids) are hydrophobic — they hate water.
Liposome containing vitamin C. Currently liposome-encapsulation is the best oral way to deliver vitamin C known to man.
When phospholipids find themselves in a water-based solution, the hydrophobic tails quickly move to distance themselves from the liquid just like oil separates from vinegar. So, as all the tails turn inward and all the heads turn toward the liquid, they form a double-layered membrane with all the tails pointing toward one another and the heads facing the outside or the inside of the sphere that they have formed.
Now let’s go back in time to the last century, the 1940’s, Dr Frederick Klenner, a general practitioner specializing in disease of the chest. A man was brought into the hospital with encephalitis which at that time was another of the incurable diseases.
The hospital basically said “there is nothing we can do for him, put him into the ward, he’ll be dead in two days.
Dr Klenner suggested that he could help him; you can imagine the response from the other doctors. Anyway Dr Klenner gave him 5,000 mg of vitamin c intravenously three times each day for three days. On the fourth day he was discharged from hospital and on the fifth day he went back to work
I originally wrote this article several years ago.
Confusing… but not.
When any of us with this disease decides to embark on a protocol that could supposedly change our life for the better, it is without a doubt the most exciting and daunting thing ever. Most of us will have had this debilitating disease for a number of years and most likely be extremely limited and restricted in our physical functionality. I personally think I’m lucky because I never took any of the prescribed drugs which wether you can accept or not all have seriously long term almost irreversible side effects.
My attitude that was partly created by my work with Dr Hal Huggins and partly just because I’m me, has always been to address the cause and to do it naturally.
Getting back to my point, this protocol, the ABP, created by Ann Boroch who painstakingly healed herself over a four year period, does what it does little by little and that in itself can be a little confusing, but not…
The symptoms of MS are many and are caused by the inability of the blood, glands and organs to function as intended. Over a number of years and that will vary with everyone of us because of the severity of individual symptoms and our dedication plus a thousand other reasons we will clear the Candida, the fungus, the yeast, the parasites that exacerbate the disease. The confusing part is that it seems we are getting better one day only to feel as if we’re taking a step backwards the next. That’s the confusing part but in reality it’s not….it’s hard to try and look at this with an unbiased view, but think about it….. you… me…. didn’t go to bed one night perfectly healthy then wake up the next morning with multiple sclerosis, it took several years for the symptoms to get as bad as they are and the same logic applies to the opposite end of the scale. We feel better and to a certain extent try to act as we’d like to, often doing more than our body is capable of, then negating the improvement and psychologically feeling worse.
The lesson we should all learn and act on is that healing will happen, and contrary to what we individually think, want or expect… our incredible body knows best.