Know….
I was chatting to one of my carers the other day, which I’m very lucky to be able to do as two of them I think of as “friends” not just people that are paid to come and help, Donna and Kay are the two that most frequently come, they’re my “mates”, we always chat and have friendly banter….. see, there I go again digressing from my original point. We were chatting about how I’m feeling, obviously they never refer to anyone specifically that they look after but in general they comment about my general condition and demeanour in comparison to other MS sufferers. Just about everyone else apart from one I believe is on what I consider to be serious MS drugs, whereas I don’t take any. I’m fairly confident that they believe, as I do that I will beat this hideous disease and actually “live” again as opposed to existing…. big difference…. in one of our talks I was referring to how lucky I am, yes I’ve got MS and have had to cope for more than fifteen years, that’s a big chunk of life… just under a quarter of the time I’ve been alive but considering all I’ve done in the time prior to MS, that period has denied me a great deal of true living… I could be bitter about it, I could feel depressed and hard done by, but I don’t at all… as I mentioned the other day there’s over 100,000 in this country have it and over 2.3 million worldwide…. two point three million!!!! Of that huge number of sufferers I’m one of a very small percentage that are so lucky, why? because we’re following the Ann Boroch Protocol and contrary to what they and all, yes All the medical professionals think, myself and the other AB-ers are on a four year journey to health, that isn’t just some misguided opinion, we aren’t living in a dreamworld, far from it, this is something we KNOW…
Money talks…
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis is greater for people living further from the equator.. according to documented statistics…at this time the experts can’t find a reason for this and as the the medical world refuse to accept it has anything to do with food or what is put into the body it appears there’s no solution on the horizon. Globally there are estimated to be around 2.3 million people with MS… roughly 1 million are in the U.S. and 100,000 in the UK… there are 200 new cases each week or 9,600 each year in the States and 5,000 in the UK…So considering the population of America is nearly 6 times that of the UK, there’s a greater chance of getting it here.
What I personally find strange is that we are often being informed of the millions that are annually being put into research… hmmm.. weird really, are the “so called researcher’s” actually looking for a cause? or are they looking to create pharmaceutical methods to pacify some of the many symptoms and enabling sufferers to “manage” life.
Multiple Sclerosis is the most common neurological disease in the world and as such is an incredible profit generator for these people, so from their point of view there’s absolutely no reason whatsoever in looking for cures to this or in fact any disease. This is why they spend billions….billions globally in advertising, in promoting themselves as pioneers in healthcare…Ha!!!!!.
I know for a fact… that there is a way of healing the body of multiple sclerosis, I know this because I’m doing it myself….now, I’m less than two years into a four year protocol, I’m not paying anyone to do this, I’m not generating profits for others, I bought a book, I spent about £12 on it… I follow a dietary program and take natural supplements and I’m getting better.
How is it that myself and thousands of others before me can “heal” without taking long term debilitating disease modifying drugs !!! because we haven’t been conned or brainwashed…we have faith, we believe in the truth, truth as in what is real, not what “they” want you believe…..the fact is if you give your body what it needs, what it’s crying out for, it will heal itself, we know this but the doctors still don’t….why? because it’s not in the best financial interest of big pharma, and as we all know….money talks.
The first day…….
Back in August of 2017 I received an email from a friend of mine called Mary from Wisconsin in the USA, we’d become friends when I was working for Dr Huggins and she became one of his patients, her email was all about a woman called Ann Boroch who’d apparently healed herself of multiple sclerosis. Obviously I was interested and ordered her book as a download from Amazon, actually saying I was interested was an understatement, I was so excited. When the book “Healing multiple sclerosis” arrived I immediately set about reading, in my excited state I tended to gloss over the history leading up to what was later described as the Ann Boroch Protocol… the ABP.. this in hindsight was a mistake which was rectified by a second more accurate and detailed reading. It was then that I understood the importance of her account which has truly helped me so much. At first I just wanted to get started, I just wanted it to happen now…. I’m actually amazed that the “fix it now” me has been able to step back from the frenzied immediacy that dominated my thinking…. it doesn’t happen “Now” it requires patience, consistency and discipline…..
It’s perfectly normal to have doubts, it’s perfectly normal to be frightened, those of us that are at various stages of advancement in our healing will all look back and are able to smile about where we were and where we are now, some that are further along this life changing journey than me are walking with a cane or unaided. I’m less than twenty months into a forty eight month commitment and the difference in my mental demeanour and physical abilities are significant.
These personal improvements consistently justify in my mind why I absolutely know this is right, when you truly know something because you’ve seen it with your own eyes, you can feel it in your body, it’s natural that you’d want others that are suffering to experience the same healing.
Read her book then read it again, be curious, ask questions then ask yourself if you deserve to live again, do you want to live again…. if you answer yes you do, then make a commitment, make a promise to yourself and start the first day of the rest of your life.
Okay, yes I am…
Looking back I think I may have given the wrong impression yesterday, the progress I’m making by following this protocol and using my extras is nothing short of amazing…. I think that by trying to stem my enthusiasm isn’t the best path to follow. Mentally and emotionally I really feel so positive and optimistic, obviously from a physical standpoint I’m not able to walk although moving about while holding handrails etc is so much easier that I’m so tempted daily to try moving unaided.
Using my common sense I know I shouldn’t even try just yet and risk really hurting myself so at this time at least I’ll just keep doing what I know is right.
I’m not special, I’m not lucky, I’m just doing what’s right, I’m eating what’s allowed and more importantly, not eating what’s wrong.
The thing is, doing what’s right is difficult to start but will always help, in time…doing what’s wrong, as in taking prescription drugs affects you immediately of course but will have long term debilitating side effects…… read that again…
Good foods help in everything to do with your body but it takes time …. doing things right will make a permanent difference as opposed to chemicals and synthetics which make a difference immediately, but only…. yes only temporarily…
Anyone reading this, be it non AB-ers, newbies or graduates, be strong mentally, ignore the demanding tastebuds, change your desires, it may well have tasted great but that was more than likely because of additives, E numbers and GMO’s none of which are good for you.
Getting back to the title of this post..Okay yes I’m am very, very optimistic.
Trying not to be….
When I started this protocol almost 20 months ago, I was having, not doubts, but concerns, I think I’d tried so many methods that had been of no use whatsoever so even though this one that on the face of it appeared more substantial than anything else, there was something nagging away in the back of my mind. It was horrible really, I was thinking, here’s me, a 61 year old that’s had MS for over 13 years, a disease the doctors say is incurable, but according to information I was hearing I should be able to heal myself in four years… Its understandable really, the world’s medical experts all say it’s impossible, the pharmaceutical industry spend billions, yes billions on creating drugs that they promote as the only way to find any semblance of relief from a disease that will inevitably reduce living to existing….
So September 2017 was the start of what in reality is a life changing journey, month one was horrendous and I’m amazed I was able to stick with it. The difficulties eased a little during the second and third but it wasn’t until the sixth month that there were more good than bad days.
Looking back I realise how much better my life is now…. it’s only been nineteen and a half months… I get up every morning and actually look forward to the new day, I’m not healed yet, I’m not walking…yet, but I truly believe I’m close, this is happening, but I keep telling myself it’s a four year plan and I’m trying hard to not be optimistic…
Nice memories…
The Stefan of old, hmmm sounds like a medieval title… lol…. no, what I’m referring to is the me, prior to MS…. that me was very active, it was normal to be road running four or five times per week or on a 15 or 20 mile cross country ride on my mountain bike, these things in addition to visits to the gym. I wasn’t ultra fit but I was very fit, much more so that most people. Now please understand that what I did was simply because I wanted it, I enjoyed being fit, it didn’t make me any better a person than those who enjoyed being a couch potato, it just meant I was different.
The point of this post is that by adhering…. yes Adhering… not looking at or trying it… but really following the ABP, understanding the truly magnificent thing Ann Boroch did in developing a dietary and supplemental method that healed herself of what the world of medicine had claimed to be impossible was and is monumental. What I’m doing is sticking to her recommendations, admittedly I don’t eat all the variations because there are foods that don’t appeal to me. I do however only eat foods that are on the list of acceptable foods, some only after three months of conditioning the diseased body. If you read her books you’ll understand that the first two aims are to remove foods the body doesn’t need and replace them with foods the body absolutely does need..
I’m not unique or special, far from it but I am doing it properly because I really want to return to the Stefan of old, obviously I’m older and never going to be as fit as I was but as I’m moving forward and trying to physically exert myself, I’m feeling pains and aches in my thighs, shoulders and biceps that are reminiscent of my younger self… it’s strange to think of aches and pains in a positive way, but in all honesty it’s reinforcing the belief I’m doing the so called impossible….I’m trying to do what Ann did, what Janet has done and thousands of others… and trust me when I say the aches and pain are nice memories…
Nice memories…
The Stefan of old, hmmm sounds like a medieval title… lol…. no, what I’m referring to is the me, prior to MS…. that me was very active, it was normal to be road running four or five times per week or on a 15 or 20 mile cross country ride on my mountain bike, these things in addition to visits to the gym. I wasn’t ultra fit but I was very fit, much more so that most people. Now please understand that what I did was simply because I wanted it, I enjoyed being fit, it didn’t make me any better a person than those who enjoyed being a couch potato, it just meant I was different.
The point of this post is that by adhering…. yes Adhering… not looking at or trying it… but really following the ABP, understanding the truly magnificent thing Ann Boroch did in developing a dietary and supplemental method that healed herself of what the world of medicine had claimed to me impossible was and is monumental. What I’m doing is sticking to her recommendations, admittedly I don’t eat all the variations because there are foods that don’t appeal to me. I do however only eat foods that are on the list of acceptable foods, some only after three months of conditioning the diseased body. If you read her books you’ll understand that the first two aims are to remove foods the body doesn’t need and replace them with foods the body absolutely does need..
I’m not unique or special, far from it but I am doing it properly because I really want to return to the Stefan of old, obviously I’m older and never going to be as fit as I was but as I’m moving forward and trying to physically exert myself, I’m feeling pains and aches in my thighs, shoulders and biceps that are reminiscent of younger days… it’s strange to think of aches and pains in a positive way, but in all honesty it’s reinforcing the belief I’m doing the so called impossible….I’m trying to do what Ann did, what Janet has done and thousands of others… the aches and pain are nice memories…
So lucky…
It’s so easy to forget certain things when the overriding issue in your life revolves around your own personal health, I mean, think about it… thinking about or actually trying to do something, no matter how physically simply it is, is ridiculously difficult or even impossible so what’s the point in trying…..
The disease slowly but surely breaks vital components of our physical self which gradually reduce the mental side of us right up to the point of total capitulation, we can’t walk anymore, even standing unaided is no longer possible so why put ourselves through more mental anguish
The point is…. and a very important point at that, is while we are attempting to heal our physical body, specifically those of us on or contemplating following the tried and tested Ann Boroch Protocol that heals us physically, it’s down to us personally to retrain our minds…
I’m personally not interested in finding alternatives, get around’s that enable the body to move around.. I can see, even agree that if you have no chance of healing, if you’re only going to get sicker, then finding alternatives is good. But!!! If not, if, like me and thousands of others, your goal is to heal… and that is possible, then any “alternative” is giving up, and that’s just never going to happen.
In nineteen months, just nineteen months, which is diddly squat when looking at the big picture of life… I personally feel significantly better both physically and mentally an I was less than two years ago, my diet might appear boring to some, but big deal…. it’s tasty and most importantly it’s compliant. My clarity of mind is great, I’m not perpetually overwhelmed like I was, I’m stronger and in all honesty I believe I’m so close to walking unaided for just a few steps…
Nothing in life is easy… Nothing… one doesn’t just wake up one morning and find yourself to be a world class athlete or running a successful business… it takes time, it takes effort and it takes determination.
I’m not healed… yet, I’m not walking… yet… but I’m only nineteen months into a 48 month protocol but I can tell you what I am… totally committed and so lucky…
Next stage….
Since January 1st I’ve added three things that weren’t part of what I was previously doing although all three were recommended by Ann Boroch but not necessarily in the exact way I’ve been doing. The full spectrum Cannabis oil and Bone Broth have been taken as per the protocol, vitamin C however wasn’t available in Lipospheric form when Ann started her life changing journey. I’ve written in great detail previously so I’ll not bore you by doing so again other than to say Lipospheric Vit C and any other form of C are world’s apart.
The improvements I’ve experienced over the past three months are significant to me, my coordination, stability, clarity of mind and numerous other things have not just made things easier for me but also filled me with inspiration.
Putting meat on the bones…. firstly, the changes, the improvements couldn’t have happened if I’d not already laid a strong foundation by strictly following the ABP, it’s that that has enabled me to be in such a positive state.
As I’ve said before, taking such large doses of the Lipospheric Vit C is not something I’ve read or heard about before, but because I really believe in the beneficial effects, I felt using myself as a guinea pig would help me and possibly many others.
There’s no doubt that taking eight grams daily which is the equivalent of eighty grams of intravenous vitamin C has been so important, but not something I can afford to do any longer so from today I’ll cut back to three grams. I’m hoping there won’t be a negative effect by doing so, however I will increase the frequency of the FS cannabis oil from twice to three times daily.
The Ann Boroch Protocol is essentially a four year thing, I’ve added to it, which is my choice and not necessarily something I recommend to anyone else, I’ve experienced no negatives by doing these things. Please remember I’m not the same as anyone else, I’ve never taken any MS medication, I’ve been gluten, dairy and sugar free for ten years, that doesn’t make me better than anyone else, just different, the changes I’m making are just moving me onto the next stage of my plan
Big picture…
I think being diagnosed with any serious illness is always going to be devastating news for anyone, especially if you have family members that are dependent upon you. In my case I was long past having a dependent wife and kids so although the news was shocking, it wasn’t as hard to take as it could have been.
Because of the work I was doing I had a good understanding of health and nutrition in general so rather than succumbing to the misinformation spread by the medical profession I followed a different route, I have to clarify my wording here. The medical profession the world over practise what is “Allopathic” medicine… this is a way of treating or suppressing symptoms using pharmacological methods.. So it’s basically saying that they aren’t interested in genuinely attempting to correct “The Cause”…which in reality is the true problem but as we all know, there’s far more profit in continually treating….easing…or masking a symptom.
I think anyone reading my posts will know that I’m 100% against drugs, pharmaceuticals and the pariahs that promote them.
Anyway that isn’t what I started writing about…. as I’ve progressed along this life changing journey, btw I’m still only 19 months into it, I’ve gradually come to terms with what’s involved in succeeding…
Anyone that’s been reading my posts will know I’m extremely happy about the protocol and the additional things I’ve incorporated into my daily supplements. 99% of the time I feel good, so much so that’s it’s become normal for me to try to do other physically demanding things that put more demands on my body which tend to stress me out a little. But looking or considering them in a negative way isn’t helpful, in fact it’s completely wrong…
What is better is to adopt a different outlook, I now make sure I’m following the protocol 100%, then at the end of my day I reflect on all the positives that have happened, of course there has been bad times, but they are just learning experiences, stepping stones on route to our ultimate destination….. now I don’t think about the negatives, I just look at how far I’ve come and where I AM going… now I just look at the big picture..