Phone visit with Dr V, Jan 21, 2013

I had my check up with Dr V today via telephone. He asked me to consider getting IV chelation done in Wichita three times a week or come back to his office for chelation (and other treatments) to reduce my toxic metal load (among other things.) He said he'd like me in Oregon for 8 weeks, but I just can't see how either Wichita or Oregon can be done either financially or practically speaking. IV chelation cannot be done safely at home. So, I convinced him to give me additional things to try at home first.

He wants me to do a lot more system support via supplements, add several things to my IV's plus increase their frequency, stay on the antibiotics Dr. B has me on and report back to him. Adrenal fatigue and hypo-thyroid are big issues as well as the MTHFR gene that is causing my natural detox body processes not to work. My and Babesia load is high, CMV virus is beyond the reference chart and Candida is very high as well. In a nutshell, these are the sources of all my problems.

The new plan means IV's everyday, except Friday, since I have to take Jacob to get his allergy shot in KC and re-stock house supplies and groceries that day. I am to take a pile of pills three times a day so complicated I made a program in my phone to remind me! I took 25 pills at lunch. The last 6 pills were hard to get down. Over half of them are the largest size capsules they make. Blech. Six days of IV's a week are debilitating because they take a long time, plus several of them wipe me out physically so I have to nap for hours afterward. Several IV's have to be done when Jim is home so I have a driver and an adult available should a problem occur so it puts us on a schedule.

I'm working on ordering the necessary supplies to put the new treatment plan in place. The worst part is giving up more time and more money that I'd prefer to spend on my family for these diseases with no guarantee really that I'll be better for it. I am reasonably sure both doctors know how to help me though. It's a perplexing thing to know the Lord can heal me without any of it and then decide where to draw the line on how much treatment to do, how much money to spend and how much hope to put in any of it. Is there an easy answer to this?

I have to praise God because we have experienced several very timely helps in the forms of food, monetary gifts and encouraging messages that can only be from Him moving the hearts of people all around us. This is not to mention the many personal lessons and re-prioritizing that inevitably happen when health issues demand so many resources from a family. My only goal is to be able to be well enough to be a mother and wife. I used to have many other ideas of things I wanted to do with my time, none anywhere near as important as those. As complicated as my health and treatment plan has become, my personal wants have become refreshingly simple.

Thank you for caring enough to read.