It helps in this world if you know how to Google the right question.
At first, when I started my quest to fight what I thought originally was Mononucelosis, I only posed the search engine queries that would take me to conventional Western medicine sites on my iMac or iPad or iPhone. (Yup, I’m an Apple guy…)
And I learned quite a bit. I’m glad I at least investigated what “modern medicine” had to say about EBV, the dreaded and debilitating Epstein-Barr Virus that I THOUGHT I’d contracted back in September of 2016 — apparently by taking into my mouth even a tiny little bit of saliva from someone who was still contagious but probably didn’t know it.
However.
After a year of only knowing what Western medicine could tell me,
I was still sick and miserable.
Finally, when doing one of my desperate acts of trying to feel better by going out to actually play 9 holes of golf, I swung too vigorously and re-injured my lower back, which sent me for badly needed prolotherapy to…
D.O. Mary Harrow of Colorado Springs, Colorado
and her Center For Vital Health.
Her specialty is treating any old nagging sports
or work injuries involving muscles and ligaments.
More details on that later in another blog. But right after receiving my prolotherapy treatment, I complained to Dr. Harrow about what I thought was my ongoing Mono struggle and asked if she knew anything at all that could help me. (After all, she is a D.O.)
Casually stating that Mono was chronic, as if there were no other versions of the disease to be hoped for, she did mention two things that might offer some help. She made it clear she wasn’t prescribing anything, because “treating Mono” can be really iffy-tricky.
Nevertheless, she wrote down for me…
Instructions on how to get from a nearby pharmacy
a 15-week pack of megadose D3 (cost $10).
And…
she let her assistant sell me two things
from her own available stock:
1. Klaire Labs Ther-Biotic Complete
A 25-Billion+ Multi-Species Probiotic Supplement
$60 (about a dollar a day)
– and –
2. Blue Ice Cinnamon Tingle Fermented Cod Liver Oil,
A Natural Source of Omega 3, 6, 7, and 9 Fatty Acids.
$40…and how long will it last?
I wish I could say that I’ve gotten all healed from what I thought was Mono by taking these expensive supplements.
All I can say is, they’ve helped a little.
I did learn from my father, when his 85-year-old memory finally served him, that he himself had years ago been diagnosed with a severe Vitamin D deficiency and had been prescribed a “professional regimen” of the supplement to recover. He takes 5,000 IU’s a day regularly now.
So there was reason to believe the powerful Ortho Molecular Products Vitamin D3 50,000 IU capsules would eventually make a radical difference in my Mono symptoms. I don’t eat much dairy or other foods with Vitamin D3 and don’t get all that much sunshine since I work indoors.
Well, here’s what’s actually happened. After taking only one weekly capsule, I did feel a rush of energy. And 12 weeks into my 15-week treatment, I regularly feel an energetic surge on the day I take my Vitamin D3 megadose.
But the seemingly inescapable symptoms of feverish headache, body aches, and fatigue were — until four weeks ago — still with me way too often (though the depression had finally lifted!) .
A few exceptions of “normal feelings” occurred here and there after plenty of rest and good diet and little exercise. If I violated any of these principles, though, I relapsed, so to speak.
But then…
One day I decided I hadn’t searched enough.
And I Googled the question:
“How do I fight Chronic Mononucleosis?”
Whoa!
Suddenly, I was facing a plethora of resources.
There were videos galore from both professionals and regular individuals, with lots of recommended homeopathic herbal treatments, etc.
Next time, I’ll tell you what I sank my money into…and let you know how things are going!
Grand Vitality 