LLVLC On YouTube (Episode 53): Christine’s Chelation Comeuppance Or Cure?

I wanted to tell you that my sister had suffered from similar ailments that Christine does, although not her whole life, and tried everything under the sun. (Interestingly, my sister’s problems mysteriously started a while after she had a type of successful bariatric bypass surgery.) It wasn’t until she discovered NAET therapy administered by a chiropractor that she got relief from chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, allergies, etc.. You may or may not have heard of it before. If not, you can visit http://www.naet.com to get details and find a practitioner, and I will be happy to hook you up with my sister by email if you want more details. I believe she spent around $500 for a series of treatments about a year ago. To this day, she swears it has cured her fibromyalgia, among other things. But you can be the judge. It’s worth checking out, if only for Christine’s sake. Lee

Jimmy, have you considered your wife might have an allergy to gluten? I had all of her symptoms, but since going gluten free, I am “cured.” I suspected for a while I had gluten sensitivities. Now I avoid gluten like the plague. A book that really educated me is Celiac Disease – A Hidden Epidemic by Dr. Green (he’s an MD).

I used to think going low carb meant you avoid a lot of gluten – not always the case.

Hi Jimmy,

Best wishes to you and Christine…I hope this will be the answer you and she are looking for.

If it is not, however, has anyone ever suggested testing her for celiac disease? Since it runs in my family (and I have it, too), I’m very aware of the many ways it can manifest.

For me, it was mostly extreme joint pain, severe headaches, and often diarrhea. After I went gluten free, I had almost complete relief from joint pain within 2 weeks and no more headaches immediately. What also cleared up was a strange itchy rash I’d had on my ankles for years, that would never go away before. Ingesting any amount of wheat now makes for an instant return of the headaches, joint pain, diarrhea and the rash.

One of my sisters had fibromyalgia, then was diagnosed with celiac. After going gluten free, her fibro symptoms left completely with no meds. A return to eating any gluten brings back the symptoms.

One brother had extreme migraines and also lost so much weight they thought he had cancer. Much testing showed no cancer but eventually he was diagnosed with celiac. With staying gluten-free, he has returned to a normal weight and no more migraines.

As I said, I wish you both the best and hopefully an answer to health issues with what you are doing now…but just wanted to express my thoughts about possible celiac disease, too.

I agree with the others about celiac. My sister was just diagnosed with it last year, but she is still having problems. I had the blood test for Celiac and they came back negative. But I follow a gluten free diet and I can’t begin to tell you how much better I feel. By the way most people with celiac don’t have the “classic” symptoms. If my sister had been diagnosed earlier she shouldn’t have had to suffer like she is, diabetes, heart problems, and maybe now she may have autoimmune hepatitis.

I have hereditary hemochromatosis (iron overload). I am the first in my family to be tested and since then all of my siblings and parents have been tested and luckily they are only carriers. You shouldn’t have to suffer from this, and all I have to do is donate blood once a year, or sometimes twice a year. At first I had to have a bag of blood(500cc) taken out every week for a month and then every other week for another month to be (deironed). There is a genetic test for this, I would get your wife tested.

Good luck.

PS. I am so sorry to hear about your brother, God Bless you and your family during this difficult time.

After reading this post I had to reply. I am from Savannah, GA. My parents and siblings still live there and shop in Hilton Head. I am an RN and have been administering IV chelation therapy at the Balance of Life Clinic for Dr. Clifford Sonnie in Medina, Oh for 3 years now. I have listened to my patients comments on recieving chelation. I have patients that IV chelation improved their ailments and others it didn’t. So I believe as anything else, everyone’s body is different and may or may not feel improvement though they may see objective, measurable improvement through Bioelectrical Stress Assessments. While receiving their treatments they sit around and discuss their treatments and how it has helped them. Their comments range from better eyesight to feeling younger and having more energy. Some admit to being able to think more clearly and to being able to control their diabetes and high cholesterol without medication or significantly decreasing the amount of medication they take. Some have a long family history of heart disease and sought chelation to prevent them from having it and are disease free and have happily surpassed their forefathers lifespan. Some have PAD and have been successful in their treatments to prevent future blood vessel blockages. What I have visibly noticed most is that the patients who have been receiving chelation therapy for years have a beautiful glow to their skin.

My parents come to Ohio to visit about once a year. My mother suffers from artheritis and the 12 hour trip makes her body ache. My father complains of always being tired. 2 years ago I started them on IV chelation and IV nutritionals when they came to visit. My mother called me when they got home to tell me. They drove striaht home the 12 hours. Once they got home they didn’t have to rest, they immediately unloaded their car then drove to Wal-Mart and grocery shopped and felt great.

So 3 years ago when I started administering chelation, I felt tired and groggy. I had the office tech do a BEST test and I tested positive for heavy metals, especially aluminum and cadmium. I was pregnant and then breastfeeding and did not recieve the chelation treatments. Finally, I have just now started the calcium EDTA. I can personally testify that for me, it did clear my brain fog. I can think clearer and feel more awake. I hope to get that beautiful glow. Only time will tell. Good luck with the treatments. I hope that IV chelation therapy works well for you.

-Nicole