CREGIER@UPEI.CA (Sharon Cregier) (11/17/90)
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"Doctors are men who prescribe medicines about which they know little,
for diseases about which they know less,
for humanbeings about whom they know nothing." +++Voltaire.
Somewhere in my files I have a scientific study of the association
of the increasing cases of MS and the spread of the modern strains
of rice and wheat. These modern grains are grown because they
mature so rapidly and give larger grains than the more "primitive"
types. According to the scientific study (which was done over the
course of 30 years by a Scandinavian, as I recall. I can get the
precise information if anyone "out there" on the net is
interested), the larger grains are larger and faster growing simply
because they absorb water faster. It is then very difficult to dry
these grains properly and the moisture residue readily harbours a
pernicious fungus which attacks the nervous system.
The rapid increase in the # of MS cases follows demographically the
introduction of these grains throughout the world. So much for the
Green Revolution Miracle.
From the journal, IN BALANCE Issue #25, p. 5+, there is the
following prospect of a very good control of MS using food herbs.
I will be compressing some of the information from that long
article but the gist is below:
Anne Compton, M.D. (ca. 1990). Freedom through regeneration: A personal
account of a medical doctor's struggle with MS.
In January of 1988, a news item abt. Dr. Anne Compton included a
photo of her bent over a table concentrating intently on her right
hand, wrapped in a brace and clenching a pen while trying to
write. Her eyes are protected by a thick leather goggle
headpiece.
The article reads, "Anne Compton, M.D. knows all about this
unpredictable disease (M.S.) that is slowly robbing her of physical
functions and is saddling her with other chronic, and potentially
fatal, illnesses. She learned all about it in medical school. But
Dr. Compton is no longer able to maintain a private medical
practice."
Today, a little over two years later, Compton has not only shed the
body braces and eye goggles, but enthusiastically shares the
Sunrider foods which have helped her to now enjoy a full life. Her
story follows.
THE ANNE COMPTON STORY
At age 20 I was studying medicine at the Univ. of Minnesota Medical
Scl. prior to entering the Univ. of Alabama School of Medicine in
1969, where I rcvd my M.D. It was at this time that I first began
to experience serious health problems, when I contracted a measles
infection with high fever and inflammation of the brain.
My first narcolepsy symptoms commenced immediately, but were
controlled for a number of years by caffeine--containing medication
averaging 1200 mg a day. At age 22 I suffered a Coxsackie viral
infection wh. led to multiple episodes of inflammation of the
cardiac muscle, congestive heart failure, double heart rhythm and
"incarcerations" in the intensive care unit. I was given several
heart medications, along with multiple antibiotics.
By this time I was catching numerous bacterial and viral
infections, undergoing several operations, and continuing to
degenerate. The long hrs and stress of my medical training
accelerated the decline of my health. I was now a member of the
"Disease of the Month Club!"
Because I was a physician, I had access to the best care that was
available from a traditional medical standpoint. Over the years I
had a minimum of six specialists--and usually many more--working to
maintain any degree of functional capacity or comfort for me at
all. As my physical capacities lessened, I had to gradually
eliminate many types of medical practice. Eventually, about ten
years later, I had to stop all direct patient responsibilities
altogether.
Shrotly after the cardiac problems developed, a severe blood sugar
disorder caused frequent loss of consciousness, emergency room
visits and hospitalizations. Then, in 1974, with an episode of
toal blindness, poor corrdination, weakness, and slurred speech, I
was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I was given steroids, and
fortunately, a lot of my vision returned. But by 1976, the course
of my MS changed from acute attacks with remission in between, to a
chronically progressive one with constant symptoms and steady
deterioration.
Over these and subsequent years I rcvd many steroid treatments with
unwelcome side effects and new diseases. I developed diabetes,
which required two types of insulin injected three times daily.
Steroids also led to severe chronic gastric ulcers, with
hemorrhaging that was unresponsive to all medical treatment, and
finally necessitated stomach surgery due to the ulcers'
life-threatening nature and their having turned premalignant. Many
years later my ribs even spontaneiously fractured without coughing,
trauma, or strain, due to the effects of those steroids.
Other drugs besides the steroids which were prescribed for the MS
between 1976 and 1983 included Tegretol, which caused bone marrow
suppression; Dantrium, a drug fever; Dilantin, which caused gum
problems and teeth sensitivity; and the Depakene injured my
pancreas in 1981. As a result of the latter, I had to be on total
pancreatic enzyme replacement due to chronic relapsing pancreatitis
(I was a non-drinker), for which I was hospitalized at least once a
year. During one of these stays, an emergency central venous line
became infected, resulting in a life threatening blood poisoning.
I had exploratory surgery, with the discovery of widespread
endometriosis throughout the organs of my abdominal cavity (not
just the ovaries and uterus). Also between 1977 and 1980 I was in
several accidents, underwent a nine-month course of cehmotheraphy,
and had developed severe allergies.
Meanwhile, I was also receiving multiple therapies for allergies
and the inflammation and constriction of my nasal passages,
including desensitization shots for 3 yrs, multiple cryosurgeries
and a nasal resection. At the end of three years, instead of
becoming desensitized, I had become MORE allergic and
envrionmentally ill to a life-threatening degree, so steroids again
had to be used on an intermittent acute basis. Early emphysema and
chronic broncitis were other disorders which joined the list of my
health problems.
With the MS from 1976 to 1988, I went through multiple programs of
physical therapy and rehabilitation and continually acquired new
appliances to help me sit, walk and drive as my body deteriorated.
My narcolepsy eventually progresed until it was IMPOSSIBLE to stay
awake, despite my hardest efforts and the medication. I would fall
asleep while walking or while driving, my face would crash into my
food, and even when I wasn't in the middle of a an actual sleep
attack, I couldn't function. The neurologist had to add an
amphetamine used for narcolepsy.
My back and spine deteriorated and developed arthritis, which
affected the major joints of my body. None of the prescribed drugs
cd. be tolerated and again I suffered multiple episodes of
hemorrhaging due to chronic erosive gastritis. I was also on
chronic pain medication--codeine. The doctors were now prescribing
medications reserved for the hopeless to provide minimal comfort
and function.
An eye condition developed in which I had so little of the normal
fluid covering my eye that any air touching the corneas would
ulcerate them. Besides being excruciatingly painful, this posed a
constant risk of blindness and infection. I had to wear dark
goggles with leather shields across the top and sides to keep the
air off my eyes. By now, my eyes were too sensitive for even
ordinary room light. I was told I wd wear the goggles the rest of
my life and offered surgery to try to reduce the pain.
The pain was further aggravated by repeated violent inflammatory
reactions to all of the doctor's prescribed eye drops. Narcotics
had no beneficial effect at all on the pain. It was like having
ground glass in my eyes. I willingly submitted to eight operations
to try to get even partial relief. The 8th reduced the pain a
fraction.
Then I was introduced to Sunrider foods. I wore five body braces
as well as the goggles. I couldn't sit in a wheelchair long
because my body wd try to slide out and go into severe spasms as my
muscles wd struggle to hold me upright. If I tried to sit in a
regular chair for 30 mintues it felt like being on the deck of a
boat in arough sea and I would throw up. With my MS, the
pancreatitis and all the medication, it was a life of constant
nasea and vomiting, which nearly destroyed the enamel on my teeth.
I was on regular injections for the vomiting.
I was on zero energy. If I were to visit freinds two nights in a
row, even though resting on a couch, it wd tire me out so much that
I'd be in bed as long as a week afterwards. Anytime the
temperature exceeded 70 degrees I'd be even more flaccid, have more
pain and general worsening of all symptoms.
My short term memory was so seriousl impaired that I couldn't
remember what I told someone the day before. I constantly
transposed numbers in my checkbook and when dialing the phone. It
was common to not be able to say a word or verbally spell it.
Just before I was introduced to Sunrider, I'd had both ovaries
removed due to internal hemorrhaging in one of them and rapidly
growing tumor in the other. With years of antibiotics, steroids
and a poor immune system, another complicating condition was
Candida, which I only learned about at the time I began eating
Sunrider foods. There were other medical problems, but space does
not permit their coverage.
Sunriders from Texas, Lynn and Dixie Waldrip, read a news item
about me and contacted me. I had nothing to lose. I was racing
downhill to destruction with no brakes. The foods required little
energy and time to prepare, which was crucial to my success,
because I had no caretaker to do it for me.
Within the first week of eating large amounts of Sunrider, I had
increased energy and alertness. To a sufferer of MS and
narcolepsy, this alone would have bn enough to keep me eating
Sunrider. But a lot more happened.
During the first month, I was able to discontinue all of my
medications, including the different types of shots, with the
exception of the narcolepsy medication. I shed four of the five
body braces, and was starting to sit in regular chairs for several
hours at a time by the end of the firs tmonth. I began to take
short walks in the woods without appliances. I was jubilant when I
tied a 12 year old boy in a short race.
By the end of the second moth I was able to sit all day in a
regular chair and even in a church pew. I had gotten rid of my
last body brace, which was on my right ancle, and was acquiring
more energy. My skin color improved.
During the third month I no longer had to use the special
hand-control equipment in my car. I also took off the goggles that
the specialist had prom mised wd be a lifetime fixture.
Over the 5th and 6th mos I decreased my narcolepsy medicaiton and
finally eliminated them by the 7th month.
Between the 5th and 8th mos, I experienced dramatic improvement in
my mental functioning. Problems with short term memory,
concentration, aphasia and transposing numbers were becoming a
thing of the past. At the end of my second year of eating Sunrider
foods, my ability to remember appointments without having to write
them down, and some aspects of the photographic memory I had prior
to medical school are returning. This is extremelyt exciting!
During the 8th to 10th mos I began to notice the disappearance of
whole sections of ugly red, raised 14-20 year old abdominal scar
tissues, remnants of various surgeries. Scar tissue heals from the
inside out, so I knew the internal scar tissue and adhesions from
my previous medical conditions were also vanishing at the same
time. After two years eating Sunrider foods, only a faint white
ine remains.
My body was firmer and muscles better toned. My energy and stamina
were well above average before the first year ended. My unhealthy
food cravings gradually lessened over the first year and I qcquired
tastes for certain healthy foods I had disliked all my life. After
one yr eating Sundrider, I was able to tolerate temperatures to 120
degrees with no adverse affects (sic) whatsoever, even while
engagin in strenuous physical activities.
By the end of my first year, my gums were no longer sore and
bleeding, and my teeth were no longer sensitive. I was able to
start to eat raw fruits agian, and my vision had improved. I had
grown one inch, and the arthritis in my back had toally
disappeared.
My skin steadily improved. I continued to look much younger. My
facial contours were entirely different by the end of the first
year, and even more changed now at the end of the 2nd. My hair
grew in thicker and was at first distinctly darker in color as
well, then changed to a much lighter color. Even the hairstylists
excalimed over its improved condition. It used to take over an
hour for a mpermanent to take hold, but now takes less than 3 mins,
indicative of the health of the hair.
My eyes have changed from rust and green to much bluer. The enamel
on my teeth has started to come back and they are losing their
yellow cloration.
My Candida has been disappearing during the two years, tho it's not
yet completely gone. My adrenals and pituitary glands have
compesnated for my lack of ovaries, and I have no evidence of
estrogen deficiency.
Sunrider has changed the quality of my life. I now enjoy nature
and outdoor activities denied me for 20 yrs. I engage in strenuous
backpacking, camping, fossil hunting, and hiking, including 13 to
18 mile trips in one day. Sunrider is a great blessing from God
and I now shre it full time with others.
I haven't mentioned the cleanses and retracing my body has gone
through, but that would take several more chapters.
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Sunrider foods are located in Torrance, California. I think that is a suburb
of Los Angeles. --SECregier
Your physician shd. be able to contact Dr Compton through Sunrider Foods, a
physicians' national directory. --SECregier