WELL I AM HAVING A GREAT TIME!

     Now that I can get around without my wheelchair and can drive a car... Watch out for me... I am everywhere...

     I still have my electric wheelchair in the back of my truck for when I have to walk in big stores or a mall.  But I have not used it in over a month.  We went to a car show on Saturday and I walked and my wife who just had knee replacement a month ago, use my wheelchair.  I had a great time and got to talk to lots of people.  I am telling everyone that will listen, about my life changing experience.  The people at FCC or Chronicity Inc. as they are now known are great and with the chelation treatment I am doing so much better.  Last Monday we canceled my Aid that came daily to get me up, showered and dressed.  I told them I didn't need the service anymore.  I am the first patient that has ever gotten better and canceled the service with them.

     We spent the day with my son and his family.  What a great Easter for us, they are expecting a new baby girl any day now.   I helped him install a new sink in his garage.  He needed help figuring out what parts he needed and then we went to Home Depot and I helped him pick out the parts.  Only one trip and we had all the right parts.

     We will be putting our home up for sale in the next two weeks.  This is the cost for me to be able to go to Clinicity for treatment.  Both my wife and I agree that it was well worth it.  I have been in bed for 15 years and now we are going to travel for a few years.  We will be ordering a new travel trailer this week and in two months when it's ready we will pick it up back in the east.  As we travel I will use the other 15 locations for Chronicity to help with my treatment.  We plan to spend much of the summer in Michigan, part of the time with my wife's folks who are getting older.  They are 85 and 89 and dad has Alzheimer really bad.  I am not sure he will know me.  Then we plan to visit many of our friends around Michigan.  We will also try to get to both of our family reunions.  This will be the first time we have since 2006 so we are looking forward to it.  We will travel through Northern Michigan and see friends in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Carolina, and to South Carolina to spend some time with my dad and step mother.  Then in the late fall we will be going to Texas to see  our son and his family.  Before we return to Utah for Christmas.  After that we will winter in Southern Arizona.  With not having the cost of a house we will be very comfortable traveling.

    Keep an eye on this blog and see all the things that I am able to do this Year.  THIS IS MY YEAR TO START ENJOYING LIFE AGAIN.

Was it worth having to sell the house... YES!!!!!!!

     We will eventually return to Utah and build a new home.  My wife and I have been planning a home that will fit our needs and be user friendly for people that are handicapped.  We are excited to be able to travel and enjoy our beautiful country.

     Please pray that God will guide us and continue to see improvement in my health.  I will probably never be cured in this lifetime.  First some scientist or doctor will have to discover the cause of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue.  Then they will have to find a cure.  But to have the strength and not be in pain is so wonderful.

Till Next Time...
Jerry

I AM GETTING OFF THE MEDS!!

     We are working off the morphine and other chemicals that I have been taking for many years.  The morphine is going great and I am down to 90mg from 240mg per day.  I have not seen any side effects from dropping these drugs.  I quit the Vicodin (lor tab) with no side effects.  I still grab a Vicodin if I am in extra pain but that is only about once in three to four weeks.

     BUT I have been taking Ativan to help with my emotions and arachnophobia for 15 years.  This one is kicking my rear, I knew that it would be harder because I have ran out before and I get the Hebe Gebies, like snakes crawling inside me all the time.  I found out that I should have only been on this for a few months not the many years.  I was taking 1mg tab twice a day, now we have cut the night in half.  This week has been a very long week.  In two weeks we will drop the morning to one half a tab both morning and night.  I am hoping that this drug will get out of my system and will be gone in a month or so.  

     I am back to losing weight, course it helped last week when I was too sick in the stomach to eat.  But I have gone from 212 to 194.  I think it's a combination of more exercise and less sweet food.  I am excited and want to get down to about 185.  This has been a very exciting thing for me.

     My pain level is way down and it very livable, unless I do too much.  Saturday I had my son and grandson here to clean up my yard for the spring.  They pulled any weeds, trimmed my Palm Tree and mowed my lawn.  I helped some, mostly getting drinks and tools for them.  We then had a big dinner outside and I over ate.  But today I am not much worse for the wear except for the effects of the Ativan.  

     It is also exciting go know that I can get in my Truck and go if I want.  That is a freedom that I have not had for 15 years.  My mind continues to clear and I am looking at some long term goals that will be different than the life I thought I would lead.  Again I realize that this is not a cure but I don't believe I will ever be as bad as I was at the start of this adventure last January.  

     Life has really changed for me and speaking of change the Fibro and Fatigue Centers are changing their name to Chronicity Inc.  They are expanding into other areas as well to help people that are having problems with long term medical problems.  See more information at http://www.chronicityinc.com.  

     I hope this blog has helped you and I would love to hear from you and see your response.

Till next time;
Jerry

ANOTHER WEEK OF TREATMENTS

    Well I headed down to Las Vegas on Wed this week for more treatments.  Because my wife is still in rehab for her new knee a friend went down with me.  I am thankful that he did, I was tired when I started out.  I did a lot of running around on Tuesday so I got to rest on the way down and he drove.  I filled up with gas in town for $3.57 and when we got to Las Vegas the average was close to $4.00 per gal.  I drove in town and we went and had my two relation treatments.  Afterward we went to Fry's to check out what they had in computer components and purchase some.  Then we went to a buffet for dinner and by the time we were through we were both tired.  We stayed at the Air Force Inn on Nellis Air Force Base.

     Thursday we stopped for breakfast then headed to the clinic for two more treatments.  I was exhausted by then and my friend drove home.  I am finding if I can get out one day I need to rest the next day.  But it's not always possible so having a friend along made the trip doable.  I am not taking any Vicodin (lortab )  for pain and am down to less than half of the morphine that I was taking.  In the next month I will not be taking any morphine at all.  We are also removing any chemical drugs that we can.  I will have to take blood pressure pills, thyroid replacement and Testosterone for life.  The doctor is very happy with my results and so are we. I never guessed that I would be feeling this much better in such a short period of time.  I am still having trouble with muscle control because I have not worked them very hard for the last 15 years.  That will come over time.  I easily get cramps and have to stop and rub or stop all together what I am doing.  I only have used my electric wheelchair once in the last month and that was in Fry's which is like the size of a mall.

     I have to tell you if you have to sell your first born ( just a joke) it's worth all the cost of going to the FFC clinics for treatment.  First they know what they are talking about with Fibro and Chronic Fatigue and second they can help you feel better.  THEY CAN NOT CURE YOU because the cause of Fibro/Chronic Fatigue  is still unknown.  But they work to get your immune system working and that cures lots of the problems by itself.  The chelation (iv's) also are a great key. I am still taking the back and pain one along with the one that works on your brain to clear the fibro fog.  Check out http://www.fibroandfatigue.com/ and find a clinic near you.

     I am hoping and we all should be working to make this type of treatment main stream until a cure is found.  It would be great if insurance companies, Medicare, the VA and others would reimburse for this treatment that will ultimately save them many thousands of dollars in the future.  These 15 clinics have treated over 20,000 patients and the majority of the patients that followed the plan are living a much more enjoyable life with little or no pain.

I will continue to keep you informed as I am treated,

Your Fibro Friend

Jerry

WELL LIFE HAS REALLY CHANGED FOR ME!

My wife has had a knee replacement a week ago Tuesday and is now in rehab for two weeks.  I have been going to see her every other day and most having a meal with her.  I have also been planning my trips to town so I get as much done as I can.  That has kept me busy and tired.  I am trying to rest the off days, but now that I am able there is washing to be done, dishes to wash.  I am cooking for the first time in 12 years.  This knee operation was sat-up so fast that Deb did not have time to get meals around for me, but that is ok.  What a difference a few months at the FFC clinic has made for me.

I AM NOT CURED, they just help with the symptoms and not just by covering them up with narcotics.  BTW I am working my way off all the narcotics.  We are dropping morphine at a rate of 30mg per week.  That means in a few weeks I will no longer be on any of them.  Also we are trying to drop all the chemical medications that we can replace with supplements.  I am actually taking more "pills, supplements" now than I was before but that won't be long.

I love driving my new pick-up and won't let Deb drive it when I am there.  I told her we would get her a car that gets better gas millage for her to drive.  It is so nice to go where I want to go and do what I want to when I want to.  It's a whole new freedom.  I know most of you are still driving but are you safe all the time???  That is a big question?  I know that now I am safe and so that gives me the confidence to drive when I want to go somewhere.

Talking with the doctor we decided that the reason I came around so much faster than most is because I had k elation twice weekly instead of monthly.  It cost more for travel but I accomplished in less than three months what most accomplish in six months.  Besides they said I was a train wreck and one of the sickest patients that they seen.  It makes me feel good to know that with extra effort and cost on our part I was able to come a long way in a short time.

We are now working on getting the immune system back to top condition.  I am excited to see what the next few months will bring.  My doctor told me we would be getting more blood test at the beginning of May and see what else we have left to get me as well as possible.

Don't forget if you are going to go to a FFC clinic to tell them that Jerry Booth recommended that you come and get treated.  I want them to know me all over the 15 clinics.  I have so many friends that need this treatment, but can't see how to pay for it.  Well we have our house up for sale.  My wife said it was worth two houses just to see me back to closer to what I was before the Summer of 1994.  That is when this hit me  and took me down full time.

Please let me know if you are planning on going to one of the clinics.  I will be posting the locations and information for you on the page views that are across the top of the start up screen on this blog.

By for now!  I have to take my Grandson fishing for the first time....

Jerry