WHAT’S NEW IN MY LIFE

     Well it’s been a while and thing have continued to change for the good.   I am now off all narcotics and several other chemical drugs.  I am having a problem with my stomach and bowels but think it's because of all the drugs I was taking.  Because of the chelation treatments I no longer need to take any kind of pain meds.  Before when on narcotics I had a hard time having bowl movements.  Now things have really changed, I am like normal again.  The people at Fibro & Fatigue Center in Las Vegas are totally aghast!  They didn’t think they could help me (except for my doctor) and now they can’t believe the difference in me.  

     I believe that it was two things; first I have a strong faith in God and believe that he was in my recover.  Then I had  checked out the clinics with over one hundred of their patients.  Emailing them and asking questions.  See their Site at http://www.fibroandfatigue.com.  I didn’t want to spend lots of money on someplace that didn’t know what they were doing.   The wonderful thing is that the first time I went in there office I knew that they got it!  I find because I was basically down for fifteen years that I am still weak and have to take lots of breaks.  But again I am back to doing all the honey ‘do list items that have piled up over the years. 

     We have decided to do some traveling over the next two years or so.  We want to see the country and visit family, friends and FMS/CFIDS friends here and in Canada.  So we are spit shining the house and getting everything sorted.  We will be having a big moving sale to get rid of things that we don’t think we will use later.  My youngest son is helping get lots of little things done also.  He will be painting all the trim, molding and doors inside and out so it’s fresh.

     I am great at making list and doing small jobs myself.  It’s so GREAT to have a life back.  Our youngest has just built a new home and we will be storing our belongings there in his unfinished bonus room, and pay him for storage instead of a storage company.   We are excited to be able to travel again.  We purchased a new truck and are ordering a custom travel trailer that has power jacks and things to make it easier for us.  I will be continuing this blog so you can see how I progress over the next year or so. 

     Please put a comment on my blog so I know who is reading these post… I hope they have helped you…

Your Fibro Friend;
Jerry

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

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

WELL THIS WEEK WAS WILD!!

     I got my drivers license on Wednesday and then drove to Salt Lake City.   I had an appointment with my MD on Thursday morning.  She was over whelmed by my progress.  She just didn't know what to say when I told her I had stopped the Vicodin on a daily basis and only used when I over did something.  I also told her that I had stopped 60mg of morphine.  Then I ask her to give me morphine in 30mg from now on so I could wean myself off of all the morphine in the next two months.  This is the first time I have seen her, that I didn't have a long list of thing that were wrong with me.  She did have me get a MRI of my C spine to see why I am having pain there.  I talked to her about the numbness in my hands and feet, but she didn't know what to make of it.

     It felt so good to have the freedom to drive anywhere I want to go.  I met a young man at the VA Hospital that has been seeing doctors trying to figure out what is wrong with him.  His symptoms were, pain in the muscle, foggy mind, no energy.... etc...   I told him it sounded like Fibromyalgia but he told me that he was in the first Golf war, the VA called that Gulf War Syndrome.  They treat it the same way as Fibro, with lots of medicines.   We had lunch out and talked to him, he said his wife had said that she thought she might have Fibro herself.  I have not heard of couples having Fibro or Chronic Fatigue.   I would love to hear from someone who, both spouses had FM/CFS.  

     I shared with him about the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Center that I go to in Las Vegas.  I also want to hear from others that have gone to a FFC or are planning on going to one.  I am not paid by them but I know what a difference it has made in my life.  First of all it gave me hope, then it gave me back part of my life that I thought was gone for good.  I can hardly wait to see what will happen in the next nine months.

I will talk to you again soon...

Jerry

SOMETHING YOU WON'T BELIEVE!!

I don't know how to explain this except to come right out and state it...   I am BACK.   Over the last few weeks my mind has cleared from the fog!!  I am not 100% there, but anyone that knows me and sees me can see how my success with the program has been.  Lots of people tell me that they can't believe the difference in me.  I feel so much better than I did, I am not in pain all the time, unless I do something stupid.  Deb looked at me the other day on our way to Las Vegas and said" I am so glad you are back."  That was a really big step for me.  I talked with the doctor and he can't believe how far I have come since January 4th.

I have been able to stop taking the Vicodin (loratab) most of the time.  Only when I over do because I feel better do I need it.  I am also weening myself off the morphine and have dropped 60mg from my pill regiment.  I don't know how to explain it... I have started taking the supplements and have had lots of IV's since I started.  As you may know the Fibro Fog is one of the worse parts of the disease.  It's like you had a head cold and I ask you to do some complicated math problems.  My mind has cleared so much over the last two weeks.  The IV's I have taken are for pain and the second one is to clear the mind.  Well it's working....   The doctor and I though it would be a hard time coming because of the depth of what I have been thought.  This disease has thrown everything at me in the last 15 years.  Yet these doctors "saints" know what they are doing and have made a great change in me in this short time.  If it can work for me it will work for you. 

BTW if you do go to a clinic to get started, tell them that Jerry Booth sent you... I can use the discount on my account.

Knowing what and how I feel now I would tell you to get to the closest Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Clinic as soon as you can.  If it can make me feel this good it will help anyone.

NOW the really big announcement.  I will be applying for my drivers license in a couple of weeks!!!  I have not been clear enough to drive in over 15 years and now I am ready to start again.  Just in time because we just purchased a new 2011 Chevy Silverado this last two weeks.  I told Deb she would have to find something else to drive because the truck is mine.

I thank God ever day that I found FFC and that he provided a way for me to go and start on the road to recovery.  Also pray that the VA will recognise this treatment and start paying for veterans to have this treatment instead of giving guys like me $3,000.00 worth of pills a month.  This will save them lots in the long run.  Success is counted one person at a time and I would love to hear that your that person that has started on the road to change.  I don't expect to be healed from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue but if I am able to drive again then it is a giant step in the right direction.  I wonder how I will feel at the end of this year???   Please listen to me and get started on recovery right now.

I AM FEELING BETTER AND DOING TOO MUCH!

     The better I feel the more I want to do.  Of course we know what happens then, I get hurting for doing to much. It's hard when your feeling better not to do more than you should.  I have been able to give up the Vicodin and only use the morphine for pain.  I have less pain now than I did with both of them before starting the program.

     I have to learn to pace myself so I don't do more than I should.  I have been receiving chelation therapy (IV's) for pain and a second one to help with the brain fog.  I can feel the fog lifting a little at a time.  I am able to remember words better and can remember what happened in the near past much better than before.  This is a slow but sure progress, it's exciting to be able to think clearer.  I know that there are and will be days that I fall back.  We had a major weather change this last week and that hit me hard again.  That means I had to spend more time in bed because of the pain and tiredness.

     I am still very excited about this program and as I talk to others they say, "I am not that bad enough yet"  and I wonder how bad you have to get before going for help.  From my experience there is no other doctors that have come close to understanding Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue than the doctors at the FFC.  I know my coming back to a better health will take longer because I have fought this for so long.  The sooner you get started with this the sooner you will feel better.

     This is not a cure, but they will make an individual plan to remove some of the symptoms that cause us so much pain and aggravation. I think a cure is coming some day, but if I can be out of pain and have a working immune system then I know I will feel better.

     We are going back again this week for more IV's and know that each one gets me that much closer.

Till next time,

Jerry

SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG BUT I HAVE HAD A MATTER I HAD TO ATTEND TO!

     Well today was another day at the FFC for treatment.  I did not go down last week because of nausea.  I was sick and though it was just something going around.  We found out it was one of the supplements that I was taking.  I stopped taking it and the nausea went away. 

     We went down on Wednesday and came back today.  I had muscle and brain IV's both days.  As I have said  the muscle treatment is to help the muscles develop new cells and to help with the pain.  The brain treatment is to put antioxidants and substance P into the brain.  We with Fibromyalgia are found to be low on substance P which helps the brain cells rebuild and talk to each other.

http://www.fibroandfatigue.com/fibromyalgia.html

     The link above is a one page article put out by the FFC about the problems we with Fibromyalgia have to deal with daily.  I like this article and it is clear how disabling this "CRUD" can be for us lucky people.

     I am feeling much better as far as pain is concerned.  I also feel that my thinking is improving and I don't get tired as much as I used to.  Keep watching this blog I think  you will see a marvelous change in my health in the next 11 months.

Till next time,

Jerry

AFTER THREE WEEKS HAVING IV’S

     This whole experience with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Center has been a wonderful experience.   I had my fifth and sixth “pain and back” iv and I was feeling great.  Then as most men are I didn’t want to see my wife lift the entire luggage, I lifted some, that put me in a flare.  So on Wednesday night I was not feeling well.   Then when I woke on Thursday morning when I woke I knew what I did was Dumb!  I had to take two breakthrough pain meds to help me be able to get up a few hours later.  I went in and had my sixth iv and then I saw the doctor.
 

     All of my blood test came in and he was able to see what was going on with me.  My thyroid T3 was very low and he prescribed a prescription to help get that back in order.  There are several places that are way too high and some way to low.  With glands you have to nudge it a little and it changes many things.  The doctor also prescribed two medicines and two more supplements for me to use.  The supplements are included in my package, but the medicines are not.  I will try to have the VA get them for me so I don’t have to pay for them.

     I will be putting up a list of the supplements I am taking soon as a page.  So when you see the main page it’s on the bar that is at the top.   You just have to select which page you want to read.

     I am very encouraged at this point.  I am feeling better and using less pain medications to just get by.  I am looking forward to the day when I don’t need 29 different drugs every day.

God Bless you all.

FMSJerry

IT REALLY WORKS

     My wife just refilled my medicine boxes and she noticed something... I have not taken any extra pain meds for 7 days now.  Before going to Fibro and Fatigue Centers I used all my morphine and all my extra break through pain meds.  I didn't even realize that I had not been going back for more pain meds.  I just finished my 4th IV treatment with pain and back.  This treatment is described in an earlier post.

     Now I have started the primary vitamins and minerals that the doctor ordered for me.  I have started with Digestizyme-b from a company called NutriElements.  FCC feels that this company has the purest and best product they can recommend.   I started out with one tablet a day, today I took two tablets until I get to three tab a day.  They recommended this for me to start is because of the problems I have with stomach and digestion.  With all the narcotics it numbs my digestive track and it doesn't want to work.  This will help me get that all going.  

I  AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN I CAN STOP TAKING MORPHINE OR ANY NARCOTICS.  My doctor said it would be with in four months.    YAH!!!!

I have nine different vitamins and minerals that I will be taking.  Watch my post for more information.

Thanks for reading this and may God bless you.

FMSJerry

MY SECOND WEEK OF IV'S

     I had my third treatment today,  I can feel it helping already.   I am getting chelation therapy (IV's) with the solution is in an earlier post her on my blog.  It takes about one and a half hours to get these Iv's.   I will get another one tomorrow then next week Wed & Thursday.   Then we are hoping that my blood work will be back next week so I can see the Dr Thursday at 230.  Then he should have a plan how to fix me.

     My pain levels are going down slowly but surely.  This is to help with pain management.  My pain level was not being cared for with my regular meds.  This IV's are helping so that the pain meds. I do take are taking care of all my pain.   I am told that I won't need the narcotics in a few months.  I am all for that.....

Till next time,

FMSJerry