I have been suffering from a serious blood disorder for many
years, which has recently started to transform into Acute Myeloid
Leukaemia.
I was offered the chance of a mini transplant (or transplant-lite)
for Bone Marrow. The preconditioning for this transplant, as in
most cancers was a high dose of strong chemotherapy drugs.
The side effects of these drugs can be debilitating, including
considerable weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and in the case of one
particular drug, rigors and shivering. Although I knew that this
treatment could be potentially life saving, the thought of the side
effects caused me considerable distress.
Luckily for me, I had had recently come across an article about
NAET - Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques, and on
contacting my local practitioner that this also included the
possibility of treatment for the side effects of conventional
medication.
On my first visit the practitioner took a detailed medical history
from me, and ascertained through muscle testing what treatment I
would need. In subsequent visits I was treated for certain basic
allergies followed by the specific medications, and also certain
bacteria and viruses from which I would be particularly at risk
following the transplant.
When I eventually received my Bone Marrow Transplant, I had no side
effects from any of the medication treated and nor have I suffered
infection of any kind. And although I lost my hair it began to
regrow very quickly.
I left hospital after two weeks when the average time spent in
hospital is 4 to 6 weeks. Staff at the hospital were very surprised
as I was only the third person not to have a reaction from Campath,
and the only person ever not to react to Melphalan.
I felt compelled to write and let people know that they no longer
have to suffer the horrendous side effects of chemotherapy used in
cancer treatment, and that whilst all the other patients in the
hospital were struggling to cope with the debilitating side
effects, my body was allowed to concentrate on recovering from the
transplant.
Mrs L Brookes, Leicestershire
Julie Holland, Leicester, England