Dr. Battle, Bitches!

In case you couldn’t tell from the title, I am using Bitches as a term of endearment and excitement (my lawyer made me say that…just kidding, I can’t afford a lawyer)! Well, well, well ladies and gents. Life is good. As long as you don’t mind a few mood swings, following a strict health regimen, handing over half your life savings, and abstaining from boos. Did I forget to mention that you also actually get to have a life? Without the pain it is a helluva lot easier to smile and say ‘yes’ to the many invitations. Dr. Battle is fantastic and evidently his reputation precedes him. Many of his patients travel from far away (myself included) to come see him and some were even referred to him from as far away as Canada! This is a very good, comforting thing because initially it is really hard to get on board with this style care.  Although, it only takes about a week and you can feel the difference and no longer give a shit how out of the norm his techniques may be. And this is a common theme amongst every one of his patients I have had the privilege of speaking with. Most of them have/had cancer and went through traditional measures (ie the western medical’s cancer protocol of cut, poison, and burn), and even with all the wasted money and resources that have been sank into MD Anderson here in Houston for cancer treatment and research, these patients were left to die or submit to another round of poisoning.  Wake up doctors!!!! It's time you all join forces and help these people to rid themselves of cancer, while arming their immune systems to take on the job. There is a reason we don't send soldiers into war without any armor to protect themselves with, they would die instantly against the barrage of weaopnry the opponent carries. If these western doctors would get over their egos and open their minds up to what was put here on Earth to nourish us think of what could happen.

Anyway, I better move on before I swing into another mood (mood swings are a side effect, for me at least, of detoxing….ok…there probably a side effect of being back on the wagon, too!).  Some very interesting treatments have been employed upon me including Clearings (homeopathic shots into 3 different, really odd locations), MAH (cleaning/sterilizing of blood; similar to dialysis), lipid exchanges, neuro-peptide injections, supplementation, etc. Believe me I wouldn’t continue to do all of these things if they weren’t making me feel like an almost healed person. It has definitely pushed me beyond what I was able to accomplish on my own. I have weird tinges around my cyst occasionally and it feels a little achy after a bit when doing physical activities, but other than that I am good as new. I am obviously hoping the tinges are the cyst trying to heal. Time will tell! Either way I could never go to any doctor other than an integrative doctor again…you know unless I am in some sort of horrific accident, in which case I would prefer narcotics and stitches over a homeopathic shot.

One of the things Dr. Battle was surprisingly adamant about was that I engage in some sort of spiritual practice. Throughout my initial questionnaire, which asked enough questions for me to use as an outline for my future biography, it came off as though I was quite depressed. Let’s be honest, if you have Tarlov Cyst Disease and you’re not depressed, something is wrong with you. Of course, I have always swung back and forth from the depression to the happy tree. I have an extremely overactive mind and it has the capability of obsessing about good things as much as bad things. For Dr. Battle this is a huge medical problem. He believes you must get your mind balanced before any permanent healing can take root. This makes sense as it is your autonomic nervous system that tells the rest of your body what to do and delegates out tasks. If I can make that little guy happy maybe he can begin communicating with the rest of me better.

So, I went out and bought Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein (because it was seemingly appearing everywhere I went online) and have almost finished reading it. It really is incredible and a great tool for changing your life in general. She steers clear of too much God talk and instead sticks with referring to the spirit as your inner guide. This makes it a lot easier for someone such as me, who is just beginning to discover spirituality and not ready for the Jesus Loves You version.  I have been completing the exercises at the end of each section and I’ll be damned (hopefully not literally) if things are not drastically getting better around me. I have touched on Buddhism in the past and found it to be most intriguing and the most in line with my belief system, but I hadn’t incorporated any spiritual activities into my daily life, not realizing the importance.  I am still struggling to make myself meditate (or as I like to call it ‘sit still for at least 5 minutes’) and in fact am writing in my blog right now as a means of procrastination. Ok, well, I guess I better set a good example for myself and you guys…We Can Do It! I am going to sit still in the woods for a bit, take time to do the same. Also, get yourself to www.acam.org and search for an integrative doctor in your area. This very well may be the key to curing ourselves once and for all. It’s at least the key to a brighter future, one way or another. Peace Out Homies!