Last week, I completed 10 sessions of Neurofeedback in 5 days. Two appointments per day with 3 hours in between each appointment. My doctor’s office is about 45 minutes away, so it did not make sense for us to come home between sessions. My husband and I made the best of the situation. He was able to work from the car using his phone and the wifi hotspot for his computer. The weather was nice and cool, so it was a comfortable temperature in the car. I was even able to wear my favorite sweatshirt on Day 1 (see picture below).
This type of Neurofeedback was different than the type of Neurofeedback I have completed in the past. Basically, I sat in a chair in a dark room with headphones that played music, glasses that provided bright and quick flashing lights, and electrodes attached to my earlobes and forehead that measured my brain activity. I sat there for 30 minutes and relaxed. These sessions are designed to help my body accept the treatment for the list of items below. Each time I completed a session, the staff asked me if I had any side effects, and I did not have any new side effects.
Since we were already at his office for the Neurofeedback sessions, they offered to have my virtual follow-up appointment changed to an in-person appointment. (This doctor usually does phone or virtual appointments only since he works with patients from all around the world.) We chose to go ahead and do the appointment in person in order to try to keep building our patient-doctor relationship with him. When I told him that I was not having any side effects from the Neurofeedback, he was a little surprised. He told us that he has had patients vomit after sessions, so I am glad that I did not have that experience.
We also discussed the progress we have made on the rest of the items he has outlined for us to complete. We told him that we have made an appointment with a holistic dentist in a neighboring state. We updated him on the mold situation for our home and told him that there doesn’t seem to be a lot of mold in our home. We are still (STILL!) waiting on more information, but all of the professionals we have worked with so far have said that our home is very clean and built well. Due to my health situation, though, and for their profit I am sure, they are all recommending that we have some work done to make our living environment as conducive to healing as possible. It is impossible to not have any mold in a house, but their recommendation is to go above and beyond what someone would normally need to do (which costs a lot of money). So far, most of the mold professionals believe that my mold toxicity is from prior exposures instead of both current and prior exposures, but they can never say for sure until work is done on the home.
My doctor still seems impressed with our willingness and determination to complete his recommended tasks. He says that he has two types of patients: Patients who don’t do anything he says, and patients who do everything he says. Guess which category we fall into. 🤣 [Side note: It boggles my mind that he has patients who have spent the amount of money we have spent so far to work with him, and then they don’t actually follow his recommendations.]
We are still VERY early in the healing journey, but this doctor seems to be okay with the slow pace my body requires. He says that he sees this situation all the time. Here is where we currently are in the tentative plan:
1) Get body as prepared as possible for treatment (support organs that are struggling the most)
2) Treat the following–
a) Bacteria: SIBO, Lyme, Bartonella
b) Mycoplasma
c) Mold toxicity
d) Heavy Metal toxicity (Thallium)
e) Yeast
f) Viruses (Epstein-Barr Virus, etc.)
We are currently on the beginning stages of Step 2a. We are trying to work my way up to a full dose of treatment for SIBO. This will take a few weeks, and my body may not allow for the full dose. We will not know until we try. The side effects I am currently having are increased fatigue, headaches, and increased intestinal pain. My doctor keeps stressing the importance of being patient. He understands that healing for someone in my situation is going to take quite a while (years).
This coming week, I have one of my iron infusion appointments along with the usual appointments for Biofeedback, chiropractic adjustment, acupuncture, and therapy.
Brutal. Patience.
Beautiful. “Dates” with the husband. A slow and steady treatment plan. A patient and knowledgeable doctor. My favorite sweatshirt.
Just another day of . . . This Brutiful Life: The Brutal & Beautiful Moments of My Life.
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