Dr. Goldberg

[Guest guest]

Sloan,

I think everything you said in your post is true. My

son is recovered as a result of seeing Dr. Goldberg. I too started with

DAN. As a matter of fact, I flew across the country to see Sidney Baker

who started the DAN protocol. Although what he did helped my son, it was

not even close to the improvement my son saw with Dr. Goldberg.

My son is now recovered as a result of the medical treatment

Dr. Goldberg provided. is 21, in college, has friends and even had a

girlfriend. It is hard to believe this is the same kid who was in the

third percentile for speech when he started Kindergarten. Back then I

wouldn’t have believed that someday my son would be one of the people I

find most interesting to talk to and be able to make me laugh uncontrollably.

When he was first diagnosed, I was just hoping for an independent life not in a

group home or institution.

I ache for parents whose children are not recovered

like mine. Sloan, I feel your same frustration because we found the way

to help our children and want that for all kids. Unfortunately other

parents are not there yet and continue to waste valuable time.

We both know the parents on this list are desperately trying

to help their children but just don’t realize yet that what they are

doing will not have the long term effects they are hoping for. I just

hope they realize time is of the essence. The older a child is when

they start with a doctor like Dr. Goldberg in Tarzana or Dr. in

Port Arkansas, TX the harder recovery is. The longer a child is sick, the

longer it takes for him/or her to get better. Unfortunately, there are some

parents who work tirelessly, do the medical and behavioral interventions and

their children's immune systems are too compromised to have complete

recovery. But the children I hurt most for are the ones whose parents

haven't given them a shot by trying the medical because they are too afraid to

give their kids the medications they need.

Instead, these parents are stuffing them with hundreds of supplements

that ultimately will cost thousands of dollars and not get the job done. Our

kids are extremely ill and it takes serious medicines to help them get

better. In the beginning I too was afraid of the long term effects of the

medications, but now I know without them my son would have never had recovered.

When I was afraid of the medications. Dr. G asked me “ If your

child had diabetes would you give them insulin?” It is the same

with our kids. They are really ill and need strong medicine to help them.

Then there are the parents who finally realize the right path and start the medical

with Dr. Goldberg or Dr. their kids too old to recover completely.

This does not happen because their parents weren’t trying to help

them but because they were wasting time on doing other things because those were

all they knew about. I guess we can tell parents about the successes of

our children, but ultimately they must decide the what they think is right for

their children.

But keep talking. If our nagging helps even one child

it is worth it.

Best,

Marcia Hinds