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> From: " Ann Marie Skaggs " <askaggs@...>

> Date: 1 December 2004 5:00:39 AM

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> Subject: JRA

>

> I would love to encourage anyone who is considering this treatment to

> go for it.  My 17 year old daughter was a stand-out athlete.  As a

> high school freshman she went to State in Cross Country (finishing

> third in Districts) and was a starter on her basketball team and went

> to State as a starter on the soccer team which took third place.  That

> summer following her freshman year,  her knees began to bother her.  I

> took her for a physical and was given the " aches and pains " of

> athletes plus growing pains etc. story.  She continued to get worse

> and was unable to go out for cross country in the fall.  Basketball

> was too painful for her to do much and meanwhile the inflamation and

> pain had spread to her hands, ankles and shoulders.  She had knee

> surgery in Feb. 2004 but it did not help.  We took her to doctor after

> doctor.  No one looked at the big picture but diagnosed each joint

> separately.  The family doctor examined her 4 months ago and was sure

> she had JRA.  He took blood, called me back 3 days later and said her

> blood was fine and to take Alleve.  She had been taking Alleve and

> or aspirin for months with no effect.  She had taken Celebrex which

> actually made the swelling in her hands far worse.  It also made her

> depressed and her hair began to thin.  We were desperate.  Our

> daughter who had been so active and vivacious was now unable to get

> out of bed by herself, she could not fix her own hair because of the

> horrible shoulder pain and holding a pencil was almost impossible. Her

> mood swings were horrible to live with.  I finally called a friend who

> was familiar with Dr. Sinnett in Ida Grove, IA.  I called his office

> and had to wait 10 weeks for an appointment.  Her appointment was Nov.

> 22 and she took the treatments (2 a day for 5 days).  The first

> treatment was Monday.  Although early, the results have been

> fabulous.  She is now fixing her own hair, her pallor has gone from

> ghostly to rosy cheeked and she even ran up the stairs last week-not

> even realizing what she was accomplishing!  It no longer takes her 20

> minutes to get her muscles loose enough to get out of bed.  We are

> confident that she will be playing soccer by spring.  Her mental and

> emotional health are in great shape for the first time in months.  I

> thank God for this therapy and the work of Dr. Sinnett.