Doctor diagnosed me as having AIDS

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Doctor diagnosed me as having AIDS

My Story, By Wes

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In 1989, at the age of nineteen, I was diagnosed HIV positive. I had gone to

have the test done at the advice of a friend who had watched my health decline

rapidly over the previous year. The two weeks waiting for my test results were

an eternity of anxiety.

My state of health (mental and physical) at the time was not very good. I had

been unemployed for a short time and had not been eating right or taking any

measures to better my health. The day I received my test results, I weighed 125

pounds. Being six feet tall, I can only imagine how bad I must have looked. At

the time, it looked as if I would live no more than a year, maybe two.

Over the next year, I battled with depression and numerous illnesses. I had a

severe case of eczema that covered my whole body and lasted over six months and

several bouts of what I can only describe now as severe bronchitis and

respiratory infection.

I never had a doctor to diagnose this bronchitis, being unaware that I could

receive any medical assistance. I knew that I certainly couldn’t afford to see

a doctor on my own. Friends took care of me on and off as best they knew how. I

spent the next six months moving from one place to another and working at

different odd jobs and had dropped out of college. It was too much to handle

with all that was happening.

After some time had passed, I had to break down and tell my parents that I was

dying. They were very understanding and supportive, but also emotionally

devastated. I moved back home to live near my family. They helped me as much as

they could with their love and support.

I was able to get state medical assistance after a doctor diagnosed me as

having AIDS. My T-cell count was below 200 and I’d had numerous infections.

Immediately, my doctor started me on AZT, Bactrim, and Pentamidine inhalant

treatments.

My health seemed to improve for a short time. My blood tests fluctuated and

showed minimal signs of improvement. I did feel emotionally more stable and

like maybe I might live a little longer than I thought. I became more

interested in my own health care.

I wanted to know more and learn more about this disease and how they were

treating it. I asked my health care providers all the questions I could.

They answered all the questions they wanted to. When I inquired as to the side

effects of all these pharmaceuticals I was putting into my body, I was told

that I may experience some nausea and maybe some headaches. If I noticed any

other things happening I should let them know. Well, that wasn’t a good enough

answer for me, nor a good response to the question I had asked.

They neglected to tell me that these chemicals they were using to try to

repair my damaged immune system were in themselves immune suppressing

substances. I didn’t realize at the time, but later discovered that many people

were dying simply because AZT had damaged their immune systems beyond repair.

The next time I got a fresh bottle of AZT, I kept and read the medical insert

that accompanied it. I did the same with my other medications. I came to

discover words like neurotoxicity.

When I looked into it, I found that neurotoxicity means " this will be toxic to

your nervous system and/or your brain " . I also discovered that I would

experience possible kidney damage, liver damage, and numerous other side

effects that I wasn't told about beforehand. I was upset and angry that these

people who were supposed to be taking care of me were giving me these poisons.

They had no good explanation as to why they neglected to tell me these things.

My faith in the medical community began to fade. In the winter of ‘91, I had

the opportunity to move to New York City and live with a friend. My health was

not improving and I knew that I would probably never get this chance again. I

moved, taking only clothes and a few boxes of necessities.

I continued on AZT for a few more months, but the nausea and weakness were

really getting to me. I knew that there had to be a better way. Being in such a

cultural center as NYC, I began to hear a lot on the debate of different

effective treatments for HIV and AIDS. I kept seeing people dying left and

right from things as simple as a cold. I remembered my mother, in her trying to

deal with my illness, saying, " who knows, maybe you’ll be one who is able to

find a cure " . Well, a cure was not something I thought myself capable of ....a

successful means of treatment, maybe. A cure was the " magic bullet " that even

the doctors and scientists could not come up with.I started researching for

myself and started looking into alternative therapies. My doctor frowned upon

this type of research.

Alternative therapies, after all, were " unproved " and not endorsed by the

medical community. Nevertheless, the more I looked, the more people were

living, and living a healthy life by using these " unproved " methods.

The more I researched, the more I came across references to " no FDA approval. "

Well, I didn’t need a medical license to see which group of people were living

healthy and which group were slowly and painfully dying. I talked to people and

read a couple of books on some basic but effective alternative therapies. These

people were determined to live. They told me that if I wanted to live a long

healthy life, it was going to be totally up to me, and they were right. I quit

taking AZT when I came to the end of the last bottle.

My doctor advised against it and suggested that I stay with the " more proven "

methods of treatment. I knew that the " more proven " methods my doctor referred

to were not truly proven to do anything! I didn’t see anyone living more than a

couple of years beyond their initial diagnosis, if that long. Those who did

live longer were emaciated and constantly sick and on numerous medications.

That’s not the quality of life I wanted to have. The medicines that they could

offer me were, in my eyes, only experimental. If I was going to be a living

experiment in the treatment of this disease, I was going to be the one to take

responsibility for my life.

Since my decision to take my health care into my own hands, I have gained

forty five pounds (I now weigh 170 pounds).

I've seen an increase in my T-cell count (up to 500) and a year ago tested p24

antigen negative and my latest viral load test registered at " below detectable "

levels! I did not test negative for the HIV antibodies, as antibodies often

remain in your system even after an illness is gone.

Even though a person may not have an illness, their blood will still show

antibodies for that illness if they have ever been inoculated or had that

particular illness. Today, my health and quality of life are far more than I

ever expected to see. I never expected to live this long when I first learned I

had AIDS and if by some miracle I did live, I didn’t expect to be this healthy.

I cannot take credit for all the miracles that happened with my health.

Even though the treatments that I use have been here on earth for millennia, I

would not have found them if I had not asked God to show me the way. All I had

to do was ask.

Unfortunately, most members of the medical community are not able to answer

questions regarding alternative therapies. They are bound by the American

Medical Association and the Food and Drug Administration to uphold the current

research findings on all methods of treatment. Virtually no FDA approved

research has been done on alternative therapies. Therefore, we have to rely on

everyday people who have had success with these methods and doctors and

scientists willing to tell the truth about the research they have initiated on

their own.

Many people have asked me why the FDA will not approve the use of natural and

alternative therapies. The answer is pretty simple. For a substance to be

approved by the FDA for human consumption in this country, it must go through

as much as $200 million (often more) worth of research first. Because you

cannot patent a natural substance (vitamin C for example), there would be no

way to make enough money on it to make it worth investigating.

The ugly truth is that pharmaceutical companies are in business to make money.

If they weren’t, they would be non-profit organizations!

As it is today, the pharmaceutical industry is a multi-billion dollar a year

industry.

Why would they want to go and invest in a product they would lose money on?

That would hardly be a lucrative business tactic. Instead they have made

efforts to get around this in the last few years.

They are currently trying to make food supplements into " prescription only "

items.

The way the patent laws work, a natural substance is not able to be patented;

however, you can file for a " use patent " on any substance that is natural.

When someone holds a " use patent " on a substance it means that they have

researched and determined a certain " use " of the product. Therefore, in the

last few years we have witnessed FDA officials go on television and proclaim

" food supplements are dangerous in high doses and should be better regulated,

because at present no regulation exists. "

Some of these same high ranking FDA officials and a few other members of our

government have purchased " use patents " on many of the best selling vitamins

and supplements. They are waiting for the laws to pass making food supplements

prescription only items. If you think this sounds far-fetched, this law was

almost passed last year and several other times in the past! Thankfully it did

not, but these people are still in power and are not going to let a few billion

dollars get away.

They will try again.The following pages include the different methods of

treatment that I use. I have also included a short list of books that have

helped me along in my search for a better way. I do not suggest anyone to rush

in to a method of health care they are not familiar with.

Before changing your current method of treatment, or starting on a new path of

therapy, please do lots of research and understand fully the treatment methods

you choose before you begin using them.

The following are methods of alternative therapies that have helped me to stay

healthy. As with conventional medicine, not all methods work for all people.

Unfortunately some people are beyond the help of alternative therapies due to

the extensive damage already done by conventional, immune suppressing drugs.

If you are currently on medication, take the time to study what you are

putting in your body, and ask your doctor if your prescription is an immune

boosting or an immune suppressing chemical.

All of my chosen methods of treatment are immune boosting substances and

practices. Every immune suppressing substance that you put in your body is a

step backward in your fight toward recovery. If your health care professional

does not agree with this last statement, you need to ask yourself why!

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