Therapies: Explained

I have had several different therapies since I started at the Hansa Center. Most of them are NOT common and you probably haven't heard of them before. I sure hadn't heard of most of these before I started.
I am going to provide a link to each therapy, these are all to complex for me to explain entirely. In fact I am still learning about them myself. I am not going to write about each therapy I have already done, that would just be so much for you guys to take in. I'm here learning about it from the staff and it's a lot to take in!

ST8-This therapy is focused on the lymphatic system. It is used to clean out the lymph nodes and make lymph fluid more fluid. When the body is unable to warm itself(which is every chronically ill person) the lymph fluid becomes thick and no longer flows like it needs to. The lymphatic system is the system in our body that takes care of toxins and pathogens. When the lymphatic system cannot function, the immune system fails.
More on the ST8

LUX light therapy-This is a unique therapy in my opinion. Out of all of the therapies I feel like this one would make the most sense on paper, but actually using it wouldn't make much of a difference. I am glad to say this is not the case.
Light therapy works off of the principle that all of our body systems use light. Bio photons are what our body systems use to communicate. Bio photon is a fancy way to say light. Each of our organs uses a different set of frequencies which we see as colors.
In example, lets say the liver uses primarily indigo light. Using indigo light can provide the liver with the bio photons it needs to function.
I have done this every day so far. It really does make a difference in how I feel, I didn't expect that.
More info on LUX

Infrared Sauna-This one is my favorite. It is used to warm the body and bring up the core body temperature. This part alone is great for viruses and bacteria, the increased temperature will slow down the growth of pathogens. When our bodies can no longer keep a normal temperature that is warm enough, the immune system becomes dysfunctional. A cold body is the perfect environment for viruses to grow.
The near, mid, and far infrared rays also provide a unique set of benefits on top of the heat. Each set of frequencies have their own benefits. All together they are great for removing toxins from deep inside the tissue, especially heavy metals.
Here at the Hansa Center they use a Sunlighen Infrared Sauna.
The Hamsa Center posted a YouTube video recently with speakers from Sunlighen talking about how their product works. I will warn you, it is a long video but it is packed with information!!

Second Day of Treatment

Still impressed with the methods and results here at the Hansa Center!
I met with Dr Jowdy yesterday morning. He tested me on some remedies and started me on 4 different bottles.
What I really liked is how he was able to test me on so many different remedies, find the correct combination, and then mix them into 3 different bottles. So I am taking more than I did before, just compacted. He did some more testing as far as pathogens and toxins go, heavy metals and mycoplasma are the highest priorities my body is talking about.
When he was doing the testing for everything it was interesting to see how the results changes after adding a remedy.
For example when he was looking for a remedy he checked ammonia after adding in the remedy. The ammonia went from being concentrated in my heart/liver/brain into being splattered everywhere. He added something else to it, the ammonia disappeared entirely.
The first remedy pushes my body into releasing the ammonia then the second pushed it into detoxifying it out.
The same thing happened for heavy metals.

The therapies they had me so yesterday were-massage, infrared sauna, LUX(abdomen), powerplate, q-laser, Bemer, and ST8. After doing all of this I feel extremely tired. Some of this stuff I wasn't so sure about like the LUX but even that does change how I feel when I'm doing it.

I fell asleep about 8-8:30pm then woke up from 10:30-4, getting up this morning at 8:50.
My sleep has certainly changed, my sleep quality has improved. Sleep timing is all over the place. Dr.Jowdy said its a good thing that I have started sleeping deeper and it's a good start.

At the moment it is easier for me to post yesterday's information, so tomorrow I will post about today and so on.
This therapy is making a difference in my symptoms and is really wearing me out.

First day at Hansa!

Yesterday morning I started with Dr.Jowdy! It was great, impressed to say the least!

I spent almost 2 hours with him going over my history, how I feel now, and doing some testing.
My body tested toxic with chemicals and showed positive towards bacteria and virus. Ammonia is one of the chemicals I was toxic with, which explains the insomnia.
He tested all of supplements and teas I had been taking, ALA and biociden LSF were the only supplements that tested well,

One thing that I really liked with this testing is he tested all of my supplements together. I had brought my bottles in 2 large plastic bags. So he didn't even bother taking anything out, just layed them on me and tested. This shows how well they react with eachother, not just how the body reacts with a single supplement.

Other items I was toxic with were metals, which I knew from the get go. So when that showed up I was not surprised. Overall he said after doing some testing with BRS and looking at my previous blood work that I am inflamed severely, toxic, and my immune system is not kicking on like it should. He said my immune system is running high but isn't able to actually get where it needs to be because of the toxins and inflammation. Interestingly the ALA is great for detoxifying and the biociden is anti inflammatory,

After seeing Dr.Jowdy he had me go to massage with Melissa, infrared sauna, ST-8, Lux on my liver and spleen, Q laser on my kidneys, and then the Beemer.
At the end of the day I felt well, very tired from all that I had to do. It wasn't bad though, I am impressed with their work!

The Injury that Changed my Life

In my first post I told that my illness skyrocketed  after I was injured. In this post, I will explain my injury.

In 2011 I severed my elbow and broke my wrist. I lost all feeling in that arm. It became swollen to about 3 times it's normal size.
The injury happened at 1pm. I went to a clinic nearby, the doctor there told me I needed to find a neurosurgeon because of possible nerve damage. Since that doctor decided he wasn't qualified to treat my injury, all he could give me for the pain was extra strong Tylenol. A severed bone and a broken wrist...yea that Tylenol was a joke.

I was admitted to the hospital later that afternoon. A doctor checked out my X-Rays and told me  for sure he couldn't just set the bone. It would take surgery...
It was so late in the day already, surgery had to wait until the morning. I was finally given morphine at 10 pm that night. Nine hours I was in pain with no end. I was knocked out when the pain was finally under control. Falling asleep after this was great, especially considering I am a chronic insomniac and usually sleep is not that easy to accomplish.

The next morning I was woken up for surgery. They told me it would be short and I would be back soon. Easy right? I was just glad they were about to let me go back to sleep.

Next I was taken to the operating room. The anesthesiologist started her job and told me to count back from 100. I made it to 92 fine, kinda started waffling... and then she told me to keep counting. I ended at 89 when I finally went out. This was about 7-7:30 am. I couldn't wake up until 4:30 in the afternoon. When I did finally wake up, it was sudden. I was wide awake.

     This was odd for me. I normally only slept a few hours a night...I had just slept through the night(not well but I did) and then again through half the day. Where did this come from?! I was supposed to be knocked out half an hour.

I had the cast on for 9 weeks. The cast started a few inches past my shoulder all the way down to cover half of my hand.
A few weeks after getting the cast off I started physical therapy. 9 weeks in a cast, I could hardly use my arm. No strength at all, couldn't even hold a pen. I still had pins and needles in my hands and fingers. My elbow could hardly move, my wrist bent downward somewhat, and my thumb and pointer finger were paralyzed. (even today I have not regained 100% of the feeling in my hand)

I hated it. I have never hated something this much ever before. It was so painful. It hurt more than the injury itself most sessions.
I followed their regime for six months. I gained some mobility back in my elbow and I could bend my wrist downward.
I went back to the doctor for him to check my progress. He looked at my arm and said "You can feed yourself now with that arm. You don't need anymore physical therapy. Good luck"
I was absolutely floored. I was 13, my arm after six months moved enough for me to feed myself so good enough.
My wrist didn't even move upward. I could flex my hand down, the highest I could move it was even with my arm. My elbow wasn't much better. I could not even come close to fully extend it or touch my shoulder, though I could now bend all of my fingers.

13 years old and less than half of my normal arm function was "Good enough"

I moved on and spoke to my ND. To my surprise they had answers for me. They use a device that emits far infrared laser, it is used to speed healing.

I would go to the ND twice weekly and they would use the laser coupled with massage and another device called a "precusor" from my shoulder to the tip of my fingers. In two months my arm was 95% normal and my strength was returning to normal. It wasn't painful and the results were astounding, after each visit I could see that my arm had improved.

After these two months with the ND with laser therapy were up, I was officially done with anymore treatment on my arm. This whole deal with my broken arm is what caused my LD to go out of control and land me where I am today.

Tomorrow I fly!

I leave for Kansas tomorrow!

Its finally that time, it feels like its taken forever to get to this point yet its here so fast.

Today was long, I finished getting my stuff together to leave. Including my past paperwork from doctors. I hate going through my old medical records, it makes me mad. I look back and see how long this whole ordeal has been going on. Its stressful knowing that except for a few instances I have had to be my own doctor because there is no advocate for me in my state.

That would aggravate anyone knowing there is no one in the entire state who has the backbone enough to stand up for them. No doctor who is intelligent enough to think outside of the box and help a large group of people who live with a debilitating illness every day. It doesn't make sense.

When I went to get my blood drawn a while back I was talking to the lady who drew my blood. I told her I have lyme disease, she asked about the symptoms and the cause, I told her.
I told her this blood work was for a doctor I was going to see in KS. There isn't a doctor in my state because the government doesn't acknowledge the existence of lyme disease.

Her answer was a slight surprise to me.
"That happens a lot, the government doesn't acknowledge a lot of diseases for some reason."
I responded, "its true, if you don't have the flu, cancer, or anything highly contagious you aren't a concern to them"
Her response, "That's true."

Even the lab tech who hasn't heard of my unacknowledged disease knows the government is missing the big picture. Imagine that.
Maybe for the next election write in a vote for that lab tech. Shes brighter than anyone I know of in the government...

Anyway, ill stop ranting.

My friends gave me a nice going away card, it was just so great knowing someone I know is actually thinking of me. Usually people say something along the lines of "I am sorry and you are so young" then the subject keeps moving. That's it.
This is the first time I have ever gotten a get well card for lyme disease. It is certainly extra special to me.

The rodent just makes things that much better, I love funny things.

Helping the Body Beat Lyme Disease Youtube video

 

I just wanted to share this video, it explains the treatment philosophy for lyme disease. I have gone through most of the Hansa Centers videos at some point or another, this is a good one to check out when it comes to LD treatment.

I personally like their treatment philosophy because it re-empowers the body to fight for itself. A strong body does not need a medicine cabinet to fight for it. How can you not beat that??

Happy New Year

I hope you are all having a great start to the new year!

I am beginning to prepare for my trip to Kansas. Hotel, plane ticket and rental car-booked.
I guess I should pack next. I just so love packing...not.
Two weeks is a long time to pack for, its going to be cold from my understanding so ill need warm clothes but I will also need short sleeves for when I am at the center(I am told).

This past week I have had to record my temperature morning and evening, not to my surprise my temp. stays low. Its in the 97's every time.
I know this isn't a good sign and from what I have read in Dr. Jernigans book it does indicate poor body functioning.
Good to know.

Just two days left before I go!

It will be interesting to see what he says, so far I know I have idiopathic scoliosis, lyme disease, babesia, mycoplasma, mercury and lead poisoning, low neurotransmitters, brucella, some viruses, and rocky mountain spotted fever. I have an idea of what they do for the pathogens and metals, the neurotransmitters should correct themselves once my body is functioning, but I don't know about the scoliosis. Being chiropractors I know the spine is one of their top priorities.
My scoliosis isn't bad but it is there and I believe it isn't helpful to the whole situation.

Anyway, me being the overthinker I am has already lead me to think what should I do if this doesn't work. What's my backup plan?? I hate the idea of antibiotics, they don't work. One thing I have noticed in all of the blog reading I have done so many people relapse after being on antibiotics for years.

Well duh!

No antibiotic builds up the immune system to fight for itself. They kill bacteria that's it. They aren't picky with what bacteria they kill either, they knock out bad and good.
The good bacteria in our bodies help us fight infections, they are good for our immune system. If we knock them out its like losing a line of defense.
Lyme disease alone hurts our system enough, why push ourselves down? It just doesn't make good sense to me.

*moving on*


One thing I was thinking as a possibility to clean out my system is a juice fast. It would be a good way to get more nutrients in my system for sure. I already know juicing makes me feel better all around.
In fact this wouldn't be a bad thing to do no matter what my outcome is with Hansa. The
 only catch I see is I could lose weight that I don't have to lose. So if I did it I would probably do multiple short juice fasts, 3 days each or something along those lines.
Just a thought. I think I will do great with the Hansa Center, they are very comprehensive and thorough on top of having strong treatment protocols.

I just like to think ahead for the just in case scenario.