Believe Me by Yolanda Hadid

Author:Yolanda Hadid
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

November 15, 2014

Mission Lyme disease back in action.

#ExhaustedButDetermined #IChooseToBeUnstoppable #MustFindACure

His philosophy is not to fight the Lyme, cancer, or whatever illness you have; it’s to fix your immune system so the body can fight these conditions on its own. He has found that sick cells in people who are chronically ill keep producing and copying sick cells, and once you’re in this chronic state, you can’t get out of it. He takes your own blood stem cells and then, in the lab, separates out the healthy-looking cells and treats them to grow and multiply. Once reintroduced into the body by IV, these new and healthy soldiers should make new and healthy cells. It’s definitely an out-of-the box treatment for Lyme, but my gut tells me that it makes total sense. My brain might not be as intelligent as it used to be, but a lot of my decisions are made using my intuition and the research Tom does for me. Intuitively, rebuilding my immune system feels right, especially since my blood tests show extremely low natural killer cells, which are crucial because they are the ones that destroy infected cells.

I call some references and when I talk to several patients with cancer and other chronic immune disorders, who have seen this stem cell specialist, they praise his treatment. Some even claim that he saved their lives. The only critique is that he’s not easy to deal with, but working with a difficult personality seems like a small price to pay to feel better. I actually love the Asian culture and very much respect their work ethic. The bigger price is the actual cost of the trip, which is very expensive when I add up the airfare, hotel, and the treatment. I hesitate. But what good is money in the bank if I’m too sick to enjoy it? Or, even worse, if I’m dead? God’s given me this journey for a reason. Why sit in America at a dead end? Once again, I pray that it will be the answer. Although David isn’t too keen on my going to Korea, he knows there’s no stopping me at this point. Of course, when I tell Paige about the treatment, she decides to come with me, not just to be my wingman, but because she still has lingering Lyme symptoms herself. Korea is a long way away, and I’m so grateful to have my best friend with me.

It’s a freezing-cold day when we land in Seoul. After spending a night at a hotel, Paige and I go to the clinic. At my first appointment, the doctor does an array of genetic testing with fancy computers. Then he draws my blood, which he’ll use to grow my stem cells in the lab for six weeks. At that point, I’ll have to return to Korea to have them injected back into my body. From many generations of doctors and educated in America, he seems highly intelligent. For the next seven days, I report to the clinic every morning at nine for treatments, including vitamin drips and immune modulators.

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