After listening to Dr. Marshall's radio show for weeks, I called the help/order line, found a practitioner in my area, and have been going to her for about a month and a half. From testing, I have discovered that I am in pretty bad shape from all of the antibiotics I took and it's not going to be a quick fix. When we tested I came up weak just about everywhere.

Quantum Relex Analysis is a system of testing the bio-energetic status of the body's key organs and glands. It uses Omura O-ring testing of medically accepted reflex points. Jan, my practitioner, says this testing is much more accurate than the standard arm kinesiology testing (deltoid muscle) that I was doing with NAET. Apparently that is only accurate about 50% of the time.

When I heard that little fact I really had to come to grips with the fact that I basically wasted a year and a half just trying to attack my symptoms. It seems that your chances of having the clearings last probably depends on your strength and state of health at the time you do them. I am finding that most of mine have not. Turns out I'm still allergic to so many things that I thought I had cleared. Here I was wondering why my nose was still running etc., etc., if I had cleared all my allergies. Well---I hadn't. Or if I did, it didn't last. Maybe if you are basically strong and don't have too many problems then NAET will work for you. But I'm not strong enough yet because I haven't addressed the causes of my allergies.

Still listening to Marshall's radio show online everyday, and have my husband, who is already pretty healthy, on his basics. Went to the doctor and found out one of the nurses is using his products. I mentioned to her what I was doing and she said, "Oh, I take some of his products and so does my husband." Small world.

Marshall's basic philosophy is that the Standard American Diet (SAD) is indeed "sad". Our food is no longer very nutritious, most of us make poor choices on top of that, we stop digesting our food as we age, and set ourselves up for poor health and disease. He believes we can get back to good health by making good food choices, balancing our urine PH, taking digestive enzymes and HCL, and taking "living nutrients" targeted to specific sites. That's a little oversimplified but is pretty close I think. QRA practitioners can test your body to see where the weaknesses are and tell you which nutrients will heal.

I'll write more this week about all the things I have learned. Especially the exciting fact that you can clear your allergies by yourself at home!

Posted by elizabeth at 2:54 PM | Comments (7)

Well, it has been awhile. Shawna, I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. You asked if I had had success with NAET. A few months ago I think I would have said yes, but lately I think my answer would have to be that it hasn't helped enough to really make me feel much better. I have just kept getting worse and worse.

I think it has helped with some of the allergies, but I have been having to come to terms with some basic facts.

I spent a year and a half of misery clearing all those things (NAET is hard work) and spent thousands of dollars. After my last treatment with Lisa I was not feeling well and called her for advice. She was in a hurry and basically dismissed me. I thought we were "friends" after all that time. But I was obviously wrong, because she has never even called to see if I was O.K. I never made another appointment. So I guess it was basically just business for her after all. I should know as much by now. Stupid me! I usually always think the best of people.

So bottom line: Yes, I think you can clear some allergies with NAET. But the whole time I was thinking that once my allergies were gone I should be better. But that has not been the case. I forgot something. Why have I developed all these allergies? What is the cause? I have just been attacking the symptom, not the problem.

I have always believed that all the penicillin, birth control pills, allergy shots, etc., caused this, but I still thought I could just rid myself of the allergies and be fine. (Can never get rid of all the outdoor allergies with NAET because they change everytime the wind blows.) Now I have to figure out where to go from here to get to the root cause and attack that. I have been miserable for almost twenty years now. But I will not give up.

Lately I have been listening to Dr. Robert Marshall's radio show online. Very interesting. There is a new half hour every day and an hour on Saturday. Give it a listen and explore the site if you have a chance. Interesting bio on him. I have been listening for weeks to get a feel for his philosophy, and am considering finding a practitioner.

Posted by elizabeth at 2:34 PM | Comments (11)

Had my follow-up with my doctor. Not much new. I took in the blood pressure record I had been keeping at home. It's consistently low at home and pretty normal in his office. His nurse took it and it was 110. When he came in we talked for awhile, and he decided to take it and "see if I can get it up". It shot up to 140! Second time it came down to 120. Guess I have a problem with doctors. Do you think I don't like them? LOL So I'm supposed to keep doing what I'm doing and try to keep my blood volume up by drinking lots of water, etc.

He wants me to go to an allergist. I have tried to tell him about NAET in the past but of course didn't get too far. He was probably thinking to himself, "What on earth is she talking about?" He didn't pursue it so I dropped it. I'm not sure what to do about this chest stuff now. The thought of seeing a regular allergist again just doesn't apeal to me. Skin tests, allergy shots? I did that 20 years ago and it didn't work. I'm sure things have probably changed after all these years, but I don't want to do it again. So he could give me different allergy drugs to try? I've also done that and haven't had much luck. I have been spending over a year doing NAET and here I am still trying to manage these outdoor allergies. Unbelievable.

So I'm considering going to go to a Naturopath and see if he can help at all. I have always wanted to see one but never knew anyone who had been before. Now I have a recommendation so we'll see.

Posted by elizabeth at 4:08 PM | Comments (5)

I had a dental appointment today and was talking to the doctor about my blood pressure. I knew she also had mitral valve prolapse because we have had discussions about the need to take antibiotics before cleanings. But she said, "Oh, my blood pressure is always 90/50."

That was a surprise! Guess it's not just me. But she has no symptoms from it and said she is never tired.

Posted by elizabeth at 4:47 PM | Comments (1)