I know, previously I dangled the oh-so enticing carrot of me
and mutation (we'll get to that later, I promise!). But, I decided today to
share a piece of Bobby's story instead, mainly because his "auto-immune
disease" looked so much better on him than my "dis-ease" looks
on me :)
When Bobby & I were first married he explained that
there was no way he wanted to pay for haircuts, so I would have to learn some
barbering skills. Our arrangement worked great until a perfectly round bald
spot appeared, near the base of his hairline, in the back, on the right hand
side. I was in trouble! The next time I cut his hair Bobby really stressed that
I needed to be especially careful, but the bald spot only grew. Slowly, more
and more started to appear. Our dear friends, the Fosters' said they enjoyed
sitting behind us in church to try and find shapes in the bald spots on Bobby's
head (kind of like cloud gazing). One of their favorites was when one of the
larger spots joined with two smaller spots to form a "Mickey Mouse head"
:) About this time Bobby started shaving his head. Although his patches weren't
as obvious, they were still noticeable because, where he shaved his hair the
follicles were still visible, whereas in the "patches" the affected
hair follicles had become very small and produced no visible hair at the skin’s
surface. (In other words Fosters' were still able to use his head for cloud
gazing during church). Bobby had alopecia areata.
We went to three different medical doctors, they all said
the same thing, alopecia is an autoimmune disease, and there is really nothing
that can be done. The one recommendation was a steroid shot in the head. Bobby
became desperate enough to try it. It worked, kind of. The hair grew back in
the immediate area of the shot, but then fell out all around it. It looked like
a donut on his head...which is almost as fun a Mickey Mouse :)
Shortly after, we heard of Dr. Destin Thayne, B.E.P. who,
among other things, performs LSA scans. Dr. Thayne recommended a great
homeopathic remedy that reversed Bobby's alopecia and other supplements to
support his thyroid so the alopcia wouldn't return. Unfortunately, once he was better Bobby
wasn't always consistent in taking the supplements. About every 3rd or 4th
haircut I would notice a new alopcia patch starting and have to remind him to
take his supplements. This continued for several years until we were introduced
to Biomagnetic Pair Therapy. With BMT we were able to determine the underlying
cause and return Bobby's body to a state of balance so it could heal.
I know there are many people who have been diagnosed with
conditions for which the doctors have said there is no hope. There is always
hope. If you feel there is an answer out there, keep searching for it! I have a genetic mutation, for me some people
would say there is no hope. However, my body functions so much better than it
did in the past, and I know I will continue to do even better in the future.
There is always hope. I would like to share with you some of the struggles we
have gone through and the tools we have used to help us overcome. I want to
share with you hope and an understanding of the truth that we are all meant to
thrive in an abundance of happiness and health.
