Worth a thousand words ?

It is amazing that CFS sufferers often retain a great sense of humour.

Can you guess how my correspondent felt when she sent this ?

Supplements I prepared a supp- lement for the Spring 98 edition of the newsletter. I withdrew it at the last moment for fear that it might have influenced some patients to adapt their treatment unnecessarily.

One criticism was that an American company had taken advantage of the interest in colloidal minerals by mining and selling clay deposits that contained a percentage of aluminium. (very suspect in the development of Alzheimers Disease ). As it turned out Dr Petrovic was well aware of Dr Joe Wallachs work. He enjoys listening to Dr Wallachs tape called, " Dead doctors dont lie. " I have included the supplement in this edition. I hope that you find it interesting.

Prize-winner Dr Petrovics website has been chosen by Links2Go Awards as a top site on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome topic. It says that millions of pages are analysed to see how authors organise and link their pages. ( They dont even qualify themselves !! )
Dr Petrovic is naturally very pleased, but he thinks that the page about to be launched ( featuring these newsletters) will be better. The address of the site is:

www.sprintlink.co.za/~longvita/ Note: now www.yebo.co.za/~longvita

Here is the graphic symbol that he was awarded to recognise his achievement :

Introducing Tom Mowell

Dr Petrovics continuing success story in curing severely disabled CFS patients just HAS to attract attention. Tom Mowell of Orlando, Florida, has been so impressed that he is going to start an association in America to advertise the protocol and to liaise with prospective American patients. Toms credentials are impeccable. He has expertise in a number of fields. His 40 years of technical work were spent in the electronics and aerospace industries. He was Vice President of Engineering in a laser business that produced lasers for medical, aero- space and military use.
He worked in all manned launches in the aerospace programme from 1957 until 1970. He used the skills that he had developed in the medical field by helping a major hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was able to give the staff much better definition in scans and MRIs. In 1980 he was diagnosed as suffering from hemochromatosis. This is a condition where the body is unable to reject excess iron. It cannot be cured, but it can be controlled. His experiences in helping to make information available (i.e. the development of a simple test) ideally suit him for the position of medical educator.

I am sure that you all join me in wishing him every success.

Note (2001): Tom is no longer contactable re the Protocol

The list grows

It has taken a while, but it seems that we now have another Australian patient reporting a remarkable cure. Until I actually receive his testimonial I cant say much more than that he is a successful film producer. We have been waiting for someone like him to recover in the hope that they will use their expertise to advertise the cure. I am very pleased that an Irish rugby international, who corresponded with me a lot before he decided to take the protocol, reports that he is back to 85% fitness. A twenty-six year old South African, Sean Britnell, has written a testimonial. He is a service analyst . He reports that he had to give up work in mid-October, 1998. After two weeks on the protocol he was able to work for a few hours daily. After six weeks he played 9 holes of golf ! After eight weeks he was working six hours a day.

Kathy Ecklund Is a young American mother who was struck with CFS after a motor vehicle accident in March 97. At her worst she was bedridden, unable to took after her two young children, and she couldnt stand auditory or visual stimuli. She suffered many treatments including brain drugs . As is normal, she was VERY doubtful when she found out about Dr Petrovic. After ELEVEN days she received an enormous surgeof energy. She immediately overdid everything and had a small relapse. Fortunately she was soon able to enjoy her children and to return to work. I think I read that in six weeks she was back playing tennis.

The Canadian Trial As previously mentioned, Dr John Coombs, of Vancouver, Canada, has been treating a group of seven patients with severe CFIDS. All were bedridden, some partially. Already two people have resumed a full life. Others have made such good progress that it is apparent that the trial is going to be a TOTAL success.

Testimonials I considered myself very privileged to have had access to the testimonials that have been written by many grateful patients. I think that it is only natural in any sphere of life to have favourites, and I certainly have three. In one of these three is the quote that has struck my fancy the most. Sheri Clark quoted Albert Einstein when she said : There are only two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

In the last couple of days I have received what could well prove to be the most significant testimonial received to date. It is from an English doctor, Patricia Williams. In 1993 she was working in Community Paediatrics. Her children were 5 and 7 years old. Her illness began with flu and chronic sinusitis. Her illness followed the usual pattern so that by early ‘97 she was bedridden. She says that by August ‘97, ‘ After 4 years of illness my children were in effect growing up without a mother, my husband was exhausted and stressed trying to be a father, a mother, and a breadwinner.’
When the family finally found Dr Petrovic’s website in December ‘97 their initial reaction was that it was too good to be true.

After consulting with Dr Petrovic and Dr Coombs ( The Canadian Trial ) who informed her that he found his severely affected patients often needed a year’s treatment, she took the plunge. In late November ‘98 she says that her improvement really took off. She started to drive short distances, she read her first non-CFS book, and she cooked Christmas dinner. Her son said that it was the best Christmas he had ever had. She is now planning the first holiday for six years and is looking forward to eventually returning to work. As an ordinary person who has often had to talk with patients who seemed not to be making any progress I think that Dr Williams’ final paragraph sums up the total approach that has to be adopted by patients being treated. She says, " I really believe that without the personal input from Dr Petrovic I would never have got this far. Many times, especially during the inititial few months of treatment, I have contacted him in despair at my lack of progress. Each time he has responded quickly to my concerns and patiently reassured me and answered my numerous questions. My family and I cannot thank him enough for his dedication way beyond the call of duty."

Everybody who looks at the website has to be overawed by the speed of recovery claimed by many patients. Dr Petrovic is continually working on improving the protocol and he believes that his latest adjustment may help to produce some of the ‘instant results’ that patients in the Republic of South Africa show.

However, I believe that Dr Williams has done a great service to patients trying to the understand their complaint. She has shown that dedication and perseverance are essential ingredients in bringing treatment of the most severe cases to a happy conclusion.
Stop Press ** Having spent some time on accenting how LONG some treatments may need to be, it is nice to be able to report on some luckier patients again. I am writing this newsletter inside out. I actually have had the first and last pages printed for weeks. When I knew that Dr Williams’ testimonial was imminent I felt that the best thing to do was put another page in the middle. Tom Mowell ( See page one ) has had a magnificent start to his campaign to educate Americans about the Petrovic Protocol. The lady he first introduced to the treatment has CFS as well as multiple chemical sensitivites. She felt such improvement after FIVE days that she decided to share the protocol with a friend who has the same problem. After THREE days the friend’s skin that looked as though it was burned through many IV therapies began to look healthier. The donor said of her friend, " I think that her face looks five years younger after only three days." Of herself, she said, "I have already experienced too many improvements to mention, particularly in my skin, digestion, and CNS. When I am up, I am standing much better, without such an urge to ‘lie down’." I will be interested to hear how the problem with sharing one protocol was resolved. As the compassionate donor said, " Once you start helping out a friend, one cannot turn one’s back, can one ? " I would like to emphasise that I always ask for permission to use this type of quotation.