COMMENT- THE FIRST HISTORY
Case history: V. T. (woman – aged 72)-I had my first heart attack while in Spain on holiday [this is a common pattern - why do we get sick on holiday?] After a few days’ rest I got myself home, went straight to bed and called the doctor. He thought I’d had an ‘oesophageal event’ and dismissed me, but I was dissatisfied and took myself to have a complete check up at BUPA [UK providers of private medical insurance and diagnostic services].
The ECG showed I’d had a heart attack. They also discovered that I had very high blood pressure. I was treated for the high blood pressure but nothing further was suggested and I realized this was just controlling symptoms, not addressing my problems, so I began to read up about my condition.
I read books and articles about chelation therapy from the US and could see the feasibility of such a treatment but nobody was doing it in the UK. Then James Kavanagh [the original director of the London Chelation Clinic] turned up.
I plucked up the courage and signed up for 20 treatments. My friend came too for moral support – he didn’t need the treatment as I did but he said he felt much better after it and his hair improved.
I wanted to know what one did next. The doctor [Perry] never pushed me. I even wondered if he believed in it! Anyway I decided to have another 10. This year (1994) I decided to have one every six weeks – the treatment takes effect for six weeks after you’ve stopped so it made sense to have another after that interval.
I’ve had all the tests before and after – blood tests, uroanalysis, Doppler – and from my first Doppler to the one I had last week I have consistently improved: all my figures have gone down.
I admit I have never regularly taken the oral chelation tablets they give you, and never the dose they recommend, nonetheless my hair and blood analysis (which I have done independently from a nutritional expert) reveal my mineral status is nearly perfect.
The only adverse effect I get is I get a bit tired the day after an infusion – didn’t used to but I’m 72 now. At one stage during a course of treatment I had cystitis twice. I tended to get 24 hours of sensitivity after the treatment. Dr Perry did all the checks and said he didn’t think it was the treatment and what else was I doing? Well, I was swimming daily in highly chlorinated pool and was also bathing daily with essential oils. I stopped first the essential oils in the bath water and then left the swimming pool -1 never had any more problems after that.
My GP doesn’t know I’m doing it [the treatment]. My heart specialist originally said, ‘Don’t touch chelation, it won’t do you any good.’ Yet he confirms I’ve regained heart muscle and am doing very well.
NB: The right of patients to choose (or deny) themselves treatment must always be preserved and is reflected in the Patients’ Charter, a copy of which is available to anyone and can usually be collected at local council buildings.
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Cardio & Blood/ Cholesterol
