The Devil You Know
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I’ll be concluding the 5-part series on beliefs soon, but I wanted to take today to address a question I received via email. The question comes from (I’ll call her) Penelope, the wife of a patient of Ann Boroch (Ann healed herself of MS many years ago and now works as a naturopath, helping people with MS and other chronic illnesses heal using diet and supplements.)
The question was:
It’s unnerving to go the homeopathic route because we’re not sure what’s going on. My husband’s been working with Ann for the past 4 months. At the start he was really miserable and then seemed to improve. Now I’m not sure what’s going on. Is this common with the healing? Will he have this off and on until he gets to the other side of healing?
I thought this question was deserving of its own post because I think many people feel “unnerved” by straying from the well-trodden path of Western Medicine. I think the saying goes something like “The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t?”
We take comfort in familiarity. When we take a pill, or give ourselves a shot, or receive IV steroids (no matter how uncomfortable that may be and how many side effects we may suffer) we are still doing what we’ve been raised to do and raised to believe in – when you’re sick you take medicine and it makes you better.
However, when it comes to MS, unfortunately the treatments available are not quite so straightforward or successful. The Disease Modifying Drugs currently available simply slow progression in some people and can reduce the severity of flare-ups, but in doing so they inundate the body with chemicals, create many side-effects, and in some people, are completely ineffective.
Healing not managing
What Penelope’s husband is undertaking with the help of Ann Boroch is to fundamentally heal his system. He is on a journey of healing, which is markedly different than the path of “managing”. He has stepped outside the confines of Western medicine and entered into a paradigm in which the belief is that it’s possible to heal, to restore the natural balance and wisdom of the body without the use of drugs.
This is a brave path, because it’s the path less traveled. It’s not the path for the weak or for those who seek instant gratification. It’s not the path for those who believe the majority must be correct. It took a long time for Penelope’s husband’s body to arrive at his current disease state. And it will take some time to heal it. Setbacks are expected. MS is a complex condition.
Setbacks
I experienced many setbacks along my own healing journey, but when I look back on where I was when I began the diet and supplement regimen three years ago and where I am now, I’m so grateful for my own courage to choose that route. The results are amazing.
So for Penelope and anyone else who has chosen this path, remind yourself often that you’re on a journey of healing, not managing, and allow that to empower you and give you strength to endure the setbacks.
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Hi,
I appreciate this posting and the desire for familiarity. I’m curious as to your thoughts on how to lean into, leverage where on is headed and one’s congruent set of beliefs into/onto the setback so that there is lots of context for experiencing the set back. How to move with and through the set back as a stepping stone towards healing.
Lovely postings,
Tivo
Good morning, I am a 70 year old male, just recently diagnosed with MS. Have been an athlete all my life, still go to the gym, very diet conscious, etc. As my activities are very limited and with my age, can Ann Boroch help me, as time is not on my side. I have nothing good to say about the four Neurologists I have been seeing, or the surgeon that said I must have lower back fusion? Witch I did and having a hard time recovering from. The only relief I have had In the past three years, is a device called “Walk Aid”, witch my Neuro laughed at. It saved my life, as I can now walk with it. I am not on any kind of MS drug, I do not know if this good or bad, but the side effects are very scary. Thanks for all your excelent information, Steve Grier
hi steve. thanks for your comment. i definitely recommend ann for anyone who is struggling. she will help you to create the internal environment in your body so that your system’s own natural healing can take place. she’s gotten tremendous results with people of all ages and many different illnesses and levels of progression. i can’t recommend her highly enough. i have personally experienced excellent results from her regimen and i definitely suggest setting up an appointment with her. you don’t have to be local – she can work with you via phone or skype. keep in touch and let me know how it goes!
all the best,
karen