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| - Dr. Keith Chambers (and his team at Chambers Clinic) has been my primary care doc since 2008. Just yesterday, I went in for a "back to back" IV treatment for this viral junk that has been going around. I believe that the best weapon against the flu is a strong immune system. And while I exercise, eat healthy, and take supplements throughout the year, when I know I'm exposed to a bug and I feel something coming on (first sign for me is usually a scratchy throat), I sprint to Chambers Clinic to super-charge my immune system with IV treatments. So far, so good!! :)
In 2009, I had a persistent cough during the summer for nearly 2 months. No flem or mucus, just a tickle in my throat that wouldn't go away. No other symptoms either. After several visits to Dr. Chambers to try and figure out what it was, he decided, "Let's test and see if this is Valley Fever?" (It was one of the last things he thought to look at because I wasn't displaying any other symptoms typical to Valley Fever.) But sure enough, I came back positive -- a spot in my lungs.
Sometimes, Valley Fever infection gets so bad that a surgeon will have to cut out part of the lung. But Dr. Chambers started on a different route -- IV treatment with allicin, the active component in garlic. I did an IV six days in a row. This meant that Dr. Chambers came in to the clinic on Saturday, his day off. A week after the first round of treatment, unfortunately, the cough was only about 50% better. So we did another six IV treatments, Monday through Saturday.
Yes...at $100 per IV bag, the treatment seemed expensive. And it wasn't covered by my insurance because it wasn't "conventional." (Unfortunately, insurance plans are behind the times on what they will and won't pay for...but that's another story.)
But after 12 treatments, I was completely cured! No more cough. And my blood work showed that the Valley Fever spores had been killed -- by garlic!!!
I'm so glad I didn't have to have lung surgery -- how much would THAT have cost in terms of time, money, and potential future complications? -- and that the garlic/allicin IV treatments had zero negative side effects other than smelling like garlic bread for a few weeks. ;-)
Naturopathic medicine isn't always the best route for every ailment. There are times when allopathic / conventional medicine is the right course. You might need a prescription for antibiotics, or corticosteroids, or whatever. You might need to have a major surgery. The good news is that Dr. Chambers is a skilled physician / diagnostician, and he can start down the naturopathic route with IV treatments, acupuncture, etc. Or, he can write a prescription, recommend you to a surgeon, etc.
Bottom line: He and his team will help you feel better! And they'll keep you feeling better. :)
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