Magnetic Therapy
Part 3:
While I was at rehab, my Dad searched the Internet for any type of new technology. He has always been interested in alternative medicine. After 2-3 months of searching and a number of emails sent to websites of interest, he came across an article in Alternatives, one of the newsletters he received. The article mentioned something about magnetic therapy and a Dr. Bonlie. He searched the Internet for Dr. Bonlie and came across his website and those of several new, experimental clinics in the United States. The clinics are called Advanced Magnetic Research Institutes and they had a machine called the MME (magnetic molecular energizer). He searched several of the clinics websites looking for information, case studies, or testimonials on patients treated for spinal cord injuries. All of the clinics combined showed about 20-25 patients who had been treated with the MME within the last few years. He was elated, however, I was not excited at all. Neither was my Mom. But, he researched further and found all the cases mentioned who had been treated with the magnet and printed them out for us to read. Two weeks later, he was at it again even more determined. On a Monday evening with my girlfriend listening, he made a proposal, asked that we discuss, and wanted an answer in the next day. On Tuesday morning, he came in at 6 AM on his way to work and asked for an answer. Candice and I said yes. My Dad did not wait long. We left for Tucson on Thursday morning with clothing, medical supplies, and two wheelchairs one of which was for the bathroom. The drive was 1,000 miles and I was not sure we could make it without having my skin break down during the long drive. I rode in the front seat for 500 miles or so, but could not take it any longer. He rearranged the stuff in the car to the point that I could lay down in the back of the van. We made it to El Paso that evening way after dark. The next day, we drove the last 300 miles and made it to Tucson by Friday afternoon, September 1, 2006.
Treatment at Tucson would be long and hard. When I arrived, I could only move my shoulders, biceps, and both wrists in an upward motion. My neck brace had been removed. I had a flicker of movement in my right thumb and right index finger. If I had help to put my arm over my head and pointed it backwards, I could move my right triceps up and down about an inch, just one time. And that was it. Still had no feeling below my upper chest, and could not move my legs, toes, or hips. I had no control of my abdominals or back muscles, nor could I control my bladder or bowels. I still could not sit up or even lie down without assistance nor could I cough on my own. I still could not feel hunger or a full bladder. I couldn’t even take in a deep breath. By this time, I was able to feed myself using a foam tube with a fork jammed down the center. My razor was setup about the same way. And, I was beginning to be able to assist with getting myself dressed using my strong biceps and knuckles hooked inside my pants and underwear. The changes were not much, but it was a start.
With the paperwork complete, I laid down under the magnet. It was a very powerful magnet, about 5,000 gauss. The earth’s magnetic field is .5 gauss. By comparison, an MRI is about 20,000 gauss. Was told by the doctor there not to expect any changes for the first 100 hours or so. After that, it was anyone’s guess. The recommended treatment was 600 hours, but no one really knew for sure since only about 25 people had tried it. The nice part was that it made absolutely no noise. And there was no heat. You could not even tell when the magnet was on except for the green light on the wall. The MME weighs about 10,000 lbs, is 8 feet tall, and is in the shape of the letter C. The treatment bed is about 4 feet off the ground and is on rollers. I would transfer with my Dad’s help, lie on the bed, and position myself under the magnet. In my case, the magnet cylinder was about 1 inch from my chin and neck. On the bottom side, the magnetic cylinder came up to the same level as the mattress, right next to my neck. My view consisted of a round white plastic disk about 2 feet in diameter (the bottom side of the magnet) that was 8 inches from my face.
My clinic room was great. There were no windows and it got almost pitch black with the lights out and the doors closed. Treatment amounted to what ever I could stand in a day. Therefore, I treated about 16 to 18 hours a day. At times, I was able to treat over 20 hours per day. Because the room was dark, I was able to treat while asleep, about 12-13 hours per day. We had a TV, DVD player, and a dish TV for signals. When I was awake, I could turn my head sideways and watch TV out of my left eye. For breaks, we got up and left for lunch and/or dinner. On the weekends, we took a break for 5-6 hours usually on a Sunday and went to the mountains, a go-kart track, or the dessert museum.
My Dad the caregiver had a bed in my treatment room as well and was about 10′ away. After a few days, he pinched my toes, ankles, calf’s, and thighs. Nothing, I did not feel a thing.
At about 120 hours of treatment, things began to change. At night, while treating under the magnet, I began to move my fingers on both hands in the dim green light of the MME’s on-button. My Dad noticed, but did not say anything. Later, he told me that he began to cry to himself as he watched with excitement. A few days later, I was doing the same thing with my arms. My triceps were working again. Not perfectly, but I could move them against gravity. The next day, I was showing my Dad. It was the beginning of a miracle. Before I left Tucson, I had put in 600 hours in 6 weeks. Feeling had somewhat returned to the lower half of my body. I was beginning to transfer from the bed to the wheelchair with a lot less assistance from my Dad, and I had somewhat of a grip. I could now pick up a bottle of water!!
The MME had a radius of about 13 inches. So, the magnetic beam had a functional effect from my eyes to the middle of my chest. The amazing thing is that there was no harm done to my eyes, hearing, throat, swallowing, tong, teeth, salivary glands, sinuses, or esophagus. The only thing that changed was the partial repair of my spinal cord. The MME’s magnetic field causes the electrons to move faster at the individual atom level. It causes the body to send its own stem cells to the area of increased magnetic activity and replace damaged or dead cells. The good cells then communicate with the new cells about what function they are to become. This is the body’s normal healing process. How else can one explain the partial repair of my spinal cord in 6 weeks and the new feeling and movement of some of my muscles without any known damage to other parts of the body in the same area.
I returned home in mid-October. Within the next 2 months, there were no more changes. We would return to Tucson for another 600 hours (1,200 in total) just in time for Thanksgiving and stayed till nearly New Years. My Mom stayed with me this time while Dad returned to work. More changes occurred, but were less dramatic than the first time. I began to move my feet somewhat, and had much more quality feeling in my legs and abdomen. I began to feel my bladder full and empty, and could feel hunger for the first time in over a year. Again, I treated my neck area no visible side effects were noticed. Not even any skin breakdown on my backside while lying on my back for days on end. What a miracle!!
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