“Bob Baker, Huntington, IN” shares his story with us.
The first time I used Microdose Therapy, I felt such relief from my pain that I was afraid to tell my wife for fear that it was not real. It seemed too good to be true. I worried that if I talked about it, it would come back.
I first noticed stiffness in my hands while at a faculty dinner in 1976 at Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana. I asked my wife to finish getting my salad at the salad bar so I could go stretch my legs. Once downstairs, my knees became so weak that I had to crawl to the stairwell and call for help. I spent the next five months bedridden.
As a Type A personality, I was devastated to be told at age 41 I might never walk again. Suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis, I had both knees and my shoulder replaced in the years to come. Despite the surgeries, I remained in constant agony. I wasn’t comfortable using many of the drug options offered, therefore, I took only ascriptin long term. The dosages I needed were 4,000 to 6,000 mg every four hours. My doctor recommended taking a gold compound. However, one of the possible side effects of the gold is diabetes. With that disease rampant in my family, I just did not want to take any chances. At that point, it seemed my only option was to live with the pain.
At work, As Vice President of Finance at Huntington College in Huntington Indiana, I couldn’t pull files from the cabinets because of the pain in my hands. I had to take an early retirement.
My hands became deformed. I could not do ordinary things that most people take for granted such as dressing myself. I managed to drive my pick-up, but perhaps I shouldn’t have. I had my wife turn the key to start the vehicle. Then I would drive using pressure from my forearms on the steering wheel to keep from using my pain ridden hands. My wife, Agnes, was just wonderful helping me in every way. The excruciating pain made me dependent on her. However, having been an independent person, my situation made me very unhappy having to ask her for help.
When the wife of our pastor, Sandra Birdsall told me about Microdose Therapy and the wonderful results they were getting at the University of North Dakota, I felt that it was definitely worth a try. At this point, I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. I watched a video presentation on Microdose Therapy and made the decision to see if it would work for me.
The relief from the excruciating pain I felt the first day was not a fluke. During the first weeks, my pain levels dropped from around 80 to 15. Seven years later, my pain levels still fluctuate some, but never over 15 and sometimes I even have days with no pain! I do not use any more Microdose medicine today than I did seven years ago. I have had no apparent side effects during these seven years.
I am a firm believer in Microdose Therapy. My daughters exclaimed, “We have our dad back again!” I have regained much of my former independence and I can now enjoying my retirement years.
