”Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
I said to myself that I am tired of all the doctors visits and I am tired of all the procedures
Anita Marek
After 4 tiring years with Lichen sclerosis, Anita has seen a shift in the direction of healing. in this interview she portrays her journey and insights about healing of this autoimmune disease
It all started at:
After I was diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosus I have been attempting to meditate before but I could not do it everyday. My mother got interested in the meditation and Has been doing it regularly. After few months her blood results improved drastically. She Has been treated before for Ormond disease at a hospital and her state was stable but she still had to regularly monitor her state as this disease could reactivate. Anyways her blood was always a little bit unnormal but after few months of meditating she no longer has abnormalities in her blood. To me was it proof that it works it you meditate everyday. She also has very playful attitude to the meditation what puzzled me but now I have also same attitude. I look forward to meditation now.
Main symptoms were:
What were the symptoms? strong burning sensations in the skin with LS. Skin Has been getting white patches and in time was not flexible and prone to tearing. With time the skin was disappearing as a result of tearing and atrophy progression.
I tried these modalities but they did not cure me:
at first I got steroid creams and immunosuppressant creams but I did not want to use them as steroids can cause atrophy too and immunosuppressant protopic could cause cancer. I was having stem cell transplants on my skin but this treatment though helped with burning and slowed down the progress it was costly. things started changing when I started with regular meditations knowing that it helps people and helped my mom too so I started the practice and never look back.
Dark night of the soul:
in the meantime of stem cell treatments I considered trying new treatment with photodynamic light from special lamps. The new doc I went to said she will not do the procedure before she sees results of skin autopsy. I had one done already so to me it made no sense to do it again and have confirmation of the diagnosis I already got anyways. Nevertheless I as a agreeable person said fine and did second autopsy. The stitches really hurt and I got angry that I got only confirmation of what I already know anyway. So I said to myself that I am tired of all the doctors visits and I am tired of all the procedures as they are painful and cost me money.
Change in the plot:
During the time my mom started to have health improvement due to meditations so my darkest time was a turning point to finally make up my mind and engage with Dr Joe's meditations. Turning point was when I finally had a dr's visit to do this light treatment but my doc said the skin looks good, it is healing. White patches got smaller and some even more pink. She said that light treatment is not needed. Doc asked me to keep taking vit E and piascledine but in fact I was taking only half of what she prescribed and no steroid creams so I am convinced it was meditation that played the key role
My best advice to fellow sufferers of chronic conditions:
you are not helpless. You can take back the power over your life. each one of us has healing powers within.
I said to myself that I am tired of all the doctors visits and I am tired of all the procedures
recommended book:
A book I recommend is "you are the placebo" by dr Joe Dispenza
