Fighting Parkinson’s, and is Parkinson’s curable? Yes! Part 2

I began my last post with this: Is Parkinson’s curable? My answer is Yes, Parkinson’s is curable! This is what you need to know in your heart. Every disease was incurable until somebody got cured. So far, there are four of us who have done the Parkinson’s Recipe for Recovery® and become cured from Parkinson’s. Isn’t it time for you to acknowledge that Parkinson’s is curable?

When somebody says that Parkinson’s is incurable, it says nothing about you, nothing about Parkinson’s, and nothing about Parkinson’s being curable or not. Instead, it says the person is lacking in hope and faith. So, have compassion for the person because one who is lacking in hope and faith is suffering and could use your compassion.

When somebody says it is impossible to recover from Parkinson’s, it says nothing about you, nothing about Parkinson’s, and nothing about Parkinson’s being recoverable or not. Instead, it says the person is lacking in hope and faith. So, have compassion for the person because one who is lacking in hope and faith is suffering and could use your compassion.

When somebody says that Parkinson’s is incurable, smile to yourself and think, “That’s right, Parkinson’s is ‘IN CURABLE’ and I am curing myself from the inside.”

When somebody says that it is impossible to recover from Parkinson’s, smile to yourself and think, “That’s right, ‘I’M POSSIBLE’ and I am my own Parkinson’s cure.”

Responsibility. To say that Parkinson’s is “IN CURABLE” and “I’M POSSIBLE” in your Parkinson’s recovery requires you to take responsibility for being your own cure. Face it, the ones who are offering you pills or shots or surgery or formulas or machines do not believe you can be cured so they are not trying to help you recover from the disease…you have to know you can recover and take responsibility to be your own cure.

Being responsible for being your own cure is daunting for some people. You have become reliant upon others to “cure” you from your maladies, so when the others say, “There is no cure for your Parkinson’s,” what other choice do you have? You either accept what the others say that you cannot be cured, or you say, “I refuse to accept the status quo. I have the power to heal myself…and I will!” This makes you your own cure.

In the beginning of my journey after I had researched Parkinson’s, I knew a handful of important things:
1. When my mother died two-and-one-half years prior to me getting the disease, she was mostly in a wheel-chair, had a nurse-caregiver as well as my dad as a caregiver, and she had lost her mind to the medications three years prior to losing her life.
2. The medications had taken my mother’s mind, and they had not prevented her from reaching wheel-chair-bound physical disability.
3. The liver was deeply malfunctioning as well as the kidneys.

With all of this in mind, I knew medications were not for me. That was my choice. My fear was not Parkinson’s. My fear was not creating my own path. My fear was the known path…my mother’s treatment path, which is the current medical standard treatment path for Parkinson’s.

So, I sat down with Sally. I outlined my treatment plan (the Recipe) and told her I knew I would fully recover. However, I did add this to the conversation: “Even though I have complete faith and I know in my heart I will recover some day, if I am wrong and the doctors are right, then at the end of the path, I think I will be completely paralyzed.” Sally’s response was instant, and it was simple: “It is just a body. You won’t lose your mind like your mother, so I won’t lose you. If you can tolerate what the disease dishes out to you, I am all in.”

I share this with you so what I am going to tell you next will make sense. With Plan A only, I was forced to see the silver lining in every cloud. That was not my normal way of being. However, the normal-way-of-being-Howard is the guy who got Parkinson’s, so thinking and acting outside of what had been my norm seemed like a good idea. I recommend it to all of you.

Make it a game for yourself. I will provide you some examples of what I mean, and you all are bright enough to run with it from there:

1. Pain. If I had pain in an area where I previously felt nothing, instead of being angry about the pain or fearful of what it might mean (i.e. Parkinson’s getting worse — isn’t that what every change in your symptoms you do not like ultimately adds up to in your mind?), I would say something like, “This is great! Pain means that the electricity is flowing from my brain to the part of my body that hurts or I would not be experiencing pain. This must mean all that stuff in my brain that the doctors say is dead is not really dead.”
2. Stiffness, fatigue, and slowness. “My body is using my available energy to open blockages, so it is making me more stiff and fatigued and slower than usual. It will improve when the blockages are opened. This is great!”
3. Increased tremors. “Wonderful. Tremors are created when electricity hits blockages or escapes from the protective neural covering. Increased tremors means I am creating more energy in my low-energy brain, so I shake more. This is great!”

I think you get the point. Everything was “great!” Why? First, because that is exactly what was happening in my body and I knew it. Second, because even if it was not exactly what was happening in my body, I had Plan A only, no Plan B, so fear of Parkinson’s was a luxury I could not afford. I forced myself to find something “great!” about whatever was going on.

In the end, I must have been correct…apparently, there was nothing to be afraid of and everything that was happening was “great!” I was my own cure.

I know, some of you are thinking, “Howard may not have taken medications, but he sounds like he still lost his mind.” True. In a way, I did lose my mind…I had to follow this quote:

“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses.”
-Socrates, Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior-

Here is the mind I had to lose. I had to lose my Adrenaline-mode mind. I had to lose my I-need-to-do-everything-perfectly mind. I had to lose my I-need-to-be-in-control mind. I had to lose my you-are-not-worth-it mind. I had to lose my It-is-not-okay-to-like-yourself-or-love-yourself mind. When I lost that mind, then, and only then, did I completely come to my senses. The whole world changed. Actually, all that had changed was me. I started viewing the world from my heart, filled with compassion, and there I have stayed.

Be your own cure!

Each and every one of you has it within you to cure yourself. Challenge yourself or make it a game — focus on positive thoughts, focus on silver linings. If you do this, you will begin to feel it. Once you feel it, you will realize how good it feels. Once you realize how good it feels, you will want to do it again and again and again.

And then, one day, you will awaken and say, “Wow, I must have been correct…apparently, there was nothing to be afraid of and everything that was happening was “great!” I was my own cure.” That will be a day you will remember forever.

Is Parkinson’s Curable? Yes!

They say incurable. We say, “YES, IN CURABLE!”
They say impossible. We say, “YES, I’M POSSIBLE!”

So, embrace the Recipe and chant with me:

“Parkinson’s is curable.
I am my own Parkinson’s cure.
I am halting, slowing, and reversing the progression of my Parkinson’s.
I am extraordinary.
I am recovery.

AND, I AM WORTH IT!!!”

All my best,

Howard

 

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12 Responses to Fighting Parkinson’s, and is Parkinson’s curable? Yes! Part 2

  1. judy says:

    Thanx for your support, commitment, and encouragement, Howard. Your companionship on this journey is priceless!

  2. Karen in Ireland says:

    Fabulous! I love it, I love it, I love it.
    Great post my friend.
    With Love and Massive Gratitude!
    Karen xxx

  3. What??? Im possible…? in curable…? But of course….everything is possible if I take responsibility for my own choices…. and everything is curable if approached and authentically owned from within… so all I need right now is faith, commitment and openness… and my community of fellow PD travelers … Thank you Howard for your continuing wisdom, guidance and love!

  4. MARILYN MURRAY says:

    I love the play on words; incurable – inner curable, impossible – I am possible. Now those two words are not fearful or negative any more. I went back to the first session of our Letz sing choir yesterday and just flew through the day. The choir does not use instruments or any written material, we just sing from the heart – we also have a fantastic director. Love to all and notice the little miracles that happen every day, Marilyn

  5. Waseema from England says:

    Howard you are the silver lining today. Thanks for sharing those really important ways of being. Our thoughts create our reality. Why not create one that works for you? I’m game!
    Blessings to you all.

  6. Tim Meyers says:

    So, I sat down with Sally. I outlined my treatment plan (the Recipe) and told her I knew I would fully recover. However, I did add this to the conversation: “Even though I have complete faith and I know in my heart I will recover some day, if I am wrong and the doctors are right, then at the end of the path, I think I will be completely paralyzed.” Sally’s response was instant, and it was simple: “It is just a body. You won’t lose your mind like your mother, so I won’t lose you. If you can tolerate what the disease dishes out to you, I am all in.”
    Howard;
    As i quote your commentary, albeit worth repeating, your timing and relevance of this posting could not of hit a more chronologically accurate heart string. As my body assumes a whole new series of uncomfortable biological protests i marvel at the symptoms that continue to demonstrated “gods” adoration of my existence.

    laughing at pain,

    tim

  7. Rebecca from New Zealand says:

    Our thoughts create our reality – O so true!
    I’m flying out to Australia tomorrow for a two week vacation, yoo hoo,! and to hell with PD and all its symptoms.
    Looking forward to fun and happiness with friends and family.
    Doing the recipe as I go.
    Unending thanks to Howard for his inspirational encouragement.

  8. Lohren says:

    Howard – thanks so much for your constant encouragement!! It is always helpful. Love and blessings.

    Lohren

  9. Melanie says:

    Howard,
    I live for your weekly shot in the arm of encouragement as I stretch out the week to view the world from my heart! Every day I try to focus on a different virtue of the heart! With gratitude overflowing! Melanie

  10. Cynthia (from England) says:

    Am with you totally on that Melanie. I am so grateful for you Howard and this band of warriors as I realise more and more that most people do not view Parkinsons in this way and it can be quite a lonely walk swimming against the tide which is how I feel at times, but know that I know in my heart that this is completely right. I am thankful for friends who do understand, it helps. I am learning to take each day as it comes rather than let my mind go rushing off at a tangent trying to control everything – it does make life calmer but not always easy! But we can’t overcome unless we have something to overcome.

  11. Karen in Ireland says:

    Hi Tim, I just wanted to say ” hang in there” as you seem to be struggling with pain and extra challenge right now. Like Melanie and Cynthia above say, I hang out for my weekly fix of Howard and his Inspiration and my fellow Warriors for their share. I have had a few ” aha” moments recently through Howard’s words. One was when he said to me ” your soul does not have Parkinson’s” I was like “wow my soul is not affected by all these symptoms” It made something shift in me. My soul has my life path, it knows the script, so time for me to get to hell out of the way. My body is doing its best as I am doing the Recipe so that’s all in place…. So all that’s left is my thoughts, I can manage that with humour. I do ask God daily for strength and Acceptance that everything is as its meant to be right now, so help me stay with that knowing. I also feel empowered that from my physical ( doing The Recipe) to my mental ( paying attention to my thoughts) to my Spirituality ( giving God an earbashing most days-he has a sense of humour) in it all I am simply restoring balance to Karen. As Marie would say recreating ” a better version of me in the world”. Parky dishes its best on a daily basis and it is in knowing ” this too shall pass” I love a quote I heard ” If you knew the power that walks beside you, you would never doubt” 🙂 It is in all of us Tim, so fear not and stay strong my friend.
    With you and all my fellow Warriors, in Spirit.
    Karen x

  12. Helen Gill says:

    What beautiful, inspiring words from everyone. PD warriors, peaceful warriors. Sally sounds an absolute gem, and gift for you Howard, and you in turn are our gift. I feel stronger every day internally, thank God, thank all, thanks me. I feel stronger physically, although I have a gait/limp when I walk, and have difficulty writing etc, I am getting there from inside out. I am learning about love. Love of self and others. That’s a gift. Goodnight and thank you.

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