Give acupuncture a try –
it will change your life! I am 41 years old. Slightly doubtful and unsure if they would help, I started treatments about a year ago now. I felt compelled to try an alternative to traditional western medicine
and I am delighted I did. Acupuncture treatments at the CPM surpassed my expectations and improved my quality of life more than I could have imagined.When I began acupuncture treatments a year
ago, I had reached the worst level of pain in my life. I was diagnosed with Anklosing Spondylitis at the age of 22 and have battled the ups and downs of daily pain for 20 years. But for the previous 1 ½ - 2
years, I was essentially in daily agony and at my worst pain level EVER! I could not go on with this kind of pain and was also not sleeping well as a result. The prescription drugs I was taking for my
arthritis pain were not working anymore and I faced the option of trying more serious TNF blockers/biological drugs than had even more dangerous side effects. With so many years ahead of me, I dreaded the
idea of what the long term effects of these drugs could be on me. I just knew that I needed to improve the quality of my life.
My first priority was to work on my arthritis pain. Dr. Tad's
treatment plan and herbs reduced my pain by about 90%. Also, at times, I experienced 100% improvement when I achieved pain free days on a regular basis. This was incredible. In addition, I stopped my
prescription drugs entirely (and therefore eliminated the side effects from those). Prior to the treatments, despite the agony I was in and the lack of sleep I was getting, I had not realized how sick I
truly sick I was until I began to feel better as a result of acupuncture. I also had not realized that my disease and the prescription drugs had taken such a severe toll on my body and health overall.
Putting my arthritis into remission was wonderful and enabled us to focus on the other issues that I had. The treatments eliminated my chronic sinus infections and stomach/digestive problems.
These also had plagued me and made me fatigued and irritable. What a relief to get those issues under control.
Finally, my 2nd major priority – and I am happy to say success story – pertains to
my irregular menstrual periods/ovulation and fertility problems. "Everything is connected to everything" as the saying goes and because I was so sick overall, so was my reproductive system. My husband and I
had been trying to conceive for about 1 ½ years. Most months I was not even ovulating. We were given the option of western medicine fertility treatments (IVF, ect) because my hormone levels were off. Yet,
after just finally freeing myself from drugs, I did not want to wreak that kind of havoc on my body. I had seen what other women I know had gone through with IVF and the stress and negative impact these
treatments caused them. It was fine if other s pursued this option, but my personal choice was to refrain from IVF and give acupuncture treatments a chance since the treatments worked wonders for my
arthritis. Well, we achieved regularity with my menstrual cycle and ovulation and made my body stronger and healthier overall through treatments and herbs. I am overjoyed to report that at the age of 41, I
am pregnant as a result of these treatments. My husband and I are expecting our first child and we are ecstatically happy!! I continue to receive treatments to help my pregnancy and we look forward to the
birth of our child. I thank the CPM for my overall improved health and for giving me such hope for the future – both for me and my family.
I am grateful to Dr. Tad for his assessment, wisdom and
guidance; to Kasia and staff for their fantastic helpfulness and encouragement. I urge you to listen to them and you will become healthier!
— Sandra N., N. Dighton, MA
