Mei's Health Battle:
Aloha! My name is Mei Lyn Brown, and I'm 37 years old, I have 4 amazing children, 13, 12, 3 & 7 mo., I have a young & amazing husband, to live for...and don't forget about amazing me!! I have alot to live for and alot of good work to do for others. I have this disease, an autoimmune disease, you see my immune system is very confused & going haywire, mistakening my healthy joints, tissues, ligaments, bones & organs as invaders, attacking it..mission is to DESTROY it. It's called Rheumatoid Arthritis. This is NOT the same as overuse/ overtime arthritis. This disease doesn't have much compassion on your body, mind & soul, let alone the fact that many people don't have much compassion & awareness for it either, such as those with cancer. I think it's because there is not enough education about it. There is no cure for this disease, which doesn't make sense to me, in this day & age, yet it doesn't kill you. You might think...well that's a plus! Well, WHAT CAN KILL YOU are the medications & treatments that wipe your immune system out, so that it can slow the disease, lower the risk of deformity & disability, and hopefully halt the disease to put it into remission. It's a CATCH 22! This disease can either move slowly throughout your body over time, or it can AGGRESSIVELY move FAST if uncontrolled without the BEST & MOST effective treatment. You see.....I HAVE BEEN AND AM IN EXCRUCIATING, debilitating pain DAILY..the disease is very active in me right now. I've been on aggressive treatment for 6 months & loads of pain meds!! These pain meds personally made it difficult for me to function gave me frightening side effects which led me to the ER several times, & DIDN'T DO ANYTHING for this pain, so I took myself off that prescription pain med junk. I have tried many holistic herbs, supplements & therapies as well. I literally feel like putting a gun to my head, and just ending it sometimes. Really...I know...u might think...no not Mei!! Yes Mei...this pain is THAT BAD, where I'm at a 50% daily function rate, and this percentage rate is dropping rapidly. This disease tries to claim your life...even for someone like me..a soldier, a warrior, a gladiator! Words just couldn't describe with accuracy. This disease still baffles and confuses many specialists in this country & medical industry. Many insurance companies are cancelling treatments for patients based on blood tests that this disease may disguise itself from or not show itself in time, or may not show itself until YEARS later, in a huge variety of different illnesses, diseases & forms. Anyway..the point is: I was at a crossroads. I had some important decisions to make soon: I can begin taking a superior treatment in western medicine that has a "very promising, quick and effective success" rate (50%..wow!), high chances of ending the severe pain and suffering from my life throughout my ENTIRE body. Sounds good right..maybe a no brainer?? Well...here's the catch 22! and some entertainment for those who like to play Russian Roulette (NOT I!) Get this: You begin taking this med...ahhh it begins working..Thank God-ness, yet it's like selling your soul to the devil, because it begins to completely wipe your immune system away, opening you up to contracting TB as well as many DEADLY fungal infections, on top of this...increases your risk up to 60%, some biologics up to 77% in getting a lymphoma cancer! Heart Failure, Blood Disorders are also among the risks. YIIIKKKES and PUT ON THE BRAKES QUICK!!! Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! The disease that I have in an active stage (which I'm in) already puts you at a high risk of getting a lymphoma cancer, getting on this treatment pretty much will make it a sure thing for me. My family history already has a long line of cancer, especially lymphoma, my son has had Burkitt's Lymphoma twice, so this outlook doesn't look great for me. I was highly considering out of desperation from this agony in beginning this treatment ASAP, as I NEED to get well ASAP. I need me, my kids & husband need me. This is where my crossroads was. Story Share: My husband walked into our bedroom one night, saw me at my computer, with my Jay-Z Roc Nation Headphones on (Smile), with my hands on my head, & my head on my laptop, just wiped out, frusturated & flustered from so much reading, researching & watching endless videos of so many things about this disease, treatments, western/eastern medicines & holistic therapies. I'm exasperated, we're exasperated. He placed his hand on my head compassionately & lovingly, then silently walked out of the room. Right after I sent him this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG_TCBCsa24&feature=related. It brought tears to his eyes, yet, most importantly, it led him to do some of his own research & what he found below is something AMAZING, something of HOPE, and ANSWERED PRAYER, that we both BELIEVE WILL WORK. Yet it's only offered in PANAMA!! It’s an Adult Stem Cell Transplant that will be done, using MY OWN CELLS from my OWN BODY. Here’s a link to explain it ALL in detail with inspiring personal stories: http://www.cellmedicine.com/treatment/rheumatoid-arthritis/