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The Top Five Autoimmune Treatment Mistakes!
1. 5. Testing
The 5th HUGE mistake in treating YOUR CONDITION…is the testing that your “standard of care,” insurance accepted, doctors order for you.
Here’s some simple logic…if you are searching for an answer to some problem or mystery…ASK NEW QUESTIONS! Different questions. Questions like the lab I mentioned that is only available to HIV positive patients…the BEST test for Immune system analysis…the BEST test for IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEMS.
I treat some of the most ill people on the planet…people who have almost NOTHING working RIGHT for them. They don’t sleep, they have no energy, and they are “rotting” from the inside out. These people (not patients, remember) have qualified for diagnoses ranging from Cancer and AutoImmune disease…to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (the ultimate garbage can invention of a diagnosis…you don’t fit anywhere else, so we’ll just make up a new name that describes your suffering).
Anyway, as I take on these difficult cases…these suffering people…I review their past medical records. It is absolutely laughable what has been done in almost ALL cases. Here’s the scenario…
Patient: “Doctor, I hurt, I suffer, I am ill…please help me.”
Doctor: “Absolutely…we will run some tests and see what is wrong with you.”
The doctor runs a CBC…which is a complete blood count, including white blood cells, and red blood cells…and a CMP…which stands for Comprehensive Metabolic Profile…which checks several enzymes, proteins, and minerals…about 14 tests in total.
Now, if you haven’t heard my family’s personal story…go to our website…click on the tab for fibromyalgia…and click on the link to our personal story. It is worth a look…it brought me to tears writing it, and still does reading it. The important part is that Sonya’s (my wife) mother was “fully worked up by medical diagnosticians…people paid to find problems…people paid to know how to CORRECT problems…and they ran these puny tests…and found one thing…low potassium. One of the minerals assessed on the CMP test. She was not as sick as she was because of low potassium. They even gave her potassium. Anyway…go to the link for the whole story.
Back to you, or whatever patient is being diagnosed by this doctor.
DOCTOR: “Your tests are normal…why don’t you try this drug and come back in 6 months.”
Now, this should be a problem for you right away…a treatment without a diagnosis…and when I say diagnosis, I don’t mean what name they call it…I mean what is CAUSING problem. Imagine the mechanic again, telling you he doesn’t know what is causing your car to sputter and stop…but try this fuel additive. You would get a second opinion in a heartbeat!!
Patient: (Six months later) “Doctor, I still hurt, I can’t breathe now…I am very ill.”
Doctor: Don’t worry Mrs. Jones, I will run some tests and let you know what is wrong.”
The doctor orders the SAME tests…CBC, and CMP…and again reports to the patient that her tests are normal…try this drug.
Look, I know you have had more tests…things specific to AutoImmune Conditions…ANA, Rheumatoid Factors, etc…checking for antibodies…but, look at your tests…I have looked at MANY patients records…they keep testing the same tests…hoping for a different result?!? That is the DEFINITION of insanity.
I happen to know that LabCorp has a test menu approximately the same size as the Asheville White Pages. I KNOW there are hundreds of OTHER tests, other question they CAN ask…but as I review…it’s the same puny tests over and over. I have seen records dating back for YEARS…with the same couple tests over and over and over again!
As I mentioned, there is ONE definitive test for ANY IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEM…it is called the T and B Lymphocyte and Natural Killer Cell Panel. It measures multiple immune cells, and defines HOW your immune system is imbalanced…and, with my unique knowledge…it also defines WHAT has to happen to effectively treat your immune system…YOUR CONDITION. TO RESOLUTION. We can stop the destructive process that is occurring inside your body. I have done it, and will do it over and over again.
The question is…will YOU do it? To begin the process…it takes one simple test…and a doctor who knows what to do with the results.
It’s CHOICE time…do you stay with your standard of care, insurance doctors…and keep doing what you are doing…hoping to slow the progression of your disease….but there WILL be progression…hoping to treat the symptoms of your disease…but there WILL be symptoms…???
Or, do you become a customer…expect BETTER results…hire an INNOVATOR…ask NEW questions…run DIFFERENT lab tests…with a doctor who know what to do with them.
Your choice…your health…your future. Only NOW…you realize you HAVE a CHOICE. Which will you make?
Don’t sit there any longer…call our office today…and get on a path to a better future.
Yours in Health,
The Top Five Autoimmune Treatment Mistakes!
1. Relationships
The 4th HUGE mistake in treating YOUR condition is your relationship to your doctor.
In every other service industry, we call customers “clients.” In medicine, we call you patients. You’re still customers…you are still the client.
Here’s the mistake. As a patient, you lose the quality assurance.
When you go to the auto mechanic, you expect a diagnosis…they tell you why the problem is occurring. They offer a “treatment plan.” If you accept the treatment plan, it better darn well solve the problem…or they better darn well have a good explanation.
I witnessed this first hand recently. I was at the “shop” getting my car serviced. I overheard the manager of this shop on the phone with an irate customer. The customer’s problem was not solved! He was livid. It was apparent the person on the other line was upset, perhaps yelling at the manager of the shop.
What was interesting to me was that the manager wanted to make it right. He offered to solve the problem at no cost. He agreed to make it right.
Now, consider that relationship with your doctor…
If your “motor” isn’t running right, and you accept the treatment plan, AND it doesn’t make you feel well or achieve health…what is your recourse?? Do you insist on satisfaction? Do you demand your money back?
Nope…not as a patient! That’s a right reserved for a client or customer.
DON’T BE A PATIENT. Be a customer!
Demand satisfaction!
Imagine if your mechanic said that your car problem was incurable…he said the only thing you could do was drive the car a maximum of 30 miles per hour. Now, I know what you are saying…time for a new car…but we don’t have that opportunity with our bodies, so what if you COULDN’T get a new car. Would you just putt-putt around at 30 miles per hour? I doubt it…you would find THE MECHANIC who CAN fix it.
Again, let’s not forget that health care is a SERVICE industry. Sure, it is a totally messed up service industry…a third party, called insurance, with CEOs in million dollar homes…paid for with your dollars…dollars earned by restricting what you can buy with your money. Yes, they get million dollar homes by cutting doctor fees and denying coverage for YOU...the one putting the MONEY into their pockets.
Ok, it’s totally messed up…but it is the system we have…and you are still the customer…ACT LIKE ONE!! And if you aren’t getting what you want…VOTE with your $$$$!! Choose another health coverage…like medical savings plans, that give you much more CHOICE where and how you spend your health care dollar. PLUS…when you get healthy…this money comes back to you…it is an investment. Insurance is a total LOSS by comparison. That is what a customer in a service industry would do.
I am prepared to accept customers. Seriously! I promise you won’t get burned with poor quality mechanics.
I am writing this on the heels of a real experience with a customer who didn’t want to be a patient.
I proposed my treatment plan. She didn’t accept it, but she didn’t decline. She simply said, paraphrased here, that she didn’t want to be patient…void of rights, expectations or satisfaction!!
So, of course, I told her she is unrealistic, and I wouldn’t stand for this type of attitude. She can go to another doctor. I have plenty of work to do without her badgering me with her desire for satisfaction. Who does she think she is?
NO! Actually, I told her this story of my mechanic, and I assured her that if she gave 100% in her recovery…if she did what I asked (it’s not as easy as taking a magic pill)…if she followed my recommendations…and she didn’t get what she wanted…
I told her to TELL ME…I told her I would make it right. I even went as far as saying I would return the money she spent on my care…IF she didn’t get what she wanted.
Now, this is a touchy subject…I CAN’T guarantee results. For legal reasons AND because it depends on you. YOU have to do what I prescribe.
So, I am not laying out a guarantee here, but I am saying that I will hold to the same standard as my mechanic. If my treatment fails…your motor doesn’t start…and you put in the right grade gas and oil…come to me…I WILL NOT make it right…and if that means a refund on a failed treatment…I will make it right.
If I don’t add more value to your life than the money you spend on your care…I don’t want your money.
I know that is unheard of, so when you get up off the floor…it’s time to VOTE by hiring a new doctor…one who accepts customers.
Yours in Health,
Dr. Todd StoneThe Top Five Autoimmune Treatment Mistakes!
1. 2. Acceptance
The second BIG MISTAKE is accepting your diagnosis and prognosis. Accepting that YOU HAVE something…and that it leads to a certain place.
Instead, acknowledge that something has happened to you…inside you…it ISN’T YOU…and it doesn’t have to BE YOU! AND, there are choices you have to make that determine WHERE you go from here.
Now, this is challenging, because the PREVAILING knowledge SAYS that you are stuck. As quoted in the previous email, the prevailing knowledge has NO IDEA why you are sick.
This ties directly into expectations, because your acceptance of WHAT IS…”we don’t know what causes this, and we can only treat symptoms, and hope to decrease the progression…but there WILL be progression and there will be symptoms”…that is the prevailing knowledge. The “Mainstream.” The way things are right now.
Your acceptance of WHAT IS…sets your expectations.
CAN YOU…believe that EVERYTHING HAS A CAUSE…??? EVERYTHING has a SOLUTION?? ALL current problems WILL be solved by INNOVATORS…at some point in time.
There are always people out there…solving today’s problems…and ALWAYS…these people are told that it is impossible. And, ALWAYS…they are ridiculed, opposed, and finally accepted as truth. I used Columbus as an example, but listen to this…there was a doctor, around the turn of the century, that postulated that surgeons brought many infections into their patients, resulting in death during surgery. He simply suggested that surgeons “scrub in.” And guess what…he was vehemently opposed…ridiculed...and then, long after his death…accepted as truth.
That is the way of the world…like it or not. If you want to do something TODAY…that is not what is being done today…you will have to seek the INNOVATOR. Sorry…NOT the STANDARD OF CARE!
In order to achieve something out of the ordinary…you will have to seek someone who looks “outside the box.” And…the sooner you differentiate between the way things are, and the innovation…the better off your future will be.
So…let me tell you something you might not believe….I, and several of my close colleagues, have treated MANY autoimmune patients to FULL symptomatic REMISSION. Including Parkinson’s, MS, Diabetes, Thyroid, IBD…and others…In fact, I have two written testimonials of patients with Raynaud’s disease, with 90-100% symptom remission. ALL of my video testimonials are AUTOIMMUNE, including the child, who had asthma, a TH2 dominant immune problem, not yet categorized as AutoImmune.
How can I help you believe in this…and NOT ACCEPT what your rather ordinary doctors have told you??
#1…I will SHOW YOU…before and after lab results…and don’t be fooled…when your labs get better…YOU GET BETTER!! But, they aren’t the lab tests you are used to, that reveal virtually NOTHING.
#2…I will SHOW YOU…National Library of Medicine documented RESEARCH that PROVES the effectiveness of our protocols. No, it’s not one cause, one cure….it is more like YOUR CAUSE…YOUR CURE…
#3…if I can’t FIND THE CAUSE of your problem…I will pay for the lab testing out of my own pocket. Seriously…I test DIFFERENT things than you have ever had tested…and if they don’t show your imbalances…I will reimburse any investment YOU MADE for these tests.
#4…If I don’t effectively TREAT your problem…you come to me…and tell me that you have done and taken everything I asked…and it didn’t WORK…AND I WILL REFUND ANYTHING YOU PAID TOWARD YOUR TREATMENT!!
Hey, I know, being “outside the box,” that I have to be 2000% better and more effective than what you are used to…I get it that I will have to prove myself…I could be a Quack (a word introduced to you by the American Medical Association to protect THEIR cash cow, NOT your interest)…seriously, if I were a quack, I would tell you that one thing could cure all your problems…and that is not the case…and, if you hear that, I would be in GREAT DOUBT too! THAT is what the American Medical Association is LOOKING FOR…ONE THING that will define and correct your problem…and they can’t find it…who is the quack??
What have you got to lose after what I laid out for you….REALLY…ONLY YOUR PROBLEM!!!
Don’t ACCEPT…In fact…REJECT all you have heard…that is a huge step towards success!
Yours in Health,
Dr. Todd Stone
www.GetTheRightDiagnosis.com
www.GetTheRightDiagnosis.com
The Top Five Autoimmune Treatment Mistakes!
1. 3. Insurance
Insurance is the THIRD HUGE MISTAKE…how can this be?
Three words…”Standard of Care!” Insurance pays for what is the standard of care. The standard of care acknowledges that they have no idea what is causing your problem, and can only treat symptomatically.
I hesitate to even say this…but, let’s put some PERSPECTIVE on that…treating symptoms. They treat symptoms with drugs. What is the most widely used drug….ALCOHOL. Now, I ask you…if you drank a whole bottle of wine tonight…how would you feel! I bet a bit loopy…I bet a bit DRUNK. I bet your symptoms would be CHANGED. I bet you would FEEL BETTER! Until…the next morning.
WHY is any other drug ANY DIFFERENT?? They only work while you are “intoxicated” by them. They all add to the toxic load of your body, in fact some you have to watch liver damage enzymes!! What is the difference between getting doped up on Tylenol, and getting buzzed up on booze?
Again…the sooner you realize that the way to FIX your problem is NOT the STANDARD OF CARE…the better for YOU!
I recently had an encounter with the “standard of care police.” I was a “preferred provider” for BCBS…meaning I paid my fees, signed a contract to accept lower wages, and agree to a “standard of care.” I tried playing by the rules…billing only standard back and neck pain services to my BCBS patients…BUT, I tend to spend a longer time with patients…so I billed for this longer time.
The first year I received a “sad face” on my report card…the executive summary of my billing for the year. It said that I billed too many services per visit. I was “above average” and needed to correct my awful ways.
Well, I use what I think is the best for my patients, so I really didn’t change anything. So…the next year I was sent to the principal…literally I had to call some guy who was going to lecture me. I did, because I was under contract…he answered on his cell phone from his Porsche (I don’t really know what he drives), and proceeds to tell me I am terribly UN-average, and that this MUST change.
I am looking at my report card as I am talking to him. I see that my cost per visit is around 100…and that the average is closer to 60. I also see on the next line, that my cost per patient is LOWER than the average. That means that people are getting well FASTER and FOR LESS MONEY in the long run…by me taking my time and treating people from all angles. I mention this to him…that I am saving him (his corporation) MONEY by taking more time with my patients!
This doesn’t seem to sink in…he repeats the BAD number…higher cost per visit…and goes on to say that they are preparing to initiate an investigation into my practices, and that this costs the average doctor 50-100 THOUSAND DOLLARS. He wants to “help me” avoid this situation by getting me to be more “average.”
Hmmmm…I think…so here are my options…become more “average,” or pay 50-100 thousand for an investigation. I choose option 3…I voluntarily resign. I have three months to let my patients know that I will no longer be accepted under their insurance. I keep billing my usual rates.
Three months later…I am out…but I AM NOT AVERAGE!! I’ll take it.
Now, for your specific condition…I have discovered a test that is the ULTIMATE discovery for any Autoimmune condition. I have been running it on patients for the last couple years. It lays out exactly the imbalance that is occurring in your immune system. Which way…what we need to do about it…it provides an EFFECTIVE TREATMENT PLAN. Only problem…it is only authorized by insurance if you are HIV positive. It is only considered “standard” if you qualify (HIV positive).
I have seen symptoms disappear like magic as this lab shifts toward normal…for MANY autoimmune disorders. But, it is only “covered” if you are HIV positive.
I have had patients ask their “insurance doctors” to run this test…and they refused. (I’m sure the exact same thing would happen to them as happened to me.) I had a meeting with a doctor who treats autoimmune problems, so I asked him why he didn’t run this test…as it is THE definitive immune assessment…he had never heard of it.
When…and if…you realize that the “system” is not set up to effectively treat your condition…the better off for you. When…and if…you realize that you WILL have to find an innovator, and this innovator will ALWAYS be OUT of the system…because we don’t fit in the system…the better off for you.
Your problem CAN BE significantly improved. I can almost guarantee it. I have the confidence that Columbus had setting sail on a trip that everyone knew was sure death. I sail ANYWAY.
Yours in Health,
Dr. Todd Stone
www.GetTheRightDiagnosis.com
www.GetTheRightDiagnosis.com
The Top Five Autoimmune Treatment Mistakes!
1. 1. EXPECTATIONS
Listen to this…
“The exact cause of Crohn's disease remains unknown.” “No one is quite sure what triggers Ulcerative Colitis.” “Scientists aren't certain why some people develop Sjogren's syndrome and others don't.” “The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown.” “Doctors don't know what causes autoimmune diseases, such as lupus.” “Doctors don't know what starts this process, although a genetic component appears likely. While your genes don't actually cause rheumatoid arthritis, they can make you more susceptible.” “Doctors don't completely understand the cause of Raynaud's attacks.”
QUOTE: Mayo Clinic (mayoclinic.com)
What do you think your expectations for SUCCESS are…if you acknowledge that you DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA what is causing the problem?? In case you don’t know…the expectations for any A-I disorder is permanent. Reducing progression…but there will be progression. Treating symptoms….but there will be symptoms.
For one, if your expectation is failure…your result will be failure. For two…if you use the same old tests and treatment that DON’T lead to understanding the CAUSE of these diseases, you will NEVER discover anything innovative.
The first BIG MISTAKE is listening to these opinions…and they are nothing more than opinions. In fact, they are no less opinions than the opinion that the world is flat, that the sun revolves around the earth, and that estrogen replacement therapy will improve the health of senior women. (If you haven’t heard, they stopped the definitive study, called the Women’s Health Initiative, because their subjects were DYING)!
If you believe the story of some person, and doctors are just people, and that story is unfinished…such as the discovery of a round planet…you are selling yourself short. The story of AutoImmune diseases is unfinished…as unfinished as a story can be. There is ALWAYS an end to a story…and it is ALWAYS the leading edge that discovers the end. Christopher Columbus didn’t listen to EVERYONE…he was leading edge, and changed the world as we knew it.
I only use that story because it is the BEST known story of massive underestimation and miscalculation. Everyone KNEW the world was flat…heck, you could look out at the horizon and CLEARLY see the drop off! It was proven FACT! Until it was UNPROVEN!
Now is the time to change the story of AutoImmune Diseases. We don’t know…becomes…now we see why this is happening. We don’t know what to do…becomes…NOW THAT WE KNOW WHY…we can effectively treat this problem.
It is JUST an immune system problem. No matter what YOUR condition is…it is an immune system problem.
So, here is what we did…(to find the CAUSE…and in 50 years this might be recognized as truth…do you want to wait on that??)…We investigated the IMMUNE SYSTEM. And after you study something for awhile…kind of like walking…it seems pretty basic. One step in front of the other.
So, here’s the groundbreaking discovery…There is no ONE CAUSE…it can be ANYTHING that ACTIVATES your immune system…chemicals…infections…allergens…even stress. So there will NEVER be ONE CURE!! In order to treat YOU…we have to look at what started the process.
We also discovered how immune activation turns into self destruction. Just like there isn’t one cause, there isn’t one effect. We discovered T-Helper Cells…and found that they have (at least) three effects…we call TH(T-Helper) 1, 2, and 17. We discovered that different stressors (mold, parasites, stress, chemicals, allergies)…shift your immune system into one particular dominance…and it is that dominance…also read imbalance…that triggers the destruction process.
So…let me simplify…
There is one cause…immune activation from our toxic environment, infections, and allergens…many options…but ONE CAUSE.
There is one effect…immune imbalance…shifting into TH1, TH2, or Th17…a few options…but ONE EFFECT.
There are multiple results as well….MS, RA, Raynaud’s, UC, Crohn’s, Lupus, Sjogren’s…even Type 1 Diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, thyroid disorders, neuropathy, chronic pain, BPPV (Dizziness), and MORE are associated with AutoImmune Disorders.
Here is what I want you to know…there are tests to detect the cause…there are tests to detect the effects…there are ways to treat the problem. DON’T buy into POOR EXPECTATIONS! If you do…you will end your life with this disease…it will be ugly…and it will be UNNECESSARY!
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