QUESTION:

I am 51 years old and recently diagnosed with Peripheral Arterial Disease. I am not able to walk very far until my legs are hurting so bad that I cannot stand it and have to rest a while until it lessens before I continue and this is making my life miserable. I have been prescribed some medications but the side effects listed leads me to think I don't want to take them and they make me feel mentally off and tired. Is there anything natural that could take care of this, as I don't like the medications and how it makes me feel?
 
Thank you
Marianne
 
 
ANSWER:
 
What you have Marianne is referred to as PAD, for short. For those who don't know what that is... People with peripheral artery disease (PAD) may or may not have symptoms. Because of silent symptoms, many cases of PAD go undiagnosed. Pain Termed Intermittent Claudication;
Claudication comes from the Latin word "to limp." Claudication is crampy leg pain that occurs during exercise, especially walking. The pain is due to insufficient blood flow in the legs (caused by blocked or partially blocked arteries). Intermittent means the pain comes and goes. Intermittent claudication is the most prominent symptom of PAD. About a third to a half of patients with PAD have this symptom.

The most frequently affected artery in intermittent claudication is the popliteal artery. This artery leads off from the femoral artery (the major artery in the thigh). It continues below the knee where it branches off and carries blood to the muscles in the calf and foot. This feels like spasms or Charlie Horse to some, others just a severe aching pain. PAD-related leg pain is relieved only by rest. Leg pain occurs in one leg in 40% of patients and in both legs in 60% of patients. Patients may also experience fatigue or pain in the thighs and buttocks. There is also some evidence that people with PAD have blood cells that are prone to forming clots, making them susceptible to them moving and could cause a stroke or heart attack.

Marianne, I bet you've seen TV and/or heard radio advertisements regarding Plavix, which I bet is one of your prescriptions, that is supposed to help PAD. Yes it does have severe side effects in the majority who take them. Since plavix is an inhibitor (prevents the body from working naturally and normal) it is truly affecting the way your body works and will eventually create several health issues that you do not have at the present... Plavix doesn't actually clean the arteries of the buildup nor does it stop spasms in them as it only prolongs the inevitable. That isn't a treatment as far as I'm concerned. A treatment should eliminate what is causing the problem not mask it... The arteries are full of plaque of small blood clots and need to be removed not simply bypassed for a short period of time, as Plavix does...
 
To treat with natural medicine and expect reversal you will need to be able to stand up to your doctor, as my husband has to, because the doctors will try to scare you to death with their reasons for giving you the drugs and tell you that you will die if you don't take them. Fear works well to control the masses!
 
If you can stand up to your doctor and refuse to take their medications here are my suggestions!
 
You have two options for Natural Healing:
 
First Option: Chelation IV treatment, very effective and will clean the arteries, veins, capillaries and other organs of the body, will require anywhere from 20 to 40 IV drip treatments spread out over two or three months. This was my choice in 1991-92 when they wanted to cut me open and bypass and I said thanks but no thanks to their surgery. Walked out of the Cardiac Hospital floor AMA (against medical advise). Depending on where you live the cost can be anywhere from $100 to $200 a treatment. Insurance will not pay for treatments but most will pay for the required blood tests before and during treatments. Some things to find out before choosing a provider is; How long do they take? If less then three hours per treatment choose another provider. How often will they do the IV's? If more than 3 a week or less than 2 a week choose a different provider... To learn more about chelation and/or find a provider within the U.S. near you Click Here
 
Second Option: Supplements - a slightly slower result but very effective. Here is that natural healthy supplement protocol.

Life Transfusion Liquid Minerals - This you should take even if you choose chelation IV treatments. Without a minerals balance the rest of prescriptions/supplements/foods are not utilized in the body. This is the basis of all healing as a lack of balanced minerals, according to a multitude of studies over the last 20 years has shown, has been attributed to ALL illness and organ breakdown... This is a supplement everyone in your family should be taking... If you haven't read the report issued in 1936 you should... http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/1936_excerpt.htm
Instructions:
Week 1; 1/2  teaspoon, mixed with juice (tomato, V8, lemon, carrot, beet or cucumber works best) - MIX WELL-  in the MORNING and 1/2 teaspoon  in juice at NOON or second dose no later than 4PM
Week 2; 3/4 teaspoon in juice twice a day.
Week 3; 1 teaspoon in juice twice a day as this provides the essential balance of minerals for the body, making it possible to absorb vitamins and nutrients properly.

CIRCULATORY SUPPORT FORMULA OF A HOST OF HERBS AND NUTRIENTS - The blood pressure heart regulating herbal formula - This works great for my father who started taking it in place of his BP and heart Meds when he was 87 and is now 93 thinking he's 18 again... STOP drugs the day he starts herbs and nutrients... He cannot take both drugs and herbs to get results. Each work against the other so he will have to choose either drug meds or natural meds...
Instructions: Start with 2 capsules 3X day or 3 capsules morning and night with meals. If blood pressure stays above 159/90 for more than two or three days after starting the formula then increase Circulatory capsules to 3 capsules 3X a day with meals.

NATTOKINASE- The vein, artery, capillary cleansing formula to control ED and BP - as well as the risk of strokes and blood clot formation, which happens with severe BP and Diabetes... A Natural Roto-Rooter formula cleans the arteries, veins and capillaries and is working wonders around the world for all kinds of arterial and brain problems...
Instructions: 2 capsules morning and evening.
 
PROBIOTIC W/DIGESTIVE ENZYMES - This is very important since the medications you have taken for your pain and PAD has interrupted the digestive enzymes in your stomach and killed natural flora in your intestines, which severely compromises your immune and nutritional distribution system, which must be repaired and replaced to achieve a better outcome. Click and Read Digestion the Path to Health and/or Illness To understand why!
Instructions: 1 with each meal and 2 at bedtime on an empty stomach.
 
EXERCISE: Most important for impaired circulation: Walking is very important and you will need to push yourself to pain and then rest. Eventually it will get better and the pain will subside. It may take two or three months, if it is severe, but will stop as the arteries and circulation improve. Your goal should be to walk to eventually do at least 30 to 45 minutes 5 to 7 days a week.

For faster compliance and circulation improvement do the 7-Day Cleansing Diet. This helps speed healing as well as detoxing, as your body will be full of toxins from the prescription drugs and foods that contain hormones, pesticides, chemicals along with your tap and bath water which contains antibacterial, such as chlorine, that has severe byproducts that helps to bring more toxicity to the body... Detoxing is truly an important step in any natural healing process!
 
Good luck and great health!
Lena

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