Clear Skin! and NAET #6

It's been a long time coming, but DS is COMPLETELY cleared as of right now. That pesky spot above his eye has healed with the help of Protopic, I've been so reluctant to use this due to the FDA "black label" that it can cause cancer. Our doctor has been reassuring that it's completely safe as long as he's not eating tubes of it a day. It took about 4 days for the patch to heal--I applied a small fingertip amount twice a day for 3 days and then once for 2 and that seems to be all it needed. The itch has also greatly diminished. The allergist wants me to apply it 3 times a week, and the steroid cream twice a week. I'm going to play it by ear and see what's necessary.

On the asthma front, the last 5 weeks have been tough with upper respiratory infections which have required extra pulmicort and albuterol =( The allergist wants to up the daily dose of pulmicort to .5 from .25, and the Ped agrees since he says a cold should not be leading to asthma, as it shows the lungs "aren't up to snuff." Ugh. The Ped also said that once my son is feeling better that we can try to expose him to one of his environmental allergies (like caulk) to see if the MSM supplement is working and having the desired effect on the liver. Yeah, it would be nice to know, but oh how I dread these types of tests!

As for NAET, we had our 6th treatment yesterday. This was the Sugar Treatment. I'm curious to see if I notice any change, as I think sugar is a real problem from my son. His body just doesn't deal well with it, which I think it telling with his honey allergy being a level 4 on the RAST test. Interesting to note that my son said his itchies are GONE right now and is begging to eat a certain treat that he's been forbidden due to the allergies. Guess he thinks if the itchies are gone, then he can go back to eating goodies. My husband and I just had a conversation saying maybe it's coincidence, but after every NAET treatment there are positive changes that we talk about and notice.

What I notice with myself is that once his skin clears I tend to loosen up some of the food restrictions which then puts us back to square one. And it's not like it's major stuff, but twice in the past I've allowed him to eat broccoli which leads to immediate problems. I just have to remind myself not to let my guard down even though the skin problems aren't right in front of my face!

I've also come across two great NAET blogs, listed listed on the side. I so appreciate other moms sharing their experiences, thank you!

NAET Discussion Blog

I stumbled upon this blog that had a very interesting discussion on NAET treatments by parents, a couple of years worth! Seems people start off very skeptical at first, many see good results while some never do. I didn't do a tally on it, but the positives definitely out weighed the negative:
http://pluckymama.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/naet-allergy-experience/#comment-7503

5th NAET Treatment

We had our 5th NAET treatment today--B Vitamins. The kiddo "cleared" the C treatment from last week, so it was on to the next.
Today's treatment of B vitamins is a bit challenging. He has to avoid all contact with meat, veggies, fruits, grains, beans and so forth. For 25 hours he will eat white rice, white rice pasta, well cooked fish, french fries, cauliflower, and water. I made sure he ate a big breakfast this morning because he won't be allowed any of his favorite foods and snacks. Good thing it's only for 25 hours and half of that will be sleep time!

We are now 1/3 done with the basic 15, which is still early in the game according to the D.O. Is it working? I still am unable to answer that question. But, does my son have a rash or eczema anywhere? Only above his right eye. The rest of his body is completely cleared. Although we have gotten to this point here and there in the past, this has been consistent for many weeks now. Can I say it's due to NAET exclusively? No. It's a lot of hard work from diet to skin care to supplements to research, etc. I can say that his appetite has really grown the last few weeks and that his bowels are now regular. The doc said these are frequent phenomenas that his NAET patients experience. Only time will tell.

Back into the Groove

It's been a few weeks since I've updated. We're back home and in full swing. Yesterday was our 4th NAET treatment; my son was treated for Vitamin C. The idea behind NAET is to reduce or eliminate sensitivity to the underlining nutrients of food which can be a hidden problem. For instance, many people are allergic to oranges but it may turn out they are allergic to the Vitamin C. I still haven't found the courage to feed him any of the foods he's reacted to in the past, particularly egg, so I can't say for certain if NAET is working. But I've talked with a couple other parents in the D.O.'s office who are seeing vast improvements in their children. I can only hope we're a fraction as lucky.

Skin treatment is going well these days. The Atopiclair (prescription) has been effective, allowing us to stay off steroid creams for days at a time. CereVa cream (OTC) is a God-send. We apply these pretty much head-to-toe 2-3 times a day. We had a bout with asthma last week, my son woke up a t 4am with a terrible croupy cough. I was certain he would end up in the ER. We had 4 hour albuterol treatments for about a week, along with 2x/day Pulmicort .5, and I supplemented with Tartepheedrel drops (homepathic) 5 drops every 15-60 minutes. I did take him to Urgent Care at one point because I couldn't get the pulling to stop, but his O2 levels were 100 (awesome!!). So they prescribed a steroid and antibiotic, both of which we didn't end up using because he improved shortly after our visit.

So that's the scoop for now =)