Brain Allergies 75But that was all about to change.
Just a few weeks into the diet wise plan, exactly as you have it here in
these pages, Susan “woke up.”
In her own dramatic and moving words, she said, “I just woke up
one day and I was here!”
I find it hard to comprehend what that must mean for a woman of
almost forty, whose life had been uncomprehending up to that point.
Not that she settled for moping about the lost years.
Susan began learning to read and write; she could count; she could
go shopping on her own; she understood money and could obtain the
correct change; she wanted to paint and live life to the full.
Her wonderful story was told and retold in the press, most notably
by the German-based magazine Bella, under the banner “Prisoner No More.”
The double-page spread began with Susan’s remarkable words, which I will
quote unaltered:
“This morning I tied my own shoelaces – tied them into neat little bows.
And I did it all on my own – without any help from Mum or Dad.
“You probably think that’s no great achievement for a 39-year-old
woman but, believe me, it’s a very big step and I feel terribly proud.
“You see for most of my life I have been classed as “mentally
handicapped” and even the simplest tasks were well beyond me.
“Although I could see, hear, smell, taste... I simply couldn’t understand
what my senses were telling me. The messages were all jumbled. So the
world passed me by in a confused, bewildering blur.
“It’s only in the last few months I’ve come out into the real world – and
it’s fantastic.
“I feel as if I’ve been reborn or, at least, released from prison after
serving a long harsh sentence.”I could tell even the hard-nosed journalists were really gripped by this
drama.
Susan’s allergies, when we had discovered them, were beef, dairy
products, wheat and tomatoes. Of course she had been fed dairy products
from birth and in any case had met all four foods in the womb. Susan was
born off-center because of food reactions developed before she even drew
her first breath. In her case the target organ was her brain.
Here was a salutary case where over 95% recovery of brain function took
place. Let it be a solemn warning to all, what sad stories may be out there, of people
doomed to inadequacy because of unsuspected reactions to humble everyday foods.