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Save the Date!
Next Patient Workshop
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at the
Hilton Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Lakes Executive Conference Center.
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Therapy Tip
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) is a safe supplement that may be used with Inflammation Therapy to reduce inflammation caused by herxing and to decrease pain.
You can read more about it at www.lowdosenaltrexone.org. | | |
| Our Library |
Access to our extensive, easy-to-read Library of Information (see this sample page)and Physicians' Reference Library is available to anyone, without enrollment in our counseling program.  If you're interested in using this resource, please send your request to our email, along with your doctor's name and fax number (in the US and Canada) or his/her email address so we can notify your doctor that you have access to this information. A list of the articles in our library is available at this link. Physicians may use CIR libraries even if they don't have a patient enrolled in our counseling program. Interested medical professionals should contact CIR and ask to register.
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CIR is an IRS-recognized
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Volunteers who have a diagnosis of autoimmune or inflammatory disease or are chronically ill but who are not being treated with Inflammation Therapy, the Marshall Protocol or the Stillpoint Protocol are needed to be in the control group of our clinical study.
If you meet these criteria and would like to take part in this project, please contact us
via email.
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Greetings!
Signs of spring are everywhere here in the United States and one can't help being reminded that all growing things respond to the proper attention. The same has been true of Chronic Illness Recovery, and we're thankful to all volunteers, supporters, and everyone else who has participated in this unique endeavor.
Word about CIR is spreading and we're steadily enrolling patients in our counseling program and registering physicians at our website. Our interactive Forum is proving to be a very effective vehicle for our Nurses, patients and their doctors to work together to manage the recovery process.
CIR is reaching out to more medical practitioners to fulfill our mission, so please encourage the medical professionals you know to request CIR's professional newsletter. Physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants need only send an email request for the professional newsletter to:info@chronicillnessrecovery.org.
Best regards,  
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| About Inflammation Therapy | |
Supplements are part of many alternative treatments for chronic illness, and many chronically ill patients are accustomed to taking a variety of supplements. Some have an obvious palliative effect; others are needed to replace essential substances, while others are merely touted to improve health.
Many patients are concerned about maintaining adequate nutrition to prevent bone loss. We recommend that our patients are tested for calcium and magnesium levels to determine if they might be deficient. We encourage everyone to assess their calcium intake from foods and if it's lacking, to supplement with an appropriate amount of calcium and magnesium. See Calcium and Osteoporosis.
There's no way to tell for certain if an unrelenting symptom such as fatigue or exhaustion is, or is not, related to herxing. Some have found that sublingual Vitamin B-12 (use the hydroxo or methyl form; not the cyano) can help with energy. The recommended dose is 1000-2000 mcg a day.
We believe that good nutrition is essential for efficient metabolism and immune system function. Patients in our counseling program are permitted to take nutritional supplements or use juicing if their diet is lacking or they have gastrointestinal problems.
We have no concrete evidence that supplementing wit h most vitamins and/or minerals helps or hinders progress on Inflammation Therapy, so our philosophy on the use of supplements is less rigid than the MP doctrine. Our belief is that patients need to maintain an acceptable quality of life during the long recovery process and sometimes that means using some supplements. We encourage our patients to tell us what they're doing (we don't scold them for supplementing) so we can advise them, assess their progress and learn from them.
See Supplements and Other Treatments.
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| New Scientific Article |  Olmesartan for the Delay or Prevention of Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetes A report from the ROADMAP investigators published in the New England Journal of Medicine March 10, 2011 issue. |
| Quotable Quotes | |
"We are each individuals and there is no one size fits all. That's why we need guidance from others with experience and knowledge of how the body works medically." ~ Alycia Goeke
"Thank you very much for all your support, I think this is a wonderful group because it helps so much, I don't feel alone like I was before with this protocol." ~ Carole Houle
"You have taken [my patient] through a very difficult period so competently! I shall continue to recommend you!!" ~ Dr Elke Unmuessig
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| About Chronic Illness Recovery | |
Chronic Illness Recovery (CIR) was formed as a nonprofit organization registered in Texas and is supported mainly by gifts from our global friends.
In order to maintain our high quality of professional help, patients of physicians who have multiple patients enrolled are asked to pay a nominal fee for the counseling program. Our policy limits paying patients to 50% of our caseload, to ensure that we keep reaching new medical practitioners.
Doctors never pay any fees for our website and counseling services.
Some people assume they can't afford CIR's counseling service but there's no initial cost if your medical practitioner is new to Chronic Illness Recovery. Fees are waived the first year for the first enrolled patient of each physician.
A discounted/sliding fee rate, based on ability to pay, is available to all other patients. For more information or to apply for a discounted fee, send an email to donation@chronicillnessrecovery.org.
Please don't assume you can't afford our counseling program. Send for a discounted fee application; our service may be more affordable than you think (discounts range from 20-80%). For a list of our fees, please see Fees.
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