In May of last year I received an e-mail from Berit Frivold a chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patient whod been ill for 13 years. Like many people shed tried just about everything she could get her hands on and nothing had worked. She noted that
Both she and her husband were extremely frustrated at the inability of the medical profession to help her doubly so because they were both part of it; shes a registered nurse (RN) and hes a cardiologist. Her husband noted his frustration in an e-mail.
Berits health, however, continued to worsen.
They went the alternative route trying acupuncture, allergy, kinesiology and with the help of the Internet various treatments such as elimination diets, different supplements, etc. At a chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) clinic in Torrance, Ca. after donating 26 vials of blood Berit went on thyroid replacement and a variety of supplements.
View attachment 507Her husband, however, became alarmed when she was prescribed an array of strong anti-pathogenic drugs including two antibacterials (Septra, Rifampin), an antiviral (Amantadine) two antifungal pills, silver colloid IV infusion and IM immunoglobulin injections all at once. After doing a literature review and consulting with several infectious disease specialists he felt the treatment constituted a shot in the dark that could have significant potential side effects and they stopped the treatment.
Her search for a cure at this point was just about over managing the disease seemed to be the best she could hope for. Her participation in her familys life was at a nadir; shed been unable to attend a single of her sons school events over the past year.
She did have one last option though. She contacted me in May, 2008 because I was doing the Amygdala Retraining process and she was going to try a similar processOriginally from Norway, she reported that a nursing friend from school whod had severe ME/CFS for two decades stated that shed been cured. Digging a bit deeper she found more stories of cures. Berit decided to fly back to Norway and give it one last shot. She did the Lightning Process course on July 4th, 5th and 6th, 2008.
I next heard from her almost a year later. Her tone had changed considerably. She apologized for not following up on sooner but noted that
She state that shed gone into the process cautiously, not setting her sights too high. As someone with deep roots in the traditional medical profession she also had her share of skepticism and was somewhat surprised that she survived the evaluation round. (Patients must apply and be accepted for the Lightning Process). Nevertheless she reported that the process had worked for her very quickly:
Neural Plasticity What does she attribute her success to? Neural plasticity and neural retraining two processes that I believe have helped me greatly with the Amygdala Retraining process and other mindfulness techniques. This is all about creating new neurological pathways. Its a process that stroke victims use all the time to increase their functioning. She noted that
Doing the process has clearly been a life-changing event for her. It isnt for everyone Ive have heard from people who have not had this kind of success but for Berit the LP was the key that unlocked the door to health.
Her husband concurred. This former nurse married to a cardiologist is now, of all things, training to be a Lightning Process practitioner. Her husband was skeptical whether she was up to the monthly flights to UK.
Traveling once a month from Loma Linda, CA to LAX and then to London and then attend all-day lectures first appeared like an impossible challenge, but have gone over like I could NEVER have imagined. After having gotten up at 5:30 AM in London, and traveled all day to Los Angeles then 2-3 hours by shuttle from the airport she has on more than one occasion come straight to a program at school (like a band-concert) and enjoyed it. (Last year she only came to one such program and I had to take her home exhausted before the program started).
Life is not perfect her husband noted that She still has some days with sub-optimal energy, but dont we all she does experience some jet-lag, and can over-do house cleaning etc. and drag some the next day. Berit now has normal problems, that healthy people everywhere do; her old energy and level of health are back. Her husband, of course, was very thankful:
Berit and her husband have opened a website on her experiences. When we were in contact last June she was training to become an LP practitioner. Judging from her site shes become one. For more on Berits story click here.
