Greetings of health, Alyssa!

I'm going to respond to your two most recent posts (below) with some inserts, but before I do it seems like it would be good if I'd do a bit of explaining/teaching (so my responses below will make more sense :)

Our bodies are programmed & hardwired with the ability to heal from any disease, compromise or genetic mutation.  But all the organs/systems have to be in top-notch working order for this to happen effectively.  The more severe or 'incurable' the condition, the more imperative it is for us to ensure that each organ/system of the body is working properly (because, just like a car, we need ALL the parts working properly so they can work together effecitively)...and we have to make sure that we're not doing anything to compromise or weaken the body (because it will need ALL it's healing energy to keep up with the daily demands of living AND repair/restore itself at the same time). 

The thing we need to understand the most is that it doesn't matter if the only thing we think is the matter with us is what we can see & feel (in your case, CMT), just living on this poisoned-planet for as many years as you have, has done a lot of damage to your body (you just don't see/feel it yet, because our bodies are miraculously resilient and the typical 'wear & tear' doesn't usually actually start showing until our early/mid 20's)....but for some it starts showing much earlier (particularly if we've been heavily injected, had lots of drugs, or our parents are unhealthy/toxic). 

Here's a very quick synopsis of what our bodies deal with -->   Newborn babies are born with over 200 toxic chemicals in their blood, and immediately injected with hundreds more in the first few years of their life.  Hopefully we were breastfed, but if not, we started life on unnatural formulas likely mixed with tap-water (full of fluoride, chlorine & pharmaceutical residues/poisons) from plastic bottles with BPH.  Most anything we ingested when we were young was toxically altered by warming it in a microwave oven.  You're young enough that you've likely ingested some form of GM (genetically modified) frankenfoods since you were a toddler...not to mention the various poisons & toxins in 75-80% of our "normal food".   We now have only 12-18% oxygen in our atmosphere, but when I was your age there was 30%...and what we breath now is full of all manner of toxic chemicals.  Then there's the inevitable antibiotics, pharmaceuticals & otcs (all low dose poisons to our body in some way or another), and the horribly toxic/unnatural frequencies that emit from cell phones/towers, wifi and all manner of electro-gizmos (even simple electrical frequencies from wall outlets causes various levels of compromise, although most don't ever notice it).  Due to the injections, poisons, chemicals and GM frankenfoods the microorganisms in our intestines (which ensure assimilation of nutrition and many other things) are destroyed and totally out of balance...and even with the best of diets,our bodies are typically extremely undernourished (think: we're not getting enough fuel for our car to even run on, let alone run on at ultra-high speeds like it has to do). 

So you see, we've all got a LOT of work to do to get our bodies back into the condition where all the organs can heal & restore themselves from past 'wear & tear' and have enough nutrition that they can stop 'gasping for survival' and get back to normal/healthy so all the parts can work together to actually start doing even MORE work and start healing & restoring itself.  Just like any normal/healthy person has the ability to be an Olympic athlete, our natural bodies DO have the ability to restore themselves from any damage or disease...but just like an Olympic athlete we have to learn everything it takes and we have to work just as hard (or even harder) to help our body accomplish it.   Yep, it's likely the journey is going to be 'rough & tough' and full of 'ups & downs'...but just like anything that's worth having what we desire, when the goal is accomplished and we're standing on the pedestal with the medal around our neck (in this case, a medal that means you'll be totally in charge of your own health for the rest of your life and have the power and freedom to do & become anything you can dream of)...well, at that moment, the 'rough & tough' and 'ups & downs' don't matter a bit.

True, when it's an "incurable" disease, it may sometimes be like an Olympic athlete that has set their mind to accomplishing a stunt or jump that no one believes can even be done.  In this case, you can be assured that most everybody around you will think you're looney-tunes (and some are likely going to say you're harming yourself)...and it's likely you'll constantly be hearing things like "you can't do that, it's impossible", and it's very possible you'll lose a few friends.  But just like an Olympian, it's up to YOU to decide what it's worth to you.  Of course, it's easier if you have support from your friends & family (and might be difficult-impossible to do at home without your parents agreement and support).  But ultimately, whether it's now or when you're not under your parent's control...it's not up to me, your friends, your parents, anybody on the internet  or anybody else...it's totally up to you.

Just HOW are you going to do it? And what IS it going to take to get it done?  The best way to look at it is like an automobile that needs to be taken totally apart, have each part cleaned; every fluid through every line has to be 'top-grade'; every filter changed; all parts balanced & recalibrated, and then it has to be put back together.   If you want to make sure you have the best chances of getting it done right, you have to learn what to do and be sure to do every step.  Depending upon how old the car is and how much damage has been done, it is possible that some mechanics can skip some steps along the way and still end up with the car being in much better condition than when they start.  But it's also possible if you 'skip steps' and don't ensure that every part is working properly, that you'll turn the ignition key and have to go back and do a lot more work :(

Basically, you have two options.

1) Start reading and learning 'what you need' to do the full Incurables Program and decide that you are going to 'win the medal', no matter what it takes to win it (that you want to be free of this crippling disease and have the freedom to do & be anything you want to do & be for the rest of your life...and that you want it badly enough to "do what it takes" to get it).  Then start planning & working on laying the groundwork & foundation necessary for achieving your goal (which would include your parents fully informed consent and support).  There are MANY things you would need to determine & plan for that you likely haven't considered.  For example - let's say you're planning on doing the full IP for a minimum of 3 months next summer (which should definitely be enough time to see appreciable improvement - maybe even enough to heal fully, but maybe not enough time to fully heal).  So that would mean you'd need to continue during the school year.  So you'd have to make plans to do your schoolwork at home (the full IP requires around 12 hours a day, minimum)...and of course, you'd have to plan on almost totally eliminating your social life and extra-curricular activities (just like an Olympic athlete). Those are just a couple of examples.  You'll also need to make a list of what you'll be needing, how much everything costs and start saving up the money to get it.  A quality juicer is at the top of the list (you can learn the basics about juicers here: http://curezone.com/upload/_N_Forums/Natural_Heali/JuicerInformation.doc ); along with a source of distilled or reverse-osmosis filtered water for drinking and making herbal teas/broths/cooking; a shower filter; non-toxic soaps & personal hygeine products, and things like hot water bottles, etc.   And of course, the herbs & tinctures (whether you want to buy them or make them yourself or a blend of both, and how much time is needed to make your own, and alloting ample storage space if you opt to make your own). 

Here is a post with a basic list of the full IP that is NOT customized for CMT.  http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1438129  You would need to research all things things & create a daily schedule.  Your customization would include a few more tinctures and fomentations (fomentation = a natural fiber towel soaked in very strong herbal tea and applied with heat to the affected areas).   If after you've looked that all over, and decide on this option, let me know & we'll take it from there.

2.  Rather that doing the full IP, this option would be do small portions as it's convenient for you (that you can fit into your schedule however you'd like), and hope for a good outcome and/or improvement.  This option also involves learning & researching more deeply. 

---You have youth on your side, and it is possible that you could do 'bits & pieces' and end up seeing some positive results.  The car needs a complete rebuilding, but sometimes just working on a few parts is enough to make it run more smoothly & efficiently.  This would be very encouraging and might give you the 'faith you need' to become serious & devoted enough to make the decision to do the full IP.  It also might be very beneficial in convincing your parents they should provide their support for your doing the full IP.

It's also possible that you could do so 'bits & pieces' and end up realizing virtually no visible improvement.  The car needs a complete rebuilding, and sometimes just working on a few parts will not be enough to see or feel any kind of difference (and there's a wee possibility that if you didn't do enough, you could feel worse...although I doubt that you'd actually "be" worse).  This could end up being very DIScouraging and someehow "prove" to you and your parents that the whole concept of healing yourself naturally is ridiculous and a total scam.

If you're going to do "bits & pieces", it's my advice that you start doing them ONLY if your intent is to "see it through".  By doing 'bits & pieces' there may be several parts that you'll need to redo because it's essential that ALL parts of body are working optimally at the same time in order for your body to be able to use it's programming & schematics to heal itself.  This would also require dedication and sacrifice.  You'd need to be changing your diet substantially, doing some juicing daily (NOT eating 'school lunches' or junk food of any kind); understanding there will be days when you will have 'garlic breath' , etc., etc.   This is just like anything else in life - the less you do, the less likely you are to see results, BUT it may be a good option 'for starters'.  

Off the top of my head, I'd say this option would involve starting with a 30 day colon cleanse, diet change (to organic/vegan, with around a quart of fresh juice daily); daily Superfood; coffee enemas at least several times weekly, and you could start on some of the tinctures & oils that would help rebuild nerves (and the therapies that will ensure strong circulation).  But that's not an 'official recommendation', just a basic idea so you can start looking into it all more fully/completely.

Okay, onwards to your posts/questions.  I want to make SURE you understand that there is absolutely NO 'negative emotion' in my "voice"; I'm just very short on time and only have time to type the basics (with me, being 'short' or 'blunt' NEVER equals angry or upset :)  Okay? okay!

I have read the whole manual and didnt skip anything. Summer for me is coming up, so I have two months off of school, which gives me some more time.... but I just got a new job and have a few camps and a family trip. I cant afford to give my life up for the program, and my mom isnt really accepting it. Everyone thinks I am crazy. Is there any way we can visit or talk? I dont know how far you are or if you give any other contact information out.

It seems perhaps you 'read it all' but didn't 'hear it all'  or "understand the implications of it all" ???  Curing yourself of an incurable disease is not a part-time job....like I said above, it's like an athlete training for the Olympics.  Alyssa, if you could see the waiting list I have for people that have already decided to do the full IP that desperately need a few hours of my time, you would understand why I can't 'schedule in' time to talk to someone that's expressing that 'summer camps' are more important to her than curing her crippling disease.  Honey, if you don't think 'giving up your life' for a short summer is worth being able to live for a lifetime without CMT, that's certainly your choice (and it's not a choice I'd ever argue with you about, or disrespect you for making).  But I have dozens of people waiting for my time that ARE willing to give up virtually everything they have in order to heal themselves, and I have to prioritize my time fairly & wisely.  :::sigh::: 

I do wish (oh so much) that there were 2-3 of me and I could spend hours chatting with you and your mom...but there's only 1 of me :(

As far as your mother, I've already made my best suggestion, and that is to read the manual and watch the videos WITH your mother, and then show her how serious you are by starting to make the sacrifices necessary for you to 'do whatever it takes' to do what you choose to do.  I've been 16 and I've been 50, and for starters I can tell you that if these 'camps' that you are planning on going to are not specifically for healing CMT, I would be far more convinced you were serious about this whole 'healing yourself naturally thing' if you came to me and said something like, "Okay mom, you and I have both seen the videos and read the manual, and I've been doing a lot more researching and learning, and I can see it's going cost $X.00 for a juicer and $X for the basic herbs and products I'll be needing to get started...and since I don't have that much money, I want to cancel 'camps' and take that money to buy the juicer, herbs and other things I will need to get started."...or something like that.  If you want your mother to take you seriously and not think you're 'crazy', you're going to need to do your absolute best to convince her how serious you are.  (I don't know 'your life' or 'your mom', so maybe that wasn't a good example, but I'm sure you understand what I mean :)

I have been doing research a lot, and am seeing a lot of negative effects on people who have done any formulas or cleansing, and how they have gotten sick or havent felt well for a few weeks. Can these kinds of things negatively affect you?  I don't know what you've been reading and where, but the truth is the biggest majority of people on CZ do get themselves into all varieties of trouble because they don't have a clue what they're actually doing and why (and what order to do it in).  AND most of them are using supplements that are totally unnatural to their natural bodies (and that's really not much different than a drug).  When we're cleansing and healing our bodies, we're wanting a graph line that is a steady upward trend...and there's bound to be a few dips here & there in our graph line.  We don't unclog an engine without a few backfires and various spurts n' sputters - that's just to be expected.  If you want to read some VERY accurate testimonies, check out the posting history of healinginHiswings http://curezone.com/forums/s.asp?f=970&c=0&ob=d&m=healinginHiswings  and Miss Helfinger http://curezone.com/forums/s.asp?f=970&c=0&ob=d&m=Miss+Helfinger

I would love to get started asap!:) I obviously cant do it all at once, but if we come up with a customized protocol, that would be wonderful! Good for you!  But you've got a bit more learning to do first, methinks.  Here's what you need to read/learn/do before we start customizing anything (your first assignment :)...

Listen to these audios as soon as you can Dr Schulze ~!~ AUDIOS "20 Steps" and MORE ~!~ 

Start learning about colon cleansing by reading through this FAQ (and posts/thread beneath it) [FAQ] Healing Cleanse: Colon: Working File Thread and read these two articles in full (remembering that "constipation" = less than one bm for every meal you eat - we're 'constipated' if we have less than 2-3 bms daily).

Dr Schulze 2001 Bowel Newsletter

Journey to the Center of your Colon

Read through this and print it off, as it's the most lenient of all the possible food programs. http://curezone.com/upload/_N_Forums/Natural_Heali/MucuslessDietDrChristopher...)

Read about Superfood here: SuperFood by Dr. Schulze and then promise us that no matter how bad it tastes initially, that you'll commit to having 2-4 tablespoons daily :)

After you'd had a chance to read & assimilate all of that (and think you can commit to chaning your diet, doing a colon cleanse and starting the Superfood), then get me a list of questions and we'll take it from there.

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Uny, I have read the manual and watched the tapes. Dr S said under the neuropathy and muscular dystrophy section that we must do the program full force, or we are wasting our time. He also said that you need to quit your job and all, but I just got one, I have things to do this summer. But you said you can do parts of it until we heal ourselves.Mmmm, I don't every recall saying that anyone could cure an incurable illness by just 'doing parts', although I may have suggested that would be how you could start if you can't/won't commit to doing the full IP.   You won't be wasting your time to change your diet, add Superfood and do a colon cleanse, but you will likely need to do the colon cleansing 'again' when/if you start the IP.
So, should I start with a bowel cleanse and see how I feel? But I also read that if you dont do it all at once that you will feel sick and probably get worse... what should I do? I have started to incorporate more healthy and organic foods into my diet, At the minimum, my suggestion is to do more that 'incorporating more healthy' and change your diet to Dr. Christopher's Mucusless Diet (link above), adding 2-4 T of Superfood daily and do a 30 day colon cleanse.  Anybody can do these things without harming their health - they're all part of normal healthy living, eating and cleansing.

and I started a B- complex supplement like he suggested. ??? A "supplement"? The only B "supplement" that Dr. Schulze has ever recommended is nutritional yeast (or brewers yeast) or possibly some other molasses/rice bran-syrup, food-based products.  Isolated & synthetic supplements are not something we ever want to ingest.  Be sure to read the information in the two links below (and then check out the label of your supplement and let me know if it's 'okay' or not :)

Supplements-Mineral and Vitamin Supplements The HONEST STORY

Herbal Formulas That Do Not Work

I bought fresh carrot juice as well, but havent been keeping up with it very well since I am not sure of which path to take yet. But thank you for recommending the tapes, they helped for sure. By the way, where do you live? Is there anyway we could meet sometime and talk? You're welcome :)  I live in the SE corner of Iowa (in a very rural area).  

And about juicing, you are wasting the important part of the fruit or vegetable but only taking the small amount of juice inside and throwing the rest away. :::grin::: Caught ya! :)  You wouldn't be asking that question in you'd read the juicing section in the SYL manual.  Here it is online: JUICE-FASTING: The POWERFUL healing therapy!   That is why my mom is somehwat against the ideea of juicing. I strongly suggest you either read it online with your mom, or print it off and read it with her.  Also go over this one with her: How poopy is made :) +Edit/addition +reason to juice Re: Thin stools

Also, even when I eat really healthy foods, I never feel any better. Is that because I need to detox completely before starting healthy or raw foods? The biggest reason we don't feel better when we eat really healthy foods is that most people really don't know what 'really healthy' actually is, and if they are actually eating really healthy foods, they're not assimilating them adequately (explained thorough in the last link above).  And it takes some time to "feel" a major difference (due to all kinds of variables).  Thanks for all your help, and I am trying to stay hopful and positive! You're more than welcome!  You're doing a GREAT job of staying hopeful and positive, especially for someone as young as you for which this is such new (and confusing/conflicting information).  It's tough to UNlearn the things we have always known to be the "truth", and I think you're doing a WONDERFUL job absorbing it all!  

Healthiest of blessings,

Uny (who has been up all night and didn't take the time to check this for typos...yikes! :)