LDN Family Success Story: Alleviating Fran's Dementia and Yeti the Cat's Pancreatic Cancer

My mother has dementia and also an autoimmune disease called polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). We don’t know what kind of dementia she has yet and are getting ready to undergo a study at the University of Pittsburgh to try to determine that. They did put her briefly on Aricept and we saw absolutely no change, so we took her off it. When I heard LDN was being tested for neurodegenerative diseases, I contacted the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH researcher I spoke to said he had several colleagues who were having a lot of success using LDN with this population. He said LDN seems to slow down the progression of the memory loss. It doesn’t get the memory back, but it seems to slow down the progression. So that encouraged me to consider LDN for my mother’s dementia, as well as her autoimmune disease.

The NIH researcher I spoke to said he had several colleagues who were having a lot of success using LDN with this population. He said LDN seems to slow down the progression of the memory loss.

Before going on LDN, my mother had been treated with very heavy doses of prednisone for her PMR. She still had a great deal of joint pain despite the prednisone. She also fell a few times & broke 2 vertebrae in her back, so she has chronic pain. Given all of this, I took her to my rheumatologist and I told him that she needs LDN. He put her on it.

She has had a great response. Regarding her chronic pain, I do feel the LDN helps. With her dementia, prior to LDN, I had been seeing a lot of mood issues, and volatility. I see a great mood now. She has mellowed out from the LDN. My mother used to be very focused on how badly she felt. She’d say, “I just want to stay in bed. I’m exhausted. I want to go to bed.” I haven’t heard that once since she started the LDN. She’s got energy now. She’s at a retirement community playing bridge again, and functioning well with all of these new friends. There were very dramatic improvements in both my mom and her cat once after LDN.

My mother used to be very focused on how badly she felt. She’d say, “I just want to stay in bed. I’m exhausted. I want to go to bed.” I haven’t heard that once since she started the LDN

Last year, my mother was living in Florida. She called me in tears saying that her veterinarian suggested that she might need to put her cat ,Yeti, down. The cat had a pancreatic tumor, chronic pancreatitis, and was sick a lot. I immediately did internet research about LDN for pets, and found a veterinarian in New Jersey who was using LDN on various animals. I called her the next day. She was very gracious to describe the different animals on which she was using LDN successfully. The vet explained that it doesn’t work for every animal, but that she’s seen that it does work for a lot, and she’s personally seen a handful of miraculous cases where animals’ tumors have disappeared using LDN. With that information, I tried (unsuccessfully) to find a vet in my mother’s area willing to prescribe LDN. Ultimately, I wrote a letter to my mother’s veterinarian saying that, in lieu of the fact that she has spent several thousands of dollars on treatments for this cat over the years and that they are suggesting to put the cat down, could we please try LDN first? They agreed.

The vet explained that it doesn’t work for every animal, but that she’s seen that it does work for a lot, and she’s personally seen a handful of miraculous cases where animals’ tumors have disappeared using LDN.

We give him 0.4mg (based on his weight) of LDN. We mix liquid LDN into his food. We tried the chewable form of LDN (a seafood treat) but he defies the mold by not liking it. So mixing the liquid LDN into his food works really well for him.

Yeti and I started our LDN on the very same day, Aug 22, 2017. Prior to starting LDN, Yeti was lethargic. He slept, all day and all night. Always in bed. He didn't have an appetite. He was frequently getting sick and throwing up. Just a very ill cat. After the first dose of LDN, Yeti’s appetite improved immediately. He ate voraciously, which he was not doing previously, and he had been losing weight. Yeti was also lethargic before LDN. He was sleeping all the time…barely moving. Yeti is 15 years old, and all I ever saw him do was lay around. After starting LDN, the cat became active and playful. I didn’t even know he knew how to run! You can tell that he feels better, and that has continued during the year that Yeti has been on LDN.

Yeti is 15 years old, and all I ever saw him do was lay around. After starting LDN, the cat became active and playful. I didn’t even know he knew how to run!

We just had our first visit with a veterinarian here in Pittsburgh. The cat had a tumor in Florida. After LDN, he no longer has a tumor. It’s another miraculous story of LDN. We’re truly a family success story when it comes to LDN.

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