The Little Thread Which Grew - the Apollo '73 to Everything But

[Hatshepsut]

Message to Leon deleted and placed in pm box. Instructions on how to share any pics of South Africa using the UCP of this board.

Hint....hint Leon.

 

[Hatshepsut]

Originally posted by Dianaclass8

Carmelo, you look hot with your hippie outfit...how come I didn't know you then? LOL!

Diana

"hippie outfit"

still laughing Diana

"HIPPIE OUTFIT"


COWBOY OUTFIT

 

[dianaclass8]

What did I say? Is my English no good?

"hippie outfit"

still laughing Diana

"HIPPIE OUTFIT"


COWBOY OUTFIT

 

[Mark A. Baker]

What did I say? Is my English no good?

I think Hat is having a 'flashback' to the Summer of Love.


Mark A. Baker

 

[Leon]

Absolute PROOF that OT telepathy is REAL. Hatsy responded to my often plaintive though silent and unspoken wail of 'how the hell does one push the needed buttons to add all these pistures that other guys are loading'. Normally anything with more than an on/off switch throws me into immediate despair.

I will find some pics to post and show you all about me. I tink Facebook is supposed to be the venue for that. In a fit of insanity a while ago I signed up for a facebook page and have regretted it ever since. I never go there.

Anyway, I'll find something and see if Hatsy's instructions can qualify as standard tech.

 

[dianaclass8]

I think Hat is having a 'flashback' to the Summer of Love.


Mark A. Baker

LOL! I missed all those fun times in the 60's...I was too busy living in a very Victorian society...I remember being in high school and we would buy the american magazines to read all about Woodstock, Studio 54...and all those things that were as far as Mars to us...LOL!!!

Diana

 

[dianaclass8]

Absolute PROOF that OT telepathy is REAL. Hatsy responded to my often plaintive though silent and unspoken wail of 'how the hell does one push the needed buttons to add all these pistures that other guys are loading'. Normally anything with more than an on/off switch throws me into immediate despair.

I will find some pics to post and show you all about me. I tink Facebook is supposed to be the venue for that. In a fit of insanity a while ago I signed up for a facebook page and have regretted it ever since. I never go there.

Anyway, I'll find something and see if Hatsy's instructions can qualify as standard tech.

Hi Leon, good to read you! :dancer:

 

[Leon]

Thaks Diana.

Hatsy - Step 5 is to click on "Upload pictures". There is no such place to click that I can find. Step 4 did work fine.

L

 

[Mark A. Baker]

Thaks Diana.

Hatsy - Step 5 is to click on "Upload pictures". There is no such place to click that I can find. Step 4 did work fine.

L

IF you are trying to load a picture from an internet url into a post, there is a button at the top of the edit box. The icon is a view of mountains & sun against a yellow background sky. It's fifth from the right hand side. Clicking that pops up a window in which you can input the url of any picture on the web.

IF you are trying to upload a picture from your computer, the attachment button (icon = paperclip) at the top of the edit screen is the correct one. It pops up a window which lets you select the file to upload from your computer.


Mark A. Baker

 

[Leon]

OK I've made an album called my album and I have found te Upload pictures tab and when I go in there I get the three whatsits that Hats said would be there. Each one is a browse.

Now must I have a file with the pics in it that I want to upload? will it upload the entire file or only the pics?

 

[lkwdblds]

We are ready to upload pictures from our workshop

Candy uploaded pictures we took out in Riverside a couple of weeks ago for a Kiwanis luncheon. We also took some tremendous shots of Candy, Edey and I at the Mission Inn. Those were followed by pictures taken at our Workshop on Feb 5th in Beverly Hills. All these pictures were uploaded today on the yahoo program, "flickr". Flickr seems to be the easiest one to use that I have found to upload one's photos.

Candy already posted these photos on her Facebook site and emailed them to my Facebook site as well but many ESMB people do not want to belong to Facebook and hence can not view the pictures.

Tomorrow, I am going to attempt to post those photos on ESMB here on this thread. Last December, I posted several sets of photos here on the Apollo thread from Halloween and Thanksgiving Parties plus my own birthday party. Now some 2 months later, I need to refresh myself because I am no longer sure how to do it. I did take notes, so I will refresh by restudying my notes.

We are going to hold another workshop up in central California between Feb 18th and 21st. Candy and I are going to drive up on the 18th as we have already mentioned. Our hosts want to co host another workshop - discussion panel, similar to what we did in Beverly Hills. That workshop should be memorable both for fun and for the anecdotes which will be told of the old days. It is amazing how the younger people or people who were never in the Sea Org or on staff in the 60's and 70's just love to hear tales from old St. Hill or from ex Apollo crew!!!

At El Coyote Restaurant in Hollywood, someone mentioned that I had been on the Apollo and interacted with LRH. Suddenly, all eyes were rivited on me and everyone wanted to here my stories. Of course Candy and a few others have stories far more exciting and informative than mine. Face, here on this thread, is another such person in that category.

I will say this, however, on my own behalf; the stuff that happened to me both at CCLA and on the Apollo was pretty fantastic in its own right. It is fodder for some great general human interest stories. I was a relatively minor player but I was perceptive and trying very hard to participate and make things go right. Nothing escaped me and with a very good memory of the past, I was able to make my stories come alive and mean something to a goodly number of people. I am eternally grateful that I had the opportunity to tell my stories. Emma is the one who I owe the most thanks to for her providing the ESMB forum! Telling the story fully and having it well received caused my entire life to change for the better but I know I caused major changes for the better in other people's lives as well.

These workshops, choosing one particular area of life and having a facilitator lead a discussion where each member of a panel has his or her say is a very uplifting activity. I am really hooked on this concept.

I contrast people reading the texts of one man and/or having headphones on and duplicating the ideas of one particular man with a group workshop approach where a text is choosen and a topic from that text is chosen and then each person in a group tells what that text means to him or her.

Both activities are valid. We all have to read the text in the first place, usually on our own but once everyone has done so, then to open things up and exchange ideas in an open but controlled format, well that is the "ne plus ultra" of learning and having fun doing so. It is so great to hear people share their wins and have new realizations and it leads to examining a topic from several different unique viewpoints not just the Author's viewpoint and your own viewpoint. TO ME, THIS IS LIKE A FINISHING SCHOOL FOR GOOD EDUCATION.....YOU SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS WITH THOSE OF YOUR PEERS. ALL ATTENDEES ARE SUPPORTIVE AND GIVING AND THE TONE LEVEL GOES OUT THE ROOF. SOMETIMES YOU LEARN SOMETHING WHICH YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF ON YOUR OWN. IT IS REALLY A UNIQUE PHENOMENA.

One thing about our central California Workshop. I know the photos of it will be posted the very next day. A couple of our scheduled attendees are experts in posting photos on ESMB.
Lakey

 

[Hatshepsut]

OK I've made an album called my album and I have found te Upload pictures tab and when I go in there I get the three whatsits that Hats said would be there. Each one is a browse.

Now must I have a file with the pics in it that I want to upload? will it upload the entire file or only the pics?

Only the pics Leon. I think each of the three upload bars is for one picture each. ESMB does not really let you mega upload or store. You are limited. So you will have to offload pics at some time to make room for more. Its not really cyberspace. Its ESMB cache I guess. OH, and after you've uploaded pictures you have to click save changes on the right lower of that box...otherwise no successful upload will appear for all of your work.

And when you copy and paste into that little sun over mountain you must click OK afterward or you have nothing for all your work either.

 

[Leon]

I've uploaded a pic into my album (I think) and I nw have Hats' instruction: Quote "You should now have albums in your profile area with pictures on te right side of your page by your friends list."

What/where is my "profile area"? "friends list"?

Also I have nowhere yet found the little thingy with the sun on it that I'm supposed to click on.


Help appreciated.

 

[Hatshepsut]

I've uploaded a pic into my album (I think) and I nw have Hats' instruction: Quote "You should now have albums in your profile area with pictures on te right side of your page by your friends list."

What/where is my "profile area"? "friends list"?

Also I have nowhere yet found the little thingy with the sun on it that I'm supposed to click on.


Help appreciated.

What/where is my "profile area"? "friends list"?

Click UCP in the upper left corner of the dash as before.
You will see Your Profile underlined. Beneath that you will see Edit your profile. Edit your photo etc... click on the title YOUR PROFILE at the top of that box of three choices. YOUR PROFILE is underlined and will turn a yellow highlight when you click on it.




Lo, the thingy with the sun in it.

Hark, the area which you now will have your albums in for everybody to snoop in

And leave the blue area in the box blue when you paste into it.

The way Mark tells you to do it will result in clickable thumbnails and not the full size photo.

 

[lkwdblds]

Thanks for all your efforts on photos Hats!

Click UCP in the upper left corner of the dash as before.
You will see Your Profile underlined. Beneath that you will see Edit your profile. Edit your photo etc... click on the title YOUR PROFILE at the top of that box of three choices. YOUR PROFILE is underlined and will turn a yellow highlight when you click on it.




Lo, the thingy with the sun in it.

Hark, the area which you now will have your albums in for everybody to snoop in

And leave the blue area in the box blue when you paste into it.

The way Mark tells you to do it will result in clickable thumbnails and not the full size photo.

Thanks so much for taking all this time and trouble Hats! I don't know what it is with certain people who are older such as perhaps Leon and myself. I die a thousand deaths each time I go to post photos. It is very hard for me to get a conceptual understanding of what is going on. Finally, I eventually learn it cook book or rote style but do not fully understand what I am doing. This works okay for two or three days but then if I do not post any pictures for a month or so, I no longer remember the cook book approach and have to learn the it all over again. I take notes on what I did but they are sketchy. Sometimes I have trouble deciphering my own notes. Finally, after dying a thousand deaths, I'll get the photos posted and have it down pat again for a few days but then a month later I haven't a clue of how to do it and go through this process yet another time. What a bummer!

 

[FoTi]

Thanks so much for taking all this time and trouble Hats! I don't know what it is with certain people who are older such as perhaps Leon and myself. I die a thousand deaths each time I go to post photos. It is very hard for me to get a conceptual understanding of what is going on. Finally, I eventually learn it cook book or rote style but do not fully understand what I am doing. This works okay for two or three days but then if I do not post any pictures for a month or so, I no longer remember the cook book approach and have to learn the it all over again. I take notes on what I did but they are sketchy. Sometimes I have trouble deciphering my own notes. Finally, after dying a thousand deaths, I'll get the photos posted and have it down pat again for a few days but then a month later I haven't a clue of how to do it and go through this process yet another time. What a bummer!

Lakey, take a sheet of paper.....write down (cookbook style).....step 1, step 2, step 3, etc in how to post photos. Keep that sheet of paper in a file somewhere so that the next time you want to do it you just pull out the sheet of paper with the instructions and follow them one step at a time. It works.

 

[Hatshepsut]

Do not die a thousand deaths. Its like riding a bicycle......a 10 speed.

Lakey and Leon.

Recipe as suggested by FoTi

1. Go to User CP (user control panel) in the dash at top left of message board

2. Go to the 'Networking' section and click on 'Picture & Albums'

3. Click on 'Add album' underneath

4. Put a name for your album in the title area and a description if you want

5. Make it public and then click on SUBMIT

6. It will now ask you to "Click here to upload picutes" Do that.

7. Three browse strips will come up. Each strip is for one photo from your PC photo files . Click Browse on the first one and you will boot into your photos or will have to locate your pictures folder on your pc. Double click to upload your photo into browse area. If you see print in the narrow box the picture is uploaded there. You may repeat this action three times uploading a photo into each Browse box.

8. You must then click 'upload pictures' below when you have filled your 3 linear boxes with the picture 'info'

9. After you have clicked 'upload pictures' you will see numeric codes by each of your actual photos lined up in a row vertically.

10. You must click 'save changes' to successfully have a new album in you Profile area. If you forget this step nothing is uploaded.

11. You will now see the photos adjacent to each other horizontally and the album name you chose above them on the left.

12. Return to User CP and click on 'pictures and albums' under Networking again. Your new album should be there. Double click to open it and see your photos

I have my Camtasia screen capture video software to make tutorials with on my other PC and its not synced with my router right now. Otherwise I would just have the screen filmed as I did it with a highlighted arrow and it would be on a YouTube link for you. All those 16 year olds are posting complex video tutorials on everything under the sun. :wink2:

 

[Hatshepsut]

I forgot to tell you how to place a photo in your post. Simply go to your albums and double click any photo. It opens up with an image link and a url link. I usually copy the image link to my clipboard. Then I make my post and click on the little icon with the sun and the mountain inside a square. It sits atop of the reply box. Cursor to where you want the photo in your post. Paste the image code in there and ok. Voila. You can also use the url link too with the attachment clip icon by copying and pasting the url code inside the box .

 

[lkwdblds]

How to Place a Photo in your Post

I forgot to tell you how to place a photo in your post. Simply go to your albums and double click any photo. It opens up with an image link and a url link. I usually copy the image link to my clipboard. Then I make my post and click on the little icon with the sun and the mountain inside a square. It sits atop of the reply box. Cursor to where you want the photo in your post. Paste the image code in there and ok. Voila. You can also use the url link too with the attachment clip icon by copying and pasting the url code inside the box .

Thanks to FoTi and expecially to Hats for typing up this Hat Write-up Cook Book style. Whenever I have made my Hat write ups, I did them in pencil and some of the steps are sketchy.

For example, I would sail through steps 1 thru 6 with no problem but often became stuck at step 7. I was then fine until step 10. Many was the time when I could not locate where my photos were stored on my computer.

Candy helped overcome this problem by giving every group of photos its own file name. If I could not get the photos located, there is a search box in the camera and photo section of my computer. By typing in the file name and doing a search, that particular file of photos always comes up immediately. I always locate the file containing the photos which I want to post before I begin the process which Hats has now cook booked. NOTHING IS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN GETTING YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS ALL SET UP ON ESMB TO RECEIVE THEIR PHOTOS AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE YOUR PHOTOS ON YOUR COMPUTER. Flickr also gives protection for this problem as well. When you enter flickr, all the photos which you have uploaded appear right there on page one of flickr so that is insurance for always being able to locate your photos.

Besides having trouble with numbers 7 and 10 of the cook book and then locating the photos on my computer, my last problem was that I would forget "HOW TO PLACE A PHOTO IN YOUR POST", the very topic that Hats has covered above.

That was very irritating. Probably about 90% of the work is in getting the photos into your albums on the ESMB Control Panel and only 10% of the work is involved in "HOW TO PLACE A PHOTO IN YOUR POST". Even so, after a few weeks without posting photos, I would have trouble doing that last step, the final 10%. That was very irritating to say the least. To know that you are 90% done and not be able to decipher your notes to execute the last 10% of the process was always a major pain in the ass.

HAVING THIS NEW WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL TYPED UP HAT SHOULD LEAD TO MORE PHOTOS BEING POSTED BY OLD TIMERS. Thanks again FoTi and Hats.
Lakey

 

[CarmeloOrchards]

Saving Sight
by
Grace Halloran, Ph.D.

You've stayed up past your bedtime to see a special on Nightline- Rubbing your sleep-deprived right eye, you notice Ted Koppel's face is missing on the screen. Thinking part of dinner may have migrated to the out side of your glasses, you clean the lenses with your shirttail. But when you put them back on, Ted's face is still a blurry blank. It doesn't happen when you have both eyes open looking at his face, but when you close that one eye, the only thing left is the hair and the collar of his shirt.

Fear and frustration are your unwelcome bedfellows that night. The next morning you schedule an emergency appointment at the ophthalmologist. Surely he can fix your problem, you think and hope. But the visit to the eye specialist typically ends with shock, disbelief, and a feeling of helplessness While observing the back of your eye, the doctor's comments trigger an emotional roller coaster ride that doesn't stop. "You have macular degeneration in this eye, and there's nothing we can do to restore the sight that is lost." The next sentence doesn't do much to reassure you when the doctor says, "You won't go completely blind. You'll always have your side vision." However, the ability to read, drive, recognize the faces of friends and loved ones, spot the food stains on your clothes, play cards or golf, pay bills, or distinguish the difference between a twenty and a one dollar bill will be gone. Not blind?

A Hidden Epidemic

As I quickly learned when I began to learn about the disease, a similar scenario like this is experienced by over a thousand Americans every day. There is a hidden epidemic sweeping America. It is Macular Degeneration, broadly defined as the deterioration of the central area of the retina (see sidebar). According to a 1998 report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), over 17 million Americans are now visually impaired in the United States. Glaucoma, complications from diabetes, retinal detachment and other eye diseases and dysfunctions account for about 55% of the problems; the remaining 45% are forms of macular degeneration. Within the next several years over 75 million Americans will pass the mid-century mark. The NIH estimates that nearly half of them may be at risk to lose their sight from these same causes at this same ratio.

Currently, over 500,000 Americans per year are diagnosed with MD. With the "dry type" of macular degeneration, a gradual worsening of the vision might prompt a routine appointment with the ophthalmologist: "I need a stronger eyeglass prescription." With the "wet type," described above, a person can suddenly find a hole in their vision when the non-dominant eye is closed.

Conventional medicine does not offer much in the way of treatment for this condition. In all my experience, and the experience of hundreds of others with whom I've talked, the only procedure offered was laser surgery performed within 72 hours of the onset of the wet type of MD. This cauterized the leakage but did nothing to reverse the condition. The vast majority of doctors are tremendously under-educated in the fields of nutrition and alternative therapies. Tragically, due to their limited exposure and knowledge in these fields, they tell their patients that "nothing" can be done. This medical hexing may be as much a part of the decline of sight as any of the other contributing factors recently identified. The feeling of helplessness often creates a vicious stress cycle that can actually contribute to the predicted degeneration. But there is help and hope for the millions of individuals suffering from or at risk for macular degeneration. The experience of hundreds of individuals-myself included has proven that when alternative methods are employed, eye health and visual function are often improved. Individuals facing sight loss from serious eye disorders need to aggressively explore lifestyle changes to improve overall health, and to reject the "victim" mentality that so often accompanies the conventional medical diagnosis of conditions that cause sight to fail.

Taking Sight Loss Personally

I came to this awareness when I was diagnosed in 1971 with the wet type of macular degeneration due to a genetic eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. I was told that I would soon be completely blind. I was twenty-four and a single parent. I consulted seven eye specialists, from the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center to Harvard University's Ear and Eye Hospital in Boston.

Every one confirmed the diagnosis and prognosis. I was depressed, but resolved to face the inevitable and go blind as graciously as possible. But then I was told that my nine month old son would probably be totally blind before he was a teen. That prediction turned my depression into anger and action and a journey. that has now spanned twenty-six years. While my baby was still in diapers, I began my search for knowledge and help.

Running only into the same dead end with conventional medicine, I turned to the alternative medical community for answers. The attitude and offers of help in the alternative world was a healing balm to my wounded body and spirit. Instead of the negative attitude of doctors who seemed to concern themselves with cures, while the quality of my life was drowning in self-pity and failing sight, I found a lifeline that allowed me to turn a curse of sight loss into a gift of self-discovery and empowerment. Investigating a host of alternative disciplines provided knowledge and techniques to improve my overall health. I became an aggressive activist in my fight to save my fight, and to prevent my son from going blind.

Attending workshops, plowing through books, and seeking input from experts via private consultations, I focused on how all these alternative health disciplines could affect the eyes. By the end of the 1970's I had come to realize that to achieve eye health one had to address body, mind, and spirit. In 1979 1 earned a Ph.D. in Holistic Health Science from Columbia Pacific University, specializing in eye health. By that time I had improved my own eye sight from having a 3° and 5° field of vision in my left and right eyes respectively, to 80° in both (full faculty would be 90°). My central acuity was 20/40.

The IVH Program

I took everything I had experienced and learned from all the fields of alternative medicine I had studied and put together a program which I called Integrated Visual Healing (IVH). IVH is a multi-faceted approach, incorporating several ancient and modern therapies, increasing overall health with special focus on the eyes. Briefly described, some of the modalities we teach are:

DIET AND NUTRITION: We begin with the basics: eating organic, whole, fresh, minimally-processed foods. I also consider it essential that individuals at risk or who have serious eye disorders incorporate a supplement program, including therapeutic combination products, such as Pure Focus, a sublingual spray from BioMax. Nutrition education is a critical component in the IVH program.

ACUPRESSURE: This is a form of acupuncture, employing the same points, but stimulating energy flow with finger pressure instead of needles. I worked on myself, and also gave my infant son acupressure treatments while he slept in his crib, massaging points on his head, ears, hands, and feet to stimulate the energy flow to his eyes.

MICRO-CURRENT THERAPY: I first encountered this studying sports medicine. This is like a high-tech, non-invasive acupuncture technique. I used it with miraculous effect speeding my son's recovery when he severely broke his arm when he was eight. We recommend a device invented by Dr. Joel Rossen, called the MicroStim, which is suitable for both clinical and home use.

COLOR THERAPY: Ancient Egyptian texts allude to this form of healing. Again, there is inexpensive equipment suitable for self-application in the home, and it is valuable. We have found, for instance, that magenta stimulates the macular region; blue-green seems to increase lymph flow in the eyes; and a combination of the green-yellow range improves field of vision and night sight.

MASSAGE: We teach a version of Touch for Health, a system developed by Dr. John Thie which combines applied kinesiology (muscle testing and movement) with lymphatic massage therapy. We call our protocol Total Body Balancing and it is very useful for ongoing home therapy. Our research has demonstrated that chronic and degenerative disorders need to be addressed long term.

STRESS MANAGEMENT: Chronic stress reduces the blood supply to the eyes over a long period, which can result in severe degeneration. Under stress, even normal-sighted people tend to lose side vision and focusing ability. Since sight loss itself creates stress, a major component in the success of our program is training and education in the areas of stress management.

EYE HEALTH EXERCISES: poor posture and chronic muscle tension impair circulation to and from the head. Nerve, a lymph, and blood supplies are all affected by the level of tension in the upper torso. participants of the IVH program are taught a series of exercises specifically designed to stimulate right/left brain function, coupled with yoga-like stretches to elongate and tone the upper torso to improve circulation. participants from ages 10 to 92 have been able to embrace these exercises with significant and sometimes dramatic effects.

Looking to the Future

As yet we have not yet witnessed a cure for macular degeneration. We have documented visual function improvement in both subjective and objective evaluations (see Case Studies sidebar). We should also not overlook our success with the quality of life issues that have been dramatically enhanced by these alternative modalities.

When anyone, no matter what their condition, takes an active role in their health care, they can be empowered with knowledge and tools to improve the quality of their life, and as clearly demonstrated in medical documentation, improve their ability to see. Sight is a precious gift and should be treasured. There is always hope.

Oh, and if you're wondering what happened to my son, who every specialist I saw unequivocally pronounced would be blind by the time he was a teenager? He is now 27 years old, stands six feet four inches, and is a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force. You can bet with certainty that the Air Force doesn't let blind individuals enlist. Thanks to alternative therapies and his willingness to be my little guinea pig, his eyes are perfectly normal.

What Is Macular Degeneration?

The macula is the region located in the back of the eye on the retina (see illustration, opposite). The back of the eye is the front of the brain, and the retina was formed from brain cells. Seeing is a learned response of the brain, interpreting images from incoming light vibrations. Hardly larger then the head of a ballpoint pen, the macula contains the most concentrated area of photoreceptor cells. It is responsible for clear central sight. If the macular region is damaged or dysfunctional, the data transmitted to the brain can be incomplete or missing altogether. Reading, facial recognition, and color perception are all processed in the macula region.

There are two main types of macular degeneration: "dry" and "wet." In the wet type, fluid leaks from vascular cells into sensitive retinal tissue in the macula. Swelling prevents clear images to be processed. Sight loss can be dramatic and immediate. In the dry type the vascular system atrophies, preventing the supply of blood to this vital and sensitive area. This form develops more slowly, with sight gradually degrading over a period of years.

There are multiple contributing factors: to macular degeneration. The National Eye Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, in their study; "Vision Research: A National Plan, I994 -1998," cited the following: genetic disposition, ultra-violet radiation, smoking, toxins from environmental pollution, drug use, and nutritional deficiencies. To these Integrated Visual Healing (IVH) has added stress, digestive problems, and an impaired circulatory system.

As of this date conventional medicine considers macular degeneration incurable. To our knowledge, no one alternative therapy has emerged that can be considered a panacea, However scientific studies have demonstrated that retinal tissue does have regenerative capabilities. Using a multi-faceted approach, educating individuals and training them to be their own therapist as an ongoing commitment, we at IVH consistently see the cessation of degeneration, dramatic improvement, and even cases of complete reversal.

Case Studies from the Integrated Visual Healing Program

Aside from contrary thinking, another factor blocking the acceptance of alternative eye health modalities into mainstream medicine is the lack of interest and funding available for research in this arena. All of the documentation collected by the IVH program has been self-funded, with generous donations of time by doctors such as August L. Reader, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Dale Fast, O.D. All of the small sample studies establish that the IVH multiple approach does indeed improve visual function. For instance, between December 1995 and August 1997, Dr. Reader and I evaluated the effects of IVH on thirty participants, between the ages of 13 and 83. Results included the case of a 72-year old male, who had been afflicted with retinitis pigmentosa since his 20's. Before the program his sight was limited to counting fingers at one foot (CF@1'). After three months his visual acuity had improved to 20/200 in one eye, 20/100 in the other. A 58-year old woman with MD and high myopia had presenting visual acuity of 20/300 in the right eye and CF@5' in the other. After two weeks her visual acuities were 20/200 in the right and 20/100+1 in the left. A 66-year old woman who was still active as an underwater photographer was diagnosed with early onset MD. Eighteen months after she took the IVH program her eye specialist gave her the good news. Not only had the macular degeneration not progressed as predicted, it appeared to be nonexistent: her central acuity was measured at 20/15 in both eyes! Her vision, instead of getting worse, had improved.

In another two-year period, 114 participants in the IVH program were evaluated by an independent research panel of Doctors of Optometry. Of the 114, 98 showed significant improvement; 2 showed slightly less visual acuity; and 14 stayed the same (these began with sight within normal parameters). It is our goal to develop and establish larger, more objective studies for publication in peer review journals, opening the door for education and dialogue within the conventional medical community.

Here is a case study with a little more detail. Angie was diagnosed with macular degeneration in her late seventies. At the age of eighty-three, she participated in a two-week IVH therapy and training session. Pre- and post-therapy vision exams were supervised by a Neuro-ophthalmologist, August L. Reader, M.D., F.A.C.S. The post therapy exam revealed an increase in distance vision in the right eye from 20/400 (legally blind starts at 20/200) to 20/200, and to correctly identify 2 letters on the 20/100 line on standardized acuity charts. Objective field of Vision evaluations provided by the Humphrey Field of Vision Analyzer, in the right eye, went from a mean deviation of -7.19 to -5.19, which is near the normal range of visual function (normal mean deviation is 4 to +4). Pre-testing on the left eye was unable to be performed due to the inability of Angie to visualize the target. Post examination established a field of vision. Although improvement. Angie's macular degeneration was quite advanced, and the results were dramatic in a short period of time, although visual performance was still poor and she still could not drive or read. However, eye health and visual function improvement allows Angie to see her grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's faces better, to enjoy watching television, and to play her favorite card game.

Resources:

For Complete Nutritional Protocol and Workshop Information:
Integrated Visual Healing
655 Lewelling Blvd.,#214
San Leandro, CA 94579 Tel. 510-357-0477

Alternative Vision Improvement Conferences:
Grace Halloran, Ph.D. Keynote Speaker at: Symposium on Natural Vision Improvement Sponsored by: Old Dominion University,
Virginia Beach,VA. November 19-21, 1999 e-mail: mitchel@odu. edu
Tel. 757-683-4686

Book:
Amazing Grace - Autobiography of a Survivor, by Grace Halloran, Ph.D. North Star Publications, 1993. ISBN: 1-8880823-0505. Available at www.amazon.com, local bookstores, or call 800- 742- 6139

Complementary Ophthalmology:
August L. Reader, MD., F.A.C.S.
Pacific Eye Associates.
2100 Webster St., Suite 214
San Francisco, CA. 94115 Tel. 415-923-3007

Micro-current Device for clinical and home use:
MicroStim Technology Inc.,
7881 NW 90th Ave.
Tamarac, FL. 33321 Tel. 800-326-9119

Massage Technique:
Touch for Health Association
11262 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230 Tel. 800-466-8342

Nutritional Support:
Pure Focus by BioMax
10855 Sorrento Valley Rd., Suite 101
San Diego, CA. 92121 Tel. 800-819-5631