Snake oil? I don't know, but I've never seen a rusty snake.

Jack the cats treatment was not cheap, but also not over. The vet said he could only clear 3 things at the same time, as pushing past that would push Jack too hard. He then figured out that he MUST push 4 in order to make the combo that he wanted to make to pull Jack away from Death's door. Jack ran a fever for 2 days, and was lethargic and hid, but he was eating his high value food, and taking his naturopathic remedies. In the end Jack's first visit cost me $250 and he is going back next week for another treatment. The vet told me that once he is done "adjusting jack on the machine, it will end up costing me between $600 and $800 if not a bit more to bring jack back. So...its about the same price.

DH is FREAKING OUT! if there is one issue you can freak him out with, its money. We have another grand into a 5 grand cat, and now we are going to throw a grand at the wife, AND I need a follow up treatment in one month that may or may not be almost as expensive. Money is flying! I reminded him that we had virtually no oil bill this year. The electric stayed low because of the weather. Jack seems dramatically better, so we can stop spending money on the expensive food, and injections.

I do not know how much of the placebo factor plays in for humans, but I do know that Jack the cat wouldnt fall prey to it. He would either feel better or not. Jack the cat feels better.

Wild stuff, but I guess no more wild than the accupuncure, massage therapy, magnetic therapy, copaxone, betaseron (they dont know how or why those work) along with MRI the stress of going back and forth...how much am I already falling victim to the placebo effect?

Im BLIND! my sight is 20/400 even if I can get back to 20/200 I would still be legally blind but have enough visual light to make out things that are in my path.

Thanks for the cheerleading.

I've been using magnets for over a decade now successfully.
They have to be placed carefully to work and they have to be STRONG, to penetrate. Older magnets were not strong, hence people think all magnets are fringey.

The reason acupuncture works, has been discovered. It affects adenosine levels in the nerves, which are a part of ATP.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0530144021.htm
One can raise adenosine with d-ribose a sugar available OTC easily. This works for Fibro patients and some with Chronic Fatigue. I've used it myself for my PN a while back. 5-7.5 grams a day. Adenosine is composed of ribose and another molecule. Ribose is not plentiful in our food chain. So supplementing helps some people.

If you search Ribose on the boards, you find those posts on Fibro and PN.