Letters to the Editor

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, August, 2001

Finally, after almost 3 years, my chiropractor gave me a book he had read 10 years before. He said my story and symptoms reminded him of the book and its author. It was a 1988 edition of Allergies and Candida by Steven Rochlitz. At this point nothing had worked to improve my health. Both my DC and environmental MD encouraged me to try Rochlitz's methods. After my wife read the introduction about the author, she told me, "this guy sounds just like you." Unbeknownst to me, Steven Rochlitz, PhD had suffered a similar health crisis almost 20 years earlier. Out of desperation, I called Steven Rochlitz, took all of his seminars and did a private session with him in Arizona. At the time, I was so allergic and financially broke, I had to set my tent up and sleep in the desert.

In the 1-hour private session, he found the root cause of my MCS with Applied Kinesiology methods: chronic viruses and Protozoan parasites. Rochlitz then found what my body needed to counter these microorganisms and shortly thereafter I was finally well. And that was the end of my chemical sensitivities and other complaints. I was astonished to find my problem so quickly resolved and equally surprised were my MD and DC. I went from seeing health practitioners 3-4 times per week to relieve symptoms to going almost a full year without any appointments.

I was disappointed with the January issue because it was missing a very important approach when it comes to ecologically ill people. I am pleased to finally find Professor Rochlitz' research cited in the May issue. I urge everyone - sick people and physicians alike - to take his October Seminar and to read his books. Don't be like me and spend thousands of dollars with minimal results. I highly recommend that you do his work first, not last, as I did. I am so convinced that Rochlitz's methods will work for others, I recently coordinated Rochlitz to lecture and teach a class to health practitioners and lay people, including a few sick teachers in my region. Incidentally, my DC who originally gave me his book, attended the class. I am grateful to him and my MD for the encouragement to try something different when so many things had failed to alleviate my health problems.

Today, without environmental problems, I am a strong advocate of improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools. At present, I serve on the WEAIAQ State Task Force that tries to educate and prevent IAQ problems in schools throughout the state. If you have any questions or may be interested in hearing more of my account with Rochlitz or perhaps attending one of his classes, please call me.

Chip Halverson, MEd

Ephrata, Washington USA

509-754-1848

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Editor:

The amendment to the B.C. Medical Act as finally passed, mandated one representative on the investigating committee, rather than requiring an equal number as first introduced.

I wish to make it clear that I was only one out of a large number of women and men who worked so hard for this amendment. One of the key people was Mr. Hugh Pearson, who died last year at age ninety. I think it should be called the Pearson Amendment.