After a canoe trip, my eyes began to itch like mad.  The next morning I awoke to see an extremely red eye with lots of mucous.  Over the next several days the itching became intense and my right eye began to swell.  I could see bruising in the corner of my right eye, which was spreading down below it.  There was blood leaking under my skin.  I began to wonder if I had picked up some type of bacteria from the river water, or that perhaps some pathogen may have blown into my eyes from the windy prairie beside the river where the cattle graze.  This thought caused concern so I picked up the phone and called the doctor.

Afterward I made the appointment I knew that I should not have made it, but it was too late to cancel.  I knew that I should have looked for the true cause of the problem.  I needed to get to the root of the problem.  And I knew that I should have given my body the time it needed to heal itself.  But I panicked, as we have been programed to do when it comes to any problem the body encounters.

This is where I should add that I am opposed to taking any and all drugs.  After doing research on diseases and drugs over the past 15 years, I know how toxic drugs can be!  You can read more about toxicity in my book, WARNINGS of Disease.  

During the doctor’s appointment, I briefly explained why I had made the appointment.  I detailed my medical history and discussed my book.  After examination, the doctor offered a prescription for an antibiotic, which I declined.  She offered a prescription for an antihistamine, which I also declined.  She offered a prescription for an anti-inflammatory, but I declined that, too.  Then the doctor offered a prescription for a steroidal eye drop to stop the itching, which I vehemently declined.

After the doctor had exhausted her standard protocol, she realized that I was not going to take any of the drugs that she had to offer.  She then said that the eye did not appear to be infected (which I already knew), and she said that it did not appear to be bacterial, which is what I wanted to hear!   With that, I thanked her and quickly headed for the door.  The doctor told me that the eye should heal itself (no kidding!), but if the problem persisted, I should come back for further testing.

Afterwards, I was remorseful that I had wasted time and money going to the doctor because I knew that going to the doctor meant prescription drugs and taking medical tests.  But I was thankful that the doctor had the wherewithal to tell me that the eye could heal itself and for the opportunity to share details of my new book.

The itching, redness, and swelling around my right eye continued…

This is where I should add that even though I have eyeglasses, I seldom wear them anymore.  My eyesight has progressively improved over the years, which I attribute to healthy eating.  Earlier this year, I broke down and went to the eye doctor to get a new pair of glasses because the ones I had were much too strong.

At the eye doctor, I made it be known that I wanted just a visual eye exam, as it was done in days gone by before the advent of fancy medical machinery and the push of pharmaceutical drugs.  I declined all of the eye drops and various tests that they had to offer.   The eye doctor was surprised to see that my vision had improved, but was even more surprised to see that an astigmatism had gone away.  I asked her if she had ever seen an astigmatism go away and she said no, they usually get worse.  I proceeded to tell her about my new book and we talked about healthy eating for awhile.

Note that these two events, the canoe trip and the eye doctor appointment, happened around the same time…

I spent several days at home without putting on my eyeglasses.  I noticed that the itching, redness, and swelling had declined.  I thought perhaps my body had finally fought off whatever it had come into contact with that was causing the problem.  As I was getting ready to go to church one morning, I put on my new eyeglasses and my right eye immediately began to itch.  I thought, hmmm.  That night, the itching, redness, and swelling returned and it took every bit of will power not to scratch my right eye out of its socket!

The next morning as I was getting ready to leave the house, I put on my new glasses and the itching became acute right where the pads of the eyeglasses touched the bridge of my nose.  I took off the glasses and the itching was not as fierce.  I put them back on, and the itching intensified.  I thought to myself, “The pads of the eyeglasses are toxic!”

I quit wearing my new eyeglasses for a couple of weeks and the itching, redness, and swelling went away.   Then, I went back to the eye doctor to see if I could get the pads replaced with something else.  When I explained why I was at the doctor’s office without an appointment, they said “No problem.  We’ll just replace the pads with hypoallergenic ones.”  I was told that the pads that came with the glasses were made from vinyl and that I was lucky that I didn’t have any raw, oozing, infected skin from the reaction, like so many people have.

Lucky??  How many people suffer through the same reaction to toxic vinyl eyeglass pads without ever knowing what is causing their problem?  How many people go to their physician complaining of itching, redness, swelling, and inflammation of the eyes, only to come out loaded down with prescription antibiotics, antihistamines, anti-inflammatories, and steroidal drugs, which do nothing but cover up the symptoms?  Why are toxic eyeglass pads even used if eye doctors know that they cause serious reactions?  And why don’t medical doctors know about this?

The whole point is, my body was presenting with symptoms telling me that something that I was doing was wrong.  The redness, swelling, itching, and inflammation were all WARNING signs.  Had I not known any better, I would have fallen victim to medical protocol.

Had I kept wearing the eyeglasses without searching for the true cause of my problem, the itching, redness, swelling, and inflammation would have continued and become more acute.  Then, I would have been sent to an ophthalmologist for further medical testing and most assuredly, more potent drugs would have been prescribed.  As the problem persisted, surgery might even have been advocated.

By looking for, and finding, what was actually causing my symptoms, I was able to remove the cause and therefore effect a cure!  My new book, WARNINGS of Disease, details the cause and effect of disease.  Our body uses symptoms to communicate.  It is up to us to listen to what is being said, and to take action to remedy the situation.