http://www.pemphigus.org/wordpress/2011/06/pemphigus-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me/

If you have never read his story I encourage you to. For me this is about a man who took responsibility for his own health and truly was able to change his thinking.

Great testimony

I just read Steve's story. How wonderful that he was able to improve all those symptoms with diet! Not that I'm surprized. I am about to go out for a picnic lunch with my friend who has "Wegeners granulomotosis", also an autoimmune disease. She WAS on the BTD, but not strictly, when she came down with this illness. She has since not continued with the BTD, and has been threough a very rough time.(is still on dialysis after one year) I do not feel comfortable by saying "you should go back to the BTD", but of course I would not word it in this way, but she does not want to go there, when I have hinted. She is also not interested in this forum, or in exploriong more about diet and diease.I have concluded that she has chosen her path, and that all I can do is provide support when needed, but this is hard, to watch her go through this.

Steve s story should never be forgotten.......
an eye opening testimony for those vegetarian Os or Bs....offering the other side of the story to help build an educated determination

See the thing that bothers me about this is: was it what he wasn't eating or one or some of the things he was eating?
You see I know most people are compassionate, and killing of any kind for any reason repulses most everybody. So does vilifying a Veg Diet, excuse some peoples reasoning for (you know what I'm gonna say)?

Pemphigus = zero placebo effect.

Quoted from Vegan Joe

See the thing that bothers me about this is: was it what he wasn't eating or one or some of the things he was eating?
You see I know most people are compassionate, and killing of any kind for any reason repulses most everybody. So does vilifying a Veg Diet, excuse some peoples reasoning for (you know what I'm gonna say)?

Any given person has reasoning that may or may not be consistent with cultural norms, religous values, logic, or consistency.

Welcome to the human experience. Try not to let it make you crazy.

Quoted from Lloyd

Any given person has reasoning that may or may not be consistent with cultural norms, religous values, logic, or consistency.

Welcome to the human experience. Try not to let it make you crazy.

Hence the my use of the word "most".
Crazy??? Sorry your warning comes to late.  But happy crazy ain't half bad.

Great story!!! It is so exciting to see people talk about their BTD/GTD experiences in real life. Congrats to Steve on his improved health!

I remember Steve.  He is such an inspiration!

I remember him too.....Thanks for the reminder Andrea.

Quoted from Poppy

I just read Steve's story. How wonderful that he was able to improve all those symptoms with diet! Not that I'm surprized. I am about to go out for a picnic lunch with my friend who has "Wegeners granulomotosis", also an autoimmune disease. She WAS on the BTD, but not strictly, when she came down with this illness. She has since not continued with the BTD, and has been threough a very rough time.(is still on dialysis after one year) I do not feel comfortable by saying "you should go back to the BTD", but of course I would not word it in this way, but she does not want to go there, when I have hinted. She is also not interested in this forum, or in exploriong more about diet and diease.I have concluded that she has chosen her path, and that all I can do is provide support when needed, but this is hard, to watch her go through this.

It never ceases to amaze me when people don't try harder when they have so much to lose.  Good luck to your friend & maybe she will come around, my close friend did she has RA & her doctor reduced her meds drastically.

Quoted from Dr. D

Pemphigus = zero placebo effect.

YEP!

I owe a great thank you to Steve because he is the person who taught me about Dr. D'Adamo's blood type diet.  I went to a public talk that Steve was giving regularly in my home town.  His presentation was intelligent, well-organized and very 'human'.  He typed my blood for me and gave me a list of the foods for my blood type.  The rest is history!  

Wow!

I think most of us are thankful to not have such dramatic stories ourselves!

|Vegan Joe, I do understand you, but do not agree! I have come to appreciate and envy those who can hunt  and kill their own meat. I do not do this, but would like to. There is something very basic, very satisfying, about seeing the entire process through, and this is for us meat eaters of course. I always LOVED my vegetarian diet, and was convinced I'd never give it up. It's a good thing I did give it up, I feel a lot better now. I do not like meat from plastic trays. My view is, if you are going to eat meat, it is ideal if you can get it from a healthy source, and this includes hunting the animal as well.

Hi Everybody,

The article was written by my wife Sharon and myself early in 2011. I wasn't sure when (or if) it would be published. It came out in June while we were on holiday in Europe and I've been in catch-up mode for the last three weeks that we've been back.

Quite honestly, I had not gotten around to notifying Peter about it yet (It was on my list of things to do, really .  I've literally been swallowed by parenthood. The online time that I now spend not related to my work is mostly related to some aspect of parenting or an adventure that parenting has made possible.

I'm stunned and amazed that the article was found (it's buried on the Pemphigus web site).  I still haven't gotten around to notifying my friends and family that it's there.  

Thank you to Victoria for the phone call yesterday letting me know it was uncovered and making blood type news.

I haven't been around this forum in the last 4-5 years.  I'll check in once a day or so for the next few weeks if anybody has any questions they'd like to ask me first person.

Peter: I just sent an e-mail to Ann informing her that you-all can reprint the article. I also have a printed copy of the newsletter for you. Send me a mailing address and I'll get it in the mail.

best wishes,

Steve

Steve I search for this stuff almost daily, I was glad to find it. When I saw the date I was surprised I thought I had found an old article but how wonderful that it was current.

You are an inspiration and we link to your journey regarding veganism to the O diet almost once a month.

Good to see you around here, Steve, even if it is only occasionally.  

Quoted from Victoria

Good to see you around here, Steve, even if it is only occasionally.  

Yes, hi there, Steve!  

We go so far back that it was actually you who informed me that "fructose" on an ingredient label almost always means CORN sugar/syrup.  Seems so basic to me now!

Sounds like you are doing very well indeed.  Enjoy the sacred experience of parenthood and stop by here once in a while to stay in touch with us all!

Hi Steve,
Nice to "see" you around here again!  Some of us from the old board know your story.  It's an inspiration!
Jane

Steve:  you may not need the forum anymore, but we have a lot of newbies who could benefit from your learning experiences.  Please stop by occasionally.

Wow, great story, Steve! Thanks for sharing. It is very encouraging. A good reminder that healing takes time... I am inspired to take a longer view for my own health problems. Cheers to you!

Quoted from RedLilac

Steve:  you may not need the forum anymore, but we have a lot of newbies who could benefit from your learning experiences.  Please stop by occasionally.

Hi RedLilac,

I'm sorry, but it's not realistic that I can do so.  I use my computer at home very seldom and the only time I can recreation-ally  cruise the net while I'm working is when I'm eating, which makes typing awkward.

There are lots of other people who have a wealth of knowledge to share and the time to do so. I am not an expert or originator of information, but merely an echo of information found elsewhere.

I've asked Ann to move this thread to the testimonials page, where it more properly belongs. I am also going to write some additional material for my article that appeared on the Pemphigus.org website that better explains what Pemphigus is, to be published in Dr. D'Adamo's newsletter.

I'll be happy to address any specific questions addressed to me (rather than have rumors about me and "maybes" such as "Vegan Joe's" comments gain substance).

be well,
steve