My doctor has performed another amazing feat; I am without lupus symptoms for the first time in over thirty years!

A year ago (May 2003) I had made out my will and made preparations for my cremation with my son. At this point my children decided I should see a doctor other than the Primary Care Person I had been seeing. Everything was wrong. My blood was so thick and dark they could hardly draw it for blood tests; I had just had extensive testing for terrible internal pain which moved around on my left side; I could hardly walk five feet without feeling like I was going to faint; and pain in my hip made walking almost impossible, anyway.

In October of 2001, in the Emergency Room of East Moreland Hospital, I met Dr. Daniel Newman, an M.D. who was studying Naturopathic Medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. I was experiencing a violent headache, nausea, vomiting and vertigo. His successful (and, to me, amazing) treatment of my condition convinced me that he had a very unusual approach to medicine and was the type of physician I had been seeking. As often happens in life, I didn't follow up on my inclination until a year and a half later when I was in the condition as described in the second paragraph.

At our first meeting in his office he asked me (as I believe he asks most new patients), "What can I do for you?" I replied that I just wanted someone to "be there", meaning I didn't expect to live much longer and I wanted a physician I could trust to be in charge; I gave him a copy of my Living Will. I had had a stroke about eight years before, from which I had seemed to have recovered. However, as the results of records and tests which he requested began to come in, it became clear I had continued to have a series of small strokes.

So, in June of 2003, this man completely changed the way I lived my life. At first, I doubted everything he did; however I vowed to follow his instructions to the letter- just on the chance he could actually fulfill the promise he made to restore my health.

He did. I lost forty pounds. I now have more energy and am more active than I have ever been in my life. I have taken computer classes for the last few months and now work with Word and Excel. I love life! And I owe it all to this man whose devotion to his patients is extraordinary, and whose talent and skill are beyond question.

After all he had already accomplished with me, when I began to have a serious lupus event he devised an unusual antibiotic treatment which began to terminate the symptoms almost immediately. No other doctor had even made a serious effort to treat this condition for me. That was three months ago. I am still symptom free. And I shall be eternally grateful!

The Author July 2004

A Testimonial to Dr. Daniel Newman M.D., N.D.

In December 2005 my eldest son Robert wrote the following observation in his holiday greeting card:

"You really blew everybody away when you came out of old age into middle age; and I was proud of you ~ really proud, but I wasn't ready for your 'triple entente' it was your complete faith in the truth you recognized in Doctor Daniel; and your dedication to the truth you saw. Wish we were all so amazing. I love you, and you remind me so much now of the mother I remember of my childhood."

For more information on Dr. Daniel Newman and his practice, please contact at 360.696.3800
Visit his web site at www.drdanielnewman.com

The Author July 2002

- Lorraine Foster