I had an autoimmune disease, then the disease had me (2013)
My wife is going through a version of this right now. We are scheduled to see a specialist at Stanford in a few weeks.<p>Just last March we hiked to Patagonia and camped there. We hiked for about 8km to the camp place. She even carried more weight on her back than I did. But this last December when we went snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies, she had to stop every few minutes from fatigue. I helped carried half of her stuff for her. Not having her, the old ways, has been rather sad. She has an amazing attitude about it, so it&#x27;s very helpful. But I&#x27;m constantly praying and hoping for her to get better.<p>I have read so many things online and have come out rather frustrated how limiting the Medical science is around treating or fixing autoimmune disease.<p>The only thing I&#x27;ve found so far is this:<p>I call it the,  &quot;nuclear option&quot;. They use chemotherapy to kill your immune system and use stem cells to rebuild it from scratch. There is apparently a hospital in Mexico that does that for less than $100k with some success but no true scientific rigor yet [1]<p>Alternatively, there is some research suggests that fasting for 48-72 hours on regular bases has shown to regenerate a new immune system. However, unclear if the new immune system will just attack the antibodies again or it would be blinded to that history. I wish they would do more research on that front [2]<p>I also have been thinking about other ways that technology might help sufferers better monitor themselves and ultimately use some data analysis to better understand if there is specific diet changes that can help keep the disease in control.<p>If you know of other things please comment.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thetimes.co.uk&#x2F;article&#x2F;bbc-reporter-hails-stem-cell-cure-for-multiple-sclerosis-5wd3hwfsh" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thetimes.co.uk&#x2F;article&#x2F;bbc-reporter-hails-stem-ce...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.usc.edu&#x2F;63669&#x2F;fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.usc.edu&#x2F;63669&#x2F;fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene...</a>