Sheila Speer
Canada
Multiple Sclerosis

The Clinic in Reno, Nevada beats Multiple Sclerosis
The Story of Sheila Speer
A personal Chronicle by William Speer

In 1996, I took my wife Sheila to a very special place in Reno Nevada known as Sierra Integrative Medical Center (SIMC). SIMC is an outpatient clinic that uses alternative medicine to treat many types of diseases. Sheila had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1980 and her health had been gradually deteriorating until she finally became bedridden in 1985. The trip to Reno was the last resort for us. In June of 1996, I carried her in my arms through the front doors of the clinic.

Prior to our visit, I had taken her to many doctors all over the country and we were given the same basic prognosis. There is no cure and there is nothing we can do to improve her condition. They could only give us advice as to where to find a good wheelchair and their final recommendation was to put her in a sanitarium. Prior to coming to Reno, on the advice of our family doctor, I visited the sanitarium, but I didn’t have the heart to put her in there. About this time, my father heard about this clinic and suggested that we try it, so in June of 1996, we boarded an aircraft in Toronto and headed for Reno.

The first two weeks in Reno were very difficult. I was personally very skeptical and I just couldn’t believe that these treatments could possibly work. It all seemed very strange. All the talk about viruses and allergies seemed ridiculous to me at the time. At first, I thought they were a bunch of witch doctors. By the end of the second week I was really getting worried, as Sheila seemed to be getting sicker. We were told not to worry that this was normal and that the toxins were leaving her body, so we decided to stay another week. One evening I witnessed a treatment that involved trigger point injections in her spine and I thought to myself “what have I done?” She’ll never survive it. That night I almost gave up hope and was about to take her back to Canada. Boy I’m glad that we stayed! The day after the treatment on her spine, her condition improved dramatically. It somehow re-awakened the feeling in her legs. By the end of the fifth week she was walking almost normally again! These days she walks up three flights of stairs easily. I am reminded of a quote from Shakespeare “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” Hamlet Act I: 5. I may not fully understand the treatments given at the clinic, but I know that they work, and I now trust the doctors completely.

Our first appointment with our Physician was an enlightening experience. She showed us a microscopic view of Sheila’s blood and pointed out the various infections that were giving her trouble and causing the M.S. Over the next twelve weeks, I witnessed the Physician’s methods first hand, which are truly amazing. I am not a religious man, but one day, I told the Physician I thought she was performing miracles, she just laughed. She told me that I should know better than that and that these alternative techniques are based on sound scientific principles.

I have come to understand that the medical techniques used at the clinic are based on the principles of homeopathy, especially immune therapy, and conventional medicine. There is a fantastic technique that is taught to all patients called Homecare or Auto Sanguine, which the patient can use when they return home. It is based on the homeopathic principle that “like cures like” and that if you take infinitesimal doses of what is making you sick, it will make you well. I understand this concept by comparing it to a vaccination. This Homecare method has helped us many times. If Sheila gets sick when we are at home in Canada I can make her well again quickly and easily using this technique.

The strategy used in the treatment of Sheila’s M.S. was to build up the immune system so the body can fight the disease. This is accomplished by infusion therapy, combined with treating infections, food and airborne allergies. The long hours I’ve spent in the waiting area of the clinic has taught me one thing. Most patients are becoming more well each day. The improvement in the patients is obvious to me and I consider myself a completely objective observer. After the treatments were over we visited our family doctor of many years. At the time I was having a dispute with Revenue Canada who refused to allow me a tax deduction for the money spent at the clinic. In the doctor’s office, Sheila was asked to walk around the room and down the hall. (This was the same doctor who told me to admit her to a sanitarium some years previously). The doctor was so impressed with Sheila’s condition that she immediately wrote a letter to Revenue Canada stating that she supported the treatment as it had obviously worked and that she knew of no other treatment available in Canada or anywhere else that could accomplish such a positive result. Revenue Canada allowed me the deduction shortly thereafter.

I am very thankful for the Physicians and the staff at SIMC. When I think of what the treatments have done for Sheila, tears of joy come to my eyes. They have given my life’s partner back to me. The best years of our life are ahead of us now.