Your Health? Never Take No for an Answer

By Mary Ellen Bianco




Marilynne Locke Rowland, historic catamenia 65, speaks amongst passion in addition to decision close finding the displace of her constant hurting in addition to fatigue. “I ended upward apartment on my dorsum 3 years ago,” she says. “I finally establish a doc who listened to me close my symptoms. I never took ‘no’ for an answer.”



Pain in addition to illness has affected Marilynne since she was young. It got worse when she was inwards her 40s. “I knew something was actually wrong, precisely I didn’t know what,” she says. “I’ve ever been a go-getter in addition to never stopped.”

Marilynne in addition to her married adult man John were raising 2 daughters inwards Louisville spell juggling go in addition to theatre unit of measurement responsibilities.

In 2000, Dr. George Dominguez, a local naturopath, diagnosed Marilynne amongst fibromyalgia — a complex, chronic hurting disorder amongst no definitive seek to confirm it in addition to no cure, according to the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association.

When Marilynne, who has worked amongst Mary Kay cosmetics for 25 years in addition to reached the degree of top sales director, experienced severe symptoms such every bit musculus spasms, exhaustion, in addition to mental fog, she knew she couldn’t go anymore. “I started working part-time inwards 2008, which was sort of a relief,” she says. “I was having panic attacks because I couldn’t bargain amongst what was going on.”

John supported in addition to encouraged Marilynne every bit she sought to detect treatment. “I knew John wouldn’t allow me down, fifty-fifty when I had no hope,” she says. “When y'all don’t encounter an halt inwards sight, it’s tough.” Medication, physical therapy, in addition to choice treatments never fully relieved the hurting in addition to fatigue.

Marilynne uses this weighted blanket for alleviating hurting in addition to discomfort. Photos past times Patti Hartog 


In 2014 a friend of Marilynne’s oldest miss was researching lyme affliction on the network in addition to establish the website of Dr. A. Martin Lerner, an infectious affliction doc from Detroit, Michigan, who had studied chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) for 20 years. Marilynne suffered from a lot of symptoms listed on his website, in addition to hence she took a endangerment in addition to made an engagement amongst him. After lab go in addition to an exam, she was diagnosed amongst myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). “I experience real blessed that I was sent to Dr. Lerner,” she says.

It was establish that Marilynne had a persistent Human herpes virus vi infection in addition to she was started on antiviral medication. Dr. Lerner passed away in conclusion year, precisely Dr. Joseph Furr, Marilynne’s full general practitioner inwards Jeffersonville, Indiana, researched in addition to continues the antiviral protocol. She has 2 prescriptions for antiviral tablets. She takes xiv per twenty-four hr catamenia in addition to drinks a lot of H2O to level the toxins from her liver. She also takes multiple supplements including B vitamins, probiotics in addition to herbs such every bit boswellia serrata in addition to olive leafage extract, which trim down inflammation. Alternative treatments include chiropractic, acupuncture, in addition to soft tissue manipulation in addition to massage.




Marilynne is passionate close the ability of data regarding her conditions. She learned that the 2 illnesses overlap, precisely non everyone has both. “I had to accept personal responsibleness for my health,” she says. “Doctors don’t know everything, precisely y'all tin terminate sure guide them to the answers. I don’t acquire past times myself to a medical professional. John goes amongst me; he is my number ane back upward system.”

 Kahlua, Marilynne's dog, gives her enough of dearest in addition to comfort.  


With her symptoms to a greater extent than nether control, Marilynne is able to help aid for her 2-year-old granddaughter in addition to her father. “I’m real grateful where I am today,” she says. “In 2014, I didn’t intend that I would acquire back. If null else, I promise that I tin terminate railroad train others who confront the same medical conditions.”
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