Shoulder Pain Gone

Lee Krauss of Menifee, California will undoubtedly surprise you if you call him and he picks up the phone and you hear, "This is Lee". If you've never met him in person, you'll notice first thing that he doesn't sound anywhere near the 85 years he's spent on this earth. You will surely think you've gotten hold of his son! But it's Lee, and he'll tell you he met Dr. Steenblock about 25 years ago when his wife was dying from cancer. He spent a lot of time with Dr. Steenblock and got to know him personally and has trusted him as his personal doctor ever since.

In 2000, Lee had hip surgery but the parts used were recalled, and it had to be done again. He says it's been fine ever since. Lee came to Dr. Steenblock this year for some treatment for his arthritis and also a checkup on his eyes and heart. He elected to have a bone marrow transplant March 2007 and has had very positive results. "It has relieved my arthritis considerably." His left shoulder was sore for one day, and then as Lee put it "repaired" in 2 or 3 days following his transplant. He said he felt stronger and could do more. He even noticed an improvement in his facial coloring.

Lee says, "I'm now playing golf more regularly. My handicap is improving about a stroke a week -before the transplant it was 32 and now it's down to 25." Lee believes the bone marrow transplant may also be helping his psoriasis. Lee and his wife Isabelle are thinking about doing another bone marrow transplant as soon as they can see their way clear to do so. Lee goes on to say that chelation (he's into his second series of eight) is being used to help eliminate the heavy metals he's tested positive for, as well as a "level 2 of 10" calcification problem. Lee also hopes to have positive results with some emerging macular degeneration in his left eye.

UPDATE as of November 6, 2007: Prior to his BMSCT Lee had been having episodes of intermittent transient central blind spots secondary to atherosclerotic small vessel disease in his brain for a couple of years and after the BMSCT he has not experienced any more of these episodes.