Since then I have had 39 chelation treatments. I also paid to have a CTA scan of my heart which revealed only one occlusion of a branch artery of the LAD. My main arteries were okay. I believe Dr. Doom at the hospital was just trying to scare me into a procedure to make him a few bucks and lessen the quality of my life, just like Dr. Sherry Rogers warned.

Another health concern I’ve had the last 30 plus years is chronic heartburn and acid reflux. I tried to control it with antacids of all kind: Tums, Rolaids, Alka Seltzer, baking soda. When Zantac became an over the counter drug, I was all over it. It turns out that all those antacids did for me was give me leaky gut syndrome. They also ruined my stomach lining. My girlfriend, Elizabeth, had been telling me all along to stop taking antacids, but I didn’t listen. I didn’t know what to do until a friend gave me a brochure about a doctor that treated people with leaky gut and allergies by using a treatment called NAET. Elizabeth and I made an appointment to see Dr. David Beaulieu. That was October, 2008.

At that time, I was still experiencing frequent intermittent chest pains, Angina. Dr. David performed a muscle resistance test (MRT) to determine what foods, chemicals or other things I might be sensitive to. It turns out it was a lot of things. I started NAET treatments right away. After a few months of doing NAET I was still having problems with my digestion and frequent Angina. I was consistently having diarrhea soon after eating meals and Angina after exertion. Dr. David and his nurse, Betsy, were concerned that I was not responding to the NAET treatments like I should. I was given a more extensive MRT by Dr. David and it was determined that I had mercury poisoning in my heart. I needed to get my amalgam fillings removed immediately as they were interfering with my recovery.

I had the fillings removed by March, 2009. When I started NAET treatments again things started getting better. Dr. David has shown Elizabeth and me how to do MRT on ourselves. I’ve discovered that I have a lot of different allergies/sensitivities. I am sensitive to different combinations like certain carbohydrates with proteins, my laptop only when I attach headphones, and certain vitamins and supplements cause a reaction when taken together. I also had a reaction to toothpicks, and paper towels. I can eat corn chips and salsa and beer if I drink only certain types of beer.

My heart symptoms and digestive symptoms have improved tremendously but they still occur occasionally, associated with various allergies/sensitivities. We find the culprit, NAET fixes it, and the heart pattern is better until the next culprit shows up. As it turns out, the heart problem was mostly due to mercury toxicity and allergies. I’m certainly glad I didn’t agree to bypass surgery or any other invasive procedure. I have learned a lot about my body and health thanks to Dr. David. I am now taking the vitamins, enzymes and other supplements I need plus eating a more healthful diet.

I don’t know if I will ever fully recover from my health problems because some of the damage is probably permanent, but I know I have a much better chance doing so this way as opposed to conventional medicine. I’m doing just fine without hardware in my arteries and life threatening drugs in my system.

Jay Van Velzen
January 19, 2010

This Christmas season the Collins family has come to realize a true “miracle” and “blessing” was given to us through God our Savior. Through his divine directing and orchestrating, the care of our Grandson Hudson, fell into the healing hands of Dr. David and his staff.

Our journey to Dr David started when Hudson became very ill with acid reflux and breathing problems which was also causing multiple developmental delays. A weekend visit from Hudson and his parents became the alarming eye opener for me and Hudson’s PaPa. Hudson was thirteen months old at the time of this particular visit. His skin tone was a grayish color; he was suffering from a horrible sticky, grainy foul smelling diarrhea. He was very lethargic and was mostly comfortable in a semi incline position. The only developmental milestone he was displaying was in a sitting position with support. If he tumbled over he couldn’t use his arms to catch himself or push himself up. His muscular and neurological systems seemed to be under distress as well.

Fear and worry replaced the “joy” we always felt in our hearts after a weekend visit with our kids and grandkids. Thankfully, the fear and worry I felt gave me many sleepless nights and the opportunity to have quiet time of prayer and searching for comfort through scriptures. One evening after I totally submitted the fear and giving this problem over to the Lord, he gave me the scripture Psalm 2:11. The fear and worry melted into Peace with the acknowledgment of knowing I had the Master Physician on my side. I immediately had an urgency to research for a Dr. in the Kansas City area who treated with Probiotics. In no time at all, I had found Dr. David’s website and began reading about all the success he and his staff have had treating conditions similar to our grandson. I was thrilled, excited and overwhelmed with joy.

The next day I talked to one of Dr. David’s staff who was so kind and understanding. She just seemed to know what this young family had been going through. She gave me the times to call and talk to Dr. David and said he would talk to us as long as we needed and this was a free service he offered. My husband and I called the next day. Dr. David listened to our story from the time Hudson’s birth with all his symptoms and developmentally delayed milestones we have observed in his short life. He encouraged us and gave us hope. Our fears and worries melted into tears of joy and hope as we finally felt we were in the right hands. Now, we knew we had to call our son, Derek and his wife. But, again the ole fears and doubts crept back. We knew we had found help for Hudson, but how would we convince our son and his wife to just make a phone call to Dr. David? Our doubts were unwarranted. You see, the PLAN was already set in motion the night my prayers were answered and the scripture given to me. We are so blessed to have Christian children who are ready and open to listen to the Holy Spirit’s guidance and direction. Derek made the phone call and an appointment. I know someday I will be sitting in the bleachers watching our healthy grandson play sports, while I praise God for his direction in leading us to Dr. David and his staff.

This portion of Hudson’s story is told by Hudson’s mother, DeDe Collins.

Our son, Hudson was 13 months old when we started seeing Dr. David and his staff. My husband and I had taken Hudson to numerous pediatricians who all had different opinions and diagnoses for what they believed to be wrong with him. Since Hudson’s birth, his breathing sounded awful – like there was fluid and or phlegm in his airway. At age 3 months, when he would try cooing, laughing or making sounds with his voice box; it would send him into choking and coughing fits. He soon stopped trying to speak at all. Nighttime was scary because he could choke and cough off/on all night long. He spent many nights sleeping in an elevated position in a bouncy chair next to our bed to keep him from choking for his first year of life.

The pediatricians told us he was too young to have allergies, and that what we were hearing in his airways was just ‘floppiness’ that many infants and babies have from birth, but will outgrow soon. Chest x-rays always came back negative for fluid even though it sounded like he had pneumonia. Several of his doctors told us he needed a nebulizer with Albuterol and prescribed steroids as well to help him when he would have episodes of croup. The steroids would help when episodes were severe, but the nebulizer breathing treatments with Albuterol never helped him at all.

Hudson had horrible acid reflux since birth and had to wear a bib 24/7 due to so much regurgitation for several hours following meals. The pediatricians put him on Ranitidine shortly after birth to help with the pain that he would experience during the reflux, but did nothing to reduce the amount or timing of the reflux. We were never able to lay Hudson on his stomach without his crying like it hurt him. All the pediatricians told me he did not hurt and was just being stubborn. Hudson is our third child and has by far been our most even tempered and pleasant natured baby. I think I can tell the difference between a hurting cry and a whining cry, but they would not listen to me.

Hudson had bowel movements 7 to 9 times a day and would sometimes appear to have tan and black sand in them that would be difficult to clean off with a wet wipe. He had an open wound on one side of his buttocks when he first came home from the hospital after birth. We tried every type of ointment and cream over-the-counter and prescription there was, but it would never clear up completely and would sometimes swell and bleed following bowel movements. The Doctors told me the 7 to 9 bowel movements per day were normal for some babies as long as not runny like diarrhea or accompanied by a fever. I quit nursing him at 2 months of age and tried every type of formula out there!! I eventually tried Soy formula and Hudson’s open wound healed up for the first time ever!

When Hudson started trying baby food, he would occasionally have bowel movements that would scald and burn his butt on contact! You could not change his diapers fast enough as he would gasp and scream, and many times his skin would bleed from them.

The constant reflux, frequent bowel movements and breathing problems were taking a toll on Hudson’s overall health and development. He was significantly behind in muscle development and neurological development. At age 13 months, he could not sit for very long without falling over and would not use his arms, legs, or hands in an attempt to catch himself or push himself up. He would not stand on his legs while holding him up like most babies do when starting to use their legs, and he could not roll front to back or vice versa. It was as if he did not have any muscles in his arms or legs. Again, the pediatricians denied the possibility that there were any underlying medical causes for these conditions and recommended we start taking him to a physical therapist!

This is when Hudson’s grandparents called us with their concerns and told us about a Dr. David they had done some research on in Kansas City area; whom they hoped could find a possible cause and cure for Hudson’s delays in development and persistent health problems.

My husband called Dr. David’s office and made an appointment for Hudson. When Dr. David first saw Hudson, he tested him for all types of allergies. Hudson tested positive to allergies to MANY things – like Eggs, chicken , calcium, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, B Complex, cane sugar, rice sugar, glucose, lactose, honey, wheat, corn, rice, barley, stomach acids, and many minerals like copper, fluoride, gold, iodine, nickel, silver, zinc and potassium. Dr. David gave my husband his diagnosis of “leaky gut syndrome” and allergic complications that can stem from such a condition.

My husband’s first impression was, “What in the heck is going on?” The first time you meet Dr David and have an evaluation done, you will think he has lost his mind. It is a very unique system that relies on resistance and energy. When my husband came home after the first appointment, he explained the types of things they did to test Hudson. I also thought it sounded nuts, but my husband believed that this is where Hudson needed to be and asked me to go along with the NAET treatment process, and to believe that this would work.

Dr David doesn’t hold anything back. He tells you how it is, how it needs to be, and explains how following this course of treatment is going to target and treat the source of the problem. My husband was very impressed with Dr David and his staff. From the time you check in with receptionist Chris to receiving a treatment from nurse Betsy or Dr. David, you will see how much they truly care about you or your child. If you are not certain about whether or not NAET could work for you, take some time to go meet them. Each one of them will tell you stories about how NAET has helped them or one of their love ones. You will be amazed at some of the stories you will hear. Bottom line is, you just have to keep with it and before you know it you will start believing because of the results.

My husband kept an open mind and made the commitment to take off work every Wednesday afternoon, so he would be able to start taking Hudson for non-needle acupuncture allergy treatments. After just 2 treatments with Dr. David, we heard Hudson breathe clearly for the first time ever!!! After 2 months of treatments, Hudson was able to lie on his stomach without pain for the first time!! Hudson is now 20 months old and progressing at a steady pace. He now rolls and scoots around the house, and is pretty fast too for not crawling yet! 2 weeks ago he began using his legs to support his body weight and has shown us that he is now able to stand for brief intervals. He has not needed a bib for about 2 months, and being on his stomach has not hurt him for a long time. He loves a variety of foods and can eat everything that the rest of the family eats at dinner time. He has started using his vocal cords again now that it no longer induces coughing and choking fits. And his favorite sound to make is “Da Da” of course.

We are so thankful to Dr. David and his staff for recognizing and being able to successfully treat the source of Hudson’s troubles, instead of treating the symptoms with more medicines like the pediatricians had been doing. We are thankful to our families for their prayers and for seeking help outside generalized medicine. And we are far most thankful to God for placing a sense of urgency in the hearts and minds of our families which in turn led us to Dr. David’s practice. There is now a light at the end of our tunnel and a healthy child holding our hand as we walk through.

Our son, Luke, was put on the adult drug, Zantac, at two months old. Luke has found sleeping difficult his entire short life. The medical doctors said he suffered from acid reflux but that he would probably grow out of it. For his first 8 months, Luke basically never slept lying flat. When he did, he would wake sometimes as often as every 45 minutes, crying in pain. The medical doctors tried several different adult stomach drugs but by the end of 7 months, we scheduled a GI scope at Children’s Mercy Hospital because we had seen no relief. This scope found that we had not been exaggerating Luke’s symptoms (as many other parents and family members tried to tell us). Luke was suffering from erosions in his lower stomach and upper intestine. His stomach acids had literally burned holes through the lining. Every time he ate it must have burned terribly, which explained the frequent waking. What the pediatric GI specialist couldn’t tell us, however, was how to heal him and stop it from reoccurring.

At the height of our frustration, Luke was on five different drugs per day and the specialists were telling us there was no way to tell what he was allergic to at his young age. According to them, the best course was to try to make him as comfortable as possible and hope that he grew out of it. It was at this point that a friend told us about NAET and Dr. David.

Our first visit took place when Luke was 10 months old. Because of my fear of what I ate (I had always breast fed Luke) and our fear of what he could eat directly, Luke was down from the 60th percentile on growth, to the 10th. We felt like we were giving him more drugs than food. We started NAET treatments in August, by December, we felt confident enough to try weaning him off of his drugs. We were successful, he did fine. Not that there weren’t challenges.

Luke had so many sensitivities, but we did the work with Sandy at the office and we’re proud to say that at two years old, Luke loves food and he is in the 100th percentile on the growth charts. He was born a big boy, that was his destiny. Without Dr. David, his staff and the NAET treatments, we cannot imagine where we would have ended up. They were truly a blessing!

Mom and Dad for Luke Bergrud

I’ve had seasonal allergies ever since I can remember. Every year in the spring and fall I would get watery eyes and a runny nose. Once I took a bee pollen tablet, and my throat got tight, I broke out in welts, got stomach cramps, and had trouble breathing. Yes, I knew I was allergic to pollen. I thought it was my only allergy.

The last 15 – 20 years I developed another set of symptoms that didn’t seem like allergies. Whenever I would get a chest cold, I would continue wheezing and coughing long after the other cold symptoms disappeared. Doctors would prescribe various inhalers which eventually would diminish the symptoms. Eventually, other things would seem to trigger these same symptoms, like acid reflux and my seasonal pollen allergies. Whenever something irritated my lungs, I just had an awful time getting back to normal. About a dozen doctors later, a pulmonologist ($500 for 15 minutes) told me that I had reactive airway disease, and the only cure was a steroid inhaler. This would help my breathing after about a month, but my mouth would break out in cold sores, even if I rinsed thoroughly after using it. While this would eliminate the symptoms temporarily, it never eliminated the root problem.

I was also told I had esophageal reflux. It took a $1,500 endoscopy to diagnose this. When my insurance company found out I had a prescription for Nexium, my rate went up about $45/month. I had asked previous doctors about whether my digestive system could be related to my wheezing. One doctor told me that the digestive and respiratory systems were not related, and that my digestive system could not possibly cause my breathing problems. I also had begun having the sensation of always feeling “full”. My appetite had greatly diminished, and even when hungry it took very little food to fill me up again.

When I mentioned all this to Dr. David, he told me that about 90% of reactive airway disease is caused by allergies. Suddenly the light came on! I scheduled an appointment.

Dr. David intently listened to my story. He said that I had probably wasted my money on the endoscopy (the understatement of the year!), and told me about the possible causes of acid reflux. It could be caused by either too much or too little acid and the symptoms are the same. He also told me I had leaky gut syndrome, and how it can trigger food allergies. I tested positive for seven food group allergies. He put me on acidophilus to straighten out my digestive system, and I started NAET treatments for my food allergies.

I still have some work to do on seasonal allergies, but I feel soooooooo much better! Finally, after all these years, I have gotten to the root of the problem and quit treating symptoms! How can pressing on acupressure points on the body while holding a vial cure allergies? I haven’t a clue. All I know is my body works better now, and it’s wonderful. If anyone would like to talk to me about my experience, feel free to give me a call at (913) 642-6094.

Rich Schuck