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16 months ago I got infected with a very resistant strain of the Giardia Lamblia Parasite.
The Giardia Lamblia Parasite is a microscopic parasite that eats away at the small intestine and produces toxins that make it impossible for the body to get any nutrients, minerals, vitamines or fats out of the food being ingested.
It starts in most cases with a diarrhoea spel of around 2 weeks and then quietly keeps eating away at the small intestine or, like in my case, the diarrhoea becomes a chronic issue.
Either way the infected person quickly starts losing a lot of weight as the body, in order to keep the organs from failing due to malnutrition, starts eating away at its own reserves: fat and muscle mass.
It took me 6 months and 4 different treatments, very toxic treatments, to get ride of this parasite.
By then:
• I had lost 17Kg in muscle mass
• My small intestine was severely damaged by the parasite
• The intestinal flora of my large intestine ravaged by the continuos
diarrhoea mixed with the side-effects of all the treatments I was given
• My immune system in total crises, not to say destroyed, due to the
long term malnutrition, the constant defence/histaminic response to
the constant influx of food particles filtrating through the many
cracks of my now very leaky gut and the toxic overload from the
pharmaceutical treatments.
One week after the last and most aggressive, but successful, treatment, I started to be plagued by a whole series of opportunistic infections. Infections caused by bacteria, fungoes or viruses that most people carry inside but never really cause any problems because they are easily kept in check by a well nourished healthy immune system.
Those who know me personally know that all this went together with the loss of Marco, my partner, friend and lover with whom I shared everything with for the last 19 years. It is not something I want to go into here right now but needless to say that it did not make the matter any easier.
All this resulted in me ending up up in such a weakened state that I could no longer do it all on my own. Neither was I able to continue earning a living. By June I had left Barcelona and moved in with my parents back in Belgium. I am greatly blessed to have a very loving and supportive family which made this move a bit less painful.
Since my return to Belgium I had a 7 day and a 10 day long stay at the hospital and I have been put on several, expensive, pharmaceutical treatments to keep those opportunistic infections from killing me.
As I was not registered for Universal Healthcare in Spain, there is a 6 month waiting period before you become eligible for Universal Healthcare in Belgium. So those 6 months of being uninsured have left me with hefty medical bills that my parents a helping me with.
That brings me to the reason for reaching out via this crowdfunding platform to all that know me and those who do not but can relate to what I am going through.
Several dokters concurred that my body and immune system are in a chronic state of malnutrition as my digestive track barely heals due to my immune system not able to recover enough to do the healing due to the lack of vital nutrients not being absorbed by my damaged digestive track.
In short, I am stuck in a vicious circle. Working with orthodox and holistic professionals a like. I have pulled at every string that I could find, with the financial help of my parents and a close friend, in order to break out of that vicious circle and give myself a chance to truly heal and get to enjoy life fully for another 30 to 40 years.
But so far progress is slow. Too slow as now my dokters of orthodox medicine are urging me to start using even more aggressive treatments. A course of action where statically, given my current situation, I would be 40% more likely to die within the next 6 months or so. Likely in a hospital bed completely carved out as more aggressive pharmaceutical toxins will clearly not address the underlying issue of my chronic malnourishment, very likely it would only worsen it.
They keep suggesting I have about a year left if a do not go for this aggressive new treatments.
My family and I agreed that having a year to pursue non-aggressive treatments is a far more agreeable option that offers way better life prospects.
Unfortunately those type of treatments are not yet covered by the national health system and come at a price.
After several personal recommendations and a lot of research I am going for a Gut Flora Transplants (GFT), also known as Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) at the Taymount Clinic in the UK :
https://taymount.com/fmt-at-taymount/10-day-fmt-programme
As it restores the microbiome commonly found in the gut it offers the highest probability of a successful reboot of my digestive system.
I have been wanting to do this as soon as I heard about it back in June but was held back by the financial implications of it. My parents have been supporting me financially since I became ill over a year ago.
Money that I fully intent to repay them as soon as I am able to go back to work but in the mean time asking them for another 8000€ at this very moment in time is putting quite a bit of stress on their finances.
So I am reaching out to you all, asking for whatever financial support you can offer in order to soften the burden on my parents.
Just like with my parents I gladly will offer to repay what you put in.
Keeping in mind I have currently no timeframe of how long it will take me to be financially independent again. And there is the unpleasant, but real, possibility my life my end way sooner than I would like.
I am scheduled to have my first set of 5 implants on the 4th of November. Going back on the 25th of November for another 5 implants.
Then it is often recommended to have a 5 more implants on a monthly bases that I would administer to myself back at home.
The 10 day treatment, with the lodging, the traveling expenses and the optional 5 extra home implants brings the bill to around 8000€
Any little bit of help to cover those expenses are hugely appreciated.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have.
With love and gratitude,
Olivier
The Giardia Lamblia Parasite is a microscopic parasite that eats away at the small intestine and produces toxins that make it impossible for the body to get any nutrients, minerals, vitamines or fats out of the food being ingested.
It starts in most cases with a diarrhoea spel of around 2 weeks and then quietly keeps eating away at the small intestine or, like in my case, the diarrhoea becomes a chronic issue.
Either way the infected person quickly starts losing a lot of weight as the body, in order to keep the organs from failing due to malnutrition, starts eating away at its own reserves: fat and muscle mass.
It took me 6 months and 4 different treatments, very toxic treatments, to get ride of this parasite.
By then:
• I had lost 17Kg in muscle mass
• My small intestine was severely damaged by the parasite
• The intestinal flora of my large intestine ravaged by the continuos
diarrhoea mixed with the side-effects of all the treatments I was given
• My immune system in total crises, not to say destroyed, due to the
long term malnutrition, the constant defence/histaminic response to
the constant influx of food particles filtrating through the many
cracks of my now very leaky gut and the toxic overload from the
pharmaceutical treatments.
One week after the last and most aggressive, but successful, treatment, I started to be plagued by a whole series of opportunistic infections. Infections caused by bacteria, fungoes or viruses that most people carry inside but never really cause any problems because they are easily kept in check by a well nourished healthy immune system.
Those who know me personally know that all this went together with the loss of Marco, my partner, friend and lover with whom I shared everything with for the last 19 years. It is not something I want to go into here right now but needless to say that it did not make the matter any easier.
All this resulted in me ending up up in such a weakened state that I could no longer do it all on my own. Neither was I able to continue earning a living. By June I had left Barcelona and moved in with my parents back in Belgium. I am greatly blessed to have a very loving and supportive family which made this move a bit less painful.
Since my return to Belgium I had a 7 day and a 10 day long stay at the hospital and I have been put on several, expensive, pharmaceutical treatments to keep those opportunistic infections from killing me.
As I was not registered for Universal Healthcare in Spain, there is a 6 month waiting period before you become eligible for Universal Healthcare in Belgium. So those 6 months of being uninsured have left me with hefty medical bills that my parents a helping me with.
That brings me to the reason for reaching out via this crowdfunding platform to all that know me and those who do not but can relate to what I am going through.
Several dokters concurred that my body and immune system are in a chronic state of malnutrition as my digestive track barely heals due to my immune system not able to recover enough to do the healing due to the lack of vital nutrients not being absorbed by my damaged digestive track.
In short, I am stuck in a vicious circle. Working with orthodox and holistic professionals a like. I have pulled at every string that I could find, with the financial help of my parents and a close friend, in order to break out of that vicious circle and give myself a chance to truly heal and get to enjoy life fully for another 30 to 40 years.
But so far progress is slow. Too slow as now my dokters of orthodox medicine are urging me to start using even more aggressive treatments. A course of action where statically, given my current situation, I would be 40% more likely to die within the next 6 months or so. Likely in a hospital bed completely carved out as more aggressive pharmaceutical toxins will clearly not address the underlying issue of my chronic malnourishment, very likely it would only worsen it.
They keep suggesting I have about a year left if a do not go for this aggressive new treatments.
My family and I agreed that having a year to pursue non-aggressive treatments is a far more agreeable option that offers way better life prospects.
Unfortunately those type of treatments are not yet covered by the national health system and come at a price.
After several personal recommendations and a lot of research I am going for a Gut Flora Transplants (GFT), also known as Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) at the Taymount Clinic in the UK :
https://taymount.com/fmt-at-taymount/10-day-fmt-programme
As it restores the microbiome commonly found in the gut it offers the highest probability of a successful reboot of my digestive system.
I have been wanting to do this as soon as I heard about it back in June but was held back by the financial implications of it. My parents have been supporting me financially since I became ill over a year ago.
Money that I fully intent to repay them as soon as I am able to go back to work but in the mean time asking them for another 8000€ at this very moment in time is putting quite a bit of stress on their finances.
So I am reaching out to you all, asking for whatever financial support you can offer in order to soften the burden on my parents.
Just like with my parents I gladly will offer to repay what you put in.
Keeping in mind I have currently no timeframe of how long it will take me to be financially independent again. And there is the unpleasant, but real, possibility my life my end way sooner than I would like.
I am scheduled to have my first set of 5 implants on the 4th of November. Going back on the 25th of November for another 5 implants.
Then it is often recommended to have a 5 more implants on a monthly bases that I would administer to myself back at home.
The 10 day treatment, with the lodging, the traveling expenses and the optional 5 extra home implants brings the bill to around 8000€
Any little bit of help to cover those expenses are hugely appreciated.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have.
With love and gratitude,
Olivier
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Olivier Houet
Organizer