Over the Roof
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Luke Grabeman is our high school History Teacher at Meadowbrook Academy (Stokes County School System) in King, North Carolina. He is married to wife, Courtney, and has a young son, Samuel. Luke has also served as a sports coach for other schools in our system, and has always given back to this community. Luke’s entire family is public servants in the Stokes County School System.
Luke has been battling issues with his back for the past seven or eight years. From late spring through early summer of 2018, in an eight week period, Luke had three MRI's, with contrast injections, to assist his doctors/surgeons in determining his best surgical strategy to repair his back injuries. Luke’s back surgery was completed in late summer, and he appeared on the road to recovery.
In a very short time frame, following Luke’s surgery, he began experiencing acute/chronic symptoms/reactions that were not normal to the particular back surgery that he had. After many trips to many specialists, and extensive research and testing, Luke has been identified as having Gadolinium Toxicity, a condition in which his body has retained extremely high amounts of Gadolinium (an element in the contrast injections used in MRIs), This heavy metal essentially causes a neurological system malfunction in the human body. Luke cannot feel his extremities. He feels as though he has “brain fog” constantly. He is having severe head pressure, and feels “out of his body” and “out of his head” most of the time. He also has swelling on his brain. He suffers from excruciating bone and joint pain, uncontrollable muscle spasms, intense body burning, and horrible muscle weakness. Luke’s numbers, for what is considered to be normal kidney (renal) function, are “over the roof” high, as well.
There has been very little research/development done on this particular condition; therefore, according to the medical community at large, this condition does not exist, at least on paper. As such, his treatments are not covered by insurance. Luke is paying for all treatments, travel to/from treatments, lodging, food, etc., out of his own pocket. He is currently traveling from King, NC to Chapel Hill, NC and Hilton Head, SC weekly for treatments. Chelation, the name of the treatment, is a two-day ordeal: on day one, Luke receives the Chelation, which binds to the metals in his soft tissue, hopefully processing them to remove them from his body. On day two, Luke is given a vitamin and mineral treatment to counteract the negative effects of the previous day’s treatment. These treatments alone cost between $500-$1,000 per visit.
Additionally, Luke has spent $3,800 on a nervous system machine in an effort to help stimulate the stem cells in his body, hoping that his body can/will start fighting off the toxins in his system on its own.
Luke has recently learned of a Holistic Clinic in Wichita, KS that tested and successfully treated a gentleman, with the same/similar affliction, in 2002. (That gentleman not only survived, today he is a living testimony of the treatment he received there!) The cost of the initial visit to the clinic is $3,700. This includes Diagnostic Testing, IV Therapy and all blood work. Unfortunately, it does not include costs of any treatment after the first initial visit. Neither does it include food, lodging or travel either way.
Luke is currently unable to work at all. He has exhausted all of his financial resources. Even without the financial burden hanging over Luke, the sheer uncertainty of the outcome of his diagnosis, and whether one, both or neither of the limited possible treatment options will work, is a heavy burden to bear.
During this time of extreme uncertainty in Luke’s life, we are asking you to, please, find it in your hearts to contribute whatever you can financially to help Luke and his special family. It matters not if the donation is large or small, any amount will be greatly appreciated. If you cannot give financially, PLEASE lift Luke up to Jesus in your prayers, and please pray without ceasing! Luke and his family, and friends know and believe in the healing power of prayer! We serve an awesome God! (We will try to post updates about Luke’s prognosis and progress to this page as they become available.)
May God richly bless you in all you do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqwvlmDL84&feature=youtu.be
Luke has been battling issues with his back for the past seven or eight years. From late spring through early summer of 2018, in an eight week period, Luke had three MRI's, with contrast injections, to assist his doctors/surgeons in determining his best surgical strategy to repair his back injuries. Luke’s back surgery was completed in late summer, and he appeared on the road to recovery.
In a very short time frame, following Luke’s surgery, he began experiencing acute/chronic symptoms/reactions that were not normal to the particular back surgery that he had. After many trips to many specialists, and extensive research and testing, Luke has been identified as having Gadolinium Toxicity, a condition in which his body has retained extremely high amounts of Gadolinium (an element in the contrast injections used in MRIs), This heavy metal essentially causes a neurological system malfunction in the human body. Luke cannot feel his extremities. He feels as though he has “brain fog” constantly. He is having severe head pressure, and feels “out of his body” and “out of his head” most of the time. He also has swelling on his brain. He suffers from excruciating bone and joint pain, uncontrollable muscle spasms, intense body burning, and horrible muscle weakness. Luke’s numbers, for what is considered to be normal kidney (renal) function, are “over the roof” high, as well.
There has been very little research/development done on this particular condition; therefore, according to the medical community at large, this condition does not exist, at least on paper. As such, his treatments are not covered by insurance. Luke is paying for all treatments, travel to/from treatments, lodging, food, etc., out of his own pocket. He is currently traveling from King, NC to Chapel Hill, NC and Hilton Head, SC weekly for treatments. Chelation, the name of the treatment, is a two-day ordeal: on day one, Luke receives the Chelation, which binds to the metals in his soft tissue, hopefully processing them to remove them from his body. On day two, Luke is given a vitamin and mineral treatment to counteract the negative effects of the previous day’s treatment. These treatments alone cost between $500-$1,000 per visit.
Additionally, Luke has spent $3,800 on a nervous system machine in an effort to help stimulate the stem cells in his body, hoping that his body can/will start fighting off the toxins in his system on its own.
Luke has recently learned of a Holistic Clinic in Wichita, KS that tested and successfully treated a gentleman, with the same/similar affliction, in 2002. (That gentleman not only survived, today he is a living testimony of the treatment he received there!) The cost of the initial visit to the clinic is $3,700. This includes Diagnostic Testing, IV Therapy and all blood work. Unfortunately, it does not include costs of any treatment after the first initial visit. Neither does it include food, lodging or travel either way.
Luke is currently unable to work at all. He has exhausted all of his financial resources. Even without the financial burden hanging over Luke, the sheer uncertainty of the outcome of his diagnosis, and whether one, both or neither of the limited possible treatment options will work, is a heavy burden to bear.
During this time of extreme uncertainty in Luke’s life, we are asking you to, please, find it in your hearts to contribute whatever you can financially to help Luke and his special family. It matters not if the donation is large or small, any amount will be greatly appreciated. If you cannot give financially, PLEASE lift Luke up to Jesus in your prayers, and please pray without ceasing! Luke and his family, and friends know and believe in the healing power of prayer! We serve an awesome God! (We will try to post updates about Luke’s prognosis and progress to this page as they become available.)
May God richly bless you in all you do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqwvlmDL84&feature=youtu.be
Organizzatore e beneficiario
Brittany Joyce
Organizzatore
King, NC
Luke Grabeman
Beneficiario