Slight upturn

I'm tentative to report my health has taken a slight upturn. Tentative because I don't want to say I'm pulling out, only to have my hopes dashed (which has already happened twice in the last six weeks). I'm still having trouble sustaining any kind of activity without consequences, but my throat is just a tad less blistered and sore...and there have been a few hours this past week that I haven't felt as if I'm dying (or wanted to).

I went to a naturalpath on Tuesday. I've tried a variety of alternative Dr.s over the years of this illness including:

Chiropractors - 3
Energy medicine healers - 3
Acupuncturists - 2
Naturalpaths - 4
Homeopaths - 2

Naturalpaths in Ontario have four years post-graduate training. I worked with a Naturapath who shared an integrated practice with my M.E./CFS specialist and I really liked her. She realized that M.E./CFS was a serious illness and she didn't proclaim that she could cure me. In fact, at my initial consultation I was taking 12-15 supplements and she curtailed that quite a bit. I no longer see this Naturalpath as she left the practice with my specialist (who I only see once or twice a year).

Anyways, with this relapse and feeling as if I'm all alone trying to manage and understand it, I thought I'd try a Naturalpath again. So I'm currently taking some natural remedies and will add Astragalus to my regime as well. While I have no reason to believe after almost 8 years that tea or herbs will "cure" me, I hope that some natural remedies can at least support my immune system enough to be an aid in helping me through the relapse.