The list below correlates to the
diseases we treat here at Hope. If there are
testimonials for the condition, it will be
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Note: Hope Wellness Center was
previously known as Hope Clinics International.
Breast Cancer Success Story. In
February 2001, at the age of 46, I was diagnosed with
Breast Cancer. I went to see Steve Hines and immediately
started following his recommendations. I spent 2
months at the Hope Clinic in Acuna, Mexico taking IV
treatments. I began the Hallelujah diet, had
all of my amalgams removed and root canals pulled and
started oral supplementation. In April 2001, I had the
lump surgically removed (no lymph nodes taken), and
the pathology report came back saying it was necrotic
tissue with some center multiplying cells. The margins
were clean and clear and the lump was easy to remove.
I continued with AMAS tests, and according to the last
test in March 2005 I have NO cancer in my body. I have
continued the diet and specific supplements and feel
20 yrs younger than I did the day I was diagnosed.
It is safe to say that if I had not
been referred to Steve Hines I would not be alive today.
I was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer and
was given 3-5 years to live. I started conventional
treatment but found the side effects intolerable.
Eventually, I heard of an alternative MD in relatively
close proximity to my home in Florida. He believed I
needed more intensive treatment than he could offer
and referred me to Steve. Within a few weeks I had
obtained the recommended tests and was on my way to
Texas. I spent ten weeks at Hope Clinic during the
summer of 2002 and the results have been well worth
it. My PSA¹s now range between 0.0-0.4, I feel well
(at 79 years of age) and I am now eight years
post-diagnosis. So much for the initial prognosis!
Steve is one of a kind and I¹m glad I found him.
In December 2002, my wife passed away
suddenly. As I began the healing process, things
seemed normal, until June 2003 when I passed out one
night and was taken to the hospital. I was diagnosed
with a lymphoma tumor in my stomach. For the next 5
months, I underwent chemotherapy. Thankfully, this
eliminated the tumor, but it also destroyed my immune
system.
In January 2004, I met a lady that worked in a health
food store where Steve Hines came to see patients. She
arranged for me to see Steve in April 2004. At
that appointment, the doctor determined that I had
some serious problems which needed to be addressed
immediately. He started me on a program of vitamins
and supplements and arranged for me to have some
treatments done at Dr. Rivera's clinic in Mexico. In June 2004,
I went to Hope Clinic and received treatment for 5
weeks. Within 4 months, my white blood count was back
to normal.
In November 2004, the lady at the health food store,
Carolyn, and I were married. I was feeling so good
that I came out of retirement and began working with
Carolyn at the health food store. My life has taken a
dramatic, positive change, and for that I am thankful
to God and to Steve.
I arrived at Hope Clinic in January of
2004 barely able to walk and very frightened. I had
been diagnosed only four days earlier with MS but, at
that point, had been ill for one month. Fortunately
for me I knew of Steve Hines as my father had been
successfully treated at Hope Clinic for an aggressive prostate cancer
a couple years earlier. I called Steve and he
recommended several tests. Most importantly, he
recommended assessment for heavy metal toxicity. My
levels of mercury were very high and all of my
symptoms, I later realized, were symptoms of mercury
poisoning. I traveled from Florida to Del Rio as I
knew I had to initiate aggressive treatment. During my
first week I went from being so weak that I could
barely stand to feeling like a human again. I improved
over my six-week stay and have followed a program
outlined by Steve since then. My recovery has
continued and I am now nearly symptom free. I fully
expect complete recovery. It has been slow but
reasonably steady progress. As a clinical
psychologist, acupuncturist and classical homeopath, I
know something about healing. I am grateful that God
led my father and me to such a compassionate and
effective healer.
Dr. Jeffrey L. Prickett, Psy.D., A.P.
Winter Park, Florida
First and foremost, I must give glory
and praise to God for bringing me to Steve Hines. I am
nearly 63 years old. In 1995, I began to have
violent reactions to MSG and would go into
anaphylactic shock. My medical doctor, at the time,
said I had MSG poisoning. I kept having more and
more attacks, and it got to where my doctor would
not return any of my calls. Most prescription and
non-prescription drugs have some derivative of MSG
in them, so no doctor could help me because I
couldn’t take the drugs they would prescribe. I kept
praying to God to please help me find someone to
help me as I was having more and more problems in my
intestinal area. I had a blood test by a P.A. and
found out that I had Lupus. I was losing weight
extremely fast and eating all I could without MSG,
no processed foods at all. Also, I had no energy at
all, literally, and I looked like death warmed over.
One day I found a set of tapes called Hope for the
Hopeless and it listed Lupus and other immune
disorders, by Steven Hines, N.D. I ended up getting
a blood test analysis from him and he found all
kinds of intestinal problems, this was January 2002.
He recommended probiotics and other regiments. By
August 2002, I had stopped losing weight and feeling
like I had turned the corner. We have since found
out I have Lyme disease, and with all of Steve's
recommendations, including chelation therapy with
Dr. Kenneth O’Neal, I am a new woman. I have gained
12-15 pounds back of the 35 I lost. I am eating all
organic and have more energy that I have had in 10
years. Thanks to God and Steve, I'm now disease
free!
My husband is 65 and I really
didn't think he would see 66. After years of
battling emphysema, he was hardly able to do
anything without gasping for breath. Hollis had
smoked for many years. It seemed like the damage was
done and there was nothing traditional medicine
could do. My son called to tell me about this clinic
across the border in Mexico that had helped people
with all sorts of diseases, and he wanted us to try
it. I told him thanks but there's no way Hollis is
going to trust someone in Mexico. My son was so
persistent( very) and eventually he convinced us to
at least go and meet the doctor. I must say we were
pleasantly surprised. The doctor was very nice and
seemed to be very knowledgeable. We made an
appointment the next day. After the first treatment,
we headed back across the border. Before we got
home (about 20 miles) Hollis began to comment about
how good he was feeling. After 2 or 3 more
treatments he was like a new man. It is a miracle.
After a couple of weeks of treatments, Hollis bean
to cough up a dark phlegm-looking substance. We're
not sure, but we think it is from 40+ years of
smoking. He quit smoking and September of 1990 it
has been 8 years since he smoked! Hardly a day goes
by that I don't tell someone about our miracle.
Praise God!
For several
years, my energy level had been declining, until it
reached the point that I was barely able to get out
of bed in the mornings. Shooting pains throughout my
body would wake me out of a sound sleep. Every
muscle in my body ached. On the weekends, I slept
around the clock just to be able to make it through
the week. I was depressed and thought I would soon
die. I assumed that my age and my many pastoral
duties were the cause of the rapid decline. I was
getting worse at an alarming degree.
Thankfully, God heard my cry for healing. Through
Ken and Carolyn Gober's health food store in
Brownwood, TX, I found Steve Hines. He
suspected the bacteria that causes Lyme disease
may be responsible for my symptoms which was later confirmed. After only one month of
following Steve's recommendations of natural
vitamins, herbs, minerals, liver cleanses, and a
healthy diet, I began to feel like a new man. I had
one visit to Hope Clinic in Mexico which had
wonderful results. I was shocked at how quickly I
was improving. After only two months, my strength
returned, the shooting pains stopped, my body aches
ceased, my blood pressure dropped, the depression
left, and my sleep pattern went back to normal. I am
thankful that God has many ways of healing. I am
confident that He led me to Hope.
Life
stopped suddenly on June 16, 2001. The day before, I
was a healthy, energetic, newly-married 23-year-old
in the midst of completing a graduate degree. But
this day, I was a patient in an emergency room,
writhing in pain, as one by one, every joint in my
body locked stiffly in its place. Over the next
year, my symptoms multiplied. My muscles and joints
were always stiff with sharp pain. My nerves burned.
I had extreme fatigue. My memory began to fade, and
I could not concentrate on the simplest tasks. I was
depressed. I visited doctor after doctor, with each
diagnosis ranging from “it’s all in your head,” to
“you have a lifelong chronic disease.” All along, I
knew the truth. I had Lyme disease. And I was not
willing to give up.
After a year of struggles, I found a doctor who
specialized in nutritional therapy. He introduced me
to the world of vitamin supplementation and healthy
diet. He took me off sugar, the food of Lyme
bacteria, and helped me to regain much of my health.
But 7 months later, I had a relapse and was back to
square one. Following the doctor’s protocol, I was
able to regain some strength and ease some pain, but
I was still quite unhealthy and limited in what I
could do.
I met Steve Hines in March 2005, and he immediately
began to fill in the gaps that my previous treatment
was missing. After a mere four days of taking
the supplements he recommended and adhering to the
Specific Carbohydrate Diet he prescribed, my joint
pain was gone. I spent four weeks at Hope Clinic
with Dr. Rivera
where he continued to work on my muscle pain, energy
level, and digestive difficulties, all with
remarkable results. Thanks to God and Steve, I
know I have the power to beat this disease, and
that’s exactly what I plan to do.
My story began about 14 years ago
when I started losing coordination in my legs and
started feeling a sense of spasticity. The first
doctor diagnosed me with Cerebral Palsy, even though
I wasn’t born with any symptoms other than being
“pigeon-toed.” As my legs grew worse, I was forced
to take an early retirement from the military. After
serving active duty in the Air Force for 5 years, I
had served in the Guard for almost 15 years. I also
had worked inspecting fire systems, and had my own
landscaping company. Suddenly, my legs were shutting
down on me and even walking across the room became
difficult.
The next neurologist diagnosed me with genetic
spastic paraparesis. Since I had no family history
of any neurological disorder, I could not understand
how this was genetic. The doctor’s response was that
it had to start with someone. I guess I was the
lucky one.
My wife and I could not accept this diagnosis, and
we were referred to “the best neurologist” in town.
He tested me for MS, ALS, and a variety of other
diseases – except Lyme disease. We were referred to
the University of Michigan for further tests. No one
could find anything wrong. So again, the doctors
fell back on genetic spastic paraparesis. No one
would even test for Lyme disease.
We still kept looking for answers. “Coincidently,”
my wife was working a horse show one week, where we
met some new friends who had a booth across from
ours. They told us about Steve Hines and Hope clinic in
Mexico. He called Steve right then and there,
and I spoke with Steve (not a receptionist), for
almost 45 minutes. He wanted to see me at once. God
arranged for a couple that my wife knew from her
work to finance the trip. They had simply heard
about it in conversation and called to say they
wanted to finance the trip! It was only what could
be described as “ordained.”
I arrived at the clinic, a passenger in a wheel
chair. At the end of 6 weeks, I was pushing the
wheel chair, and I have never sat in the wheel chair
again. I still have my cane as a reminder of
everything that God, Steve, good friends, and a
lot of prayer have done for me.
My life has completely changed because my wife
happened to work a horse show and happened to be
across from wonderful people who happened to know of
Steve. Do not speak to me of coincidences. God
is in control, and there are answers beyond
conventional medicine, if you will only look!
