Dudley Bland

Treatment(s) Used : Acupuncture

Age 47

Lambert, Mississippi

2/1/2005

When I first went to the Arkansas Therapy Center I was legally blind. January 1, 2004, I was handling dynamite and by doing so I got a large charge of nitro glycerine. It went through the skin and caused the blood vessels in the eyes to rupture. After the hemorrhage, in March of 2004, I came to the Arkansas Therapy Center. My sister’s boss, who had eye problems related to MS, had gone to the clinic and recommended it to me. It took a few weeks to get over my skepticism, but I knew I had nothing to lose. I asked Dr. Mayo in Oxford, MS, whether he thought it was a good idea to go to Arkansas and he told me that since they have been doing acupuncture for over 2000 years there’s got to be something to it.

After a week of treatments, I was able to drive part of the way home. I couldn’t believe it could work that fast. I kept improving for three weeks. I went to my regular eye doctor and with my glasses I was seeing at 20/30 in the right eye. I couldn’t believe it was that good.

About 7 to 8 years ago I had a hemorrhage in the left eye and the doctors removed the vitreous jelly and put in a silicone oil implant. It’s still there. Then the doctors did cataract surgery and put the wrong implant in. After that first trip to Arkansas, there was some improvement in that eye as well.

There are a lot of people that are very skeptical about the treatment working. I have seen people give that old horse grin in disbelief. I have seen people roll their eyes. Every time I see this I thank God and Dr. Ryan that I can see. If these people don’t believe and choose not to see that is their choice and priveledge. I am just proud I can see.

At first week of treatment, the scan on Wednesday showed some improvement but on Thursday I was in the hotel room when I began to see the writing scroll across the bottom of the TV screen. I picked up the Bible. I could read the top page of the Book of the Bible. This was the first thing I was able to read in 3 months. I was so excited.

When I returned for my second visit 10 months later the staff did a visual field scan on my first day. The scan looked so good that Dr. Ryan insisted that I retake the scan because she thought I might have been trigger happy. The second scan showed the same level of improvement as the first.