Chiropractors / spinal specialists usa

Drs. Steven and Camilla Franson Beverly, Massachusetts

February 10, 2003 I walked into Franson Family Chiropractic and my life was changed forever. I moved out to Boston from Colorado to accept a job with a software company after college. After about 2 months of working at the company I began taking my sick days, a lot of them. I would wake up to the right side of my body feeling tingly, with pins and needles, almost like it had fallen asleep. I would get in the shower and could barely stand some mornings the dizziness was so overwhelming, I felt like I had just drunk a bottle of Jack Daniels. I would walk (most days I had these symptoms I could barely walk down the street let alone drive a car) to the doctor in Boston and sit there all day until a doctor could see me.

Every time I went to the doctor I described my symptoms, usually through tears because I was so terrfied and aggravated by this mysterious feeling I could not stop. The symptoms would last three days and then vanish until 15 days later when I would revisit my new second home the doctor's office. After two months I was told that I probably had Multiple Sclerosis and I should get an MRI done so that they could check out my brain on an MRI. I obliged the doctors, went to a neurologist that went over my MRI and confirmed that there were no signs of anything just as he had suspected, he then told me that I did have early signs of MS but on the other hand it could be Meniere's Disease.

I was off to another specialist, an eye and ear specialist this time, to see if I had Meniere's Disease. It seemed that every person I met in the waiting room of this specialist had similar symptoms as me with the one difference that I was not losing my hearing. After days of balance testing, hearing tests and brain testing with no signs of anything the doctor suggested that I undergo surgery to punch a hole in my eardrum. This hole would release pressure from my inner ear which was causing the vertigo. I decided to wait on this "minor" surgery, as he had called it, because punching a hole in my eardrum seemed anything but "minor" to me.

I went back to see another neurologist who told me not to listen to the first neurologist I had seen. This was not MS he said or Meniere's disease in his opinion. I was so relieved but as frustrated as ever. This neurologist told me to take 4 or 5 ibuprofen the next dizzy spell I had.

Confused yet? Imagine how I felt!

I walked into Franson Family Chiropractic having convinced myself that I was going to soon die of MS, popping about 1,000 mgs of Advil every morning, terrified I would loose my job if I took one more sick day, barely able to drive due to the dizziness and almost causing accidents every evening on Route 128 while I was driving home to Boston. I was scared to death that I would never find out what was wrong with me and I missed my Mom in Texas desperately.

Well, I soon found out that what was wrong with me and it was that I never challenged these doctors. I had accepted their word as truth. I am now under the care of Dr. Camilla Franson and after her first adjustment about six months ago I have not had one tingle in my right side or any dizziness. Through Dr. Camilla's education I finally figured out what was causing these symptoms, an evil drug Paxil that I was placed on for one anxiety attack during the time I graduated from college. Funny, how an anti-anxiety SSRI by the name of Paxil would cause the most anxiety for me and my family that we had ever faced.

I am now almost Paxil free, I have been slowly weaning my body off of this horrible drug for about two months now like a heroine addict. Now that I have been under Dr. Camilla's care I am the healthiest and strongest I ever thought possible. I have thrown away my Ortho-Novum and I am on the road to being 100% drug free.

I urge you to get checked by a chiropractor. I beg you to challenge your M.D. or anyone who suggests a pill as a solution to any problem. If you need proof that chiropractic works ask around the waiting room of Franson Family Chiropractic and you will meet wonderful people with stories more amazing than mine.

My story ends at the beginning really, I am on my way to Parker College of Chiropractic to fulfill my calling and my destiny and become a Doctor of Chiropractic so that one day I might help someone who was as terrified as I was. Dr. Camilla is not only my doctor, my friend and my idol but she truly is a blessing.

Thank you for reading,

Amy R