Introducing a Wonderful Resource Person: Nutritionist Jeanne Wallace, PhD
Introducing a Wonderful Resource Person: Nutritionist Jeanne Wallace, PhD
During the time when my husband Tim was ill (as I described inmy first posting on this website, I began using the internet to find treatments for Tim that our doctors hadn’t told us about. Of course, my research became more intense each time Tim’s situation became more critical. But almost without being aware of it, I was honing my skills as a researcher. (At some point, I will post an article on this website about how to best use the Internet for medical research.)
Along the way, friends started contacting me, asking me to help them find solutions for their health problems, or for their friends’ problems. It was through helping Tim and my friends that I found some pretty incredible resources – both web-based and non-web-based.
I am going to start now to introduce these resources to you. (I also plan to set up a series of resource links, where these folks and their sites will appear.)
The first person who helped me with Tim was Dr. Jeanne Wallace, ofNutritional Solutions. Jeanne – whom I refer to as “a medical encyclopedia with heart” -- is a most incredible nutritionist, and the person I consider most responsible for the relative health Tim enjoyed for so many years.
What is so unusual about Jeanne? Probably the fact that she knew more than Tim’s doctors did, not only about the supplements he should be on (no surprise here!), but also about their interactions with his meds. She also knew which supplements would decrease Tim’s chance of having seizures, and which meds and supplements could be a problem. (It is this latter point which, believe it or not, his doctors most often seemed to be totally unaware of.) She also knew which supplements patients should – and should not – take with chemo and radiation, and how each supplement interacts with each treatment. “Incredible” is the word that best describes her.
Jeanne was, in short, a lifesaver for Tim, and for me.
Good news gets around, and so, because of herpopularity (some doctors also refer patients to her) – and also because she doesn't want to spread herself too thin – at this time, Jeanne concentrates on consulting with only seven kinds of cancer patients: brain tumors, breast, colon, ovarian, pancreatic, head-and-neck squamous cell (HNSCC) cancers and melanomas. She is in the process of training other nutritionists to work with patients who have other kinds of cancers.
Jeanne gets to know her clients by phone better than most doctors get to know you in person! If you or a family member has cancer, and if you are open to outliving your prognosis, call Jeanne Wallace at (435) 563-0053 and feel free to use my name.
