Now, I don’t want to be weird, but after 7 ACL’s reconstructed at the age of 35 and had my meniscus removed and was told my left knee would be numb for the rest of my days and might have to be replaced. I laugh. a little.
My left knee, for those of you who are visual, was mutilated while skiing down a 20-foot cliff at age 27. Yeah, I bent my knee back so my foot was in my mouth as I sat up… oh, I mean OUCH! After so many surgeries to get me back on my feet, the doctors told me I would have some neuropathy or numbness around the front and sides of my knee joint and cap. In fact, I could stick a needle in my knee to signal that it bled and I wouldn’t feel a thing.
I started with megadoses of colostrum while I was writing my first book on colostrum and had read that growth factors, specifically IGF-1, could have a huge impact on soft tissue. While dosing at levels of 55-75 grams per day, my knee began to tingle in areas where I felt nothing after all the surgeries. The experience is something we’ve all had, when your foot or leg goes numb and that tingling goes on until all blood flow and communication has been concentrated in the affected area. Well mine lasted 3 months, day and night, as time went on I knew something was changing and the doctor confirmed it to me when I nearly jumped off the exam table when he passed the grinder over my knee.
Now I am 46 years old and I have had no problems with my knee and I feel full. Many people who have come forward tell me that they experienced very similar problems, tingling, and then they could feel everything.
Over the years, I cannot say that I have been involved in any clinical trials demonstrating the benefits of the components of colostrum and their ability to work on neuropathy, specifically as it pertains to surgery. What I can tell you is from the many years of working with colostrum, being involved in research and talking to literally thousands of people around the world who have seen its benefits in overcoming numbness in different parts of the body, there is a physical impact that people can experience.
So while I haven’t been involved in any research specifically related to neuropathy, I would say that based on my own experience and that of many others, growth factors will play an important role in regeneration.
