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Source: douglindsay<br>Doug Lindsay: The Man Who Invented a Surgery to Cure Himself

He was bedridden for 11 years, and now he’s known for inventing a surgery that saved himself from the pain and helping others with incurable health issues

Ray || Content Creator

9 min read·<br>Aug 5, 2019

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My Abstract<br>Doug Lindsay is a man who had autonomic nervous system disorder . What it does is sad to hear because when we have one part of the body that’s harmed we can barely tolerate it. The thing is, his disorder attacks your heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism, digestion and more. He was a senior in college who dropped out due to developing the disorder that rendered him bedridden for over 11 years. He spent countless years fighting to find what was wrong with him. Now, he’s a cured and relatively healthy 41 year-old personal medical consultant who also is a keynote speaker that is now helping others with unidentifiable diseases or illnesses. What I’m about to tell you is shocking, sad, and inspiring.<br>How I Found Out About It<br>I was looking around on my sister’s tablet and I found out a great discovery last Saturday. A man named Doug Lindsay invented/developed a cure for an illness that left him bedridden for over 11 years. Usually, when I get news notifications, it’s very sad, but getting one like this was so amazing I had to tell anyone who could read this. Let me tell you his story.

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Source: Corrine Sanders, via inspiremoreIt Runs in The Family<br>Doug Lindsay was born and raised in Missouri. Doug also was born in a family where his illness was hereditary. He recalls his mother and auntie having the same illness that was deemed incurable at the time because the specifics were vague. When he hit the age of 4, his mother who already had become bedridden, managed to save him from choking on his food, but that was one of the few times she wasn’t physically limited. At the age of 18 months, she could no longer carry her own son, and for the rest of his life would try to find out the cause of her problems.<br>After many tests, Doug’s mother hypothesized that it was a thyroid issue but didn’t have the ability to go to the Mayo Clinic, a highly regarded place for physicians based in Rochester, Minnesota. Sadly, before his adolescence, he watched his Auntie develop the same illness that got her to the point that she couldn’t even tie her own shoes anymore. All the family knew was that it was a disorder of the nervous system, but the classification of it was sadly unknown at the time. It was up to him who to find out, but too bad he had to become an experiment in the process.<br>Important to Note: His mom initially labeling this as a thyroid issue is important to note because this was the information that her son would use to find out what really was the cause of their illnesses. He was always curious about finding a reason and way to help his family’s illness.

When He Developed The Illness<br>By the time he was beginning his senior year in college and about to finish his biology degree at Rockhurst University (It’s in Kansas City, MO), he sadly couldn’t continue any longer. Doug remembers feeling his heartbeat spiral out of control, getting dizzy, and collapsing in the beginning year school of Fall 1999, and he knew that he got it and immediately told his mother.<br>After seeing multiple family members develop the same illness he contracted, he wasn’t surprised. He was also a successful track athlete back in High School and I ponder, did he do these sports before they were robbed from him? Maybe he too was wondering when the time would come that he would be in his Mom and Auntie’s place. Unfortunately, it happened just before he was going to finish his senior year of college.<br>On the phone call with his mom, he tells her he has to drop out ASAP as he can’t walk for more than 50 feet until he collapses. He became bedridden for an average of 22 hours, but instead of letting that stop him, he persevered.

Never Giving Up<br>What is The Endocrine System?<br>He went to all types of doctors who continuously told him they didn’t know what was wrong with him or that they couldn’t help. These were doctors in fields ranging from neurology, internal medicine, and most importantly endocrinology. I say most importantly because the endocrine system deals with the glands in the body that secrete hormones to important organs such as the liver, kidney, heart and more to do their jobs.<br>Those hormones the endocrine sends help with sleep, growth, mood, reproduction, and many more. The other thing to know is when his mother thought the thyroid was the cause, she meant the...