7/30/73 Letter from Mrs. Rose Breda,
150-28 17 Avenue,
White Stone, N.Y. 11357, to Carolyn Crum of the Edgar Cayce
Foundation in re overcoming her illness with the Edgar Cayce
treatments from the A.R.E. Circulating Files for members:
"Here is the story about my illness and how I overcame it
with the EC treatments -
"My doctor's (family doctor) name is Dr. Leonard Pace,
23-35
Bell Blvd., Bayside, Queens, N.Y.
"My chiropractor was Dr. H. Lutwin, 4003 National St.,
Corona, N.Y. 11368."
Love, Rose Breda
"I will begin by telling you how I first started getting
sick. In the 1950's I developed rheumatoid arthritis and the
doctors put me on Butazolidin. However, even though I used
this drug, my health continued to fail. Several years later
I began to have trouble with my eyes. I went to the doctor,
but he couldn't find anything wrong with them. Finally in
1960 I woke up one morning and I couldn't see out of one of
my eyes. I went again to the doctor and again he could not
find anything wrong, but he prescribed Cortizone. Cortizone
has very bad side effects, and for me especially, has very
bad side effects. I developed glaucoma. Instead of taking
me off the Cortizone, the doctors gave me eye drops to
control the glaucoma. Even though I was using Cortizone,
they feared that they were going to have to remove my eye.
They also feared the inflammation spreading to the other eye.
Eventually, they did have to take me off the Cortizone and
when they did the glaucoma disappeared.
"My health continued to fail and in 1962 I was hospitalized.
The doctors diagnosed tuberculosis of the right lung and a
disease called toxoplasmosis, which caused my eye trouble.
This disease also damages the central nervous system. They
decided to put me on isonizes [isoniazid?], a tuberculin
drug and para aminosalicylic acid. They also gave me sulphur
drugs for the toxoplasmosis. I took these drugs for about
two years, but my health didn't improve, as a matter of fact,
I grew weaker as time went on. During this period of time I
was unable to do much reading because of my poor vision, but
I did read one book called, 'There is a River'. To this day
I do not know where this book came from or where it went, but
it made a great impression on me. This book by Tom Sugrue is
about Edgar Cayce.
"In 1965 I had gotten much worse and the doctors put me into
the hospital again. They found out that I had tuberculosis
of both kidneys and the voice box, and more drugs were
prescribed. I was already on isonizes [isoniazide?], para
aminosalicylic acid and tranquilizers and in addition to
these drugs they put me on streptomycin and cycloserine.
Isonizes has terrible side effects. It causes
hallucinations. At that time I used to have my own little
LSD trips in the bedroom. I thought I was going crazy
because I did not know that the drug was causing these
hallucinations. It also affected my equilibrium and the
middle ear. I would lose my balance and was unable to stand
up. When I would turn my head from side to side the whole
room would spin. As time went on I developed heart trouble
and liver damage and the doctors prescribed digitalis
besides all the other drugs.
It was during this period that I wrote to the publisher
concerning the book about Edgar Cayce.
"In the spring of 1966 my doctor took a chest x-ray and it
was found that the tuberculin lesion of my lung had doubled
in size from the year before. Despite the fact that I was
on all of these drugs, it was obvious that I was getting
increasingly worse. The trouble had started with my lungs
and travelled to my kidneys and voice box. The condition
with my right eye had travelled to the cornea of my left eye.
The eye specialists that I had visited felt that I would
eventually go blind with this condition.
"Every time that I would close my eyes during this period, I
would see death. That may sound odd to you but that is what
happened. Sometimes I would fear going to sleep or closing
my eyes to take a nap because invariably when I did there
death would be grinning at me. It was a terrible experience,
not knowing which would come first, death or blindness. I
knew that whatever the doctors were doing for me was wrong.
It might have been right for some people, but not for me.
"This was in August 1966. One day my husband came home and
I saw the expression on his face. He had been to the doctor
and was told that I would die soon. They had done all they
could for me. I thought all night long and the next day when
he went to work I got down on my knees and I laid my hands
upon the bed and I said, 'Father, here I am. I have no one
else to turn to. Will you please help me? You don't have to
heal me. I really do not expect it. Just tell me what to
do. Just show me what to do and I'll do it myself'. I got
up and I sat on the side of the bed for awhile and something
just as clear as if you were speaking to me right now said,
'Throw all of your drugs away.' Well, that's what I did. I
went into the kitchen and threw away every one of my drugs,
even the digitalis. I went back to the bedroom and I waited
for my husband to come home. I waited for the earthquake to
take place. He came home and I heard him in the kitchen
rummaging around in the garbage can. He then came into the
bedroom and said, 'What's the matter with you, are you out of
your mind? Don't you know you'll die if you don't take the
drugs?' He said a few other things which I can't repeat
here. I told him that if I do take the drugs I'll die. I
knew this just as sure as I knew anything in my life. He
then called the doctor and the doctor in turn called me and
said, 'Rose, what's the matter with you, are you crazy?
Don't you know you have to take the drugs or you'll die?'
Then I asked him, 'If I do take the drugs will I live?' He
said, 'No, I can't tell you that.' I said, 'Well, don't
bother me. This is what I decided to do and this is what I'm
going to do.' I waited for direction and it came. I didn't
understand direction the way it is now spoken of in our
Search for God groups, but believe me it was working. I
think because I prayed sincerely to God that He did direct
me. I had to fight my husband, the doctor and my friends.
They had all thought that I had lost my mind because of all
the strain I had been through. But I was like a rock. I
said, "No, I'm not taking the drugs.' I just sat there
waiting because I knew something was going to happen. I
didn't know what. I didn't have the faintest idea what would
happen, but after four or five days I received a letter from
Virginia Beach acknowledging my interest in a Search for God
group and in joining the Association for Research and
Enlightenment. I answered their letter immediately and told
them that I was desperately ill with tuberculosis. I sent
my membership fee and asked them if they would send me the
folder on tuberculosis. A week later I received the
literature and immediately began to read it. Edgar Cayce's
language, as you know, is difficult to understand, but
somehow I managed. The first week I had written down
everything he suggested. I told my husband that I needed an
oak charred keg. He said, 'What in the name of God do you
want that for?' I said, 'I have to fill it halfway with
apple brandy and breathe this deep into my lungs.' My
husband just shook his head, he thought I had picked up some
book by some quack and was getting suckered into something.
However, he did humor me. He did start looking all over for
an oak charred keg, but it wasn't easy to find. He finally
found the keg in a little Italian section in Brooklyn. Now
we needed pure apple brandy which wasn't easy to find either,
since most apple brandies have a grape base. We had to have
an apple brandy made from scratch. (I began the Cayce
treatment in Sept. 1966.) Then I had to find a chiropractor.
[
9/20/73 GD's note: Edgar Cayce in case [
1548] had
recommended an osteopath.] I did not know any chiropractor
so I looked in the yellow pages and again I think God was
guiding me. I found a doctor Ludwin in Corona who was
familiar with the Edgar Cayce literature and agreed to use
the method on me.
"Edgar Cayce had recommended Calcios and Acigest which are
two medicines used for tuberculosis. Calcios is ground up
chicken bones and marrow. The particular company that
manufactured both Acigest and Calcios no longer manufactured
Acigest. I wrote for the Calcios and received it, but I was
at a loss as to where I might find the Acigest. I don't know
how I found out that Acigest was diluted hydrochloric acid in
some form. I went to my doctor and I said that I needed
diluted hydrochloric acid. He said, 'What do you need that
for?' He thought I was crazy and wouldn't give me the
prescription for it. I got nervous and began to cry until he
finally gave me the prescription. Now, I was well on my way.
Edgar Cayce's readings in the Circulating File also
recommended that I stay outside in the shade when the sun
was shining and try to do a little walking. In the beginning
I wasn't able to do any walking but gradually I got to the
point where I could. Part of the treatment also included
high colonics and massages with peanut oil and olive oil.
This was just the treatment for tuberculosis. Don't forget
that I was in great pain with the arthritis and suffering
with my eyes, liver, lungs and kidneys.
"After having spent a great deal of time in hospitals and
numerous consultations, I was never advised to follow a
special diet. Eat a regular diet they told me. Edgar Cayce
emphasized that I must eat a great deal of vegetables,
especially leafy green vegetables and salads, drink a lot of
orange juice and eat only whole wheat bread products, drink
egg nogs and beef juice and eat only lamb, chicken and fish.
I was absolutely not to be allowed beef, pork or sweets.
In February, 1967 I went to Doctor Pace, my family doctor.
He took x-rays of my lungs. He called me up the next day and
told me he could not even find a scar on my lungs. When my
husband came home I told him what the doctor had said. My
husband, needless to say, was shocked because I was still
very weak. My attitude had changed, I used to cry everyday
of my life, now I was optimistic, enthusiastic and full of
bounce. There was just something about this treatment that
did this for you. My husband, however, called the doctor and
asked him to take the new x-rays to the hospital and compare
them to the others. My doctor did this and called in a
consultant to verify his findings. The results were the
same, no scar tissue. He then tested my blood. When the
results of this test proved negative he put me in the
hospital in April 1967 for a complete and thorough
examination. They started a series of tests. They put dye
in my blood stream and took x-rays of my kidneys that way.
They also took blood tests and urine tests every day. They
did a cystoscope on my kidneys and took x-rays while they
were doing that. After a week the doctor came into my room
with the results of the tests. He sat down on the chair and
said, 'I don't believe this but you are well,' and he just
shook his head. I said, 'I know, I know,' but he didn't talk
anymore, he just got up and walked out. I think the shock
was too much for him. I have not taken any drugs since and
my heart for all intents and purposes is alright. I have no
evidence of arthritis. I am still blind in my right eye, but
now I no longer have any trouble with my left, so whatever
this disease was, it also subsided. It took me sometime to
get my strength back. As a matter of fact I think I am still
getting it back, but nevertheless you can see that I am not
sick.
"(Was found cured in April 1967 - 6 1/2 months after
beginning the Cayce treatment.)"
