Weyburn resident Ray Heebner had his first angina attack four years ago. The blockage in his arteries was closing off his throat and choking him, and he could barely walk across a room.
Today Heebner's throat is clear, and he can go out in his yard and mow the lawn. He says he owes it all to chelation therapy.
Heebner organized a chelation therapy meeting on Feb. 18 at the Wheatland Seniors Centre and spoke to attendees on how he feels the therapy saved his life.
Heebner went the chelation route after waiting months for an angiogram he was supposed to have in Regina four years ago. He heard about the treatment from a cousin, and travelled to a Minot doctor to get his initial 30 treatments, followed by three more treatments every second month for six months.
"After that, I was feeling really good," he said. "I got a call saying I could come in for my angiogram, but by that time I didn't need it."
Chelation therapy is a treatment used to restore blood flow without surgery in victims of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. It involves the intravenous infusion of a prescription medicine called ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA).
At a Weyburn meeting held by the EDTA Chelation Association of Saskatchewan on Feb. 18, information on chelation was presented to about 30 attendees, including Ray Heebner, president of the Weyburn chapter.
Speakers at the meeting included Yorkton chapter president Father Methoduis Kushko, who talked about his own experience with chelation therapy, provincial president Bob Wiks, and Reverend Bob Kuglin, who spoke about his proposed walk across Canada. Kuglin plans to walk across the country to demonstrate what chelation has done for him since experiencing heart problems.
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