In November/December 2003 after having a blood test I was found to be mildly anaemic with a reduction in my haemoglobin and platelet counts. Therefore I had several more tests, none of which revealed any untoward findings.

This test showed evidence of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MSD) for which there is no treatment or cure. In time this would result in me having to have vital blood transfusions to keep me going for further short periods of time. Then, after a long discussion with my Haematologist, my wife Janice and I were told the daunting news that I had approximately eighteen months to live and should start getting my affairs in order. This didn’t give me very long to get things in order or to live.

We were both in shock for several weeks and after telling our family and few close friends, had long discussions as to how we were going to handle this. I can tell you it’s not the nicest of positions to be in and your thoughts are endless. One of my first thoughts was that there must be something or someone out there that could help. I started to look on the Internet, finding out all I could about MSD and about the trials and some treatments in the USA which were in their early stages.

I went to the New Zealand Rare Blood Disorders and also the New Zealand Cancer Society and, although they gave me great support, they had no help for me either regarding the treatment of MSD.

Now, I’m not much of a reader but when I sat down and started, I read this book from front to back in one sitting! Then I skimmed through it again several times and started asking, "Where do I get this product from?"

I was given the name of a very nice and understanding lady in Auckland who has a wholesale account for New Image Alpha Lipid Colostrum to help all the unwell people that she knows. Many of them have the most chronic form of arthritis, called fibromyalgia. After a telephone discussion with her to find out more, I started taking Alpha Lipid Colostrum in July 2004. She also advised me to take Co-Enzyme Q10 with it.

I must admit that I was a little sceptical at first about this Colostrum because I had been a Dairy Farmer all my life. Colostrum was what you fed newborn calves and lambs, and what was left over, you fed to the dog and the pigs, before the rest got tipped down the drain. To tell you the truth, when they first started collecting Colostrum from the farm I thought at that time, "What on earth are they going to do with it?"

Only now, my questions were to be answered. Up until this time, the results of my blood tests were on a downward dive as they deteriorated, along with my consequent lack of energy, no ability to do much, and me hardly able to get around.

I started using Alpha Lipid Colostrum, which incorporates the latest technological advances in the world, unique to New Image and New Zealand.

Over the following few weeks, my blood count started to rise and amazingly, continued up to near normal counts. Then, in mid-August, only four weeks after starting Alpha Lipid Colostrum, I received a call from my Cardiologist suggesting that we should see if he could get a surgeon to give me a much needed third bypass heart operation.

On 14 September 2005, I was in the Ascot hospital in Auckland having the operation - thanks to medical insurance! The surgeons replaced my Aortic Valve with a titanium one and carried out a further four bypass grafts, a lengthy operation.

After eight days, I was allowed home to recover, with heaps of loving care from Janice and a district nurse (another unreal lady) who looked after my surgical wounds – plus my Alpha Lipid Colostrum. After years of experience, the District Nurse was amazed at how quickly I was healing

A short while later, I was called in to visit my Haematologist, who had initially given me the eighteen months sentence with M.S.D.  He did my bloods yet again, and pronounced that now I was well enough to have my long-awaited operation. That was when I remonstrated. "I’ve had it a few weeks ago," I said. He was astounded that I was in such good shape. His advice was to keep on doing exactly what I was doing! Taking Alpha Lipid Colostrum.

It is nearly twelve months now, since my operation and I am back doing most things, like walking and going to the gym three days a week and all the other activities I used to do. My blood tests are still all in the normal range and my cardiologist is very pleased with my progress.

During the last sixteen months, it has been quite a journey for us. We are so thankful that we heard about Alpha Lipid Colostrum and all its benefits, and to be able to take it and get the results that I have had from it. I also take Alpha Lipid Lifeline, Co-Enzyme Q10 and Pycnogenol.

My aim is to tell as many people as I can about Alpha Lipid Colostrum and how it has helped me to get my life back again. If my story can help someone else out there, well that just makes me feel so good!!

One thing that amazes me, is when you mention Colostrum and this story to medical people, they look at you sideways. Because it’s not a man-made drug, they seem to think it can’t and won’t do you any good. It just goes to show you, how little they know about Mother Nature and its benefits!

I am now a distributor of New Image Products (mainly Alpha Lipid Colostrum) and I could spend all day telling you stories I have been told, about how it has helped people from three to seventy nine-years-old. It is so pleasing to see such great results. Word of mouth is the best advertising out there - and also me when you get me talking on the subject.

I end my story with a big thank you to all the people who have been involved along my journey, and with a special thank you to New Image for finding the technology, for manufacturing and supplying these products, and for making them available for us to use.  If you would like to know more, just drop me an email or phone.