‘Kaye Asked Me to Help Her Die’

“My Healing Journey” is a special series of stories written by people who found unconventional paths to wellness when they had nowhere else to turn.

Kaye and Doug Wyatt in 2003. Photo courtesy of Doug Wyatt

Although this is the story of my wife, Kaye, it is really the story of my life.

Kaye was born in the 1950s when it was common practice for physicians to irradiate the thymus gland as a way to make it shrink. Conventional medicine dictated that an enlarged thymus gland would cause “crib death.” So, instead of allowing Kaye’s thymus to shrink on its own, her doctor irradiated it, and as a result, completely wiped out her immune system.