Dick Van Dyke
"Dick Van Dyke is undergoing tests for "cranial throbbing, " according to the Associated Press.
The legendary actor, well-known for The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis Murder, has been suffering from throbbing in his head when he lies down that has caused him to lose sleep, a rep for the 87-year-old actor says. So far, no diagnosis has been made."
Any suggestions?
Dick Van Dyke
George
Turned out he had an egg size tumor is his sinus cavity breaking his speech but had seen doctors numerous times with no answers.
He was having interrupted sleep because of apnea and it was affecting every aspect of his life.
Finally they found it and removed it and his speech isn't breaking up anymore.
George
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I have to say I can relate to your husband's chest pain. I as well had to have my heart checked and it was good. It was reference pain from my Gall Bladder and it was bad. What cured it for me was a big mouth full of Olive Oil, I noticed a calming effect within 20 minutes. I did this until the pain left and never returned until last week. I used the same method again and this time it only took the one gulp. I rinse with mouth wash right after because I can't stand the taste. Some times the simplest remedies baffle others.
I hope it works for your husband. Let us know.
Art.
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Shelly
In Jan 2012, I gave birth to my daughter. I was also pre-eclamptic, & had high protien levels in my urine. My blood pressure was high, and remained high until 3 or so months after the birth. I wanted a natural birth SO bad! Ended up getting the epidural & other drugs. I did everything organic, right down to my bedsheets. I ate really well, and took good liquid vitamins. My birth experience was pretty stressful, & I had some post-pardum depression. So, I nursed until the end of April '12, when I was then forced to stop, because my milk supply just dropped dramatically. I tried all kinds of natural things, herbs, teas, etc. I didnt know why this was happening. Then, my bladder started to hurt. I got checked for what seemed like a UTI, but it came back negative, 3 times (in 2 weeks). After an evening run, I went to bed later, and awoke to feeling REALLY SICK. I thought I was getting a stomach/bacterial "bug", but it just wouldnt go away. I decided to go to the ER, and they sent me to ultrasound and checked my blood/urine. I had slightly low pancreatic enzymes ( prob cus I have not eaten in several hours! ). They sent me home with some drug that didnt help, and my "condition" or sickness, continued to linger.
These were my symptoms: ongoing nausea, pain/frequency in bladder, using the bathroom (BMs) 8-10x (mostly in morning; diarreah), extreme weakness, fatigue, dizziness, heart palpatations/high blood pressure, & hair loss! Over the course of the last 10 months since this has happened, I went to only a few docs, one was a gastroenterologist. She did a colonoscopy, and found I had microscopic colitis (duh- from the diarreah I was having! ). I did all sorts of experimenting with foods, etc.. and found that through much research, and Ted's advice through reading here, that I may have a candida overgrowth (really bad).
I don't understand HOW I got this sick! I ate realllly well, and was not on antibiotics. Well, one of the docs I was seeing gave me some antibiotics AFTER this episode, which didnt help, 'cus I told her I thought I had a parasite. What now? Do I really have a parasite? I had 2 stool samples, came back negative for them ( I hear they are not accurate though). I am going to see a Naturopath FINALLY next week, because we just didnt have money before. Am I wasting my time? Will they only give me supplements? Ive never been to a naturopath. Ive tried tons and tons of supplements, enzymes, etc, etc... And it seems like being on the candida diet has really helped the most, along with minerals, probiotics, & husband support. I also put myself on iodine that Ted suggested, and that helped stop my hair loss a LOT, and helped with some weakness. ANY time I g to eat carbs, starch, sugar (esp), or sugary-fruit, my symptoms come back within 2 days. I just need help. I don't know what to take, who to see, and I need to take care of a 13 month old and my large house, while trying to take care of myself! I am DESPERATE to get better. I am a new, young Mom here trying my best. It's been a battle. PLEASE... Suggestions! ???
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I saw an ND and was prescribed a high quality Adrenal supplement. I felt better in no time & I know you will too. God bless & let us know what works for you!
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Biofilm Formation by the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans: Development, Architecture, and Drug Resistance.
Role of dimorphism in the development of Candida albicans biofilms
Recurrent Candidiasis: One Step Forward, Still Backward, (2004)
The above research should open your eyes to the fact that modern medicine still remains quite clueless as to how you should both treat and eradicate candida. Diagnosis of candida by modern medical techniques is also known to be poor and inaccurate:
Biological diagnosis of systemic candidiasis: difficulties and future prospects (2007)
Growing Concern: Inability to Diagnose Vulvovaginal Infections Correctly (2004).
The gist of the above is that modern medicine has not got a good record of either diagnosing or treating candida problems. Indeed Dr Orian Truss's well known book on candida is called Candida: The Missing Diagnosis -- which would seem to blatantly confirm modern medicine's clueless approach in diagnosing candida.
If you want to confirm whether you do indeed have a candida or fungal problem then you should take William Crook's questionnaire. William Crook wrote the book: The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough. From the book, this questionnaire will confirm, fairly accurately and in minutes at no cost, whether you have an internal yeast/fungal infection. This questionnaire works off a points system to give you a definite result:
To cure your yeast/fungal and co-infections problem I would further recommend that you take the following anti-candida protocol described lower down in this post stream.
Shelly
I suppose you didn't find any snails in the water hole from which you drank???
For immediate relief take hot baths w/ 1/4 cup Epsom Salt, 1/4 cup Baking Soda, 1/4 cup Borax.
Take Garlic Oil Softgels in the AM for parasites and pathogens. Take Oregano Oil Softgels in the PM for parasites and pathogens.
Purchase and use a Zapper to help eradicate parasites and pathogens; Zapper is also good for replenishing energy.
Purchase and use Detox Foot Pads for heavy metal elimination: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC1&_nkw=detox foot pads&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Also try Oil Pulling as it is very good for detoxing. Be sure to use mouthwash or rinse before and after.
Also use Coconut Oil daily. Also begin Potassium Iodi(n)(d) supplement to kill pathogens and restore energy.
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1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?
2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!
3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?
4. Is taking a good probiotic ok?
5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..
5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?
6. What about ingesting essential oils?
7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?
8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... and stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?
TIMH... No.. No snails.. Hm.. But can it be ingesting through the water? The flukes? How do I know I really have flukes? Can you tell me where I can get good quality parasite stuff... Theres SO much out there, I dont know what to get! I've noticed significant improvement in energy when I juice... I juice 2x/day. Helps with energy! All organic, green juice.. Cucumber.. Celery.. Garlic.. Ginger.. Wheatgrass.. Lemon.. Kale.. Spinach... That is all. Thank you SO much for your input!!!!! God bless!
Shelly
1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?
That diet is fine but only eat small amounts of carbohydrate(sweet potatoes) because they are converted to sugar in the body and sugar feeds candida.
2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!
You can mx them in the following ways:
Borax can be mixed with any of the alkalizing remedies.
Drops of Lugols Iodine can be mixed, alone, with a solution Vitamin C.
Hydrogen Peroxide can be mixed with any of the alakalizing remedies without problems.
Always mix the Methylene Blue (if you decide to use it) with a solution of Vitamin C.
The Liver Support Protocols are normally taken all together just before or after mealtimes.
The niacin(or niacinamide) and B50 complex should also be taken at mealtimes together with the Liver protocol. Niacin works synergistically with both B50 complex and ALA for improved effect. ALA was once also regarded as part of the B Vitamins (as thioctic acid)
For more on this see Ted's List here: Remedy Combinations on EC
3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?
Both Iodine and Hydrogen Peroxide kill pathogens very quickly. These anti-pathogen nutrients work completely differently to antibiotics, they kill the pathogens -- including yeast/fungus -- very fast so no chance or opportunity for them to breed in resistance to these chemicals.
The five days on and two days off regimen is up to you.
For borax particularly -- the borax water must always be taken on a 5 days on, 2 days off basis.
4. Is taking a good probiotic ok? 5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..
I would wait at least until you've been on the anti-candida protocol for a month before you take probiotics or pre-biotics because, initially, there may be alot of toxins from heavy metals as well as fungal die-off poisons that will be dumped into the intestines first. This is not beneficial for promoting good bacteria in the gut and which may take a little while to subside. But when the Herxheimer and detoxing effects eventually diminish and the intestines are clear of toxins then that would be the best time to start take the probiotics/prebiotics.
5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?
I initially used both borax and MB as well as coconut oil for my own candida problems. Within two weeks my long term constipation problems reverted to normal dark brown healthy stools(from hard pale yellow stools). So obviously, this protocol was also beneficial for my own gut bacteria.
6. What about ingesting essential oils?
I am currently road testing essential pine oil on myself using coconut oil, castor oil or black seed oil as a carrier for the pine oil (all these carrier oils kill candida as well). I can't get the proper spirit of gum turpentine in the Philippines so I bought the essential pine oil (Pinus sylvestris) which is stronger than ordinary gum spirit turpentine instead.
There are two ways to use the pine oil. Either taken mixed with milk or water where the pine oil will be quickly absorbed into the blood from the stomach -- which will kill pathogens in the blood, detox the blood and help to purify the blood due to strong antioxidant action with little effect in the intestines. But if you have candida in the intestines you must take it with a carrier like sugar(see Jennifer Daniels article) or take it with a carrier oil to avoid direct absorption into the blood from the stomach and, instead, the carrier oil helps to carry the pine oil directly into the intestines where it rapidly acts to kill the candida yeast/fungus and other pathogens. I've also read that a man from Germany took pine oil or kerosene for his own candida problem and cured himself quickly of this disease. And when the doc checked his stool -- the candida was gone and healthy gut bacteria were present in the correct amounts. For more on the healing effects of pine oil -- see this research article by Walter Last.
Here is an article which shows how effective pine oil is against pathogens -- including candida:
http://www.imp.lodz.pl/upload/oficyna/artykuly/pdf/full/--04_09_Mercier.pdf
I currently am using 10 drops of this essential pine oil mixed with a teaspoon of carrier oil, twice a week as a preventative and tonic. I worked up to this dose slowly from an initial 2 drop dose.
7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?
Usually it is the parasite that infects first due to poor diet and poor digestion, with the bacteria and fungal pathogens piggy-backing on the parasites into our bodies. If you confirm a parasite problem then Hulda Clark's Parasite Protocol -- consisting of Wormwood, Cloves and Black Walnut extract -- is one of the best. This protocol also helps to kill fungus/yeast as well.
8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... And stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?
You might be able to get rid of some of your problems through diet but I think a multi-protocol approach that directly attacks the candida and all other bacterial co-infections, disrupts biofilms, detoxes the body andneutralizes mycotoxins, helps support the immune system and the liver together with a good healthy diet will stand a much better chance of being successful.
Many people with candida and other associated pathogen problems or bacterial co-infections very wrongly assume that if they can get rid of candida from their intestines then they will be cured. But candida is a dimorphic organism that can exist as both a yeast or a fungus -- two totally different biological forms of candida that have completely different structural, behavioural and locational forms. The yeast form is a saprophytic feeder -- it only feeds off dead organic matter but the fungal form is a proper parasite that feeds off the host itself. So if you have the fungal form -- this means that the fungal spores will have not only infected your intestines together with the yeast form but they will also be widely disseminated throughout your body -- fully capable of infecting the blood, tissues and organs with the fungal form of candida. So, if you have both the fungal form together with the yeast form of candida then this is particularly difficult to cure unless you use a sensible and wide ranging anti-candida protocol, including a good diet, that not only acts in your intestines but sufficiently acts throughout your body as well as acting to kill both the yeast and fungal forms of candida as well as killing all other bacterial co-infections which might also be involved. So this makes both the yeast and fungal forms of candida together with all other involved co-infections, extremely difficult to eradicate. To believe that candidiasis -- systemic candida -- is as easy to cure as the common cold is therefore a grave mistake.
Most people use the wrong approach or strategy to get rid of candida because they think its a simple disease or they think they are only infected with just the yeast form of candida or they think the problem is just in their intestines. Wrong thinking. In such cases, when people use anti-candida strategies that are too simplistic, ineffective or inappropriate -- what normally happens is that the candida may go away for awhile but it always comes back with a vengeance again and again. I have read this so many times on EC and on many other health blogs too.
Shelly
1. Is xylitol ok? Its in my liquid multi, cal/mag, and b-complex... its 3g of carbs per serving of each.
2. Will adding some antifungal herbs/teas to the regime, or rotating the pau d'arco tea be beneficial? I dont think my body is responding to the tea anymore.
3. Recently Ive been getting numbness in my feet and hands, esp during the night.. And tingling. I awoke in the morning 4 days ago, with a sharp needle-like pain in one place, and its been 4 days... Hasn't gone... Kinda hurts when I touch it. What could this be?
4. Good lab for parasite testing?? I felt FINE for a few weeks.. Then yesterday, out of nowhere, while ont he diet and protocol, I just felt "sick" again. Slightly feverish.. And malaise. My colon was doing something.. Thought I was gonna have the runs.. still feeling sick...=/ Does yeast stay undetected then show up or is this more parasite-like?
5. Hot peppers/spices...help with yeast/fungus/parsites?
6. What are mycotoxins?
7. What are mycobacteria?
8. Is MB safe to take everyday?
9. Does yeast cause palpatations/high bp? I used to get that a lot last yr.. and recently, a little bit.
10. Is pre-eclampsia related to fungal overgrowth? Thats what I had when I was pregnant.. or is it liver related?
11. What is the cause of IC? I want my bladder healed! Lots of white stuff coming out when I pee...=/
12. Lastly, can fungus/yeast be spread to others?
Thanks again for your time....=)!!
Shelly
1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. so have to monitor this!!
2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.
3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???
4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?
5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.
6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low.. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?
Thanks thanks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shelly
In answer to your questions:
1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. So have to monitor this!!
Take the lemon/acv mixed with sodium bicarbonate as advised by Ted in his Alkalizing Remedies. Doing this helps you to avoid acid -- which, when combined with an acid food diet, is what is destroying your teeth. Bacteria can't eat tooth calcium, acid is what causes teeth to decay. I would continue both with the juicing but still take both the Sodium Bicarb plus water as well as take the alkaline form of lemon/ACV remedies as recommended by Ted. Also, I would stop adding lemon(citric acid) to your juicing to avoid the acid form. Juicing will certainly help to provide minerals and vitamins for the body and it is really up to you whether want to do this. The dosages of vitamins and minerals that I recommend in the protocol are very specific - particularly vitamin c, niacin, B vitamins, iodine, magnesium, alkalizing etc and are much higher orthomolecular dosages that would be well nigh impossible to achieve through diet.
2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.
You can take niacin with meals -- this lowers the flush effect. But now, I tend to take 1000 mgs niacin 3 times a day but I take an aspirin dissolved in water twenty minutes before I take the niacin. Aspirin also opens up the blood vessels and so there is no flushing effect from the niacin when you take it after taking the aspirin. Magnesium Oil (magnesium chloride in water) - in larger dose -- with water, when taken before niacin, also helps to prevent or reduce the niacin flush for the same reasons. Taking niacin this way, outside mealtimes, also ensures that more niacin is absorbed into the body than if it is taken at mealtimes.
3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???
Supplements, although not ideal, do allow you too regulate dosage amounts more precisely. If you tried to get these same orthomolecular dosage amounts through eating food, then these dosage amounts would be hit and miss -- not accurate. I am very suspicious of all food now -- even organic food is suspect in my own opinion.
4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?
Loss of hair can be caused for many reasons - the favourite being that candida fungus is attacking your scalp causing your hair to fall out. But hair loss can also be caused by low thyriod as well (also as a consequence of candida infections). If the outer rim of your eyebrows are hairless and your eyebrows appear too short in length then this may indicate that you may well have low thyroid as well as a fungal problem. The anti-candida protocol should both help to both kill the scalp candida as well as help to normalize your thyroid.
You can try topical remdeys like 5 drops of lavendar oil mixed with a teaspoon of VCO rubbed into the scalp. You can also try borax with 3% hydrogen peroxide in water left on your scalp overnight. But if none of these topical remedies work then your scalp infection has arisen from the candida infection in your blood and not from just an infection on the skin so that is why topical remedies won't cure it. I had tinea cruris or jock itch when I had systemic candida and I could not get rid of this fungal problem until after I got rid of my systemic candida(candida in the blood). Therefore curing this problem may take some time, so please be patient.
5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.
Taking protease enzymes(enzymes that digest dead organic proteins) in larger amounts helps to digest blockages in veins and capillaries. At the moment, I am taking pancreatic enzymes with added bromelain and papain enzymes twice a day (2 X 900 mgs doses) outsode mealtimes as a regular detox procedure. Protease enzymes are not toxic or poisonous. In Dr Gonazalez's Metabolic Protocol for cancer -- he recommends a daily dosage of between 130 -- 160 pancreatic enzyme tablets per day in his protocol. The pancreatc enzymes help to remove the dead organic proteins that may be blocking the capillaries causing swelling and spider veins. Using a 70% solution of DMSO topically (with aloe vera oil) will also help to dissolve the blockages in the capillaries. MSM, supplemented at 2,000mgs to 6,000 mgs a day should also help to clear spider veins. Avoid calcium or dairy in your diet -- as advised in the anti-candida protocol.
6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?
When you have low energy and a weakened immune system, then generally a weakened libido is the result. Again, you need to get rid of the candida, which is continually weakening your immune system with its own myctoxins, as well as build up the body with healthy nutrients. Supplementing borax and iodine as well as a proper anti-candida diet will greatly help to stabilize and balance your hormones(as advised in the anti-candida protocol).
An intolerance to heat would also seem to indicate a thyroid problem. To check if you have a thyroid problem, on waking up first thing in the morning you should use a basal thermometer to check underarm whether your body temperature is too high or too low. If your temperature is not 98.6°F then you probably have a thyroid problem.
Shelly
I kept her on breast milk for a year, got pregnant the next month (I was thirty-six and my clock was running out. I felt she had to have a sibling) then I was set up and terminated when I was five months pregnant with my second child for frequently being away from my desk and a decline in performance. DUH!!
The point I was trying to make was pumping more and drinking gallons of water kept up my milk supply even though working full-time and being harassed on the job. I drank the chlorinated city water and never had a problem with yeast or any of the multiple problems you shared. I drank water after every meal and after every time I pumped. Hope this gives you some hope! Where there is a will there is a way.
Shelly
So lately, I've been feeling unusually strange. I have new symptoms, and am like "what the heck is going on with me!!! ". I'm actually kind of scared. Before I make a big deal, I thought that others may be dealing with the same. So... I still have the IBS (now, moreso constipation-like, but pretty regular with the candida diet - 2-3x/day. normal looking mostly), and the bladder issues (IC). I have some nausea here and there... And now my joints are starting to hurt, in my hands and arms. I also get tingling/numbness in my extremities. that come and go. and my arms/legs/feet/butt fall asleep easily if I lay down/sit a certain way. I sometimes even feel a overall 'buzzing' feeling in my entire body. Like in my nerves. The tingling & numbness bothers me the most. And is very concerning. It is def nerve/circulatory related, IMO. I dont like that my joints and back are hurting (I've had back issues since I was 14, and Im 27). My head has been itching a lot lately, too... Which hasnt happened before. I looked and theres nothing there, though. I still have low-grade yeast infections, and having relations is pretty painful. =( I am SO sick os being sick! Gosh. What is going on!!!! Tired of spending all my $$ on supplements and vitamins that dont seem to help much. I want answers. I want my body back! Im only 27, and Ive been like this for 14 months now! This is ridiculous. I am waiting on a parasitology test from AZ (a well-known expert) to see if there are parasites contributing to this issue, but my question is- does yeast really cause ALL THESE SYMPTOMS! ? I feel like theres a lot more going on... And how did I get to be this bad?? I ate organic & ran 15 miles/week for the past 5 yrs! I dont even know what tests to do anymore, which ones are accurate, what to take, how much to take, what to think... Lord Jesus, help me!
Shelly
The only way to find out if this is what is happening to you is to stop all of your supplements and eat the foods that supply the necessary vitamins and minerals you need. Don't eat raw fruits and vegetables. Cook them until tender so they are easier to digest and you are able to get the nutrients from them instead of just "passing through" your body. Blackstrap Molasses has the B-vitamins you need and is a good source of other nutrients. Get the frozen "country" orange juice concentrate for your Vit C.
I get up very early and right now I'm really tired but I wanted to reply to you... I hope I am making sense to you. It may take awhile to detox from the supplement/vitamin ingredients that could be making you feel so bad. The symptoms you described are what I felt when I was drinking aspartame sweetened drinks and taking vitamins that I thought I needed.
Get clean first, then if you find you are low in something add it back into your diet. You could be taking too much of something. The toxic effects of some vitamins are the same symptoms as a deficiency.
Shelly
Maybe you are just really tired though. Tired is awful.
Shelly
You must adopt a method, some path toward which at some point things begin making sense.
With all the complexity of the human anatomy and pathology, one must regress back to a textbook primary understanding. Short of going to pre-med school, I would very strongly recommend Dr Murray and Pizzorno's book The Encyclopedia Of Natural Medicine 2nd (maybe a 3rd) edition. The book is divided into sections, the first is this simplification method we need, the major body systems: Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Detoxification, and Endocrine. Other section includes all the major illnesses affecting people.
Hope this helps.
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It may be worth while to have a urine hormone analysis as well. Often it's not just the thyroid that is out of balance, but several hormones at the same time. Blood analysis is not sufficient, you really need to have a urine analysis. If your doctor won't order the test (not unusual! ) find an independent bioidentical hormone replacement clinic. You can have the testing done there. Your insurance may cover the test, if not it is usually around $300 to test all your hormones.
Good luck! I'm going through something very similar, and I wish you the best!
Shelly
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I'm sure that Dr Brownstein will be able to help you more to resolve all your current issues which seem to be a mixture of problems that includes fungal and bacterial infections, hormone imbalance, toxins from candida and possibly both thyroid and adrenal insufficiency. Dr Brownstein will know exactly what tests you must take -- he is a very knowledgeable naturopathic doctor whose approach to healing is quite different to most regular medical doctors.
Shelly
Candida. Candida dividing. Undigested tissue. Undigested food. Mucus. White blood cells. Fatty acid crystals. Starch granules. Moderate amount of bacteria: E. Coli & Klebsiella sp. Pollen. Epithelial cells (squamous & columnar). Charcot-Leyden crystals *COULD be an indicator of E. Histolytica... and no other pathogens found. SO! Whats next? I dont know! I need to contact my ND next... I am hoping she doesnt put me on a bunch of expensive pills.
For the record, I am on Teds/Bills candida protocol. I eat ONLY organic. Jog 2 miles 3x/week ( If I can! ), drink LOTS of distilled water w/ minerals.. Take a good liquid multi.. LOTS of garlic.. Coconut oil.. green juice (32 oz/day). I also take some probiotics once before breakfast, found at the health food store. I make a coconut milk/vegan protein shake when needed. My tingling hands/feet and extreme tiredness/lethargy are the most concerning. NO MORE yeast infestions, though =) Also.. I am half way through a heavy metal cleanse.. I think its taking out some stuff, because I feel a bit different, and my IC is acting up.
I want to do hair mineral analysis and blood work. Any good suggestions anyone for this? What tests to take? Which ones are accurate? I dont want to waste ANY MORE money!
Ramona
Since then I have never been okay, I have had on and off pins and needles, weakness, pain all on my left side. The symtoms dont happen together. it will be either one or the other. Been for 2 MRI's and many neurologist and they found nothing.
I also had psoriasis since I was 9 and in 2010 I started getting symtoms of the arthritis. I have been to a rhemotogist about 2 months ago, who put me on methotrexate. But I am still not well. I still have those weird symtoms on my left side.
I have also been to many homeopaths, but no one has helped me. This is driving me insane, suffereing for alomost 2 years and NO one can help me. Please help me!!!!
Anyway, I encourage you to research this as this system is over a thousand years old and works. Modern medicine is often just taking stabs in the dark. I hope this information helps you in finding answers. Best to you, Lisa
Ramona
Juno
http://www.bouldercounty.org/apps/newsroom/templates/bc12.aspx?articleid=2487&zoneid=5
Juno
There is the RADON poisoning issue also. And Colorado is one of the areas that has this problem. There are inexpensive radon test devices you can purchase to determine if radon is a problem in your home. There are remedies if this is a problem in your home. You can learn about radon in Colorado here:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/09953.html
Trying to help, ...Oscar
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Aches in various parts of my body esp back, thighs, hips shoulders, tops of arms, hands and feet (3-4 years now).
Symptoms worse toward evening, through the night and morning.
On rising my back and hands are stiff. Sometimes I cannot make a fist.
Eyes easily bloodshot (dry eye)
I bloat easily (uncomfortable and inconvenient). Constipated (candida??)
Tire easily.
Have arthritis in my knee (told I will need a knee replacement in a few years time) and tendonitis in my hip (18mths now).
I always have the feeling that I would like to 'zip off' my body as it always feels heavy and achey.
I take vit C, calcuim, and zinc and go through sprees of juicing veg for a boost but nearly everything I do takes effort and I'm so tired of going round in circles, spending hours trawling the internet trying to connect the dots. I refuse to rely on phamacuticals and am about to give glutisthione a go. I warmly welcome any suggestions. Thank you.
Vitamin C and Zinc are good, but you should not take Calcium supplements you are just overdosing your body with Calcium which causes muscle stiffness.
You have to have a balance of all the minerals and vitamins to have a light feeling and control of body and muscle movement. Also you should do mild form exercise daily or at least weekly 3 days.
Fibromayalgia, can be due to any of the following issues
1. Flouride Poisoning
2. Hypothyorid - Hypothyroid can manifest variety of symptoms similar to Candida.
3. Candida.
To overcome Flouride Poison and to provide proper nutrition you should take Wheat Grass Juice, which is rich in Calcium, Iron, Phosporous, Magnesium and trace elements. It will also remove flouride poison from the body. You can take Tamarind Juice to remove flouride poison if you have flouride poison.
Flouride Poison can be due to one of the following reasons.
1. Flouridated City Water (Drinking and Bathing)
2. Excessive Brushing with Flouridated Toothpaste
3. Excessive consumption of Black Tea.
If you think above reasons does not apply to you, then you can ignore flouride poison.
If you have low Iodine in your body, which is the cause of Hypothyroid then take foods rich in Iodine.
1. Kelp powder is rich in Iodine and other minerals and trace elements.
2. Oyster is rich in Iodine.
3. Use Iodized sea salt in addition.
These two can show improvement in your health.
Finally, If you doubt you have Candida. Then follow Bill's Protocol in this site to get rid of candida. Good Health, Thanks
Anne
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Perhaps the best way to determine whether you may have candida is to take this candida questionnaire:
This questionnaire is far more accurate than blood/urine/faeces tests for candida and was developed by Dr William Crook who wrote The Yeast Connection. All your symptoms or problems could well be due to candida or parasite and associated pathogen problems.
Naturopaths are much more sympathetic and aware of the symptoms and extent of candida problems than modern doctors. So best visit a naturapath to find out.
If you decide that you do have candida -- here is an EC link that describes how you can eliminate this problem and help to regain you health again.
Anne
When I first went gluten free I didn't do it well enough. The first month I was still getting hidden gluten in canned chicken broth and other places you wouldn't expect to find gluten. The first month I did not notice any changes or improvements in my health. Once I read up more on gluten and went through everything in my kitchen, read every label, checked everything with each company's website and celiac sites and adopted the phrase, "when in doubt throw it out", (my mother and friends got bags of groceries when I cleaned out my pantry and cupboards), once I went truly gluten free, within days I found I could walk beyond the end of my block before the tiresome pain kicked in in the morning. And every few days I would notice I could go a little further before the pain for the day would kick in. And I just started feeling better and better. The bloat that I had that I just thought was fat went away. My eyelids that were big and puffy and down to my eyelashes, that I thought was due to gravity and age, are now no longer that way. I can see my eyelids again after years of them being puffy. I now go up and down the stairs without thinking about each step and how much it hurts. I know that going gluten free was the right thing for me, even though I don't fit the profile of a typical celiac. The arthritis is practically gone. I used to sleep on an air mattress on top of my bed as I was always waking up with back pain. I don't need to do that anymore. I've had other improvements in my health as well from going gluten free.
I recommend trying going completely gluten free to see if that has a positive effect on you. The only negative for me, and it's a big one, is that after 6 months of feeling better and better, my body went into a major detox that has been horrendous. Eczema and skin eruptions that are unbearable. I am still trying to get through it and it has been a full year so far. But I still know that going gluten free was the right thing to do.
Right now I feel like this horrible detox will never end, but it is easing up, and I'm doing things I've read about here to try to help, but from what I've read most people don't have it this bad, and it may not be a problem for you at all. But I wanted to be honest about my whole gluten free experience for you. I'm still on my journey. I hope you find things that help you.
Donna
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Or, you could have some unknown Congenital Disorder. After suffering many physical and mental weaknesses over the course of my life, I have come to the conclusion that I must have suffered some nutritional deficiencies in embryonic development as the result of my mother being over prescribed a pharm diuretic. Recapitulate your life and note any or all major or minor illnesses and even try to learn of your mom's condition or any meds during your development.
If your Cytochrome P450 1 is too high and 2 is too low, it seems appropriate to use the herb/spice Turmeric or Curcumin.
To get down to the level of DNA repair, fasting or the antioxidant Resveritrol activates survival codons. Add Grapeseed or Pinebark Extracts to Resveritrol so as to boost the effects. Tune into YouTube and listen to healing DNA repair 528 hz harmonics. Here is one that has been helping me lately: 528Hz DNA Frequency - UNLOCK Your Codons!!!
Hope this helps and good luck!
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Oh, I also have very high t and nk cells indicating infection on top of a very long viral list. I've resorted to taking antibiotics which is when the pain reduced a little, the reason I was able to reduce the morphine.
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I get these tests every 3 yrs hoping for some insight, I post on here hoping for some insight, I wish I'd started these tests 20 yrs ago when I was screaming in pain but back then women in pain are just hysterical. Now they call it fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome when infact, it has a real cause. My dilemna is not much has changed over the 6 yrs of doing these tests. My body is still in extreme exhaustion, in the parasympathetic state. My adrenals don't work at all, my thyroid, liver, pancreas & kidneys not much. My oxidation or metabolism is very very slow, don't metabolise protein or carbs. My body is eating its own tissue. I'm 6 x too high in calcium & mg, copper and manganese, xylene, ammonia. The lead and cadmium has come down over that time but aluminium has gone up. I'm deficient in many minerals. I can't make energy, the 4 phases of detox don't work or are only just working. I don't make any hormones, no cell permeability. Because of the state of my adrenals & thyroid my immune system is shot, I get every infection, serious ones, allergies are so bad I can't go into most buildings or near most people, gardens, animals etc. I've been following this site for some years now and a new practitioner with this most recent report but the supplements, diet, exercise, lifestyle and emotional adjustments have done little to change anything.
I can't see any hope for continuing. And I'm still homeless.
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Second: Have you read up on Ann Wigmore? When she was in pretty bad shape, she tried wheatgrass juice, or was it rejuvelac, and it got her back on her feet.
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Liver profile, phase 1 too high, phase 2 too low. I don't know what to eat because my copper levels are extraordinary!! I have read what high copper does to you. All the veges I eat have copper. I have addisons disease and it is advised that protein be eaten at each meal. But I have so much trouble eating it. I can't digest it. The lighter proteins (fish & poultry) I am allergic to. Grains I am allergic to. I don't eat much carbs which may be a good thing if I can't metabolise it. I am in ketosis (also on my lab report which is not necessarily a good thing).
I got a stool test back recently that also confirms I'm not digesting. and that I have no good bacteria, 1 strain, I think. That's not good news. So I found an 8 strain live 30 billion and take that twice a day.
For a new year, I went to a new Dr.(environmental). Not much help except to increase most of the supplements I'm taking which haven't helped. And my dheas was almost nil. My adrenals are dead. They produce almost nothing. But I take estrogen, progesterone, dheas, testerone bioidentical troche but I am converting the dheas straight to testerone. Some think progesterone should be taken for 14 days a month, others 25 and I take it the whole month.
Here I can't go into a shop and get any of these things in a cream like you can. Or order them off the internet. They're banned. So getting a different form of dheas is not easily achieved. From what I read dheas is responsible for, it seems like it is not a hormone you want to be without. I just read an article that says for adrenal people vitamin B, C, stimulating herbs such as licorice, ginseng, hormones such as dheas, pregnegelone are all too stimulating. And now I'm even thinking that salicylates are probably a problem for me.
That would give me nothing to eat. I was using coffee enemas (organic) to try to clear my liver but that seems a joke too. Coffee is full of copper and I don't believe you don't absorb in your rectum. Then there's the train of thought that enemas wash out the good bacteria. Being too acidic is often blamed for osteoperosis, which I have, and calcium lying around in your tissues. But copper can do that too. And it seems I have alkaline tissues everywhere. Alkalising with lemon and bicarb was excruciating. I did a lemon fast for a day. That was excruciating too. I can't get the copper out. From what I gather, that is probably not possible until the adrenals are healed. Which I have been told is not going to happen.
I feel totally in despair. Im sorry I've covered a few topics here but I don't know what to eat. I've tried most of the remedies here but I didn't know I had such a copper problem and many of the remedies have a lot of copper in them (eg. coconut oil). So eat? supplements? hormones? and if I have no good bacteria candida must have taken over. I have a very coated white tongue (20 yrs or more). I asked the doc if that was candida to which he replied no. I wasn't digesting anything.
Robyn
Remembering computers electricute me I managed to comb through info about turpentine or kerosine protocols. I saw parrafin oil mentioned. I used to take that to help with lifelong constipation until I saw somewhere it was petroleum and it tastes like it. Then again I dont like the taste of castor oil much either. It seems like the diggers low odour might be the best.
Thank you. I'm hoping after 50 years of hell this might finally work.
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The most awkward problem that you have is your chemical sensitivities and allergies problem which is preventing you from taking healthy nutrients and food. So I would, for now, simply concentrate on healing the intestines, liver and kidneys and purifying the the blood. Take the drink that I advised for you in my last post(with or without the alkalizing ingredients -- take what you can) and take the borax water and the liver/kidney support nutrients as well. It's also very important to take the molybdenum at the advised higher dose if you can. This will act to sharply reduce the aldehyde poisons and will also help to reduce the excess copper in your body as well as helping to kill the candida and reduce the pain.
The excess ammonia in your blood is also quite a worry. This situation is evidence of heavy stress upon your liver, kidneys and your protein/urea pathways. I've already advised you to see Walter Last but if you cannot do this, then please try and find a more knowledgeable and compassionate naturopath or doctor in you own area to help you. I feel that you really need someone with you, by your side, who can assist you through these awful problems.
Robyn
I've had literally close to a hundred docs & naturopaths over the years, more recently, new year, new doc, I had to try something different. These environmental docs think they can charge SO ... much but he's not with me. I already had all the tests done so he could see all the damage & poisonings etc. Other than increase my dosages he told me not to come back for 3 months. The only thing that is new to me from your suggestions is turpentine so it must be that. And all the other you suggested made no difference unless my dosage was too small.
best regards,
Robyn
First, none of these remedies have anything in their protocols that removes fungal biofilms. So the candida is able to hide away from the anti-fungals in these protocols and reappear after your stop the protocol. Second, most of these remedies concentrate on just removing candida from just the intestinal area. These protocols seem to completely ignore the fact that candida is dimorphic -- it has two different forms. The yeast form -- a saprophyte -- normally infests local areas like the intestines and skin. The fungal or systemic form -- a true parasite -- is able to infest the blood, organs and tissues. These two reasons also help to fully explain the inadequacy of these protocols and why the candida just keeps returning after you stop these store-bought and candida guru protocols.
As an additional protocol which might also help you, Dave from Fountain Inn has been experimenting with papaya. He has various serious allergies and reactions against spices and milk based products. He found that if he ate raw papaya fruit with ice cream or salsa(which normally cause his allergic reactions), he got no allergic reactions. Papaya contains papain, a protein digesting enzyme that is easily absorbed into the blood. Papain then works to properly digest foreign protein bodies in the blood caused by a leaky gut problem. With these foreign protein bodies quickly digested, neutralized and removed from the blood by papain -- no inflammation, no pain with no allergic reactions. This worked well for him, despite eating large quantities of spicy salsa and ice cream and chocolate at the same time as eating papaya(and mango). You can read about his papaya experiments here. So either eat papaya or take the papain enzyme(triple the advised dose) at every meal to help you cure your allergies.
To remove xenobiotics -- other poisons that the body does not recognize like xylenes, plastics etc which cause chemical sensitivities, then particularly turpentine and milk thistle would also be helpful as I've already mentioned. Molybdenum or molybdate would also remove the candida aldehyde poisons from your body. Once you heal your intestines, remove the foreign protein bodies and remove all other poisons and xenobiotics thus purifying the blood, your allergies and sensitivities should diminish and you should be able to better withstand the other candida protocols without such adverse reactions.
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And I can't seem to get the copper out. It might help a bit if I'm not putting it in by way of beet juice or coconut oil & the rest, coffee, choc, avocado, seafood.
Anyway, perhaps the pain would be less if my cells were being nourished.
Ill try papaya tea if I can find it. We call it paw paw here. Quite nice to eat with meals but it is very sweet.
Robyn
About the Papaya: the leaf tea can be made with fresh leaves if you have access to a tree.
Also, if you are eating the fruit, chew on a few pips from the middle. It's supposed to do you good too.
Robyn
21 yrs of torture, severe pain & allergic to everything including building materials so homeless for 5 yrs now. I cant take anymore. Theres no hope anymore. Ive been to every environmental Dr.in this country and everyone else. 6 mg natural cortisol x 2 a day gives me the right cortisol levels on the blood tests. The problem is everything else is out of whack because of this illness. According to the lab Im the most copper toxic person in this country. I've got equivalent to 27 mg of amphetamines in my system constantly x more than a decade. What does that do to your nervous system? And I cant get it out. My liver, kidneys, bowels, digestion, immune, thyroid don't work properly. Im sick of all the supplements which have helped none. I dont want to do any meditation again ever. Or enemas or saunas and sit by myself all alone with nothing to do or nothing I can do. Because of the adrenals my na/k levels in my tissues are too low. That allows calcium to build up which is also very painful. How could I not be acidic with all that metal in me? Also painful. I eat alkaline but thats not enough. Ive had enough detoxing crap. Very very slowly it did remove some of the lead & cadmium but not the copper. And what about the hormones? After menopause all your hormones come from the adrenal glands. I have none. Try living without any hormones. Is anyone else with addisons able to manage their mineral balances? Is anyone else in screaming non stop pain? Anyone else this allergic? Or am I battling a heavy duty candida aswell causing these symptoms? If I am I cant get rid of that either. Ive done my will and I cant even think of anything I could eat for my last supper. Even food is awful.
Robyn
Before giving up, have you tried Medical Marijuana? I have had very good results w/ Hemp Oil/CBD for my severe environmental disease. These Cannabinoids are the ultimate total body & mind balancers. Our bodies (as well as many or most warm blooded animals) are created w/ Cannabinoid receptors of 2 types ---C1 and C2 which regulate most body systems.
Please do not give up until you try these suggestions.
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thanks for the suggestions.
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I have had many serious viruses so I followed an antibiotic protocol for 18 mths until I had to stop for another expensive environmental Dr. who ordered a stool test. What a shocker! Wtih no bacteria I never started up the protocol again.
After all this time and barely being able to move except for the screaming in the middle of the night due to the pain, 1/2 the time the pain was unbearable!!!!! Due to reacting to the bed.
So now with a diagnosis of lyme I'm even more depressed. I know people who have not got better with antibiotics Or its taken them 5 yrs. I've already lost 1/2 my life, nearly all of it because I was always sick before I got really sick.
And the natural protocol I've pretty much been doing for the last 8 yrs, since I got my first hair analysis saying I was off the chart toxic with copper, calcium, mg, mn. Apparently that is common with lyme people and its not a toxicity but a deficiency. I'm still trying to repair my gut and with colloidal minerals I should be able to repair the deficiency.
But removing burdens, detoxing, removing amalgums, staying away from all chemicals (that was a had to or I just stop breathing), repairing adrenals although hard to be stress free when you're in this much pain, never ending. Using a computer is only a few mins a day, mobile phone is never, no stress from family or friends coz I have none.
Then trying to boost my immune system.
My liver is shot so liver boosters, cleansing and NAC etc.
Lots of detoxing.
I'm in despair. none of this worked. I just don't want to have another day of mind boggling pain. I'm on morphine although I keep it as low as I can after all I'm trying to take care of my liver. HELP!
Robyn
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The first week of July he spent a week at his parents house which is a few hours away from his house and he did amazingly well. I am wondering if something in his home environment is causing this. The doctors have no clue what this is and he has spent years on antibiotics, pain pills and other meds. He says his immune system sometimes gets low. I am in florida and he is in utah so I cant be there to help him. Please can you help us remove the infection at least? No it is not diverticulitis. I am afraid he is dying.
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In http://immunerecovery.net/ clinic they can help him to boost the immune system with large dose of liquid vit C and/or large dose of colloidal silver. They treat all patients, not cancer only. There are other places too where they may use colloidal silver or other type of antifungal treatment.
If his case if fungus - he may get some help from GSE (grapefruit seed extract) and H2O2. How to use both products is described in other places on EarthClinic. Very strict anti-fungus diet is essential. I recommend to read The Body Ecology Diet, which is very good start to get familiar with anti-yeast products. There is a lot of places on the web taking about anti-yeast diet, however the book sums up all that. GSE and H2O2 alone without diet want work. If he decides to use GSE and/or H2O2 please start slowly, from 2, 3 drops per day. Use ONLY food grade H2O2 from a health food store, 35%. He will also need strong probiotic supplements, for example saccharomyces boulardii with MOS.
Often I use EarthClinc search engine to quickly find out what I am looking for.
Janice
I know that the article only endorses a certain far infrared sauna but I know the one I use once to twice a week is an amazing far infrared sauna that also has the wonderful benefit of no EMF's another type of toxicity! The name of the company is called Clearlight Saunas. You can read about those at healwithheat.com. Many of the top doctors use them to heal patients including Dr. Brian Clements who has Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida. Hope this information helps. I wish him the best, Lisa
Janice
As opposed to acute appendicitis (the medical emergency kind), chronic appendicitis (also called "rumbling" or "grumbling" appendicitis) is more low-grade and comes and goes over a period of time. Chronic appendicitis is a condition that often goes undiagnosed but causes real problems for people. He may have to insist on getting a CT scan so they can check to see if his appendix is inflamed.
Has he tried using ACV daily? Depending on whether his gastric system can handle it or not, it might be helpful because it keeps the body in an alkaline state, warding off infections. I took some ACV when I had appendicitis and it seemed to help until I could get to the ER.
I hope this helps. Good luck to you, Jennifer
Janice
My 70 year old doctor said it was the worst case he had ever seen. Drainage tubes and morphine and a week stay in the hospital...
Just to say - not everything presents in a "classic" or "textbook" manner. Keep pushing if you are not comfortable with what you are being told. The sick person is worn down, and needs an advocate.... a strong one who won't take no answer for an answer.
Good luck.
Janice
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