It has been about a month since starting the Chinese herbs. And I just got my period - this time, without explosively painful cramping that has preceded the last several periods. My pain is down - to nearly all gone. Thankfully.
My protocol
Stopped proteolytic enzymes after about 2 weeks - cannot explain why
Continue Chinese herbs
Started lugol's iodine - about 1 week ago - 5 drops in about 8 oz of water first thing in the morning on empty stomach. I try to not eat for an hour after the dose. Definitely noticed a difference in my energy level and I feel that it put the lid on the pain - pretty much bringing it down to it's present nearly non-existent level.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
MRSA and Vitamin C
This entry is the responses that I posted to a question
Can lypospheric vitamin C help with MRSA?
Janice
I just read your post on my blog – and absolutely I do think that the lypospheric vitamin C will help with MRSA. It did for me. As you know, I had MRSA on my face – and the doctors told me that I had a 50% chance of a recurrence. In fact, it seems it is very common to get the MRSA over and over again. My face is clear – although if I stop the lypo – I get new pimples. I think I have to do a 3-6 gram regimen to completely clear it. But I have not yet.
Look at the Levy book – Curing the Incurable. He is the doc who is behind the lypo stuff. I swear by it. It is very expensive and when I get more time I plan on making my own – because from what I can tell if you are treating an infection – you could really take 3, 6, 10 plus – grams a day.
The theory behind the vitamin C – which is a Linus Pauling – is that most people in the developed world have sub-clinical scurvy – which reduces the immune systems ability to fight infection. And when you compare humans to all other animals – like a goat for example. A goat produces something like 10 grams (10,000 mg) of vitamin C when they are not under stress or illness. And the RDA for humans is 400mg (which is not enough in my opinion to help fight infection).
In my opinion – and my experiences – when my 6 year old son had a flu that after 7 days spiked a fever of 102 and really rich cough I gave him 6 grams (6,000 mg) of vitamin C (it was Saturday and we were trying to buy time until pediatrician opened on Monday) for about 2-3 days. Actually at the end of the first day – about 18 hours into it, he was already turning a corner and getting over the illness – the cough was down significantly, apetite returned, fever broke… By Monday – he was fine and we did not go to the doc. I split – 3 grams of lypo and 3 grams of ascorbic acid (the aa I administered as 250 mg every 1/2 to hour) in between the lypo. Lypo I gave every 3-4 hours. In about 2 days, he was back on his feet. I tapered about 1 gram every 2 days. He is on maintenance of 1 gram a day of lypo. I am on 1 gram of lypo a day – but if I miss I get break out starting on my face – as I mentioned. I probably need to do a week or so of 3-6 grams a day to knock this out of my system. I am probably just keeping it at bay.
In my opinion – I would order several boxes of the lypo. Call the company, but I believe Dr Levy recommends 1 gram per year beyond 1 year of age. But call them to confirm. Then try giving that maximum dose. My sense is you will see a phenomenal difference – within 24-48 hours. And then, after things level off – I would try to read up and be prepared to make your own. Because the lypo stuff is basically $1/gram. So it gets pricey. I order on Amazon from a vendor that I have called the company to verify is an approved reseller. Or you may find it cheaper directly from the company.
I am not a doc – only a mom sharing – but we have seen such amazing results – I am super confident you will too – and it is so rapid. There are studies with vitamin C and kids with hyper-IGE – but bear in mind some of these studies were administering 500 mg – again, right medicine, way too low dose – in my opinion. I have given my son 500mg of vitamin C and seen no results. The lypo stuff is the most powerful. Plus I always think in grams now – how many grams until I see a turn around.
My next goal is to make my own. Sorry for rambling. Please let me know what results you see if you do this.
Good luck – I am rooting for you and Moses and your husband. In my opinion this can help boost his immune system significantly.
Denise
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Also, FYI – primates, humans, fruit bats, and guinea pigs – do not produce their own vitamin C. Every other animal does at levels – 20 plus times higher than RDA for humans. In fact, Linus Pauling said in one of his speeches – the RDA for chimps in labs exponentially higher than the RDA for humans. The reason – if you are doing your work and spending money on lab chimps – you want to keep them healthy and alive for the duration of your work.
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Janice – One more thing – if you can find a doctor who would administer intravenous vitamin C. That too can be a most miraculous turnaround. But that is very challenging to find.
Denise
Update as of Sept 3
Janice informed me that her son has G6PD deficiency - and so for him high dose vitamin C can cause hemolytic anemia. Therefore it is contraindicated. I will try and find other suggestions for her to use in her arsenal against MRSA - but at this juncture vitamin C is a no-go - sadly.
I write this to affirm that it you always need to do your own research - and I am not a doctor, nor is my blog a substitute or attempt at medical advise. I know this disclaimer sounds like I am distancing myself from what I write. I am not. I go back to my thought that we are all anecdotes - and as such we all need to do what will work best with our individual constitutions and situations.
Can lypospheric vitamin C help with MRSA?
Janice
I just read your post on my blog – and absolutely I do think that the lypospheric vitamin C will help with MRSA. It did for me. As you know, I had MRSA on my face – and the doctors told me that I had a 50% chance of a recurrence. In fact, it seems it is very common to get the MRSA over and over again. My face is clear – although if I stop the lypo – I get new pimples. I think I have to do a 3-6 gram regimen to completely clear it. But I have not yet.
Look at the Levy book – Curing the Incurable. He is the doc who is behind the lypo stuff. I swear by it. It is very expensive and when I get more time I plan on making my own – because from what I can tell if you are treating an infection – you could really take 3, 6, 10 plus – grams a day.
The theory behind the vitamin C – which is a Linus Pauling – is that most people in the developed world have sub-clinical scurvy – which reduces the immune systems ability to fight infection. And when you compare humans to all other animals – like a goat for example. A goat produces something like 10 grams (10,000 mg) of vitamin C when they are not under stress or illness. And the RDA for humans is 400mg (which is not enough in my opinion to help fight infection).
In my opinion – and my experiences – when my 6 year old son had a flu that after 7 days spiked a fever of 102 and really rich cough I gave him 6 grams (6,000 mg) of vitamin C (it was Saturday and we were trying to buy time until pediatrician opened on Monday) for about 2-3 days. Actually at the end of the first day – about 18 hours into it, he was already turning a corner and getting over the illness – the cough was down significantly, apetite returned, fever broke… By Monday – he was fine and we did not go to the doc. I split – 3 grams of lypo and 3 grams of ascorbic acid (the aa I administered as 250 mg every 1/2 to hour) in between the lypo. Lypo I gave every 3-4 hours. In about 2 days, he was back on his feet. I tapered about 1 gram every 2 days. He is on maintenance of 1 gram a day of lypo. I am on 1 gram of lypo a day – but if I miss I get break out starting on my face – as I mentioned. I probably need to do a week or so of 3-6 grams a day to knock this out of my system. I am probably just keeping it at bay.
In my opinion – I would order several boxes of the lypo. Call the company, but I believe Dr Levy recommends 1 gram per year beyond 1 year of age. But call them to confirm. Then try giving that maximum dose. My sense is you will see a phenomenal difference – within 24-48 hours. And then, after things level off – I would try to read up and be prepared to make your own. Because the lypo stuff is basically $1/gram. So it gets pricey. I order on Amazon from a vendor that I have called the company to verify is an approved reseller. Or you may find it cheaper directly from the company.
I am not a doc – only a mom sharing – but we have seen such amazing results – I am super confident you will too – and it is so rapid. There are studies with vitamin C and kids with hyper-IGE – but bear in mind some of these studies were administering 500 mg – again, right medicine, way too low dose – in my opinion. I have given my son 500mg of vitamin C and seen no results. The lypo stuff is the most powerful. Plus I always think in grams now – how many grams until I see a turn around.
My next goal is to make my own. Sorry for rambling. Please let me know what results you see if you do this.
Good luck – I am rooting for you and Moses and your husband. In my opinion this can help boost his immune system significantly.
Denise
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Also, FYI – primates, humans, fruit bats, and guinea pigs – do not produce their own vitamin C. Every other animal does at levels – 20 plus times higher than RDA for humans. In fact, Linus Pauling said in one of his speeches – the RDA for chimps in labs exponentially higher than the RDA for humans. The reason – if you are doing your work and spending money on lab chimps – you want to keep them healthy and alive for the duration of your work.
Denise said:
August 25, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Janice – One more thing – if you can find a doctor who would administer intravenous vitamin C. That too can be a most miraculous turnaround. But that is very challenging to find.
Denise
Update as of Sept 3
Janice informed me that her son has G6PD deficiency - and so for him high dose vitamin C can cause hemolytic anemia. Therefore it is contraindicated. I will try and find other suggestions for her to use in her arsenal against MRSA - but at this juncture vitamin C is a no-go - sadly.
I write this to affirm that it you always need to do your own research - and I am not a doctor, nor is my blog a substitute or attempt at medical advise. I know this disclaimer sounds like I am distancing myself from what I write. I am not. I go back to my thought that we are all anecdotes - and as such we all need to do what will work best with our individual constitutions and situations.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Painful ovarian cyst, Chinese herbs, and proteolytic enzymes
So the pain continued despite the ACV. I went last week to see my TCM herbalist. She switched recipes. This new recipe has helped to diminish the pain greatly. I am on a schedule of 3 days per package of herbs and 2 days off. She advised me to drink everyday once my period arrived.
My period arrived yesterday - painfully. And the pain in my side has been pretty much there the entire day. But I am hoping that this is the final clingings of this cyst and that the herbs wash it out, or make it pop, or encourage my body to absorb it.
I'm an animal. I'd like to gnaw my own ovary off and be done. It's not excruciating pain - which it's been in the past - it's just there most of the time. Reminding me of its presence. Freaking me out with worry. Whispering to me of the craptastically long wait at the county hospital with the robotic doctors who by the time they get to you - you are so worn down with waiting you are eagerly submitting to whatever treatments they are rotely prescribing. UGH. Tiny teeth chomping on the cyst tasking it away.
I'm also taking between 9-12 Wobenzym N tablets - hoping that the enzymes will assist in my body's reabsorbing this thing.
I'm fantasizing about poking this cyst - kind of the way you pop a blister on your foot. And then it hurts for a day or so, but it's gone. I actually punched myself in the gut hoping to pop it. Not hard really but with enough force that I felt it. I opted not to punch myself a second time.
Two interesting things have come up in my research regarding the cysts. One brings me back to ACV - potassium and the second one is iodine. I read that ACV has potassium - and that low levels of potassium are associated with ovarian cysts. In fact, low levels of potassium can be linked to many things - kidney stones, hypertension, osteoporosis, stroke... If you read Linus Pauling Institutes assessment of potassium here you will see the great deal of significance it has - even on a cellular level. What's so interesting is that Gerson also discusses the potassium thing. And both Gerson and Linus Pauling admit that the Western diet is several times higher in sodium than potassium, while native diets are the opposite.
What does this mean for us - well I've now started to make an effort to reduce sodium - even though before we were eating sea salt. We're cutting down significantly. We've also begun to look out for sodium in any processed foods we eat. Conversely I've tried to pay more attention to getting potassium into our diet - baked potatoes, fresh squeezed orange juice...
Iodine - something that I am not going to go into to detail today - but needless to say - it too is something that has come up in the ovarian cyst realm. And interestingly enough - something Gerson too writes about. For those of you who don't know - Max Gerson is founder of the Gerson protocol - a rigorous vegan diet, supplement, and coffee enema approach to healing cancer and other chronic diseases. I am contemplating ordering some Lugol's iodine and adding it my diet.
So far - now 4 days into my period the pain has gone down enough that I can, for the first time in over a month, lie on my right side without intense pain. We'll see - I am feeling good about this batch of herbs - last one did not help so the TCM doc created a new one. I've included a picture of the current mixture. I rinse, add 5 cups of H2O, and boil down to about 8 ounces (about 2-3 hours of cooking). Then I drink. The taste is really awful - like sour, muddy, dirty - herby - but like a taste that reminds me of the drinks we would make as kids when we we're bored at weddings or parties my parents too us to. It was the throw everything into the glass until it was brown and chunky - then each kid would take turns sipping to see who could drink the most. Yuk - I keep muttering to myself - the ovarian cysts is diminishing, disappearing, gone - as I drink it. Then I gag, make faces, a swig some water as a chaser. My herbalist said, to drink this for 2 months and go back for another ultrasound and the cyst will be gone. Here's to it being so.
My period arrived yesterday - painfully. And the pain in my side has been pretty much there the entire day. But I am hoping that this is the final clingings of this cyst and that the herbs wash it out, or make it pop, or encourage my body to absorb it.
I'm an animal. I'd like to gnaw my own ovary off and be done. It's not excruciating pain - which it's been in the past - it's just there most of the time. Reminding me of its presence. Freaking me out with worry. Whispering to me of the craptastically long wait at the county hospital with the robotic doctors who by the time they get to you - you are so worn down with waiting you are eagerly submitting to whatever treatments they are rotely prescribing. UGH. Tiny teeth chomping on the cyst tasking it away.
I'm also taking between 9-12 Wobenzym N tablets - hoping that the enzymes will assist in my body's reabsorbing this thing.
I'm fantasizing about poking this cyst - kind of the way you pop a blister on your foot. And then it hurts for a day or so, but it's gone. I actually punched myself in the gut hoping to pop it. Not hard really but with enough force that I felt it. I opted not to punch myself a second time.
Two interesting things have come up in my research regarding the cysts. One brings me back to ACV - potassium and the second one is iodine. I read that ACV has potassium - and that low levels of potassium are associated with ovarian cysts. In fact, low levels of potassium can be linked to many things - kidney stones, hypertension, osteoporosis, stroke... If you read Linus Pauling Institutes assessment of potassium here you will see the great deal of significance it has - even on a cellular level. What's so interesting is that Gerson also discusses the potassium thing. And both Gerson and Linus Pauling admit that the Western diet is several times higher in sodium than potassium, while native diets are the opposite.
What does this mean for us - well I've now started to make an effort to reduce sodium - even though before we were eating sea salt. We're cutting down significantly. We've also begun to look out for sodium in any processed foods we eat. Conversely I've tried to pay more attention to getting potassium into our diet - baked potatoes, fresh squeezed orange juice...
Iodine - something that I am not going to go into to detail today - but needless to say - it too is something that has come up in the ovarian cyst realm. And interestingly enough - something Gerson too writes about. For those of you who don't know - Max Gerson is founder of the Gerson protocol - a rigorous vegan diet, supplement, and coffee enema approach to healing cancer and other chronic diseases. I am contemplating ordering some Lugol's iodine and adding it my diet.
So far - now 4 days into my period the pain has gone down enough that I can, for the first time in over a month, lie on my right side without intense pain. We'll see - I am feeling good about this batch of herbs - last one did not help so the TCM doc created a new one. I've included a picture of the current mixture. I rinse, add 5 cups of H2O, and boil down to about 8 ounces (about 2-3 hours of cooking). Then I drink. The taste is really awful - like sour, muddy, dirty - herby - but like a taste that reminds me of the drinks we would make as kids when we we're bored at weddings or parties my parents too us to. It was the throw everything into the glass until it was brown and chunky - then each kid would take turns sipping to see who could drink the most. Yuk - I keep muttering to myself - the ovarian cysts is diminishing, disappearing, gone - as I drink it. Then I gag, make faces, a swig some water as a chaser. My herbalist said, to drink this for 2 months and go back for another ultrasound and the cyst will be gone. Here's to it being so.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
5 alternative healing MUST HAVES
I get overwhelmed lots of times with the amount of 'alternative' therapies there are out there to try. But here are 5 that I have tried and can vouch for.
- Apple Cider Vinegar - A couple of years ago I had gotten plantars warts on my foot. Needless to say, I thought they we're callouses so I buffed them, only to spread them to cover the entire ball of my foot and my middle finger. After $800 in dermatologist payments (I had good insurance at the time), 6 months, and lots of freeze, cut, freeze, cut...PAIN, the warts persisted. The derm recommended localized chemo injections. I declined. I tried banana peels, duct tape, potato... you name it. Then I discovered online - apple cider vinegar kills warts. So I tried it. Soaked a cotton ball, put it on with bandage, changed every 24 hours. In about 3 weeks all the warts were gone. Just a warning, although this didn't happen to my friend, it burned like HELL for about 3 days. Not just burned, but throbbed from my foot to my knee, and my finger to my wrist. Ow! - But yes, apple cider vinegar killed the shit out of the warts. My son had a stubborn one on his face - that eggplant managed to get down a little, but not all the way. Apple cider vinegar-ed it for about 10 days - gone.
ACV for ovarian cysts - now this is something I just starting. I've been having intense, waxing and waning, chronic pain in my right side. An ultrasound today revealed a "dominant follicle." I am following up with a gyne next week to further discuss. But, my understanding is that it is a type of cyst. Needless to say - I have been, over the last several days, drinking 1 tblspn of ACV in water 3-4 times a day - and as crazy as it sounds it's actually reduced the pain. I'm hoping that it helps completely resolve it. But in the meantime, having some pain relief is a welcomed respite. - Probiotics - I'm not that old, but old enough to have some joint pain. Mainly in my elbows, wrists - probably from computer working. If I take 1 packet of VSL a day for about 5-10 days the pain will disappear. I do this as needed. Rock on - very expensive, but well worth it
- Garlic Pills - Now, I would not have discovered this had I not had MRSA. And I must confess - for me the garlic pills did not attack the MRSA - not even the super expensive Allicin. But what I noticed while on the garlic pills was that my digestion improved. I still continue digestive enzymes - but I found that I can now skip digestive enzymes and digest food without them. Which for me is huge. At my high point - I was taking 2 garlique pills with each meal.
- DMSO - Prior to receiving my the Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang and vitamin C, I used one last doxycycline dissolved in a tiny amount of DMSO to eradicate a budding boil on my face. 3 days of saturating the boil in the making with the mixture - and it was gone. Way less meds than orally - although without the systemic effects.
- Vitamin C - I really can't sing the praises of vitamin C enough. We do use the lypospheric stuff around my home - for now - until I can squeeze enough time from my already stretched schedule to make our own encapsulated vit C in an ultrasonic cleaner. But for now we have used it to clear a nasty flu, nasal congestion, asthma cough, and keep bacteria at bay. Although I am breakout free, I will get little pimples occasionally on my nose if I skip lypo C for a couple days - I suspect these to be MRSA. 1 gram of lypo C a day keeps me breakout free. I am contemplating experimenting with upping my dose to 2-4 grams daily for a week or so and then cutting it off to see if I can just knock the MRSA out of me totally. But I have not yet done so.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
How we are reducing IGE levels
Now I have read a lot of articles and studies on how IGE levels have been reduced. Just some of the things I've found that have been documented in scientific studies to reduce IGE levels are:
whey (30% decrease in a month)
deep sea water (vague, but interesting)
sodium ascorbate 1 gram daily (initially dropped IGE levels, fluctuated, then rose slightly over initial levels)
spirulina (there is a study on the internet - but it's published mainly on producer's website.)
raw dairy
camel milk (watch Dr Michael Mandl session - I believe that is where IGE levels are discussed)
herbs (there are varying studies and stories - from Ayurveda through Traditional Chinese Medicine). Here is an interesting article covering several TCM herbal mixtures.
deep needle acupuncture (searching for article I read awhile ago)
So, as I posted earlier, we saw our allergist a couple weeks back. Since then the blood results came in and my son's IGE levels have declined from 1722 to 1059 - a 36% decrease since our last blood draw 6 months prior. This is the first such a drop to date without steroids. His levels dropped somewhat about 2 years ago - but this was following 2 doses of steroids (1 injection for a failed food challenge and 1 oral for an asthma attack). So we are definitely moving in the right direction with our present protocol. We will retest in 6 months and hope to see the healing trend continue.
If you've found studies/ideas/suggestions for reducing IGE levels please post.
whey (30% decrease in a month)
deep sea water (vague, but interesting)
sodium ascorbate 1 gram daily (initially dropped IGE levels, fluctuated, then rose slightly over initial levels)
spirulina (there is a study on the internet - but it's published mainly on producer's website.)
raw dairy
camel milk (watch Dr Michael Mandl session - I believe that is where IGE levels are discussed)
herbs (there are varying studies and stories - from Ayurveda through Traditional Chinese Medicine). Here is an interesting article covering several TCM herbal mixtures.
deep needle acupuncture (searching for article I read awhile ago)
So, as I posted earlier, we saw our allergist a couple weeks back. Since then the blood results came in and my son's IGE levels have declined from 1722 to 1059 - a 36% decrease since our last blood draw 6 months prior. This is the first such a drop to date without steroids. His levels dropped somewhat about 2 years ago - but this was following 2 doses of steroids (1 injection for a failed food challenge and 1 oral for an asthma attack). So we are definitely moving in the right direction with our present protocol. We will retest in 6 months and hope to see the healing trend continue.
If you've found studies/ideas/suggestions for reducing IGE levels please post.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Food allergy herb, lypospheric C, camel milk and the allergist
So last Tuesday we went to see the allergist - my son was given a lung function test as part of the visit. According to the test his lung function is well within normal range. The allergist looked up his nose - and said it all looks great. She encouraged us to halve our - already small dose of flovent (44mcg 1 puff 2x a day). So we are experimenting.
My son's weight also jumped - up to this point, he has been teetering from below 25 percentile to under 50. But this last weight measurement puts us at the 56 percentile - up from 25 percentile 6 months ago. Yay - camel milk.
This is him - about 3 months ago sitting on the counter scrapping every ounce of camel milk ice cream he could - from the ice cream maker.
Our current protocol - that we do every day
Food allergy herb - 6 capsules 2x a day
1 gram of lypo C right after waking up and 15 minutes before breakfast (If he coughs or seems otherwise congested - I will give him a second gram of lypo C before bed)
1-1.5 pints of camel milk
I give - without regularity -
vitamin D drops
cod liver oil
multi-vitamin
magnesium (which actually I need to make a point to give daily)
quercetin/bromelain mix
Our western medical protocol -
1 - sometimes 2 - puffs of flovent 44mcg/daily
albuterol as needed
and of course our epi bag with benedryl and epi's in it for emergency
We are waiting on blood results from our visit to allergist last week. I'm not a praying type of person - but I have been pleadingly putting out requests to universe last week or so for healthy and normal results.
On a note about myself - MRSA on face is totally gone. I continue 1 gram of lypo C for myself daily. I do notice if I stop the C that the itching returns within about a day or 2. I am not sure if I am just keeping it at a sub-symptomatic level. I might need to give a round of 1-2 weeks of larger doses... maybe in the 3-4 gram range and then discontinue briefly and see if itching returns. But at least I am no longer covered in red pimples, patches, or pustules. In fact, my brother commented recently "wow how did you get rid of that MRSA? Your face looks like you never had anything."
My son too has continued to have periodic bouts of the impetigo. I am going to speak to the TCM doc this month. I have not really given him more than 2 grams of lypo C since that flu in March - even though when I called the company that mentioned that doctor Levy recommends a maximum dosage of 1 gram per year over 1 that the child is. So technically, my son could go to 5 grams. And if you figure that his body is using some of the C as antihistamine - Maybe this would totally knock this bacteria out of our lives. I have not yet tried.
My son's weight also jumped - up to this point, he has been teetering from below 25 percentile to under 50. But this last weight measurement puts us at the 56 percentile - up from 25 percentile 6 months ago. Yay - camel milk.
Our current protocol - that we do every day
Food allergy herb - 6 capsules 2x a day
1 gram of lypo C right after waking up and 15 minutes before breakfast (If he coughs or seems otherwise congested - I will give him a second gram of lypo C before bed)
1-1.5 pints of camel milk
I give - without regularity -
vitamin D drops
cod liver oil
multi-vitamin
magnesium (which actually I need to make a point to give daily)
quercetin/bromelain mix
Our western medical protocol -
1 - sometimes 2 - puffs of flovent 44mcg/daily
albuterol as needed
and of course our epi bag with benedryl and epi's in it for emergency
We are waiting on blood results from our visit to allergist last week. I'm not a praying type of person - but I have been pleadingly putting out requests to universe last week or so for healthy and normal results.
On a note about myself - MRSA on face is totally gone. I continue 1 gram of lypo C for myself daily. I do notice if I stop the C that the itching returns within about a day or 2. I am not sure if I am just keeping it at a sub-symptomatic level. I might need to give a round of 1-2 weeks of larger doses... maybe in the 3-4 gram range and then discontinue briefly and see if itching returns. But at least I am no longer covered in red pimples, patches, or pustules. In fact, my brother commented recently "wow how did you get rid of that MRSA? Your face looks like you never had anything."
My son too has continued to have periodic bouts of the impetigo. I am going to speak to the TCM doc this month. I have not really given him more than 2 grams of lypo C since that flu in March - even though when I called the company that mentioned that doctor Levy recommends a maximum dosage of 1 gram per year over 1 that the child is. So technically, my son could go to 5 grams. And if you figure that his body is using some of the C as antihistamine - Maybe this would totally knock this bacteria out of our lives. I have not yet tried.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Summing up what worked for MRSA for me
It is now several months later - nearly June. My experience with MRSA first began within days after a surgery - last May - as a soft, not painful boil that never came to a head. In fact, I thought it was a sebaceous cyst. When it ruptured months later, within days - I had several boils on face and red skin - cellulitis.
Now my face is generally clear. If I eat avocado for some reason, I will get a pimple. I am concerned that these are still the MRSA because they take weeks if not months to completely resolve and the skin is painful to the touch.
Presently, I have some little pimples and red spots on my nose - this seems to be the last problem area. Makes me think that my nose is colonized with MRSA. But again, this is self diagnosis. I am keeping them at bay and getting rid of them very slowly with blue cream (TCM) and face paste (TCM). I am also taking 1 gram of sodium ascorbate a day. The itchiness on my face has pretty much disappeared. I may increase vitamin C and see if that knocks it out completely.
Other than that - I have discontinued BZYQT and Acne tea herb capsules.
In hindsight - I think that for me the most helpful things were:
Vitamin C
Chinese herbs - capsules and topical preparations.
The Allimed for me did not work - it is possible that I did not take enough for long enough. But I did take what was recommended for about 14 days without any significant improvements. Garlic caps did improve my digestion though - but now I've been taking garlicnase with same success.
Tumeric - also did not work - even though I took recommended large doses.
Both of these things have worked for others. We're all different.
Now my face is generally clear. If I eat avocado for some reason, I will get a pimple. I am concerned that these are still the MRSA because they take weeks if not months to completely resolve and the skin is painful to the touch.
Presently, I have some little pimples and red spots on my nose - this seems to be the last problem area. Makes me think that my nose is colonized with MRSA. But again, this is self diagnosis. I am keeping them at bay and getting rid of them very slowly with blue cream (TCM) and face paste (TCM). I am also taking 1 gram of sodium ascorbate a day. The itchiness on my face has pretty much disappeared. I may increase vitamin C and see if that knocks it out completely.
Other than that - I have discontinued BZYQT and Acne tea herb capsules.
In hindsight - I think that for me the most helpful things were:
Vitamin C
Chinese herbs - capsules and topical preparations.
The Allimed for me did not work - it is possible that I did not take enough for long enough. But I did take what was recommended for about 14 days without any significant improvements. Garlic caps did improve my digestion though - but now I've been taking garlicnase with same success.
Tumeric - also did not work - even though I took recommended large doses.
Both of these things have worked for others. We're all different.
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