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Post by questionhair on Jun 28, 2006 1:32:48 GMT -5
This has worked for me:
SMOOTHIE
1 to 2 cups organic plain yogurt (start this on bottom of blender) Organic Aloe Vera juice Flax Seed Oil Coconut Oil Pomegranate Juice Acai Juice Mangosteen Juice Flavorful Juice - organic - like Raspberry, Cherry, Aronia Berry, or Concord Grape LiquiMax Multivitamin Complete Nutrition in Liquid Form Protein powder - I prefer Mercola's organic whey in Strawberry flavor. Or, I've tried some made of Hemp. 1 greenish banana (optional) frozen raspberries (organic preferred - rinse well with cold water)
Should make one very full blender to drink throughout the day. If too full, drink some then add the banana later and add more juice or coconut milk, and some ice cubes.
I've had this everyday for three months now. Was intermittent before. Feel like it's helped with energy and healing. Plus, it helps me feel less hungry throughout the day.
Other options to add are coconut milk, and other fruits. If you make it with plain organic goat yogurt, you really need to kick up the fruit to disguise the goat flavor. It's healthier, but not as fun.
The yogurt is important as a PRObiotic and opposed to an ANTIbiotic.
Where I find the ingredients:
Costco: Pomegranate Juice Acai Juice Mangosteen Juice LiquiMax Multivitamin Complete Nutrition in Liquid Form (contains Antioxidants - Omega 3,6,&9 - Coenzyme Q10 - Amino Acids - Herbs)
Trader Joes organic plain yogurt Organic Aloe Vera juice Flavorful Juice - organic - like Raspberry, Cherry, Aronia frozen raspberries organic banana
Health Food Store Flax Seed Oil Coconut Oil Protein powder
or Mercola's website for protein whey powder
If you feel better and have more energy, you can do more.
QH
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Post by questionhair on Jul 9, 2006 0:04:31 GMT -5
Last week I totally eliminated the banana (they are browning fast in this summer heat and then they have too much sugar)
I increased the organic aloe vera juice and increased the organic extra virgin coconut oil (Nutiva brand). One day I was out of yogurt so I used an entire can of coconut milk instead. Not as smooth and yummy, but I drank all of it, the whole blender full.
THE NEXT DAY I woke up and there were no more lumps under my scalp in the "hot spot" areas. I checked around today and can't find the gel hairs.
I want to mention that I also have started zapping about a month ago - but have given that a break since last week.
Also, after finding those two dogs that had babesia, I had taken some artemisinin - but only for a few days.
I've been taking this smoothie everyday for over 3 months now.
I've tried organic goat milk yogurt it it sometimes, but not too often - it is a bit raunchy and the organic raspberries I use to cover up the goat flavor are expensive and I have to use half a bag to disguise the goat flavor.
So, I've added soft organic goat cheese to my diet, almost daily. Heat up a tortilla, and wrap little pieces of cheese inside. If you can get one of those hot red pepper flavored tortillas, that tastes good enough to be a meal.
I am not sure what got rid of the lumps under the scalp, where the gel hairs would come from, but I THINK it was the extra coconut oil and coconut milk. I used about 2 to 3 tablespoons of the oil and the whole can of coconut milk that day. The next day, the lumps were gone.
I've been having lots of energy lately, have even started working a bit. It feels good to earn money, but I am still doing a lot of learning, although now I am focusing on learning about Lyme disease, but I still check in here too.
I've been looking healthier too. My face is slimming down and I can see cheekbones again. I am going to be making my own yogurt and kefir from home because I think the probiotics are key. (If you are on antibiotics, I think you shouldn't take them at the same time - I read where one person spaced them out during the day - but check with your doctor)
I think there is something in the smoothie that makes your skin soft and clear. I usually had chapped lips and dry skin, but everything is clear and soft and healthy looking now. I know I am still ill, but I am looking so healthy.
Please try this smoothie. I think it helped me a lot. Along with the anti-candida diet and other vitamins and herbs taken intermittently. (Cats Claw, etc. - see jwf posts and Penny's posts)
I also use ASAP colloidal silver on the scalp and sometimes internally - not regularly. Found it helpful for a toothache once.
No more lumps under the scalp. No more itching. No more crawling. No "fresh" gel hairs found, just old stuff where it was farther up the hair shaft because it had grown out.
Keeping my fingers crossed,
QH
PS: Still going for Lyme testing when my appointment comes up.
PPS: I am just a layman - so if there is anything unhealthy or bad for people in the ingredients I've listed above, please say so - I don't want anyone to get sicker - I just hope this will help other people too.
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Post by questionhair on Aug 1, 2006 1:15:51 GMT -5
AIDS virus may hide in gut news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060729/sc_nm/aids_gut_dc_1Sat Jul 29, 3:03 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus hides out inside people's intestines, researchers said on Saturday in a report that offers new understanding of the incurable infection. The virus replicates in the lining of the gut and does much of its damage to the immune system there, Satya Dandekar, chairwoman of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis Health System, and colleagues reported. Writing in the Journal of Virology, Dandekar said the study was the first to explain why the drug cocktails taken by HIV patients so often fail to work completely. "The real battle between the virus and exposed individuals is happening in the gut immediately after viral infection," she said in a statement. "We need to be focusing our efforts on improving treatment of gut mucosa, where massive destruction of immune cells is occurring. Gut-associated lymphoid tissue accounts for 70 percent of the body's immune system. Restoring its function is crucial to ridding the body of the virus." HIV cannot be cured but the drugs, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, can keep the virus under control. At first, doctors had hoped that years of treatment might eventually eradicate the virus, but, 25 years into the epidemic of AIDS, it is clear that cannot happen. That is because the virus can hide out quietly in reservoirs, which include certain immune cells. The gut is clearly important, too, Dandekar's team said. "We found a substantial delay in the time that it takes to restore the gut mucosal immune system in those with chronic infections," Dandekar said. "In these patients the gut is acting as a viral reservoir that keeps us from ridding patients of the virus." The mucosa are the wet tissues that line the nose and throat, the genitals and the inside of the gut. HIV often infects people via the mucosa. Dandekar's team has been studying HIV-infected patients who, even without treatment, have survived more than 10 years with healthy immune systems, including the T-cells that are attacked by the virus. "We looked at their gut lymphoid tissue and did not see loss of T-cells there. This correlated with better clinical outcomes," Dandekar said. So they started the current study, following 10 patients being treated with HAART, taking blood and gut samples before and after three years of treatment. They found evidence of inflammation, which disrupts tissue function, promotes cell death and upsets the normal balance of gut bacteria. Dandekar said these findings suggest anti-inflammatory drugs may help HAART work better. =========== some follow-up comments here are helpful, too - gives the connection to gut flora with Lyme: flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=046197;p=1#000005=================== This is a good message board recommended by Scandi: www.yeastconnection.com/connect_discus.htmlHere's some good information about alkaline and acid foods - letting you know which is which: www.quantumbalancing.com/acid_alkaline.htm
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Post by questionhair on Aug 1, 2006 12:20:40 GMT -5
PROBIOTICS - a key to getting better You can make your own organic yogurt and kefir at home. I found starters at: happyherbalist.com/index.aspAlso, consider taking Kombucha, the above website has various forms , but I've found the drops to be convenient. With my order came booklets about Kombucha and Kefir - both very useful and educational. I found the open mouth jars sold at the website to work better than the glass containers I was trying to use, too. I took me a few batches to get the hang of it, but it's a lot easier to make your own yogurt and kefir than you'd imagine. ================ About organic dairy products - have you wondered just how so many companies managed to come up with organic milk and dairy products so quickly lately? Considering that organic cows should be raised by strict standards, where did all these organic cows suddenly come from? Well, they aren't all "organic" - some companies have just jumped on the bandwagon by simply relabeling their regular milk cows as organic, and doing a few minimal things that they call keeping their cows organic - but it's not organic - the cows are still feedlot cows, overcrowded, and still have unhealthy bodies from before they were labeled "organic." ======== www.NewsTarget.com/019806.html(NewsTarget) The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently added five additional brands to its three-month boycott of "fake" organic products it says are knowingly mislabeled as "USDA organic." In April 2006, the OCA launched a boycott against two big-name distributors of organic dairy products -- Horizon and Aurora -- claiming, "All of Aurora's and much or Horizon's 'organic' milk is coming from factory farm feedlots where the cows have been brought in from conventional farms and have little or no access to pasture." Since April, the OCA says thousands of consumers, natural food stores and co-ops have joined the boycott. In its July 27 newsletter, the OCA announced it is expanding its boycott to include retail chains selling "bogus organic milk from Aurora." The boycott now includes Costco's "Kirkland Signature," Publix's "High Meadows," Safeway's "O" Organics, Wild Oats' organic milk and Giant's "Nature's Promise." The OCA is also calling for a boycott of Horizon's organic soy brands -- Silk soymilk and White Wave tofu -- claiming that Horizon has "begun turning away from U.S. organic farmers and instead importing cheap organic soybeans from China and Brazil, where labor rights and environmental standards are routinely violated." The OCA is urging the public to send emails to the seven companies it is boycotting -- dubbed the "Shameless Seven" -- urging them to use quality North American organic products produced by family farmers. More information on the boycott can be found at: www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1329.cfm.
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Post by questionhair on Aug 12, 2006 11:50:38 GMT -5
Adding some information I got a while back that I found helpful for my skin and energy: biology-online.org/biology-forum/about1958.html" . . . Looks like Aloe Vera might be worth a try. You can buy it in various forms. I tried a cranberry flavour drink containing aloe vera not too long ago. (mainly because it was half price ). Its supposed to be good for skin. I have eczema and in some ways know how you feel (I know NO ONE can really know how you feel.). Even with something like eczema doctors still didnt have a clue what to do with me sometimes. I was in a right mess. They just kept prescribing me the wrong stuff. it was only when i went into hospital that i saw a specialist who knew what medicines to treat me with. Back to helping you... As this disease affects your skin and is linked to the immune system Aloe Vera may help. Look for it on special offer or buy it online, where it might be cheaper. You could obtain mannose and galactose from other sources, but if both of them are in Aloe Vera then i'd take that. If nothing else, Aloe Vera is going to be good for you. As for dosing and duration. Take what it says (probably the larger dose out of the options) and your going to have to take it for at least a few months as these things can sometimes take a while before you see an effect. Some info about Mannose and which foods contain it: www.innvista.com/health/nutrition/essensug/mannose.htm and galactose (Milk seems to be the best source because it contains lactose which is hydrolysed to glucose and galactose) Altough diary products and lactose can cause immune reactions, allergies etc (but thats another story) www.innvista.com/health/nutrition/essensug/galact.htm . . ." QH
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Post by life on Dec 28, 2006 22:54:38 GMT -5
Hi QH~~ Here is a step-by-step process -- with pics! -- to make Kifer with coconut milk. Since the both the coconut milk and the Kifer seem to help so much -- maybe together, they could be even better? I'm going to try it -- next pay day www.bodyecology.com/mcoconutkefir.phplife
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Post by farmerjohn on Dec 29, 2006 8:48:44 GMT -5
QH, you surprise me with goats milk, I used to breed them when I lived in California, the pygmy type, I used to find goats milk just like the stuff from the store, only naturally homogonised. Mind you, it also depends on what they are allowed to feed on. Mine used to keep the Manzanita, Chapperal, pine and other tree ladder fuels down. Summer they got the best Alfalfa to suppliment the meagre feed.
I was told that certain clovers can taint the taste of the milk though..
One thing to watch with goats milk!! It's a high fat content and hence will put weight on you where you don't want it!
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Post by questionhair on Dec 29, 2006 10:38:15 GMT -5
Thank you Life, for the instructions. I hopefully checked their "products" to see if they would make it too. The few real coconuts I bought this year were very difficult to open and I eventually ended up throwing them away, getting tired of waiting for my husband to open them for me.
I did find at a local swap meet a vendor who opened coconuts and stuck a straw in them, that was delicious. After you were done, he'd crack open the coconut and cut up the meat and then you could put chili sauce or lime on the meat. There was always a long line, and I was one of the few customers that wasn't a recent immigrant.
However, one day, I realized he was using the same knives and cutting board and scooping tools for everyone's coconuts - to scoop out the meat after the coconut water had been consumed. And, he wasn't cleaning between customers. That was the end of that for me.
However, at the local health food store there is coconut milk in cans, and also at the ethnic grocery stores. I try to drink one of those every other day.
I read the entire page on the kefir making process. It doesn't seem hard once you get the coconut open. I'd be interested in trying it if I can do it without cutting my fingers off. Although I'd much prefer to just buy the prepared product - I do buy kefir juiices - I wonder if they'd make the coconut version too if asked. Carpe Diem is one bottled kefir company.
farmerjohn - I've only been living with large animals the past 10 years or so. So, I'm learning a lot as I go. When I first moved here I met a few neighbors. One neighbor I didn't see for a couple of years and when I next saw her, she looked so healthy - rosy cheeks and good skin from an ashen appearance before. I asked her what had changed and she said she was raising goats and using the milk for her family.
My neighbors raise goats to eat.
I don't think I'd want to take on extra work right now, but I considered it. If I had more fencing, it might be feasible, but I'd hate to see all the landscaping I've planted eaten up. I didn't know about the natural homogenization (sp?) of goats milk.
I'm still considering chickens - organic eggs cost so much. Again, once there is safe fencing - don't want to feed the coyotes.
QH
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Post by farmerjohn on Dec 30, 2006 7:58:20 GMT -5
I raise my own chickens too QH, I daren't let them out as we have a couple of families of Red Tailed Hawks around here and they just love a chicken a day! Sad, as the chickens kept the tick population down to zero! We even noticed that the chiggers aren't bad when I used to let them out! They'd keep ticks off the dogs too, so a real good investment when your ready, but remember they can fly, and do, so a cordon fence around them has to be high to deter them from flying, or clip their wings.
Yes, goat milk is naturally homogonised, it doesn't seperate into cream and milk. My first encounter with goats milk was a Saanan my cousin kepy as a milk goat. It got fed on garden scraps, and paddock grass it foraged itself. Your right about fencing, they will eat everything!! right down to poison oak and ivy!
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Post by life on Jan 4, 2007 16:28:55 GMT -5
Hi QH~~
I've only done the smoothie a couple of days -- do nice to have moved and have a kitchen again!
anyway -- i feel a bit better, but it could just be homemade food instead of ready-made to be sapped in the microwave.
Kefir -- my daughter actually did the research on it -- she says the only one with probiotics truly in it is by is by Helios and to only use the plain.
i ordered merocla's stuff you recommended - should come by next week.
i'm only using what i had -- pomegranite juice, undiluted cranberry juice and organic rasberries and a banana.
my coconut oil is hard -- do you heat it up first? or ?
i haven't tried the fresh coconuts -- but, when i get settled, i will. they do seem to be an 'event' to even open.
thanks, life
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Post by questionhair on Jan 4, 2007 21:49:09 GMT -5
Hi Life: I think I lost my post, if this turns out to be a duplicate, my apologies! Here is a good site to get kefir making starter - I got their kefir and their yogurt - but didn't keep up with the process so will have to re-order to re-start. happyherbalist.com/index.asp(Be sure to scroll down and read about Pro-Biotics and the body - also I found Ed to be helpful and friendly on the phone - too bad he's not in Southern California!) Here is another site on kefir making: users.chariot.net.au/~dna/Makekefir.htmlThe coconut oil gets hard in colder weather and takes on a waxy consistency - if you have a brand that tastes good (like Nutiva) you can try to just take it straight. In the summer it is a smooth clear liquid. Congratulations on having a kitchen! Best Wishes, QH
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Post by life on Jan 5, 2007 19:28:07 GMT -5
Thanks QH~~
Both are great Websites. One thing I've noticed (only 4 days into the morning smoothie) is that my skin on my fce appears drier; I have more wrinkles around the mouth and on my cheeks.
Did you notice this in the beginning?
Perhaps it is because I am not using the coconut oil or water?
I'm going to the store tomorrow -- buy some coconut juice and see if it makes a difference. I think you posted earlier that when you used a lot of coconut juice is helped your lesions disappear.
THAT would be nice.
Are they still gone? Do you get new ones?
Are you doing the salt/C too?
sorry for so many questions all at once, life
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Post by questionhair on Jan 5, 2007 19:56:25 GMT -5
Hi Life:
I didn't notice my face getting drier or more wrinkled as a result of the smoothie. I do notice, in the cold winter that I'm not drinking as much water or juices - perhaps you are too?
That is one problem I have now with the salt/c. In the summer I can come in from chores and drink a lot of the salt/c water from the jug. (I make one jug for 24 hours and put the RealSalt and the vitamin C tablets in there - they dissolve and I just give it a good shake before drinking) I have to remember to drink the salt/c now, and it's easy to forget when I'm not warm.
The anti-candida diet is important. Not that I'm perfect at it, but I try to remember that I'm on it.
I like Amy & Brian All Natural Coconut Juice with Lime - it comes in a 17.5 oz can. Distributed by Tungpec in Buena Park. I find it at a Health Food store in the section where they sell specialty teas and juices. (It's $2.09 for the can, but compared to what soda costs and the damage it does to your body, it's better to get the coconut juice and heal your body)
Cans of coconut milk are blander and I couldn't drink those straight. Better for smoothies.
Don't forget the organic aloe vera juice. I think it is important to help the gut.
I don't get those strange biofilm lesions with the multiple roots sticking out underneath anymore. Those were part of what I used to deal with.
I do still have the gel hairs and then the strange fibrous or fungal like blossoms that come attached around the hair follicle and "ride" out of the scalp attached to the follicle as it grows. But the gel hairs seem to be less in number and the "gel" seems to have gotten smaller on most of the hairs.
I still have symptoms, but much less. The lumps under the scalp are gone too.
I think by changing my body's environment or ecology or reducing the fungal system in it (or at least challenging it to survive) I have reduced a lot of the outer symptoms.
Also, reduced other things like forgetfulness, lack of coordination, reduced energy (not that it's all back like normal yet), aching joints, constant itchy scalp with crawly feelings (still get very sporadic experiences of that - mostly in the wee hours of the night) - and still sometimes get the strange feeling of "moving hair" from time to time - although my hair is very short now.
I was thinking today of the people who used to post a lot, those who decided to do the salt/c and anti-candida diet and take supplements. They got so much better that they moved on with life and check in from time to time.
I feel much better but want this fungal stuff off my hair follicles. I wonder if I'll ever succeed in finding the answer.
But, in the meantime I feel I have gotten rid of the parasites I used to find on my scalp - haven't seen those for a long time.
I wonder sometimes why people continue to struggle to identify what particular parasite they have infesting them and waste time and not try the salt/c or keep saying they can't stop eating this or that or smoking or drinking alcohol.
Why not just change the body and give it a chance? Stop eating food that feeds a fungal system, drinking alcohol, or smoking and instead eat what helps, drink what helps and take supplements and not poisons.
It does take effort but it makes a difference.
By the way, I was looking at the Japanese Water Crystals on the Happy Herbalist website above. That's an interesting concept and doesn't use milk either. I may give that a try.
QH
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Post by life on Jan 5, 2007 20:55:09 GMT -5
HI QH~~
I agree with you about trying to figure out what parasite it is -- and just work on making the body a healthy alkaline environment that the pathogens can't thrive in.
I have anti-candida'd myself years ago with the body ecology diet. At least, now, when I have some ice cream -- its just a treat and not an all out craving!
As far as the salt/C -- years ago, I read in Adelle Davis' book. "Let's Get Well", that skin carbuncles can be cured with salt. So, I took salt and within a week, my eyesight in my left eye went from 20/30 to 20/200, so I stopped.
I wasn't doing the salt/C -- but, it DID make the carbuncle ones subside. Because of that experience, I have hesitated to do the salt/C, also, I do not drink enough water.
so, my first goal is to drink more water. I learned on a Site that my doctor sent me NOT to drink distilled water, as it is 'dead'. Cleaned of any contaminants, true, but also cleaned of any life-giving minerals. Very interesting. so, water is essential, but most 'spring water' we buy, from what I understand, is just straight from the tap and 'sold' as spring water.
I am trying to figure out what water to buy. My old neighbor, who has a health clinic suggested I buy something she uses -- it cleans water with O3 -- I think. But, I have to wait for a month or two for my budget to allow myself the luxury of purchasing the unit. Patience, patience.
As for the salt/C -- last summer, I went on a Web site -- paid the money (29.95 i think) for the on-line salt/C protocol, and never got it. So, I abandoned the whole thing.
but, I did do my research on salts and found the Himalayan sea salt. so, I'll purchase that this month and get going -- good water or bad shouldn't stop me, right?
Right now, I want to get myself into a daily 'habit' of making the smoothie. Once that is a habit, I'm moving on to the water intake.
I know myself, and if I try to do too many things at once -- for some reason -- I feel overwhelmed.
I also get reinfected at work -- so I ordered the menthol crystals to put around the classroom. I don't think there is anything against them as they are non-toxic. If it really does rid my classroom of the mites -- or whatever it is -- then, when I make progress with my body, it will be more permanent .
I'm also juicing in the afternoons: garlic, basil, dandelion, parsley, cilantro, lemon, green apple, red swiss shard, celery, and I should probably add a bit of cabbage to it as well as some cauliflower or broccoli.
anyway -- I appreciate this post. I really NEED the encouragement of your positive outlook. Searching for what 'it' is so I can take the right drug is not really for me. Drugs and my body's liver, kidneys, and spleen just don't get along.
thanks so much for being there and being a positive force for me, life
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Post by life on Jan 9, 2007 0:15:31 GMT -5
HI QH~~
I tried the entire can of coconut milk -- added about 3 T. of the coconut oil -- still have the 'lumps' on my head. I'm not sure why it worked for you and not me -- but, I really look forward to my morning smoothie.
The only thing I need to get is the Mangosteen, the Aloe vera, and the multi vitamin/minerals stuff you suggested.
I'm going to keep at it. If nothing else, its a great way to start the day -- and not be hungry.
life
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Post by life on Jan 11, 2007 19:33:18 GMT -5
Hi QH~~
Just an 'update' on the effectsof the smoothie. I have had 'urgency' to go -- and, when I gotta go, well its a fight to make it to the bathroom, especially when I get home from work.
Well, the last two days -- its been gone!
Even something as little as that -- it still shows progress and I am excited to see what will get better in the weeks to come.
My cognition is better as well, so is my ability to spell. Also, my hand coordination is improving -- I can type faster and spellcheck brings up no errors. And the only thing I am doing differently is the smoothie.
hugs, life
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Post by questionhair on Jan 11, 2007 21:38:32 GMT -5
Hi Life:
I still haven't had the lumps come back, but I do find gel-hairs - although they seem much less and not as big gel part as used to be. I wonder if the Zapper being used at the same time was part of the solution for the lumps under the scalp.
I think there isn't one magic bullet, and things work for a while and then you need to rotate to something else.
So, I have been doing the anti-candida diet, and other stuff too. And, you have done a lot of things too! You have been more pro-active about trying alternative health practices than I have and I have followed your posts with great interest.
A couple of years ago, when I was at my worst (and diagnosed with Valley Fever which is a systemic fungal infection) I had been dealing with the itchy crawly scalp issue since about 2000. But in the winter of 2005 I got really sick. Could barely walk, couldn't use my hands to hold or open small things - I could hold a flake of hay or big stuff but not stuff that needed fine coordination, I'd forget what I was doing or saying and couldn't remember names of my pets and friends, I ached all over, had a really swollen knee, couldn't turn my head because my neck was so stiff, etc etc etc - lots of bad symptoms - a regular checklist of lyme or candida infection. Anyway, because I had to go out to feed the horses and other animals twice a day, I had a lot of chores to do and very little energy to do them with.
The worst symptom was that I couldn't "hold it" if I had to go to the bathroom. There was no way I could make it back from the barn to the house to get to the bathroom in time - not only was I too exhausted to make the extra walk, but there was not enough bladder control left to even wait a minute. I resigned myself to having to change my urine soaked pants after each feeding.
I couldn't go into town to do errands without carefully planning the route, etc. too.
Somehow probiotics are important to fix the problem, but I have read so much stuff that it is all a blur and I have forgotten details why.
Anyway, it does seem that every new thing seems to work for a while, and I hope this will help you on your pathway to better health.
Thank you for letting me know.
QH
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Post by life on Jan 12, 2007 10:12:31 GMT -5
HI QH~~
Your descriptions sound quite a bit like mine. I'm so glad to hear you are better. So, what you are doing will probably help me as well -- I think.
I am still experimenting with my smoothie 'mix'. I dropped the banana, and because of your mention of fungus (I needed the reminder), I added shatake mushrooms to it -- just started this morning. A Chinese herbalist I went to years ago told me that even though mushrooms are a fungus, shatake mushrooms, specifically, attack fungus in the body. I am going to wait a week and then add WaterOz Copper as it is anti-fungal as well.
If you have the extra funds, can I suggest you try a hair-care product? Its called Ojon. You can get it a Sephora -- or you can go on line @ QVC and order it. The conditioner -- looks like brown goop -- really helps the scalp scabs to come off.I had them so bad a time ago, that I could not lay my head down on a pillow to go to sleep for the pain.
I also put the conditioner all over my body once in awhile and 'stuff' comes out. I use their shampoo and conditioner now as well. One thing else, I use their oil -- people are starting to comment once in awhile that my hair looks so healthy -- its the Ojon.
And the other suggestion, again if you have the funds, is to try the Heavenly Hands products. Its really drying things up. It also, when I first used it, caused small black hairs, specs, and the rice-shaped eggs to come out. And, if I get an itchy reinfection, it stops the itch because it pulls out the little black 'hairs'. Its also making my corns dry up slowly, which my Chinese doctor told me is actually a fungus.
Just some suggestions....
Of course, my situation is that I am constantly battling reinfection from my classroom -- or, I believe, I would have this licked by now.
Take care, life
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Post by zabrubon on Aug 4, 2008 23:58:19 GMT -5
Questionair, Ummmmmmmmmm sounds good. Thanks for the pointers on where to buy and all the extra's that can be added. How'd you get started doing making these?
I have been making smoothies for several months now and lost 15 pounds. I love all your ideas and can't wait to try. Only I don't know what some of the ingredients are and will look them up before use. What's with the green bannana??
I take left over smoothie and put in a small glass and freeze it for a nice chreaattttttttt on a hot day. Yum! What does the whey do? Does it make it frothy? There is bannana powerder in the Dominicks store above the produce and can be added to smoothie. It is like a dry powder, ever try it?
I will be back tomorrow to write some of this down.
Blessings,
ChicagoBonnie
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