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Post by bessie on Jun 21, 2008 10:39:55 GMT -5
Had the live blood analysis done yesterday. It was a different company, so a little hard to compare from 3 months ago, especially since this woman didn't seem fo know her stuff as well as the last guy. Anyway, as soon as the picture came up on the screen I knew I was in trouble. My red blood cells were stacked - a condition called rouleau. Not enough oxygen can reach the tissues when this occurs and it said "a condition looking for disaster" when I checked it on the internet. Well, I think disaster has already struck. She couldn't find white blood cells - I said "isn't that abnormal"? (I know it IS abnormal!) - "No, just means you don't have an infection". Well, I woke up with the glands on the back of my neck sore and swollen. So what does that mean??? If I'm lucky, maybe this "rouleau" thing will do me in. I hate this more than words could ever express. Bessie
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Post by Sidney on Jun 21, 2008 12:06:57 GMT -5
www.cancersalves.com/checklist/oxygenation.htmlThere's plenty of information on the www regarding this condition, but I had time to open only one link. Bessie, do you smoke? Seems like lots of us have low blood oxygen, low body temperature, etc. My normal temp is 97.6 since having this disease. Probably it dates back to the onset of Lyme, but at the time and not knowing what was wrong with me, I probably didn't even think about the low blood temperature. I just knew I was very ill, probably dying, and was so sick I didn't care if I died. Onset of Lyme May 13, 1986. Unforgettable. I've had Dark Field Microscopy and was guest guinea pig at a Hematology Seminar in Tulsa in March 1997. Sorry, I know I've written this a gazillion times. Something parasitic in my blood. The instructor saw it coming around at regular intervals, but had no clue what it was. Darkfield Microscopy is widely used in Europe and in my opinion is very important, but of course in the U.S. allopathic medicine turns a blind eye to it. Shame on them. All knowing, smug and superior.
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Post by bessie on Jun 21, 2008 12:32:35 GMT -5
Sidney - You may have posted on this in the past, but before my time, so it was new to me (and probably others). No, I don't smoke. I know what causes the stacking in my case - acidic blood. It's not acidic due to diet, but because I am constantly stressed and fearful. When the blood drops in PH, the cell membranes lose their positive charge and become negative, thereby attracting each other and clumping. I don't have any idea how to change the way I feel. I've had a year to get used to this - I pray, read, talk to people who care about me, etc. - but it never, ever leaves me. I try to "Let go and let God" but it holds me for about a minute after 10 minutes of trying to focus on that thought. I'm sorry to go on like this. Extra stuff going on right now that I can't figure out how to manage, things that I wouldn't have thought twice about in the past. You know what I mean. Bessie
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Post by toni on Jun 21, 2008 13:52:56 GMT -5
Bessie, I sure understand your concern. I'd never heard of that, but daily I learn not one new thing, but 100's. Thank you for sharing what they've found about your blood cells. Maybe try a few things, and in a month or even a week, if you can be retested see if your changes have made changes in your blood. Here's an article I just ran across, (I'm still reading on this) and possibly these couple of things you do differently might help the cells 'unclump'. www.cancerchecklist.com/regeneration/oxygenation.htmlI know (or I know I try to be very conscious of my breathing) while I'm sitting on the computer, because I think we might tend to do (shallow breathing) and that's not healthy. We need to be aware of our breathing many times a day, and take deeeeeep slow inhalations, and slowly let those out. It's very good for getting extra oxygen to get into all of our cells. That article mentioned serveral oils too that are healthy, Flax seed oil, Cumin oil, and olive oil etc. This really might help greatly, and I sure hope it does. But probably every 10 min or so thoughout the day, taking a few deep deep deep inhales, and slowly exhaling, is oh....so good to do!
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Post by toni on Jun 21, 2008 14:22:03 GMT -5
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Post by bessie on Jun 21, 2008 14:29:07 GMT -5
Toni - Thank you for comments and concern. Acidity is something that I've been fighting with since I got sick. I do all the alkalyzing things, but the one thing I can't control is how I feel. "Fight or flight" causes the body to become acidic. This link explains the connection more clearly. I'm not quite in the acidosis range; a little more acidic and cell death occurs: www.drlam.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/acidosis.cfmBessie
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Post by toni on Jun 21, 2008 16:10:25 GMT -5
Bessie,
I sure understand the stress part. If "you can-if your health allows", possibly try 1/2 tsp baking soda in a glass of water a couple of times a day.
I sure didn't realize about (acid/pH) before this board, and I smoke cigs! That will shoot the acid off the charts too. A friend of mine use to tell me *joking* that he could dissolve a penny in the acid his body produced.
But what I've learned (thanks to everyone here and reading) even though we (abuse our body, intentionally and unintentionally) our body needs help sometimes, especially now.
Acid reducing things we eat really do work well. I'd gotten those little pH strips you tinkle on, and daily the pH level can be checked (sort of a guide to see what we do, if it's enough or not enough).
Using apple cider vinegar in our salads, drinking fresh lemonaid, and eating/or munching on fresh broccoli or cucumbers thoughout the day are soooo good for lowering acid too.
From what I've done (and smoking like a chimney) I've finally gotten a good grip on what I need more of daily, and then when I see on the pH strip that my acid is up...I then munch on foods that help lower it. I know sometimes I sure don't feel like eating a cucumber in the afternoon, but I do it anyways, cause I know my system is screaming for it by the pH strip I can see.
It's really a food change, and a daily thing of being conscious of what we need to do.
I mean we can still eat the way we always do...we just need to give our body things to help it.
It's a pain though, I'll admit. Everyday taking 20 million different supplements, testing the pH, slicing cucumbers up for munchies inbetween meals...applying yogurt and milk and ground cumin, drinking tomato juice with it too (cumin and lemon)...I mean by the time I go to bed, it's like you wake up, and it's time to do it all again...only to hold this Morgellons in one spot, cause nothing is curing it...or knocking it out completely.
But if you use more vinegar, lemon, and vegies in your diet, you really might be surprised at how much control you do have over acid, even under the circumstances.
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Post by bessie on Jun 21, 2008 19:48:09 GMT -5
Toni - Everything you say is true; believe it or not, I do all those things....but I can't shake the fear. When you feel fear (or anger), your whole body chemistry changes, driven primarily by adrenalin and cortisol. It overides anything else you might do. I take some of the "sedating" herbs like basil, valerian, etc., but I just cannot get past this thing. I am actually on the verge of just saying "fudge it" and just going back to living like I was and stop avoiding people, situations, animals, etc. I won't even sit on my couch because I can't throw it in the washing machine. Maybe in time it'll settle down. Bessie
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Post by toni on Jun 21, 2008 20:34:26 GMT -5
Bessie, I really do understand, and I feel so badly for you. Just a thought here....cause I know when I've had my stressed out moments where I think I just could scream myself to death, I re-focus...and pretend today is my special day, and I deliberately will make something extra special, or use my nicest dishes (which I do that now, why not you know- I think what the fudge am I saving them for??? Christmas? Not with Morgellons) but I think it helps our psyche. Whatever it takes you know? Whatever you can surround yourself with to make you feel good and Morg free. Do everything you can to make yourself feel special, sort of like "treating yourself" to the extras all you can. Anything that you can do to help divert from "reality" is helpful. And just typing this makes me now want to scream, that WE HAVE to PRETEND our lives are better ....to hang on here. Oh!!! I know that sounds silly the things to do (to pretend), but we have to do everything we can to keep our sanity though this horror we're having to endure every hour of every day - so we don't blow fuses...(that's what I call it) cause it's soooo hard to deal with this. Just treat the hell out of yourself as much as you can sweetie...and GOD I wish I could give you more. Hugs and love.
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Post by bessie on Jun 21, 2008 20:54:51 GMT -5
Oh, Toni - Thank you kindly for putting so much into this. You know, it really could be so much worse for me, and I have to remember to be grateful. When I look back on my life, I was always looking for how to improve things. Not that that is a bad thing, but gratitude tends to get lost in that process. I had a thought today as I watched the news. There was a story about a prayer circle at the gas pumps, and another about the floods and people praying. And, boy, have we learned how to pray! What if ALL of this - Morgellons, natural disasters, food shortages (just beginning - all that farm land ruined), escalating prices for everything...on & on....what if all of this is meant to bring everyone to God? That maybe the world has just gone too far astray and God is calling us back in ways that everyone will have to hear? Bessie
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Post by toni on Jun 22, 2008 9:07:54 GMT -5
I know what you mean. I guess I tend to think in the "cause and reaction" way mostly. (Science etc) creates a cause (situation) and then there has to be the reaction, something's gotta give somewhere.
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