Out of courtesy to those who requested details about my use of “quack remedies” mentioned in posts in the thread: HOT TOPIC The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread... I have decided to provide some details.
FIRST: Some background so that you might not only understand my motivation in seeking alternative remedies, but get some factual information regarding their efficacy in my case. I say my case because reports of my successes are anecdotal, and in the eyes of the medical profession at large that makes them worthless.
There are exceptions, and I will mention some of those in the medical profession who have responded in what I simply describe as a reasonable and surprising open-minded fashion.
HISTORY: At 3 weeks of age I was suffering from a severe case of pneumonia. In the late 1930s many adults died when they contracted pneumonia, and few infants survived.
My mother called the family doctor, who, after examination, advised that I should be christened urgently because I would not live through the night. I was christened, but my mother also called in the small town’s Chinese herbalist. How I survived is anyone’s guess, but I did.
I discovered in 2011 while taking part in a clinical trial that a major causative factor in that first brush with death was that I was born with a Cystic Fibrosis gene that has all my life filled my lungs with a huge excess of mucous. This provided the ideal breeding ground for every stray bacterium and virus that I inhaled or otherwise entered my bloodstream.
14 YEARS OF AGE: I heard Sister Kenny of polio fame berating my mother because of her refusal to accede to her demands that I have ½ of each lung removed, telling mum that I could not live more than 6 months without that surgery. I am so glad that my mother stood her ground. Her reasoning was that while ever my lungs were complete it might be possible to heal them in the future. Years later, I was written off at age 39 by our family doctor and told that for the rest of my life I would not be able to work.
For 7 years under his care prior to that time I suffered from pneumonia every 6 to 8 weeks. So about that time I began serious medical research, aided by a highly qualified specialist friend who gave me access to medical journals and research papers, and also requested my help to assess some research subjects that interested him. As it happened I found some interesting data that suggested the possibility that despite the serious warning about the possibility of liver damage resulting from the intake of excessive quantities of Vitamin A, that vitamin could have healing properties.
Grave warnings are routinely issued about the risks of consuming large amounts of Vitamin A. After all that is what killed Sir Douglas Mawson’s men when in desperation during an Antarctic expedition they killed their sled dogs and ate the raw livers. Or… Is that really the cause of their deaths? See this extract Error - Cookies Turned Off from the Medical Journal of Australia article or search for this: Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 638-641. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00064.x by Denise Carrington-Smith in which she disputed earlier hypotheses that they died of Vitamin A toxicity.
I located a husband and wife medical team who were using their own bodies in radical experiments, one of which was investigating the healing properties of massive doses of Vitamin A. As a safety measure they very frequently checked their liver pathology. Their results revealing perfect liver function showed that my research conclusions postulating that there was the strong possibility of healing properties resulting from large doses of Vitamin A were reasonable.
I started on a regime involving doses so high that any doctor guided by the FDA would have expected me to die within a month. This continued for 15 years during which time I rarely visited a doctor, instead self-medicating with moderate success. At least I managed to substantially increase my lung capacity by healing my damaged lungs.
PROVEN SUCCESS: Proof came about because I was compelled to visit a doctor to receive treatment for a moderately serious accident on my farm. As is common, I was required to complete a medical history which when he read alarmed him as he discovered that my last chest X-Ray was 15 years old, so I had to have a new X-Ray.
On my follow up visit he took the new image from me, and put both in his light box. He displayed a very puzzled look and said those dreaded words: “There’s something wrong here.” Having seen my X-Rays at the specialist chest clinic displaying more damage to my lungs month after month, I knew that the 15 year old X-Ray showed exactly what I remembered, but then he said…… “There’s nothing wrong, that’s what’s wrong.” I had already seen what surprised him so much. Instead of looking as though someone with a brush dipped in white paint had several time whipped the brush across the lungs, there were now only a couple of small areas of white.
He made no further comment other than to say that my lungs looked to be in good condition considering my history.
NOW FOR MY BIG GUN: Its name is Electrolytically Isolated Silver. (EIS) This is what most people call colloidal silver, but is a combination of both colloidal and ionic silver. The ionic part is a minute part of the mixture, and passes through the digestive tract. I only mention it because it is there, but I would NEVER use a product that is solely IONIC. Early in that 15 year period, before the healing process had progressed much I had been referred to a specialist who plied me with vast quantities and varieties of antibiotics, admitting me for intravenous infusion of a cocktail of last resort antibiotics aimed at killing the antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa that I had way back picked up in hospital while on a drip there. Oh the irony of it.
When that didn’t work he provided another cocktail for me to inhale using a nebuliser. When that didn’t work he wrote me off, saying there was nothing more he could do other than to give me prescription for a number of antibiotics that he expected me to take on a daily basis with no time limit.
I decided that the liver and kidney damage inflicted up to that point would, if I continued on his regime, soon impose a limit – death.
That’s when I started daily use of EIS via the nebuliser. Big Pharma delight in recounting the story of the blue man, Stan Jones. That man was making a witch's brew of silver compounds by not using distilled water, making his own colloidal silver dispersion using common tap water to which he added salt His brew was composed of who knows what silver salt, most likely silver chloride or silver fluoride plus unknown extras, and consuming vastly more of his toxic drink than any sane person knowing any facts about the subject would even contemplate.
Certainly excessive consumption of silver from eating off solid silver plates with solid silver cutlery and drinking wine from solid silver goblets led to the British aristocracy being called “blue bloods” because of their pale blue color. After 23 years of daily doses of colloidal silver my skin is shockingly normal in appearance.
SUCCESS PROVEN BY PATHOLOGY: With the constant filling of my lungs with mucous thanks to my CF gene, the ever present Pseudomonas Aeruginosa reared its ugly head in what is known as “flare ups.” Each time my sputum was tested to determine which bacteria were present and their susceptibility to various antibiotics.
Over a period of several years, the pathology results began to show lower and lower levels of Pseudomonas until two successive tests revealed none.
LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE: Both of these were an inevitable result of the huge life-long intake of antibiotics, so I have used Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) for several years to remedy the liver damage. Liver function is now normal. Its use for this purpose is based on clinical trials, but you should do your own research for those.
After being told that I was suffering from kidney failure with less than 15% function, I immediately consulted a Homeopath who prescribed eel serum (Serum Anguillar). Using this and drastically reducing my consumption of red meat for 3 months, the next test showed normal kidney function.
COOPERATIVE DOCTORS (and one nurse): Although most have lectured me on the dangers of alternative medicine I have been fortunate to encounter some who don’t wear blinkers.
Doctor G: A rural doctor who in response to me mentioning some of my unorthodox opinions, chatted with me every time I consulted him, and became so interested that he asked for my guidance on how to treat his own son who was chronically ill and he had been unable to find any effective treatment. I referred him to the specialist friend who had mentored me, and he travelled hundreds of Kms to consult him, and the outcome was that he had at last found the remedy.
Nurse A: A practice nurse at the medical centre I attended, she mentioned that her mother suffered from COPD and wondered how I managed to be doing so well. I told her about my successful application of big dose Vitamin A therapy. She adopted that for her mother with outstanding results.
Doctor T. He owned the property adjacent to mine. He was surprised at my ability to outpace fit and healthy contractors up and down steep hills on my property while they were preparing to quote to build a new roadway, and knowing my history he quizzed me and I told him of my regime. He adopted several of the measures I was using as part of his own family members’ treatment.
Doctor M. I had recommended to a friend to use colloidal silver when dressing her deep seated ulcer. When next she visited her specialist the nurse removed her bandage and remarked how much the previously intractable ulcer had improved. My friend told her about my suggestion and she was appalled, saying “You mustn’t use that, it’s not approved.” When Doctor M saw it and heard the story, his response was “This is remarkable. Whatever you are doing, keep doing it.”
FINALLY: Apart from my use of silver and homeopathics all of my self-medication is based on the principles of Orthomolecular Medicine which I learned from my specialist friend.
I am not providing any medical advice, and I recommend that you do your own research.
For those who want to learn more about Orthomolecular Medicine here are two links:
For non-professionals: www.doctoryourself.com/orthomolecular.html The following link also could be very valuable to those who want to know more and are willing to patiently make their way through the technicalities.
For Health professionals: Orthomolecular medicine: the therapeutic use of dietary supplements for anti-aging
Walter
FIRST: Some background so that you might not only understand my motivation in seeking alternative remedies, but get some factual information regarding their efficacy in my case. I say my case because reports of my successes are anecdotal, and in the eyes of the medical profession at large that makes them worthless.
There are exceptions, and I will mention some of those in the medical profession who have responded in what I simply describe as a reasonable and surprising open-minded fashion.
HISTORY: At 3 weeks of age I was suffering from a severe case of pneumonia. In the late 1930s many adults died when they contracted pneumonia, and few infants survived.
My mother called the family doctor, who, after examination, advised that I should be christened urgently because I would not live through the night. I was christened, but my mother also called in the small town’s Chinese herbalist. How I survived is anyone’s guess, but I did.
I discovered in 2011 while taking part in a clinical trial that a major causative factor in that first brush with death was that I was born with a Cystic Fibrosis gene that has all my life filled my lungs with a huge excess of mucous. This provided the ideal breeding ground for every stray bacterium and virus that I inhaled or otherwise entered my bloodstream.
14 YEARS OF AGE: I heard Sister Kenny of polio fame berating my mother because of her refusal to accede to her demands that I have ½ of each lung removed, telling mum that I could not live more than 6 months without that surgery. I am so glad that my mother stood her ground. Her reasoning was that while ever my lungs were complete it might be possible to heal them in the future. Years later, I was written off at age 39 by our family doctor and told that for the rest of my life I would not be able to work.
For 7 years under his care prior to that time I suffered from pneumonia every 6 to 8 weeks. So about that time I began serious medical research, aided by a highly qualified specialist friend who gave me access to medical journals and research papers, and also requested my help to assess some research subjects that interested him. As it happened I found some interesting data that suggested the possibility that despite the serious warning about the possibility of liver damage resulting from the intake of excessive quantities of Vitamin A, that vitamin could have healing properties.
Grave warnings are routinely issued about the risks of consuming large amounts of Vitamin A. After all that is what killed Sir Douglas Mawson’s men when in desperation during an Antarctic expedition they killed their sled dogs and ate the raw livers. Or… Is that really the cause of their deaths? See this extract Error - Cookies Turned Off from the Medical Journal of Australia article or search for this: Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 638-641. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00064.x by Denise Carrington-Smith in which she disputed earlier hypotheses that they died of Vitamin A toxicity.
I located a husband and wife medical team who were using their own bodies in radical experiments, one of which was investigating the healing properties of massive doses of Vitamin A. As a safety measure they very frequently checked their liver pathology. Their results revealing perfect liver function showed that my research conclusions postulating that there was the strong possibility of healing properties resulting from large doses of Vitamin A were reasonable.
I started on a regime involving doses so high that any doctor guided by the FDA would have expected me to die within a month. This continued for 15 years during which time I rarely visited a doctor, instead self-medicating with moderate success. At least I managed to substantially increase my lung capacity by healing my damaged lungs.
PROVEN SUCCESS: Proof came about because I was compelled to visit a doctor to receive treatment for a moderately serious accident on my farm. As is common, I was required to complete a medical history which when he read alarmed him as he discovered that my last chest X-Ray was 15 years old, so I had to have a new X-Ray.
On my follow up visit he took the new image from me, and put both in his light box. He displayed a very puzzled look and said those dreaded words: “There’s something wrong here.” Having seen my X-Rays at the specialist chest clinic displaying more damage to my lungs month after month, I knew that the 15 year old X-Ray showed exactly what I remembered, but then he said…… “There’s nothing wrong, that’s what’s wrong.” I had already seen what surprised him so much. Instead of looking as though someone with a brush dipped in white paint had several time whipped the brush across the lungs, there were now only a couple of small areas of white.
He made no further comment other than to say that my lungs looked to be in good condition considering my history.
NOW FOR MY BIG GUN: Its name is Electrolytically Isolated Silver. (EIS) This is what most people call colloidal silver, but is a combination of both colloidal and ionic silver. The ionic part is a minute part of the mixture, and passes through the digestive tract. I only mention it because it is there, but I would NEVER use a product that is solely IONIC. Early in that 15 year period, before the healing process had progressed much I had been referred to a specialist who plied me with vast quantities and varieties of antibiotics, admitting me for intravenous infusion of a cocktail of last resort antibiotics aimed at killing the antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa that I had way back picked up in hospital while on a drip there. Oh the irony of it.
When that didn’t work he provided another cocktail for me to inhale using a nebuliser. When that didn’t work he wrote me off, saying there was nothing more he could do other than to give me prescription for a number of antibiotics that he expected me to take on a daily basis with no time limit.
I decided that the liver and kidney damage inflicted up to that point would, if I continued on his regime, soon impose a limit – death.
That’s when I started daily use of EIS via the nebuliser. Big Pharma delight in recounting the story of the blue man, Stan Jones. That man was making a witch's brew of silver compounds by not using distilled water, making his own colloidal silver dispersion using common tap water to which he added salt His brew was composed of who knows what silver salt, most likely silver chloride or silver fluoride plus unknown extras, and consuming vastly more of his toxic drink than any sane person knowing any facts about the subject would even contemplate.
Certainly excessive consumption of silver from eating off solid silver plates with solid silver cutlery and drinking wine from solid silver goblets led to the British aristocracy being called “blue bloods” because of their pale blue color. After 23 years of daily doses of colloidal silver my skin is shockingly normal in appearance.
SUCCESS PROVEN BY PATHOLOGY: With the constant filling of my lungs with mucous thanks to my CF gene, the ever present Pseudomonas Aeruginosa reared its ugly head in what is known as “flare ups.” Each time my sputum was tested to determine which bacteria were present and their susceptibility to various antibiotics.
Over a period of several years, the pathology results began to show lower and lower levels of Pseudomonas until two successive tests revealed none.
LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE: Both of these were an inevitable result of the huge life-long intake of antibiotics, so I have used Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) for several years to remedy the liver damage. Liver function is now normal. Its use for this purpose is based on clinical trials, but you should do your own research for those.
After being told that I was suffering from kidney failure with less than 15% function, I immediately consulted a Homeopath who prescribed eel serum (Serum Anguillar). Using this and drastically reducing my consumption of red meat for 3 months, the next test showed normal kidney function.
COOPERATIVE DOCTORS (and one nurse): Although most have lectured me on the dangers of alternative medicine I have been fortunate to encounter some who don’t wear blinkers.
Doctor G: A rural doctor who in response to me mentioning some of my unorthodox opinions, chatted with me every time I consulted him, and became so interested that he asked for my guidance on how to treat his own son who was chronically ill and he had been unable to find any effective treatment. I referred him to the specialist friend who had mentored me, and he travelled hundreds of Kms to consult him, and the outcome was that he had at last found the remedy.
Nurse A: A practice nurse at the medical centre I attended, she mentioned that her mother suffered from COPD and wondered how I managed to be doing so well. I told her about my successful application of big dose Vitamin A therapy. She adopted that for her mother with outstanding results.
Doctor T. He owned the property adjacent to mine. He was surprised at my ability to outpace fit and healthy contractors up and down steep hills on my property while they were preparing to quote to build a new roadway, and knowing my history he quizzed me and I told him of my regime. He adopted several of the measures I was using as part of his own family members’ treatment.
Doctor M. I had recommended to a friend to use colloidal silver when dressing her deep seated ulcer. When next she visited her specialist the nurse removed her bandage and remarked how much the previously intractable ulcer had improved. My friend told her about my suggestion and she was appalled, saying “You mustn’t use that, it’s not approved.” When Doctor M saw it and heard the story, his response was “This is remarkable. Whatever you are doing, keep doing it.”
FINALLY: Apart from my use of silver and homeopathics all of my self-medication is based on the principles of Orthomolecular Medicine which I learned from my specialist friend.
I am not providing any medical advice, and I recommend that you do your own research.
For those who want to learn more about Orthomolecular Medicine here are two links:
For non-professionals: www.doctoryourself.com/orthomolecular.html The following link also could be very valuable to those who want to know more and are willing to patiently make their way through the technicalities.
For Health professionals: Orthomolecular medicine: the therapeutic use of dietary supplements for anti-aging
Walter
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