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Aunt Diana
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Posted: Wed Jan 7th, 2009 20:21 |
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Copies of my posts To other Members:
I am sorry to hear what a rough time you are having. In the beginning it is very difficult. You really will need to understand that and realize it is part of the healing.
Tracy's advice about trying to get your mind off of things is excellent. TV, even if it's dribble gets you out of yourself and helps pass time.
I had been ill for almost 20yrs when I came accross MP 3 yrs ago. The first thing that really thrilled me was...about 1 year into it I found I was able to read again and retain what I was reading. Hadn't been able to do that for years. Once I was able to read...that is how I keep myself distracted.
The next thing that happened was I found myself falling asleep...without the help of sleep aids. (I hadn't done that for forty years)....I was waking up refreshed and my life changed.) For the past several years before MP I had been planning my life around the desperate need to get a good night's sleep.
I still have bouts of insomnia but they are herx related. It is the most wonderful feeling to be able to lie on the sofa and fall asleep....
Then I noticed my gums were not bleeding or receding anymore. My dentist can hardly believe the improvement.
All these things are small but they tell me that something is definitely changing and my body is healing.
The skin on the back of my hands and at my neckline has become much softer....there's actually a new layer of fat beneath the skin in those areas...they had been ravaged by sun and now feel like baby's skin. (Dr. Marshall tells me that's happening because my stem cells are now regenerating new cells)
I hope by now you get the idea.....this works. In ways that you would have never guessed.
Oh, I almost forgot about my eyes....they aren't perfect yet but I have no floaters (that resolved early on) and they aren't as dry and gritty as they had gotten. I used to have eye drops in every room in the house I needed to use them so frequently to lubricate my eyes. I now only need the drops occasionally when I wake up, but even then, I could live without the drops.
One more thing...my allergies have disappeared. No more allergic reactions, no more hayfever...it's really unbelievable how many things have improved.
I'm sure I've left things out...and new ones keep happening...hang in there..it takes time.
I wish I had made a list of all my problems at the start, bus, alas I did not. As the symptoms fall away it is hard to even remember you once had them...but I'll do my best. Myriads of little things have improved.
The first really exciting thing I noticed was about the 1 year point when I realized I could read again and retain what I was reading. I had not been able to do this for 20 years.
Second thing I noticed was my gums....I had always had periodental disease and bad teeth. Have spent an absolute fortune on dentists...all of a sudden, I have the healthiest gums in town. They have even grown back in the areas that they had started receding.
I used to have bad vertigo attacks...they've gone entirely.
Floaters in my eyes have been gone for a long time.
A numb area in my leg has become "un_numb".
My hair is starting to come in brown rather than grey.
My personality has come back (when I'm not herxing)...I am much perkier and can carry on a conversation again.
I can do multiple things at the same time...for years I could barely handle one thing at a time.
Physically I am much more flexible...I can squat and kneel and get up again withouit even thinking about it.
Oh....the biggest thiing of all....sleep. I can fall asleep without sleep meds, I can doze and take naps and I wake up feeling refreshed. I started relying on sleep meds in my late teens....I couild not fall asleep without taking something and it was getting to the point that I would have to take several doses and still I would wake up an ;hour later....it was awful because I was always exhausted.
The sun affected skin on the back of my hands and my neckline area has gotten much softer and there seems to be a new layer of fat underneath. This skin had been red and irritated for years and is now like baby skin.
I'm afraid I just can't thing of any more things right now except to say I feel ALIVE again...where I had been a shadow of myself for years.
I had many a moment when I worried about whether this would work for me....that is only natural. It has worked and it continues to do so ...every time I doubted I remembered the "science" and realized that it just made so much sense that it woiuld have to work for me.
I'm sure there are many other things that I have forgotten...the real proof is that my husband wants to do this too, after seeing what has happened to me.
I hope this has helped.
January 25th 09:
Phase 3 meds, benicar Q6
Light, 2 days, 4hrs each day, working in an undarkened house moving furniture, very bright, wore noirs and sunscreen, hat etc. unavoidable
Benadryl, colace
This has been a wonderful two weeks. So far have had little effect from two days of lots of light...might have had some slight insomnia but so far very little other impact.
It was great because I was able to keep up with five other very energetic people. We were getting a house ready to show and were moving furniture around and cleaning it up. My mind was working like it used to, dealing with lots of things simultaneously....just amazing. Haven't been able to multitask for a long time, but it was totally effortless the past week.
I have felt happy to be alive. No problem keeping the conversation going with several people all at once, and physical exertion simultaneously.
I did have 4 or 5 days out of 14 that I was achy and not so energetic, and a few days that I slept til 3pm....but that's nothing, compared to how I used to be.
I am jumping for joy.
I really don't know if I ever felt quite this good before...I'm starting to understand what Dr. Marshall means when he says we will reach a place we've never been before)
I'm sure I'll have more setbacks and herxing but with these memories I will be able to cling to...it's fine with me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
March 09
I have always been blessed with beautiful skin. So I understand your concern about the breakouts that you are experiencing.
I have come to see these very interesting lesiions, rashes, bumps, pimple like thingees and strange looking lumps as just another way the MP is bringing the bugs to the surface and eliminating them from the system. I don't know if you've experienced the gritty or sand-like substance that emanates from the pores of the face, yet. But don't be surprised when you do because it is another one of these cleansing things I believe.
These symptoms wax and wane with the herxes...if I have a strong herx I'll have a lot of lesions and sand. These things can also itch and that can drive one mad. Two benadryl (antihistaminne tabs) can help relieve the itch..
This whole thing has really been quite interesting to observe if you are able to step back and see it.
Lately when friends who haven't seen me for a while say they can't believe how young my skin looks....I am also finding a new layer of fatty substance forming at my neckline (layer beneath my skin) and this tends to make my neckline look anf feel many years younger....same thing is happening on the back of my hands.
It is interesting and continues to get more so as I proceed. I'm very optimistic that I will be able to regain the time I've lost while doing the protocol. I alreay have had about 20 years lifted from my face......no body believes that I am almost 65....they all think I'm in my 40s.
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Lyme 1987, neuro cardio fatigue achiness brain fog depression, anxiety. Pacemaker, D.1,25 32; D <5; 12/07 <6, hydrocodone, lorazapam, benedryl, zantac, colase, Noirs, cover-up or avoid sun, house <30lux. Feb 08 Phase 3. 6/08 D <4, D1,25
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