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August 22 MS Still in remissionOn 08/08/08 I was exactly 8 months post partum, and my MS is still in remission. Thank the Lord, and knock on wood.
I know that there is probably still some mercury hidden in my body tissues, so I am going to start taking liquid zeolites, just 1 drop a day, so it can keep pulling the mercury out of my body, slowly, so it won't have too much of an effect on my baby, who is still nursing.
Everything is going great. We are having a fun and busy summer. March 17 Our baby boy has arrivedOur precious baby boy arrived Dec. 8, 2007. Emilio weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz., and was 19 in. long. He is now 3 months old, and thriving. He has been keeping me very busy these past 3 months. I am still breastfeeding, and plan to continue for at least a year. He is finally sleeping through the night (most nights). Ahh sleep, it's a wonderful thing.
Newborn pics
1 month. In the 2nd and 3rd, he is wearing his baby blessing outfit on the day he received his baby blessing. That's me holding him.
2 months
His 3 month pics are still in my camera, I need to find that cord so I can download. I'll post more pics when I get the chance. September 23 Oral Lichen Planus is goneI just recently realized that my oral lichen planus is completely gone. The pain and inflammation went away after starting the natural anti-inflammatories, like the freeze dried Noni, but I could still feel the thickening of the lesions inside of my cheeks. The other day, I noticed that I didn't feel the thickened areas at all. My tongue took a swirl around my mouth, and found nothing. It is completely and totally gone, WooHoo, I am soooo excited. I think that the anti-inflammatories helped with the pain and inflammation, but getting rid of the mercury fillings and doing the heavy metal detox helped my body completely heal from my oral lichen planus. August 25 Ultrasound images of our baby boyHere are some U/S images of my baby BOY at 23w5d.
The first one is his little foot. You can count 5 perfect little toes.
In the one with the profile, it kind of looks like he is going to get his daddy's Peruvian nose. August 09 It's a BOY!We had our ultrasoud on 8/7/07 and have discovered that we are having a baby BOY.
My boys are so excited they are are going to have a baby brother. We also saw that everything is developing perfectly. They checked all the major organs, and everything has developed well, and the baby is just the right size.
I am in the best stage of pregnancy right now, and enjoying every minute of it. The morning sickness is over, the baby is kicking and moving around alot, and I am not too big or uncomfortable yet.
I'll post an U/S pic in a few days, so check back. June 05 Some exciting newsSorry I haven't been around much to update my blog, it's because I have been extremely tired, and nauseaus, and hungry all the time. What is wrong with me? .....
You might have guessed it, I'M PREGNANT, EXPECTING, THERE IS A BUN IN THE OVEN, A THANKSGIVING SWEET POTATOE IS ON ITS WAY.
I am so excited. We started trying in March, and were successful with that first cycle. Of course I am sure that it helped that I had put my PCOS into remission with my candida control program that I had started last year, even before I was Dx'd with MS.
I wanted to get PG last year, but after 2 failed cycles, I realize that my PCOS had returned. I started doing candida control, and put my PCOS into remission, but then I was Dx'd with MS,and realized that I had to get all my mercury fillings out, and do 6 months of oral chelation. I had to wait until March of this year to start trying for another baby.
I am so happy that the first cycle was successful, I just didn't want to wait any longer than I had to.
Everything has gone well. My progesterone dropped to 10.6 (should be at least 15) at 7 weeks, but luckily, I requested a progesterone test at that time, and we caught that progesterone drop, and I started taking supplemental progesterone (prometruim) before my progesterone dropped to low, and I was able to prevent a miscarriage.
At 10 weeks, I went for my first OB appointment, and the nurse couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler. I insisted that I wanted to make sure the baby survived that progesterone drop, so the doc used his little office ultrasound to look for the baby, and we were able to see the little heartbeat just a fluttering away. Such a beautiful sight.
I am now 14 weeks, and the morning sickness is almost gone. I am starting to feel prety good. I go to my next OB apointment next week, and I am so looking forward to hearing that little heartbeat again. I will also get my blood drawn for the triple screen, where they check for the possibility of potential birth defects. I'll be back after my next OB appointment to report how it went.
March 15 My MS protocolAs I have been doing a LOT of internet research, and trying different things to help my MS, I have come up with a simple plan for my MS Tx.(I reserve the right to revise this plan If I discover something new, that seems to help.)
Maximize nutritional balance, and minimize toxins and pathogens, and do damage repair. Sounds simple enough, right? Maximize nutritional balance: by eating a diet high in essential nutrients, and using nutritional supplements if needed. This includes plenty of fresh raw fruits and veggies, and very little processed and refined foods. Minimize toxins: by removing mercury fillings followed my heavy metal chelation, and doing cleanses as needed (colon cleanse, kidney cleanse, liver cleanse, etc.) Also minimize exposure to toxins by: using personal care products that are toxin-free (not just non-toxic), and by using organically grown food (as often as possible). Minimize pathogens: with the use of herbs, or natural Tx's that can kill pathogens, like doing candida control with herbal, or enzyme formulas. Also using something like silver, and/or microcurrent therapy (zapper) to help kill other potential pathogens. Damage repair specific to MS includes: decreasing inflammation and scar tissue, and restoring myelin.
I used some natural anti-inflammatory supplements (Noni, fucoidan, tumeric) to help decrease inflammation. Almost all my symptoms disappeared while I was taking the anti-inflammatories. I only have mild numbness left in the palms of my hands, which has greatly decreased since I have been taking the natural anti-inflammatories, but has not completely disappeared yet. I just recently started taking serrapeptase enzyme, which is supposed to break down scar tissue, and allows the body to replace it with healthy tissue. With MS, this would be to break down the scar tissue in the MS lesions, which will allow the body to restore the myelin. I am also taking an Omega/essential fatty acid supplement to assist my body with myelin restoration. I certainly have hope that this plan will help my body to overcome MS. So Far, so good. Time will tell if I will have lasting results. Even if this plan will not "cure" my MS, at least I have put my body into a healthier state, so I will be better able to deal with whatever my MS throws my way. February 26 Trying a new supplementOk, the numbness in my hands has decreased greatly with the Noni, and Pure Relief, which helps with inflammation, but the numbness has not completely disappeared.
I am thinking that the inflammation in the nerves that goes to the hands might have already started developing scar tissue. I used to think that once scar tissue has developed, then the damage, and it's symptoms would become permenant. Then I learned about an enzyme that can actually break down scar tissue, and allow the body to replace it with healthy tissue. I figure I have nothing to lose, besides, I have plenty of scar tissue from 2 c-sections, and a hernia repair surgery. So I have started taking SerraZyme, which has the serrapeptase enzyme. Lets see if I can get rid of the last of this numbness sensation in my hands. January 24 Soul Cysters message boardI have recently discovered the message board at SoulCysters.com and have really enjoyed exchanging helpful information with the participants on that board.
I have PCOS, and in my own personal experience, I have come to believe that PCOS is caused by yeast, candida. I have put my PCOS story on my website: http://www.optimalhealth.homestead.com/pcos.html
Since I am the only one in the entire world (as far as I know) that has discovered a connection between candida and PCOS, no one else, except for a few friends that I have told my story to, has ever tried using candida control as part of their PCOS treatment program.
Most PCOS treatment programs: medications, weight loss, even most of the alternative treatments people are using, are all geared toward symptom management. One thing to increase fertility or bring on the monthly cycle, another to reduce body hair, another thing to lose weight, one drug to stimulate ovulation, another drug to lower cholesterol, etc., etc.
Since I believe that candida causes PCOS, as a whole, with all it's symptoms, then killing the candida, should effectively treat the PCOS with ALL it's symptoms. Theoretically, if candida control is used as PCOS treatments, then all those other symptom management meds, or herbs, are not necessary.
Of course, if you use candida control for PCOS treatment, the effect mght take some time in order to start seeing a significant improvement in certain symptoms. With some symptoms, it would probably be beneficial to also do some symptom management to deal with that particular symptom right away, until the candida control has effectively taken care of the PCOS.
I have put several posts on the SoulCysters message board telling about my experiences with using candida control for PCOS treatment. I have really gotten a positive response from the other message board participants, and a few have even decided to try doing candida control as part of their PCOS treatment program.
I really hope that these cysters have as much success treating their PCOS with candida control as I have had. Hopefully, they will let me know how it went for them. January 17 UpdateOk, here is my update about using using natural anti-inflammatory supplements as part of my MS Tx. The numbness in the palms of my hands is still there. Sometimes, it feels like it is just barely there, and I hardly notice it. Other times, I can feel it a bit more. I have forgotten to take the supplements a few times. The times that I have felt the most improvement, are the times that I was sure to take my supplements each morning, and each night. So I continue on....
I have started to get more involved in a message board for PCOS, SoulCysters.net. I'll write more about that in my next post. November 28 Update: Using Natural anti-inflammatories for MSAs I sit here before my computer, I am rubbing my hands and trying to evaluate the degree of numbness/stiffness left in my hands.
I started the natural anti-inflammatories again 3 weeks ago. I am taking the freeze dried Noni Plus capsules, the Ziwi (a supernutritious drink with anti-inflammatory effects), and Pure Relief (a natural cox 2 inhibitor).
Last week was kind of hectic, and I did forget to take some of the supplements a few times, but by the weekend, I was pretty much back on track.
The numbness in my hands is still there. It is not gone, but it is noticably less than it has been. This numbness, this altered sensation, in my hands is kind of like wearing gloves. The thicker the "gloves", the more numbness and stiffness I feel in my hands. Well, it feels as if the gloves are getting thinner and thinner, as the numbness decreases in intensity.
The progression has been a bit slow, it has taken 3 weeks to get this far, but I just hope the numbness continues to progressively get less and less until it is gone. Then lets just hope that the oral chelation: ie. getting all the mercury out of my brain, keeps any more MS lesions from forming in my brain or spinal cord. I have an appointment with my neuro next month. I am hoping he will order an MRI to see if there have been any changes in my MS lesions since my last MRI. I am sure he will be curious, since I have not been taking an MS TX drugs. He might agree to it, just hoping that he can use the results (if show larger lesions) to convince me to start Rebif (his MS TX drug of choice). I am curious to see if the natural remedies that I have been doing have had any effect on the MS lesions. I know it might be too soon to tell, but it certainly won't hurt. I want to get it done before the end of the year so it will be covered by my insurance before I have to pay another annual deductible. (LOVE my insurance company, Select Health with Intermountain Healthcare.)
I will write another update in a week or 2. November 13 Update: anti-inflammatories for MSIt has been a week since I have started taking the anti-inflammatory supplements again: the VivaTRU Pure Relief, and the VivaTRU Noni Plus (freeze dried Noni in capsules). In addition to the VivaTRU Ziwi, and the Extreme Health Oral Chelation formula, which I have continued to take.
So far the numbness in my hands continues. It seems like it might have decreased a tiny bit, but this might be wishful thinking. I think it will take a bit more time, after all, it took about a month for the numbness on the bottoms of my feet to dissapear after I started taking these supplements in June.
I am going to double the Pure Relief, and take 2 with breakfast, and 2 with dinner to maybe get faster results. I will write another update next week. November 06 Did my VivaTouch assessmentI did my VivaTouch nutritional assessment today. WOW, I was amazed at the results. In the part where it assess my body to determine which nutritional supplements my body is needing right now, the results indicated that:
#1 is Ziwi, which will bring my body 44% closer to optimal nutritional balance.
#2 was Pure Relief, which, when added to the Ziwi will bring me another 22% closer to optimal nutritional balance.
#3 was Noni Plus, which, when added to the Ziwi, and Pure Relief, will bring me an additional 33% closer to optimal nutritional balance for a total of 100% total nutritional balance (I rounded up).
WOW, this is exactly what I was thinking that I was needing. So now I know for sure that my body is needing the Ziwi, the Pure relief and the Noni plus, just as I wrote in my blog yesterday.
I have been trying to eat a healthy nutrition packed diet, so I only need a few supplements to reach 100% optimal nutritional balance.
I have had a few clients who eat such a nutrient packed diet, the their VivaTouch results indicated that they only needed 2 supplements to reach 100% optimal nutritional balance. I have had other clients whose results gave them the top 4 supplements that they were needing, and they still wouldn't reach higher than 80% with those 4 supplements added to their daily nutrient intake. When results indicate that 4 supplements are needed, and will only help them reach 90% or less optimal nutritional balance, I like to discuss simple diet changes to help them start on a path toward eating more nutritious foods.
We really should be getting most of our vital essential nutrients from the foods that we eat and should only need to take a few nutritional supplements to make up for what our diet is lacking. I am so glad that I can get regular VivaTouch assessments to assess the changing nutritional needs of my body as my body, and situation changes, and as I change my eating habits. November 05 Inflammation in MSWe recently returned from our second trip to Mexico. I had to see the dentist again to get the permenant crowns put in. Everything went well at the dentist's office. Then we had a week to vacation in Mexico.
Vacationing in that area of Mexico is a lot like vacationing in the USA. The prices of hotels and restaurants is almost the same. We did find that if you pay with dollars, the restaurant doesn't give you as good of an exchange rate as the money changers, so it is best to change your dollars for pesos before you pay for your hotel, or go to a restaurant.
We spent most of our time in Ensenada. We spent a few days on the beach. It was GREAT. In Mexico, they think it is too cold this time of year to swim on the beach, so there wasn't hardly any other people there. I am a hardy mountain girl, and have been swimming in lakes and rivers just downstream of the snowpack runoffs since I was a child. The water in Mexico was GREAT!!! We also had a great time combing the beach for shells. I was just delighted to find a few scallop shells that were only 1 cm across, and a couple of sand dollars that were 3-4 mm in diameter.
Mexico had warmer temperatures than Utah, and I noticed that the numbness/stiffness in my hands increased a little while I was down there. People with MS are very heat sensitive, and their symptoms become more intense when temps go up. Some people have their theories about why. This is a possible theory: I have been thinking that it might be due increased inflammation with temperature changes. Inflammation is caused by extra fluid that has been allowed to leak into the affected tissues, and cells. That is why you apply ice pack to an injured area that has become swollen; the blood vessels contract when the ice is applied, restricting the amount of fluid is allowed to escape into the affected tissue, and the inflammation is stopped, and can even reverse. Well if you were to put a warm pack onto that area, the inflammation would not stop, and would even increase. So just like a warm pack, increased temperatures can lead to increased MS inflammation, and increased intensity of symptoms.
I have not been taking the natural anti-inflammatory supplements lately. MS is a disease of inflammation. It is the inflammation that does the physical damage to the myelin sheath cells in the brain, which in turn alters the nerve impulses of the effected nerve, resulting in the symptoms of MS. It is so important to stop the inflammation, in order to prevent further damage to those cells, and hopefully they can be fully repaired, and the symptoms can be reversed. Most doctors use steroids to control the inflammation, especially when loss of vision has occurred, and the person is at risk of permenant damage to the nerves of the eyes which would result in permenant vision loss. If my vision was ever at risk, I would get the steriods. But steroids have such aweful side effects. They mess up the metabolism, cause weight gain, suppress the immune system, and cause calcium loss from the bones. So when my MS symptoms started with only numbness, and my vision was not affected, I opted for the natural anti-inflammatories.
The natural anti-inflammatories I took were Pure Relief, which has fucoidan, Noni Plus freeze dried capsules, and Ziwi, the super food drink that has fucoidan, acai berries, and goji berries. The Ziwi has also been shown to help the body cleanse of heavy metals, so I am not sure if it was the anti-imflammatory effects, or the cleansing of the heavy metals that helped me the most. My symptoms stopped progressing, and started reversing after I started taking these three things. The numbness on the bottoms of my feet was gone even before I got all the Mercury fillings out.
As I have been doing more research, and studying about MS, I think that it was the anti-inflammatories that helped the most to stop the progression of my MS syptoms. But anti-inflammatories are not the cure for MS. Inflammation is not the root cause of MS. It is only a symptom that causes other symptoms. So anti-inflammatories are ONLY for symptom management. To cure MS, we need to find out what causes the inflammation to occur in the first place. If we are only taking things that treat the inflammation, or prevent the inflammation, we will be dependant on those things for the rest of our lives. The anti-inflammatories vital for initial treament of MS, because it is so important to stop the inflammation to prevent further damage and to hopefully reverse the damage that has already been done. But something else must be done in order to stop the cause of the inflammation, the root cause of MS.
So that is why I have stopped taking the anti-inflammtories for a while, to see how I do without them. I might want to start again so I can see if there is any difference between not taking them, and taking them. So far, the numbness in my hands is still there. It seemed to increase a bit when I had run out of the oral chelation formula, but I had also decreased the amount of anti-inflammatories I was taking about that same time. I have started takine the oral chelation again, and the numbness decreased again, almost back to the level it was before I ran out, except while were in Mexico, when it increased a bit. Now it seems to be back down again, holding steady, but not resolving completely. I just might need to hit the anti-inflammatories heavy until the symptoms/inflammation are COMPLETELY gone, and then stop, and see if they ever come back again after I finish the oral chelation.
I still think it is the effects of the Mercury that is the root cause of MS.
OK, as I have been writing and proof reading what I have written it occured to me tha I should start the anti-inflammatories again. I think I will hit them good until the last bit of inflammation in the currently active lesions is gone, and the numbness in my hands has completely resolved. If I don't get rid of the inflammation right away, permenant damage might result, and then the numbness in my hands would never go away. I could live with that if I had to, but it would be so much better to have a complete recovery from this disease if that is possible.
OK, I will continue to take 3 caps of the Oral chelation PM formula before bed.
I will take 2 Noni Plus capsules, first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach.
I will drink 1 ounce of Ziwi about 15 minutes after that
An hour later, I will take 3 tabs of the oral chelation AM formula.
During breakfast, I will take 1 Pure Relief, and during dinner I will take 1 Pure Relief.
I will report back next week about any changes (or not) that I experience. August 23 MS surveyAs I was doing research to help me decide if I wanted to get all my mercury/amalgam fillings removed, I talked with, or read about several people with MS who had gotten their mercury fillings removed. Some people experienced great improvement in their MS symptoms, and others reported that they had not noticed any difference at all.
It got me thinking. Why did some people have such a great improvement, and others did not? What is the difference between those who improved, and those who didn't? I have thought of some possible theories, but in order to really find out, I will need to do more research.
I have put together a simple survey to help me find out the possible answers to these questions. Anyone who has been diagnosed with MS who has ever had amalgam fillings, but now no longer has them is qualified to participate in my survey.
Anyone who participates in the survey will be offered a free "thank you" gift for their participation.
I would encourage all who qualify for this survey to participate. If you know anyone, friends or family, who qualifies for this survey, please give them the link.
Every one who fills out the survey will be invited to share their story in their own words. With permission, these stories will be posted on my website.
Click here to read some of the stories of people with MS who have had their amalgam fillings removed.
Numbness around midsection is GONE!My mercury/amalgam fillings were all removed July 18, 06. Had the IV Vitamin C during the procedure, and the activated charcoal just before and after the procedure, and took whole food Vitamin C until I received my oral chelation formula July 20. Started taking the oral chelation formula July 20th, starting with 1 PM cap and 1 am tab a day, and gradually increasing to 3 of each. I have also been taking Ziwi.
About 2 weeks after getting the fillings removed, I noticed that the numbness feeling around my trunk was gone. The numbness kind of felt like saran wrap was covering me around my trunk, from my waist to my chest. When any thing touched the area, it felt weird, altered sensation. I frequently felt like my bra had fallen down, because I couldn't feel it against my skin, and was always checking to see if it was still there, and it was. Only a couple weeks after getting the mercury out I noticed that the skin sensation of my trunk was back to normal.
Now, it has been a month after getting all the mercury filling out, and starting the oral chelation formula. I only have left numbness in the palms of my hands, and occasional itching in my left armpit area. Both of these are markedly less intense than they were before.
The numbness is my hands was very intense, with altered sensation and stiffness which was starting to move up my wrists. It was hard to grab onto anything I was reaching for because my arm and hand were hard to steady and I would really have to concentrate on what I was grabbing for, or I would miss. My finger would spasm. I was trying to highlight a large area of text on my laptop. I used my left index finger to hold down the mouse button, while I used my right index finger to scroll down the text to highlight it. My left index finger kept jumping off the mouse button, and I wasn't able to highlight all the text at once until I used my right hand to hold my left finger down on the mouse button. Right now, the only issue I have left with my hands is some very minor numbness in the palms of my hands. It seems to be getting less numb each day.
My left armpit area was super sensitive. It would start itching like crazy. It was a deep intense itch. If I would just touch the area, it would start itching. It was difficult to wash this area while I was in the shower, or put on deodorant because it was hypersensative. Now, that area only has occasional itching, and is not as sensitive.
A couple days after I went from taking 1 AM, and 1 PM chelation formula, to taking 2 of each, I noticed hot and cold sensations in my right leg. It would feel as if I had a cold draft on one area of my leg, even if I was under a warm blanket. Or I would feel as if a warm ray of sunshine was beaming down on part of my leg, when I was inside the house with the air conditioning on. I was thinking that more mercury was beeing pulled out of my tissues, and circulating in my body than was being eliminated through the kidneys. I was also tasting a metallic taste in my mouth, which is a sign of mercury circulating in the body. I had been taking ibuprofen for tooth pain during that time, so my liver may have gotten a little overloaded trying to process everything. I stopped taking the oral chelation formula for a couple of days, increased my water intake, and started taking the whole food Vit. C again. I started taking the oral chelation formula again, after a few days, starting with one of each the AM and PM formulas for a couple of days, and then increased to 2 each. Now I am taking 3 of each daily. I continue to take the whole food Vit C, and the Ziwi, and am trying to drink extra water throughout the day to help flush out the mercury that is being pulled out of my tissues. The hot and cold sensations in my legs are no longer there.
As soon as I have normal sensation in my hands I will write about it in this blog, so be sure to check back. August 15 Weight in today, 50 lbs lostWeigh in today!!!!
205 lbs., which makes my total weight loss so far 50 lbs. I am so excited!
The weight is coming off and staying off.
Next goal: 200 lbs even. July 27 Weigh in today, 45 lbs lostWeigh in today!
210 lbs, finally. Total lost so far, 45 lbs.
These last couple months have been difficult. After I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and feeling such overwhelming emotions, and grief, and a touch of depression, I got a little careless about the way I was eating. I found my self turning to ice cream for comfort, etc. I didn't gain any weight, but I wasn't losing either.
But now, I am back on track, and going down once again.
Next goal: 205 lbs. to make my total loss 50 lbs. July 20 Mercury Fillings are outWe just got back from Mexico, where I had all my mercury fillings removed. Everything went smoothly. We had no problems while we were in Mexico, enjoyed a wonderful day at the beach, and had no problems getting back into the USA.
The dental visit went well. I opted for conscious sedations, so I don't remember much. I needed a little more work done than just removing the fillings. Dr. Javier Morales is a very good dentist. He was very respectful of what I wanted to get done, and how I wanted to fix some of the other problems in my mouth, cost versus comfort.
Now I will start chelating. I took activated charcoal right before the mercury was removed, and a few hours after it was done. I was given IV Vitamin C during the entire procedure. I have started taking a whole food vitamin C supplement tablet.
Today as soon as my herbal chelation formula arrives, I will start oral chelation, gradually upping the dose if tolerated well. I think I should tolerate it well, my liver is pretty healthy, and I don't drink alcohol, and I have been trying to avoid other toxins, so hopefully my liver wil be able to tolerate the toxic load from chelation.
Check back for more updates. July 14 Removing Mercury FillingsI am headed to Mexico.
I am going to see Dr. Javier Morales, a biological dentist that is an expert at removing the mercury dental fillings. I am not really looking forward to the dental work (or the bill) but I am looking forward to getting these poisonous fillings out of my mouth. Because he is a biological dentist, he is going to fix everything I need for optimal oral health.
And the nice thing about it is that he charges way less than the same type of dentist here in the US. He charges $95 a filling to remove mercury, and replace it with safe white fillings. An American dentist quoted me $300-$1000 a tooth, depending on the size. We will spend money on gas, food, and hotel, and all the dental work, and we will still have saved a lot of money than if we would have had the local dentist do the work.
After I get all the amalgam fillings removed, I will start a chelation program. It won't do you any good to get the fillings removed, and not chelate afterwards.
I have heard nothing but good things about this dentist, so I will let you know how it goes. Check back for more updates. |
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