Hi there, I just saw your new blog.  I'm so glad you're blogging.  Nice to know I'm not alone.  I thought I'd make sure you knew you're not either.  Regarding the cleanse, etc:  I think all that you are doing is necessary, but it seems to me that people are doing totally non-traditional holistic medicine or they are totally mainstream medicine.  I really think both sides' vision is clouded by demagoguery.   Consider also ordering mebendazole [Vermox, other brand names...], and ivermectin [Stromectol, Revectina, etc....] to take along with everything you are doing.  In addition, if you have filariasis or schistosomiasis, nothing either of us is doing will help.  Nice thought, eh?  Are your kids alright?  Last thing: you said, "sand".  I immediately thought of what is called "hydatid sand" or

http://bcbsma.medscape.com/content/2002/00/43/67/436721/art-iim436721.fig2.jpg

protoscolices.  I don't know why it is called sand, but wondered at your use of that word.  Note that if these hydatid cysts burst, you die.  Please continue to try to get a doctor to believe you.  If you tell one that you think you have hydatid cysts, he's ethically obligated to at least do what tests they have to see if they can see them.  If they are found, they can be surgically removed.  Good luck.

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