You're welcome, Megan.
According to my notes, it's becoming more evident that unless some vaccine is developed, many types of
parasites won't disappear completely from within the host because they'll always tend to grow back, regardless of the amount of drugs or herbal treatments taken, but don't feel discouraged by this.
With that in mind, I believe that at least for the time being one should be realistic about the whole deal and therefore one should make the goal 'to reduce
parasites to the minimum' instead of hoping to kill every single last one of them TODAY.
As a logical person and as a fighter, to me this means getting that number as close to ZERO as I possibly can, no matter how long it takes because I will never give up.
[I have returned patients back to an "original" state of health -health as it was for them prior to the condition that resulted in symptomatic illness- in two years of hard work 'tops'. For most it's been from six months to a year. Of course this has meant clinging to a protocol like to life itself. It took me seven years to resolve my condition 'completely' -as completely as possible given the present advances in knowledge-, and it took me that long because for a long time I had no idea what I was up against to begin with. I was a mess.]
[For me, getting "the number" 'close to zero' doesn't mean giving up on some figures or to be happy with "half-baked" results. For me those aren't options. I will ALWAYS look for ZERO
parasites even when data seems to suggest that I'll never reach this number. Isn't that "the human spirit" after all? Of course I will also be cautious with the pursuit of this goal and I'll monitor health closely to assure that the body won't be stressed by the continued attempts.]
[I should note that during the whole process one should try to learn to continue with life as normally as possible, and to remain calm. This means not thinking about parasites 24/7. It also means that a state of inner peace should be sought. I have data that suggests that the more at peace one is the easier it is to heal from parasitic infestations. It seems like positive attitudes DO affect parasites in return just as they seem to affect us negatively. I'm studying this effect through the correlation of 'parasites AND music', but that's a different story]
If one considers the problem of
parasite elimination as a mathematical problem, their number can be viewed as an equation with results that tend to ZERO over time, but which will hardly ever reach that magical number zero.
I'm forced to say this because parasites are everywhere. In the soil, floating in the air, stuck to surfaces, I mean EVERYWHERE. We breathe them in and out of our system with every breath taken, we swallow them with every spoonful of food we eat and we come in contact with them through mostly everything we touch, not to mention hardly avoidable facts of life such as "social interaction" (sexual or otherwise), which seem to 'guarantee' (re)infection. Because of all this, how could we honestly hope to avoid them without some vaccine or without eliminating them from the planet, unless of course one turned into a 'bubble-boy' of sorts, which in my opinion would be a strategic mistake from an immunological point of view?
One possible attempt is to get the body as healthy as possible and then to perform "preventive" cleanup routines every once in a while. This is where I presently find myself, with 'prevention' procedures followed for myself routinely once or twice a year [prophylaxis] and I can't complain. I feel great, I have lots of energy, I "clean" myself as mentioned and I plan to continue this way until someone finds a cure, a vaccine, something better or a miracle, and I will NOT stop unless God commands it.
[even if we rid them from the planet, how could we be sure that oocysts aren't flying in from outer space into the atmosphere as we speak? I mean, would this possibility sound so far fetched at this point? Not to me]
In that light, for the time being what I pursue with each approach and for each patient is to give BACK to the body the best strength possible [much like a new starting point], so that parasites passing by and through become nothing more than 'occasional' nuisances, unwelcome intruders. I also make sure that they know that they're unwelcome. Then because of their instinct and nature they will have to discard the patient as a possible future host, if they want to live that is.
This is easier said than done and it depends greatly on the initial status of the patient and on his or her determination to monotonously and to mechanically comply with precise procedures for a given period of time.
Let me give you an idea of how I do it:
Because of the many variables involved, I have learned through experience that one single approach that may work easily for one patient may not work at all for the next. That's why I handle each case on a 'patient by patient' basis and I dedicate as much time as necessary to each single case until it's resolved.
For example, sometimes it seems to me like a good idea to have a 'general perception' of the infestations involved at first. Because there are so many kinds of parasites [some of which seem to remain unknown even to medical literature], I seldom bother with highly specific identification. Species are usually enough for me.
(see
http://www.geocities.com/yssmlp/i4/
,
http://www.geocities.com/yssmlp/i7/
for specimens that I've found and that I haven't been able to identify conclusively to this date, not even with the help of the best experts that I know in the field. I really don't care if I ever find out what they are anymore, because I've learned enough about them to figure out their weaknesses and to know how they can be killed. I know how 'primitive' this must sound, but frankly it's enough for me to know how to kill them period - I'm quite the practical guy as you can see. I'm leaving the taxonomy task 'to scholars'. I particularly like the second one, which curiously seems to show "wings"?)
So, Megan, once I've got a list, I may do things one of several ways:
For example, I could grade the infestations in the [descending] order of the physical adult dimensions of each species involved. [Sometimes it's best to kill the large worms first, sometimes it's the other way around] I could also choose to grade them according to the suspected 'burden' within the patient. I could also grade them according to their "critical focal points" within the body [where they reside] or based on different criteria. It all depends on the variables present.
After I've got the list and the suspected priorities in it, I may do this next [and not necessarily in this order]:
I may choose to:
- Ensure BALANCE [make sure that whatever state of balance you currently have, either good or bad, is initially kept. This means, NO ABRUPT CHANGES].
- Ensure a 'hypernutritional pathway'. That's just a fancy term meaning MAKE SURE YOU INGEST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS along the line without sacrificing balance and without affecting the current 'state of things' [the current bionomical balance of health in the hosts' organism -by 'host' I mean patient]. This ensures an efficient "line of nutrition" to both the patient and the parasites. This is critical, so in my opinion it's a mistake to try to "starve" the parasites, because for one thing the body starves too. Also, the better fed they are -the parasites-, the more they tend to 'stay put' [less possibility of "migrans", according to my observations]. This is one of my tricks. That's much like "keeping them in one place to pick them off afterwards". Of course it'd be a mistake to 'overfeed' them as well, so this is where "balance" comes into play.
- Ensure HYDRATION. This means plenty of fluids/minerals [always without overdoing it].
- Ensure 'metrics'. In my book this means "make sure that a steady rate of measures and analyses can be obtained according to a method [blood panels and all else included]". This step provides objectivity, and ultimately helps to determine numerical facts, in other words, what the machines can tell us about the patient aside from the patient's own assessment. To me it's much like "flying on instruments", and it also gives the whole process a touch of 'mathematical exactness'.
- Establish what I call a "mat", which is the basis for future 'attacks' on the intruders [on the parasites]. This "mat" guarantees stability and control.
Afterwards I may choose to begin "attacks" on the parasites when the time is right according to the ordered list of infestations. These 'attacks' may be cyclic, periodical, intermittent, steady, pulsed, random or 'specific to changes' and they may be entwined within all of the former steps or adjusted as needed.
Which 'attack' to carry out first and when to do it and how to do it in a fashion that medical complications such as destructive migration are prevented as much as possible (VLM, CLM, OLM, whichever) is where experience and "trickery" comes in, and I haven't been able to put it all down on paper [yet] as a general rule that could be applied to each and every patient all the time.
However, I have learned that by making small changes to variables that are critical to the existence/balance of one species against another, with time and persistence two of them can be eliminated 'simultaneously' and independently from the rest [actually the 'two species' in question seem to "cancel each other off", which is always fine by me]. Based on this knowledge I seem to be able to gradually reduce the numbers of parasites of two determined species at any given time without compromising the balance in the body, in other words, without significant risk or trouble or "hyperinfestation" from any other relevant -or otherwise irrelevant- species.
[As I write, I realize that this may be why some doctors have observed apparent improvement in patients with some diseases by infesting them with a certain type of
parasite after all - maybe because of this "shift of balance" from one species to another? Could be..
Incidentally, I find myself curiously surprised by the fact that usually I attack an EVEN number of species at once, never one species alone, or three, or five, but two, or four, or six or more.. I'm realizing this just now, although I can't say that I've done this for any reason that I'm consciously aware of, except for the fact that it seems to work flawlessly all the time. Why it works is still a mystery]
It's easy to see that all these steps require critical knowledge of what one's doing, and that they work pretty much like a puzzle, because the results are obtained 'piece by piece', so to speak.
I've begun to realize that this could well be considered an "art" in itself because of the many subtle interactions at hand, although this is not necessarily true, of course.
During the whole process, I should mention, one needs to keep track of the "usual" physiological responses and proper functions that should be implicit routine practice for docs. Also, one must not forget about bacteria, fungi, molds and any other pathogens that could strike, and neither about any pre-existing physiologically-mechanical condition(s), traumas, lesions or prevalent ailment. [Candida is usually on the top of my list in this regard.]
After an "upper hand" is obtained, the battle's just begun. It's then imperative to rebuild the body's defenses along the same lines, to ensure that little by little it will be able to fight infestations on its own and increasingly with an 'acceptable' degree of success in the future, all of this without medication. This is where HEALTH begins to return.
As you see, Megan, this is no simple matter, but it has worked for me every single time, so I'm absolutely sure that it should work for you too.
Regarding the medications, I tend to stay open to possibilities all the time and I don't discard any option, however "crazy" it may seem, not even pharmaceutical drugs -which I hear are supposed to do more harm than good.
In any event, I try to keep things simple all the time and I NEVER experiment 'to see what works'. That's why I move from the safest drug to the 'riskiest', and I usually start with verified and proven herbal/homemade material first.
Well, enough rambling.
I hope these thoughts will give you some ideas.
As I said, you're welcome anytime, Megan.