HW benefits... and holistic treatments vs. conventional medicine (Fledgling, et al)

Hi Fledgling,

Thanks for your wonderful, detailed reply! It's always nice to "compare notes" with others... "what have you seen during your HW cleanse?... do you have any idea what these critters might be?"... even if most of the time we have no idea as to what each one is exactly... and if there are at least 1,000 types of parasites, we'll never know, but that's ok... the whole point of these cleanses being (and the true reward): "better out than in"!!

It would be great if even more people would periodically share what they've seen in their BM's while on round... b/c 1) it further proves to us all that HW really works, 2) sometimes some of us might have some idea what another one's parasites are, and could share their thoughts (and relieve some of our curiousity!), and 3) it's just interesting and entertaining reading... it's amazing how varied all our different critters are!

It would also be great if more people posted when they had good health benefits following a HW cleanse... if only to encourage those of us still in the beginner stages, and still struggling with our own health problems... hope, in and of itself, can be a powerful healer.

I was esp. happy to get a reply from you b/c before I started the HW (this is my first), and before I started posting on here (just recently), I scoured these pages, reading up as much as I could (I think I read somewhere that you had done the same initially?), and I read many of your excellent posts. I was kind of afraid to do my first HW... mostly b/c I'm ill now (mostly with mercury toxicity-related issues), and couldn't afford to feel worse than I already did. (Luckily though, the HW is far easier than I imagined)

Your posts in particular were wonderful... helpful advice and tidbits, but also written in such a warm, wise, and spirited way. -- You certainly have a way with the pen (... or perhaps in this case, the keyboard!). Very positive, too.

Anyway, I hope everyone on here is doing well with their cleanses, and that we may all accrue the health benefits we seek as a result of this -- as well as through the other treatments we try.

I have learned the hard way (as I think so many other people have as well) that conventional medicine is shockingly lacking when it comes to helping people recover their health. They are essentially a multi-trillion dollar BUSINESS that works best for specific, extreme cases, such as surgery and emergency care. But for true HEALING, preventive care, and health maintenance, they aren't worth a hill of beans... and if anything, may steer you in the wrong direction!! I have found ALL my answers, and hope, in holistic medicine/"alternative medicine".

And in my opinion, there is nothing more "alternative" about this type of medicine than conventional medicine -- it's actually the other way around! We human beings have been around for millenia, and are essentially first and foremost *biological organisms*, a part of *nature*... although we tend to forget that in our everyday, modern views of ourselves. Thus, our bodies respond to elements of the earth... proper nutritious diet, sleep and rest, reduction of excess stress, and elements from nature that work WITH our bodies to keep them in balance (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, etc)... Everything that God supplied for us to stay healthy.

Conventional medicine, on the other hand, has only been around for the past one or two hundred years or so, and gives patients man-made CHEMICALS that our bodies don't necessarily recognize (at least not the way they would natural substances), and which don't really work WITH our bodies, but instead FORCES them to behave in certain ways through chemical manipulation.... along with side effects, toxicity, and other signs that our bodies are trying to give us that indicate revolt.

"Alternative" (or holistic) medicine is only called that b/c, unfortunately in our day and age, conventional medicine is the "norm" and the main way medicine is practiced... so anything outside this paradigm is considered "alternative". But in reality, it's conventional medicine that is "alternative" to us human beings and our bodies.

Just a thought... for so many of us brain-washed from birth to think it's the other way around.

...Anyway, off my soapbox now!! LOL. Take care, everyone -- and the best of health to each and every one of us!

PSG6