Re: Thanks for listening comsat2

Hi Matt

First, it's quite shocking that the health system in Canada has let you down so badly. I experienced the same while living in Australia (where my crash - practically identical to yours - has happened; that was four years ago). It's also a national health system there, financed by income tax. And staffed by people who couldn't care less (that's not entirely true and quite unfair probably, but that's how it felt).
I hope that the doctor you've found will stay interested in your case even if there are no clear clues to what it is that makes you feel so miserable physically. As it is, some experimenting may be required if some symptoms point into a specific direction. In such a case, pharmacological products could be tried despite the absence of lab proof. Just keep in mind that some of the medication used against parasites is really heavy stuff with loads of side effects and maybe even damage to organs. Or resistance of certain parasites if the medication used left the job incomplete.
So you got around quite a bit. Which could indicate that your visit to Peru is not necessarily the primary reason for your ills; whatever it is you got there might have been just a trigger to something that has probably been with you for a while already. Further down, I'll give you an overview of my "history", maybe this will make it clearer what I mean by that.
From all I know, Cuba shouldn't be a high risk area for parasitic infections, but Mexico is for sure (hardly met anyone coming back from Mexico without any trouble concerning belly and digestion); and so is the Philippines. And so is - and maybe worst of all - India. I have to make a point here that I love India, no matter how sick I got there. But boy, India must be heaven for an aspiring microbiologist. And, most disconcerting, I wouldn't be surprised if there are plenty of damaging parasites, bacteria and viruses still waiting to be analyzed and named by our scientifically trained leading authorities.
I'll try to give you an overview of what happened to me; and I hope this won't be too confusing, as it covers quite some ground over many years. This may help to compare what happened to you with what I've experienced.
At this point I have to mention that I seem to attract all kinds of parasites wherever I go - quite contrary to my wife, who might fall sick but seems to get rid of critters by way of heavy diarrhea and vomiting. Well, most of the time, but not always. :-) I never vomit, which is quite a disadvantage in such circumstances.
Places I have been to and see as risky health wise: South America, Central America, Northern Africa, East Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India. These are the places where I have fallen sick in the past. In the late 70's, then 80's and early 90's I was several times diagnosed with Giardia (Lambliasis) and several types of worms and have been treated accordingly with Vermox, some heavy-duty metronidazole stuff and Fasigyn/Flagyl. At these times, I had access to a specialist for tropical diseases who had been working in parts of Africa and Papua New Guinea; including acquiring parasites himself and suffering hellishly (Hookworms in his eyes was his most excruciating experience he said). Sadly, he retired; having no access anymore to his knowledge is a real loss. Interestingly, since then doctors see me as a healthy subject indeed, no matter that I've fallen sick in India and North Africa in the meantime; with some lasting discomfort. Not to mention Australia, where really all hell broke loose. By that, I mean exactly the thing you experienced yourself. The symptoms you described fit like a glove, down to the inability to watch people die in movies. A very strange thing this is. Not that I would have ever enjoyed that very much, but it's a movie and therefore removed from reality and nothing to get overly excited about.
What happened to me in Australia - and to you back home in Canada - did happen before in Northern Africa twice (between 1998 and 2002). Not in this intensity, but very similar. But at the time, it was gone within a couple of days. So, when this happened again in 2006 in such murderous fierceness, it was quite a shock. Especially since it wouldn't go away. I've been to doctors and hospitals on three continents since then, without any result. I even flew from Perth (Australia) to Singapore to check into a hospital for colonoscopy and such; with no result at all. I got away with an IBS diagnosis and the remark that I got the body of a person in his twenties. So nice to hear, if only I'd had felt accordingly. Since this all started in this very bad way, I've often felt that I can't survive this. Pathetic, I know, but that's how it felt. Worst of all is the feeling that I can't seem to concentrate as I used to, that I developed an inner restlessness that drives me mad at times. As you described yourself, I too was a very relaxed and calm person, known for my patience and ability to listen to whatever in concentration. Not anymore. And that feeling that is often described as brain fog is also extremely irritating, as it hardly ever leaves me.
That I made use of the internet to try to determine what's going on was a simple act of desperation. I'm basically very wary of stuff you find on the net as there are literally millions of nutters going about with outrageous theories and remedies for whatever. But the response of medical professionals was so poor, I really thought I have to act or simply die. Pathetic again, but I try to stay true to what happened.
This way I found Humaworm. At first, I was very suspicious, even if some of the stuff on their homepage rang a bell with me. Then all the positive responses from people who seemed to have used the products. Made me even more suspicious, I have to admit. So I turned things around. I tried deliberately to find negative opinions on the net. I didn't find any, which is very unusual. The net is normally the perfect playground for all the dissatisfied crackers out there. So I concluded that there must be something really good to the products offered by Humaworm, if not, complains should be plenty on the internet.
Now, before I go into what Humaworm did for me, I'll tell you what I tried out during these four years of feeling crappy beyond imagination.
About two years ago, a lady doctor agreed to prescribe Fasigyn (practically identical to Flagyl if I'm not mistaken). The lab results have been negative all the way, but she's taken my rather long history of Lambliasis (Giardia) into account. I took it, and about two weeks later, I suddenly felt a whole lot better. Much better than I've felt for ages. But only for approx. 2 weeks, after that, things went down again fast.
That was maddening, because Fasigyn has had obviously a very beneficial effect on me, just not a lasting one. But this seemed proof (to me, at least), that there's something about that's giving me such hard times. Employing the internet once again, I found out that there are numerous different strains of Giardia; some of them difficult to treat or possibly even resistant to classic treatment. It was also made clear that Giardia can hide in places where medication like Fasigyn is ineffective; a re-infection after treatment is then just a matter of rather short time. I'm quite sure my doctor knew about it, but didn't felt like telling me; probably she tried to avoid me being negative about the treatment. This information I gathered from an American medical website, it was written in the gibberish true to the trade. What I mean to say is: it's official western medicine knowledge.
Because Fasigyn is not without its disadvantages, and because I had to use it quite a few times already in the past (successfully, I think, but now I can't be too sure about it), I didn't want to proceed with this type of medication.
Next step was traditional Chinese medicine, in my case meaning acupuncture and some herbs on a regular basis. This did help, actually, but only to a certain point. My sleep improved a bit and my nervousness was calmed down a bit too. So I was better, but still on a very low level.
Now Humaworm. I've taken it for the first time about 8 month ago. Hesitantly, I have to say, and not really expecting anything. The die-off you read about sure is a reality, and it was quite bad. If it wasn't for what I fished out of the toilet bowl, I don't think I would have finished it. What I could establish beyond "reasonable doubt" was liver flukes, dogs tapeworm (I was always with dogs for the last 25 years) and roundworms. Now add that to the rather big chance that I'm also a carrier for Giardia. Then you could easily get the idea that there was a huge overload of parasites at some point which might have let to that awful breakdown.
I felt a whole lot better after the first treatment with Humaworm, my sleep did improve immensely, brain fog was not cleared but not as heavy as it used to be. I felt much better overall, much more confident than I did in a long time. As my wife has put it: you seem to find your former self again.
The negative part: it all came back slowly, not in the same intensity, but still a huge disappointment. Even the often disturbing wandering pains at night found their way back. (I haven't mentioned these pains so far. But they seemed to travel all over the body. That could mean that my fingertips hurt like hell, or that it felt like a nail was driven through my hands; then wandering off to other parts of the body. Weird that.)
The second round of Humaworm did clear that up again; die-off still heavy. My toilet bowl examinations did show only roundworm this time, but I didn't "dig deep", so I can't say for sure if that was it or not. Since then I've used the anti-bacterial formula (i don't think this did anything really in my case), then the anti-viral formula. This formula (which ended last monday) did give me a hard time with headaches, a general feeling of not being well, tiredness at times, nausea even. So it must have touched something. To what extent I don't know. I still feel rather crappy, actually.
My third round of Humaworm will start on May 17, and I'm really looking forward to it, because whatever it is that's messing me up, I want to kill it.
When that one is done, I'll even go for candida and fungi cleanse, just to make sure that from this no discomfort can arise.
The lung cleanse is not an option right now, because I love my smokes and it would be silly to expect wonders while I mess myself up by way of smoking.
In all this, I have something else to take into account when trying to determine what's really happening. The lady doctor I went to thought of doing some allergy tests. It turned out that I'm allergic to the pollen of about any tree around here; and also to all the grasses. On top of that, dust mites are an issue too. Now, I'm not having swollen eyes or a runny nose or somesuch. It's actually a lot worse, because I seem to have developed cross allergies. Which means that certain foods I eat are wrongly identified by the body as harmful pollen and are therefore fought against. Which leads to cramps, diarrhea, abdominal pains and so on. A funny situation indeed. How can I tell things apart now?
It is suspected by our leading medical brains that cross allergies arise from a current or past parasite problem. Funny indeed, but it starts to make sense when I look back over the years. Problem is that there is no treatment at hand.
I did mention the above because it may help to determine your true situation should symptoms not disappear after whatever treatment is necessary in your case right now. You shouldn't load the burden of ever more possibilities onto your shoulders as long as there is no indication that points into such a direction. But you have been to quite a few "high risk" countries in the past, so there's a possibility that you've been carrying unwanted passengers for a while already. I don't think this is necessarily a problem, it's just when the balance is tipped (as could have happened in Peru), that things turn really ugly.
A few things I haven't mentioned so far that belong to "my breakdown": Breaking into sweat. Pounding heart at times, even if I do nothing at all. This mostly in the dead of the night. And I don't have to watch movies anymore, hellish nightmares are often served while I'm asleep. They are shocking in their details and lengthy, weird stories. I got also very sensitive to changes of temperature in the air. Switch on a lamp two meters away from me, and I will immediately feel its heat on all the skin that is directed towards it. I got very sensitive to sounds too, especially deep basses. Which is a scream, because I play guitar, bass and stuff and even have my tiniest recording studio set up. Something I always wanted. Worst is when I try to record using headphones. I've got to give it up after a short while, because I'm truly shaken by then in a very sickening way.
That's it, more or less. I hope I haven't forgotten something crucial (if so, I'll make sure to post here), and I hopefully haven't been too confusing with the above account.
And I also hope you've gotten the Humaworm products in the meantime. I would do as RG recommended. As nothing of any substance has been diagnosed in your case, you got to make sure that you hit all the possible culprits.
I believe Humaworm is excellent. It is not a quick fix, as much as I hoped it would be. But it's better than anything I've tried so far, so I've got to be realistic and stick to it.
You're 31, so your powers of recuperation are surely better than mine. By which I mean to say that it's not very likely that you will suffer for years to come.
Please keep us posted about your progress; about anything really that is related to whatever it is that got you down.
If this long post above is reason for more questions, then please don't hesitate. I'll gladly answer anything I can.
Once again, all the best to you. And a speedy recovery, because that world trip has to be done! :-)
PS: I just went through your posts again, and I've got the impression that there is still a lot I left unanswered. I'll correct that as soon as possible.