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From: "Vryhof"
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:54:37 -0700
Subject: [bowelcleanse] Hello to the group
Hello Group,
My name is Laura Vryhof. I have been reading about these cleanses for a couple of years and have decided now to get serious about them. I wanted to share my past experience and where I now find myself. I promise I will keep it as short as possible.
Seven years ago, I went off birth control pills and quit smoking at the same time and over five weeks, I gained 36 pounds, though my eating habits had not changed and I was working out daily. Over the next two years, my periods stopped altogether, I gained another 35 pounds, by now I was craving Sugar and was depressed so I gave in to the cravings. After a battery of tests, I was told that I had gone through early onset menopause. I was just 30 years old. The Depression settled in and so did the weight. My digestive system slowed down and now here I am, close to 80 pounds overweight, tired all the time and though I am not actively depressed anymore (I was having suicidal fantasies at one point) I am not at anything near my best either. It has been a battle to bring myself emotionally back from the bitter place where I was. (I also lost my only sister in a tragic accident which did not help the depression).
In the past, I have tried 14 day fasts which have had the following effects:
1. My metabolism decreased as my body went into starvation mode.
2. My bowel did clease somewhat, though not remarkably, but when I went back to eating, slowed even more markedly than before, until I was moving them only every three days.
3. At around the tenth day, I started blacking out.
I bought Hulda Clark s book and had my husband, who is an electronics tech (yay) build a zapper which I used for several weeks in addition to the parasite cleanse recipe. I saw no parasites, though I may have passed some without realizing.
Next, I moved on to the kidney cleanse using the formula in Dr. Clark's book. My skin turned a sickly shade of green (due to the parsley I think) even with drinking a gallon of water a day. After two days of the cleanse, I could not keep the tea or anything else down and gave up.
Following that, I did the fasting thing again with the result the same as mentioned above. I have also tried various bowel cleansing preparations (can give more detail if needed) which basically suceeded in getting my bowels moving for short periods of time. It seemed that after each bout of cleansing, they were worse. One time it took a full week before they started moving at all after the cleanse. There were never any "ropes" or other odd looking things, nor did I ever see anything that looked like particularly old bowel contents. I was usually able to do the cleanses for short periods of time, no more than two weeks, because of the "fire down below" and inability to sit on my bum after a while. I have not tried enemas and have a particular emotional aversion to them which stems from a childhood incident which I would prefer not to disclose.
I have not done a Liver Flush because I read in Dr. Clark's book that the parasite cleanse should be done first and since I was never sure if any parasites had come out, have not dared to try it. She says you could be quite ill which I now know is not necessarily the truth having looked at all of your experiences.
Currently, I am using the parasite herbs and such as well as raw pumpkin seeds because I feel that there are parasites to be cleansed. I also contemplated using Bentonite clay at the same time and posted on the curezone forum asking if it would be a good idea but got no response so have not tried both at the same time. My plan is to do this until I see some evidence of parasites and then move on to the Bentonite Clay.
I eat some meat but not every day, lots of veggies, and almost no dairy (yogurt being the exception) and I drink around 90 to 100 ounces of water each day.
I guess I did not do so well at keeping this short but that is my story in essence. I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks, Laura