Re: My Thoughts On Support

Both Dr. Dennis Hardy and the Barefoot Herbalist have questioned the efficacy of oil pulling, although Dr. Dennis seems to be a little more open these days if I read his post right. Barefoot has also strongly put down Vitamin C and Colloidal Silver , and all dewormers except what he sells. Everyone is entitled to their opinions on the appropriate forums, but people need to use some discretion when dissing the subject of a support forum. Moreless is against oil pulling and Iodine supplementation, fine if he keeps his opinions in his forum or a debate forum.

Not everyone has to agree all the time, even on Support Forums , but they do need to respect the purpose of the forum and try to keep debate to a minimum. It is so easy to make a post inflammatory by adding a few words that tend to make people go on the defensive. Its one thing to say "right now large doses of Lugol's is not working for me", instead of "you people are so wrong and misguided about the way you take Lugol's", or (forgive me Trapper, this is just an example) making a personal attack like "that idiot trapper is gonna die with all that Iodine and he's too dumb to know better". The fact is we are not identical in our current state of health, our level of toxicity, or our particular problems. We must learn to respect our differences both in terms of opinions and personal needs and decisions.

I feel my immune system must be in bad shape especially after this bout of Shingles, and I don't think I need to stress my body with a heavy detox. I am doing some gentle cleanses right now, taking immune boosting supplements, and will start Lugol's on very low doses in a week or two. Meanwhile I ordered more Lugol's from JCrows last night-I wanted the "good" stuff; and I paint instead of ingest. The wart-like growth on my knee fell off and is healing nicely after regular painting.

As to how I feel, there is considerable pain from the Shingles especially when I get frustrated or upset, and my legs are weaker than ever, although the back pain is not nearly as bad as it once was.