Four month report
I now have four months under my belt, and now I believe I am beginning another round of detox. I have been relatively lucky, having only one heavy "flu with chills and fever" three weeks in, and a couple of rounds of eye drainage. I have had hardly any other symptoms.
I take 18 drops twice a day, for a total of 234 mg per day. I have been on this dose for about three weeks now, up from 16 drops twice a day. I take a salt drink with lemon,
Sea Salt and red pepper, and I think this has really helped me avoid detox symptoms. I am now taking the
Lugol's in divided doses. I put the
Lugol's in some water, take part of it, and chase it with a big glass of whatever I am drinking, and then a little later, sometimes even an hour later, finish it with another big glass of water. I basically drink only water, a lemonade made with fresh lemon and stevia, the salt drink, and some herbal tea. I have been trying to get more hot drinks in me, but I still seem to crave cold drinks.
Now I am beginning another round of eye drainage, three days now, but much lighter than before. I combatted my last two rounds with
Colloidal Silver drops, alternating with my homemade mixture of 12
ounces saline solution with added vinegar, two drops iodine, and 1 tbsp boric acid. I really did not see any difference until I added the boric acid. I also upped my Vitamin A, and now have added capsules of cod liver oil. For some reason, really high doses of Vitamin A have been the only thing that has helped me over the years with sinus/chest cold problems, and once I was taking the liquid cod liver oil and it improved my vision enough to get a lesser contact lens prescription. While years ago I was a fan of the Vitamin C flush, it seems I can take only small doses of Vitamin C now. I have been drinking a couple of swallows of
Colloidal Silver , 3-4 times a week (I make my own). I find that the CS drops help only when I do them back to back - thanks Trapper for this hint, saying CS works only when it's wet. I think before I could not keep it on my eye long enough to do much good with one drop.
I did detox some candida for about ten days a few weeks ago, but I treated it with
Colloidal Silver and it was not bothersome.
I now am beginning to get low back pain, which I have not had in 15 years. I really am happy about it, because I have always had severe abdominal congestion, previous problems with my periods, etc. So I know I am getting detox there - hallelujah! I still have to wear cotton socks nearly all the time to help pull the congestion from that area. While before I had 2-3 bowel movements per day, well formed, I went through a period of really loose ones for a few weeks, and now have 4-5 well formed. I think this is due to increased fiber taking out who knows what, and the oral colloidal silver, which I have found to be great for loose stools. And another round of sinus drainage - it had seemed that cutting out carbs and starting
Iodine had really opened my sinuses, but I am detoxing there too.
Over the last month, I have tightened my diet even more, but realized how much I was tied to old emotions when I bought a package of ice cream sandwiches. Ice cream has always been my "cheat", and I know it is tied to my parents, who treated us with ice cream and not much else. I think this detox that is just beginning was pushed by my finding burdock roots in an Asian store, and I have been eating them raw as well as in stir-fry. Additionally, I find myself craving fish - FISH!?? I found some tinned smoked mackerel and it seemed to turn on my taste buds. I have been buying only the perch, haddock, cod that is supposed to be less filled with mercury, and marinating them in lemon juice, salt and red pepper before preparing. I seem to be no longer craving broccoli, but I was on a spell of that about six weeks ago. I have a
Watermelon cleanse every week or so. It seems I crave it too. Went looking for one last night and couldn't find the big ones, just the tiny anemic looking ones. I have been doing the cilantro chelation pesto, a cilantro salsa, and the basil garlic pesto made with brazil nuts, but it doesn't detox me as strongly as before. I also buy sweet tamarind pods, which cost more than the others, but have more meat. I also started back on coconut oil, which I had given up on before because I did not see any results.
On an emotional level, I am not having any strong symptoms, and feel peace. I have noticed I am naturally not favoring the news programs as I used to, and listening to more music. I used to be a big music fanatic, but in the last ten years, really could not stand much music. What a shame. But now a natural desire, coupled with better planning to include music, is bringing more music in. LNDolls dance experience has encouraged me to move to the music again. I used to be such a good dancer, and haven't danced in so long. It feels good. I so appreciate Dolls and all of those who post details - seems little things make a difference, at least to me.
I have stashed my microwave, no longer keeping it where I can use it. I just used it before to heat leftovers and to heat some water, but don't want to do even that anymore.
Over the past four months, I have dropped only a few pounds, and only a few centimeters here and there. I still am not moving enough, and am working on that. I am on the computer a lot - too much for good health! Isn't it addictive? Especially CureZone and this forum!
I have begun a very tiny amount of drooling - yuk! just on the left side. Not even wet when I touch it, but bothersome. So I have begun feeble attempts at oil pulling. It is really hard for me, but I have been fairly consistent now for about ten days. I am now not trying to be perfect at it, just consistent. I have some fillings that I can't get out right now, but it is on my list.
I am still positive, task oriented, and find myself doing too much and paying for it the next day. I don't sleep as much as before - seems I do OK with less sleep, and I do rest when I am tired. I am accountable to no one; I have to be accountable to myself, so I do have to do some self talk to keep myself in check. But slowly but surely, all things will come as they should. My body did not get here in four months and I am probably in for a couple of years at therapeutic doses, but I feel HOPE!
I am still off my diabetic and blood pressure meds, as well as my antidepressants. My blood pressure yesterday was 124/64. Never has it been that low, even with meds. Thank you, salt drink! Thank you, iodine! Thank you Forum Family!