Zig Ziglar

When you laugh at yourself the world laughs with you

Nothing, in my experience, has a stronger impact on individuals than hearing stories of how it was then, how it is now, and what happened in between. Those stories give hope to the hopeless. They say, “See, life can be hard but it will get better – if you do!” If you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel you can’t see where to go. Stories of hope inspire people to find their way out of bad situations. Like the parables in the Bible – they give direction.

I’m sure I could have gone my entire speaking career without telling anyone that I don’t gamble or drink and why. I could have left out the truth about how many different jobs I’ve had in the course of my sales career; how many times I relocated my family in search of the pot-of-gold sales job. I could have skipped telling how my wife has cried with relief when I came with cash and we could pay bills and buy groceries. But I could never have convinced you that you can improve your attitude and your circumstances if I couldn’t show you how I’d done it myself.

I was young, vigorous and healthy when all of the circumstances mentioned above happened. Now I have challenges that I may never entirely overcome, and I want you to know that having the right outlook, realistic expectations, and constant hope for something better will serve you and the people you love so much better than resigned acceptance of the status quo. Life is to be lived transparently, excitedly, with eager anticipation of the good things that still lie ahead, in spite of our circumstances.

Keeping the faith

Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose” (KJV), is the verse that allows me to know that God will use this season of my life, difficult though it may be, for His glory and my ultimate benefit.

Remicaid in action

These are all stories from people who have tried Remicaid that I found posted on the net: I had the same reaction when I was on Remicade. I just thought it was the benedryl they gave me before the infusion. I developed Lupus on the drug and had to be taken off. That is when my red and white blood count to a dive to a very dangerous level. The day after I had a bone marrow biopsy I quit taking ALL drugs. At the time I was on, Remicade, Naprosyn, Arava, Prednisone, Darvocet, Nexium, Ambian and Imitrex.

I just had an infusion today. About an hour after I made my post my legs started to hurt really bad 91/2 out of ten pain scale and they are hot to the touch...now it seems to be moving up my back and down my right arm. I'm getting weakness in those areas too. I don't know whether I should call the hospital or not but I took some tylenol and some benedryl and nothing seems to be helping. the pain is making me dizzy and naseated.

Well I ended up going to the emergency room right after I made my post. To say the least I won't be getting anymore infusions. The ER doctor said that he didn't know why my body would react that way but he didn't think it would be a good idea to resume the infusions. I tried explaining what happened to my Rheumatologist today but he blew me off and concluded that I have fibromyalgia (spelling?) and wanted me to continue the Remicade. He said that he thought my reactions were a coincidence and weren't from the medication but from the Fibro. He said he has 100 people on the medication and he has never heard of the reactions I was describing. I told him I wasn't going to do the infusions anymore because it just wasn't worth it for myself. I know for a fact that the migrane, hot and cold flashes, dizziness, being light-headed,blurry vision, weakness in limbs, stiff neck, swollen throat and extreme pain in my muscles in the legs and arm leaving them hot to the touch was all due to the infusion. My first infusion had a few side effects that were mainly just annoying but this time was even worse and quite frankly I don't want to test the third time. I know this drug is amazing for a lot of people. I'm grateful that its out there for those that can benefit. Is anyone on or familiar with Humira?

I need to know if anyone at all has had a side effect of numbness from their remicade. My husband was receiving treatements for Crohn's and now the hand that he was receiving the IV in is injured. He has nerve damage and he was experiencing numbness after his second treatment. I really need to find out if anyone else has experienced this, the doctors can't help us.

Hi Carolyn P - I'll send you an email about my experience with Remicade but loss of feeling and nerve problems are definitely associated with Remicade.


BentFingers posted 05-08-2004 21:49 ET (US)
Hi Srcreaky :-) Just read your posting about remicade. I don't think the side effects get better, just worse - and sometimes with no warning. The day after I had my 7th remicade infusion I work up and couldn't walk. I literally fell back in bed because of the numbness in one leg. In the ER room at the local hospital the numbness continued up my other leg until both legs were numb up to my waist.

The local ER doc didn't know what to do with my so he sent me on to the Cleveland Clinic. Once there, I was admitted by the doc who did my neck and back surgery since there were thinking it was another disc that needed to be fused. He put me on steroids, IV, first thing.

The MRI (total body, with and without contrast) took over 2 hours with just lying still and didn't show anything with the spinal cord. I had more blood work, more doctors and more opinions. They cancelled my back surgery because there was not enough to support doing it.

Six days later, just after the neurologist did a spinal tap which came out negative, it was decided that the remicade's side effect was to blame. That was 2 years ago and I STILL have the numbness in one leg causing me to lose my balance a lot and forcing me to use a cane full time as well as lean on someone when walking.

Yes, I am bitter because I was told only a very small percentage of people have a problem with side effects. Remicade did this to me.

Be careful, VERY careful when using remicade.

Remicaid

HEALTH CANADA ADVISORY

August 20, 2009

Health Canada issued an advisory concerning the use of Remicade® (infliximab). To read the full Health Canada Advisory, visit Health Canada's web site at www.hc-sc.gc.ca.

A previous advisory was issued on July 24, 2006, and can be accessed at www.hc-sc.gc.ca.

Some children and young adults with Crohn's disease who were receiving infliximab have developed hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of cancer that is often fatal. Talk to your doctor if you have any concerns.

Immune system disorders: Some people who take this medication have developed lupus-like syndrome, an autoimmune disease (a condition where the body is attacked by its own immune system). Symptoms of lupus-like syndrome include chest pain, joint pain, difficulty breathing, and a skin rash (usually on the cheeks and arms) that is sensitive to the sun. If you develop these symptoms, contact your doctor as soon as possible.

Infections: This medication can increase the risk of developing an infection, including serious infections such as sepsis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Before starting infliximab treatment, your doctor may test to see if you have tuberculosis. If you notice signs of an infection such as fever, chills, pain, swelling, or pus, contact your doctor as soon as possible. This medication should also not be started while you have an active infection. While you are taking infliximab, your doctor will monitor you for signs of infection.

Children: The safety and effectiveness of this medication have not been established for children under 9 years old. It can be used to treat children 9 years and older who have moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease. The safety and effectiveness of this medication for treating other conditions in children 9 years and older have not been established.

Not the Way to go!

Gary Sage has seen first hand the impact juvenile arthritis can have on a young child. Ten years ago, his then five-year-old son, Geoff, was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. Like many other Canadians, the Sage family was not aware that arthritis could affect people at such a young age. At first, they thought their son was having ‘growing pains’. However, after Geoff continued to complain about hurting bones and had difficulty sleeping, his family pursued the proper diagnosis.
It took two months, many trips to the hospital and a series of tests before Geoff, who is now 15, was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. Since his diagnosis, he has endured more than 200 hospital visits and is currently waiting to have his second hip-replacement surgery.
“It’s really difficult to explain how this disease has impacted Geoff’s life because everything looks fine on the outside,” explains Gary. “Very few understand that arthritis can affect young people. The disease has taken away my son’s ability to live life like most 15-year-old kids. Geoff cannot ride a bike, play football or even put on his own socks most days. I am hopeful that one day, with commitment and dedication towards research and finding a cure, children with juvenile arthritis will be able to have access to the best treatments and will have a chance at experiencing remission.”

Natural treatment for RA

Altough is so often stated that there is no cure for RA, this statement is nonsense. It is possible to heal every disease, but not every person, because not every person believes and support one´s own healing.

The goals of natural treatment of Rheumatoid Arthtritis are to:

Relieve pain and regenerate nerves
Neutralize acidity in the body
Heal inflammation and kill the pathogens which cause it. Inflammation does not come from the blue sky - they are always certain bacterias or viruses involved, because immune system is not defending the body from them.
Improve immune system and restore itś primary function
improve health of kidneys
balance hormones (especially thyroid, parathyroid, sexual hormones, hormones of adrenal glands)
regenerate blood
Slow down joint damage and gradually restore the health of the joints
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The worst problem is - when people BELIEVE that there is no cure for their illness. Such belief attracts further problems - as fears, not accepting healing (attitude "there is no cure for it, why should I try?") and is the best path for allowing illness to progress. The truth is - what you believe that truth is. Every illness is just one challenge more - WHICH IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME.

Healing Bones

Bones in our body are very much alive, and in the process of constant change, so they can be easier healed then we are aware of.

In the process of healing the bones, we heal them at the same way we heel cartilage (because cartilage is basic material for the bones) plus we need to balance quantity of mineral salts which harden the bones ( especially calcium and phosporus), and establish maximum of balance in the other parts of the body connected with health of the bones: endocrine balance, kidneys and liver, blood circulation etc.

In the process of healing the bones, healing or balancing the parathyroid glands is always necessary, as well as to balance whole endocrine system. Parathyroid glands (as part of thyroid gland in the throat) are directly influencing health of the bones and teeth (they balance level of Calcium and Phosphor in the body and parathyroid hormones influence production of vitamin D which is important for mineralization of bones. Health of kidneys and liver are also very important, because within both of them vitamin D transforms into bio-active form which body can use - for mineralization of the bones.

Sexual hormones are necessary for building the bones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone). Diabetes is destroyer of bones (endocrine gland pancreas). Stress is killer of the bones, because during the stress body spends much more minerals then usual - which are stored - in the bones (connection with adrenal glands and pituitary gland).

What to Eat??

Vegetable juices especially a mixture of carrot, beet and cucumber is very beneficial. Green salad with lemon juice, cooked vegetables like pumpkin, spices like ginger, coriander, asafetida, and turmeric all contribute to the well being of the joints.

Fruits like apples, oranges, grapes, papaya should be taken liberally.

Vit E

Vitamin E is helpful not only in preventing breakdown of cartilage but also in generating the components necessary for the manufacture of cartilage. Collagen, which is an important constituent of cartilage, requires the presence of vitamin C. In some individuals, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers can prevent collagen repair, so the diet needs to be suitably altered to exclude these. It has been found that allergic foods can trigger joint pain, so the first step is to identify these foods and eliminate them from your diet. Be sure to go low on tea, sugar, yogurt, chocolate and tempting spicy and fried foods. A radical change in your lifestyle can do wonders for arthritis.

Natural Hygiene

NH teaches that our bodies are always self-healing & always do the right thing when we have diseases
Our bodies always do the right thing. We are passengers on the train of life, not the conductors. Since life began on earth, our God within, our inherent intelligence within each cell of our bodies, has learned to make the optimum adaptation and resolution, to any problem to which our bodies are subjected.

Whatever stresses our bodies presently have, our ancestors have successfully learned how to successfully cope with such, previously. It is already built into our genes, our chromosomes and our DNA.

Our inherent intelligence, if it chooses to produce disease, it does so to protect us. This disease, or whatever our pathology or symptomatology, helps us survive, despite our self-destructive lifestyle, thinking and spirituality. Our disease is for our protective benefit.

Our disease will spontaneously heal, when the cause and need for our inherent intelligence, our God within, to produce disease, no longer exists.


Natural Hygiene teaches that every pathology and physiological dysfunction produces a concomitant symptomatology in all human beings. Only Natural Hygiene has had the insight to write about this inherent self-healing mechanism.

This means, that your inherent intelligence, your God within, is always talking to you. If you listen to it and obey it, you will always have good health. So whenever you are ill, your inherent intelligence produces symptoms upon which you should concentrate, meditate on, pay attention to and feel, until you are asymptomatic, i.e., until your symptoms completely and permanently disappear. If and when you will do this, your illness and the cause of your illness, will always help heal completely and permanently.


Avoid treating your symptoms to heal, remove the cause
To heal your health problems, you must remove its cause. To just treat your symptoms, does not permanently heal yourself.

In treating your symptoms, you are just treating the effects, not the cause. Your symptoms exist for your protective benefit. Your symptoms are the healing and detoxifying reaction of your inherent intelligence, your God within. Your symptoms are always controlled by your inherent intelligence. This is why your symptoms should never be destroyed, interfered with and suppressed.

The destruction, interference, and suppression of your symptoms, prevents these inherent, protective bodily defenses from healing yourself. If your inherent intelligence cannot heal your distresses, nothing and nobody else can. No destructive, interfering and suppressive therapy of any kind can heal you, but only your inherent intelligence can heal.

Causes of Arthritis

Arthritis is a "disease" caused principally by impaired metabolism and toxemia (poisons in the blood and tissues).

Arthritis is inflammation of the joints, that occurs when toxins and irritants enter the joints. Arthritis is an acid condition that results from incorrect dietary habits and causes destruction of the cartilage and bones. Formation of calcium urates in the joints, results in pain and inflammation and eventual fusion of the joint, if the disease is allowed to progress.

Arthritis is caused by self-destructive health habits, including incorrect diet, poor food combinations, lack of physiological rest and sleep, lack of proper exercise, lack of fresh air and sunshine, smoking, consumption of alcohol and coffee, emotional intemperance, use of drugs, pills and other factors that cause nutritional impairment, intestinal poisoning and chronic toxemia. A return to a more healthful lifestyle, will enable your body to correct your arthritis.

We placed her on a water fast with feeling meditation, followed by a correct diet. She fully recovered. She returned to school teaching and functioned very satisfactorily. We had been in contact with her for 20 years thereafter. She was still teaching school and she remained symptom free of her arthritis.

We placed him on a water fast with feeling meditation followed by a correct diet. He fully recovered his good health. He was able to bend his fingers as far as is normal without pain. Also, the pain in his neck and back disappeared. He returned to his trial attorney profession and functioned very satisfactorily as such.

Macrobiotics

Through macrobiotics I learned fascinating facts about my body, its organs, systems, and functions. I knew I had kidneys, but had never given them a thought until now. I learned how these small yet vital organs are connected to the health of my bones and joints. Eureka! This was the answer. My dietary habits had depleted the minerals in my bones and the energy in my kidneys. The macrobiotic diet provided the high-mineral foods to revitalize my kidneys. Its low fat foods allowed my body to eliminate years of accumulation, creating a greater flow of blood and energy through my entire body.

Within one week my pain had totally gone. My energy increased. I breathed easier, slept more soundly and felt more hope and inner power than ever before. I got the message loud and clear. Macrobiotics was my solution. After twelve years, I continue practicing the macrobiotic way of life and continue to be free of arthritis. I am deeply grateful to each of my macrobiotic teachers for sharing their profound knowledge and wisdom and, with tireless dedication, for creating books, classes and institutes in which people learn the macrobiotic way of life.

Prolotherapy

here procedure to heal ligaments weakened in RA.

Cod Liver Oil

Cod liver oil is effective in treating joint pain and can slow, even reverse the destruction of joint cartilage.”

What to eat

Jordan Rubin

calcium

. I recommend 500 mg of calcium (in MCHC, microcrystalline hydroxyapatite) daily, and recommend two or three times that amount for people who do not have access to raw milk. A well-assimilated calcium supplement is good insurance for men and women alike against osteoporosis. The best calcium formulas contain magnesium and the trace minerals manganese and boron, which are important in the absorption and utilization of calcium. These can be taken in combination, as a multi-mineral supplemen

Meds

The medication cannot be discontinued immediately since it takes a little while until the diet takes effect. First one should try to wean the patient from cortisone since these artificial adrenal cortex preparations generally inhibit protein synthesis. That means they do not only suppress the production of immune cells and thereby subdue the symptoms, but also interfere with the healing of the mucosa. Eventually one will be able to discontinue all medication. Should there be a relapse in the first few years, one can temporarily take up the medication again. A mild relapse does not require medication.

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FASTER HEALING IF CHEERFUL
What price diagnosis? How important is it if you know how to eat properly? The true key to understanding health and disease is to know what food substances and amounts the body needs for optimal health, and once known, healing is only a matter of time and energy available.
The greater the energy, the quicker the healing - the more cheerful the state of mind, the more energy is conserved and utilized for healing. In Chinese literature, there is a saying that, "The art of the Healer is to amuse the patient while Nature does the healing."

BEST WAY TO TREAT PATIENTS
So what is the conclusion to all this? The best way to treat patients is to use whatever diagnostic knowledge is available, but not to be overly concerned with the accuracy of it.
Next, to reduce drugs slowly by increments as the patient improves by the removal of poor quality food and replacing it with the best quality available. Organic food should be used if available, and the meals should contain all the important and necessary proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, etc.
The total daily amount of food consumed should be the minimal amount the appetite can be happy with (to avoid toxic accumulation and energy loss) for maximum longevity.
Luigi Cornaro, who lived in Padua, Italy in the 1400's, who was dying at 35 years of age, reduced his food to a total of 12 ounces per day, divided into 2 meals of 6 oz each, and 7 ounces of grape juice. In one year's time, he was completely recovered from all illness and lived in vigorous health to 102. When he died, he fell asleep in his rocking chair and painlessly left his body, in a state of total peace.

Lovin' These!!

ALL BODIES HAVE SAME REQUIREMENTS
There is one bloodstream which both nourishes the body and removes all diseases. There is one Nature, one life-force and all bodies have the same requirements - good food, proper rest and sleep, some sunlight, a moderate amount of exercise, and proper thought. If you provide these requirements, Nature (which is God manifesting on the material plane) will unfailingly heal you. "All the rest is jazz," as the expression goes - all the rest is secondary in importance.
All living creatures know this intuitively, and it's time that we, as intelligent humans, become aware of it consciously.

INACCURACY OF DIAGNOSIS
There are so many systems of diagnosis - medical, Oriental (ayurvedic), Chinese (meridians),zone therapy, iridiagnosis, sclerotic diagnosis, reflexes, Naturopathy, x-ray, applied kinesiology, pulse and tongue diagnosis, germ theory, virus theory, genetics, etc., etc.
The Mayo Clinic, one of the most prestigious in the world, admits that their diagnosis is 50% accurate at best, and 50% inaccurate in the rest. This is followed by their prognosis or prediction of the possible outcome, which is equally inaccurate. They are completely unable to state the healing possibilities of non-medical or natural approaches to disease since they have never studied or used them and find them completely unknown.
What is there to be said about lesser institutions than the Mayo Clinic, where the diagnosis is even less accurate, even with the most expensive machinery as the MRI etc., which have their percentage of inaccuracies also?

TREATING SYMPTOMS
In all diagnostic systems there is never total accuracy, but a varying percentage at best. While there may be some value in each of the systems after the diagnosis is made, especially by the leading medical institutions, after the pronouncements and names of disease are given, what will they tell you to do to get well?
They haven't the slightest idea, and, according to the most authoritative medical textbooks on Symptomatology and Pathology, the majority of diseases listed are stated to have causes which are "unknown." So all they can do is what they have been trained to do - to treat symptoms, to use drugs, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc. None of these are aimed at removing causes, but rather directed at removing bodily parts and consigning them to surgical garbage pails.

EASY REVERSAL OF ILLNESS
Once the truth of how to live is understood, the process of illness can be reversed more or less painlessly by intelligent living, and good health can then be easily maintained by persistence in good habits.

REMOVING CAUSE OF DISEASE

The important thing to understand here is that whenever you remove all causes of disease, beginning with what a person eats and drinks, which is usually the most important and basic cause of all diseases, the body begins to heal itself, no matter where the disease is located.

Gandhi

MAHATMA GANDHI
"The late Mahatma Gandhi devoted much of his life to the advocacy of strict vegetarian diet, and for years he experimented on his own body to find a suitable selection of plant foods on which to sustain health.

But all attempts were failures. In 1929, Gandhi and 22 companions went on a diet consisting of a limited selection of uncooked plant foods. Whereas the diet worked out well for a time and led to marked improvement in consumptive cases, it failed to prove adequate on a long-range sustenance basis. One by one Gandhi's companions were forced to depart from the diet, and Gandhi himself had to add goat milk to his fare in order to regain health.

"For my companions I have been a blind guide leading the blind," declared Gandhi after the experiment was over. Gandhi still felt, however, that "the hidden possibilities of the innumerable seeds, leaves and fruits" of the earth could be explored and found to provide mankind with adequate nourishment. He never stopped trying to experiment along these lines, but he always had to turn back to goat milk to regain his strength.

In the end he had to acknowledge the necessity for animal food. In 1946 he declared: "The crores of India today get neither milk nor ghee nor butter, nor even buttermilk. No wonder that mortality figures are on the increase and there is a lack of energy in the people. It would appear as if man is really unable to sustain life without either meat or milk and milk products. Anyone who deceives people in this regard or countenances the fraud is an enemy of India."

These are strong words from a man who devoted most of his life to the search for a satisfactory vegetarian diet. But Gandhi's experience is not unique in the field of nutrition. Many others have also gone through the experience of believing that man could thrive exclusively upon a limited selection of uncooked plant foods, only to find in the end that animal products were necessary for sustenance.
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NOT SICKNESSES, BUT SICK PERSONS RECOVER

If we understand that it is the sick person that recovers and not the disease, we will understand that there is a vast difference between treating disease (the popular delusional practice) and caring for a sick person. In the first case, the efforts are directed at controlling, suppressing, palliating and destroying symptoms and local pathologies; in the second instance, the efforts are directed at removing the causes that have impaired the body and at trying to supply the body with its physiological needs. There is no effort made to cure the disease, as it is well understood that healing is a biological process and that no man can either duplicate or imitate the process. There is no treatment of disease for the reason that there is no disease, per se, to treat.

Also read How Diseases are Cured by Herbert M. Shelton
"What does the average individual know about keeping well? Almost nothing. ----- The people and their doctors are all in the same boat together with a blind man at the helm."

NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS NOT A MAGIC SHOW;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS HEALING SURE, BUT SLOW;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS NOT A MAGIC "CURE";
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS HEALING SLOW, BUT SURE;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING HAS NO MAGIC BASIS;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS HEALING BY HOMEOSTASIS;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS NOT HEALING BY DRUGS;
NATURAL HYGIENE HEALING IS HEALING DONE BY GOD.
-- Victor A. Pixloy --

THE UNITY OF DISEASE


In the practice of Medicine, diseases are named according to their location. For example, inflammation of the tonsils is called tonsillitis, inflammation of the prostate is called prostatitis, inflammation of the joints is called arthritis, etc.
It is a fact that a single cause (i.e. an irritating toxin, chemical or drug) can cause irritation or inflammation of different bodily organs or parts in different people according to which are the weakest organs.

This brings us to an understanding of the Unity of Disease. Since all parts of the body without exception are nourished by the foods that are eaten, being transported by the blood and lymph circulation, which reaches to every single body cell, it is important to understand that the quality and quantity of food we eat will determine and inevitably affect the health of the body. As well as determine how efficiently it is able to eliminate all of its unusable metabolic waste products.

Retained wastes, which are not promptly eliminated become the feeding ground for bacteria, germs and viruses of all kinds. Their presence is necessary to break down these waste substances for easier elimination. This is part of the ecological plan of nature to recycle all substances to nourish and keep all of its creation healthy. These bacteria are omnipresent everywhere and are not the cause of disease, but become involved only in the retention of bodily wastes. These agents do not cause disease in persons who eat properly and keep their tissues free from stagnation.

This is easily proven by the rapid improvement and healing of all congested and inflamed tissues and organs, which follows as soon as one abstains from all foods, as in fasting on water alone or in a restricted amount of vegetable juices, thus allowing the body to catch up with the full elimination of all retained wastes, along with their bacteria, germs and viruses. Finding no more available waste material to feed on, they quickly vanish.

In my lifetime I had 3 serious bouts of influenza; each time I fasted on water, went to bed sleeping almost continuously, and all three times, by the end of the third day and beginning of the fourth day, I was completely "cured" with minimum of suffereing and discomfort throughout.

"The Master Drama of Life" is based upon two processes - the growth and nourishment of the body and the elimination of its wastes. When this is correctly balanced, health and happiness is ever in manifestation and diseases are nowhere to be found in this simple plan designed by God and present in his creation called Nature and its laws of life.

With these thoughts in mind The Life Science is interested in presenting the simple truths expressed by God and presented to his children in the bible, as well as the holy books of all religions. So that by observance of these simple rules of eating, thinking and balanced living, they may be enabled to keep clean the body temples of their souls. By these means, all people may find happiness and the fullest expression of their spiritual natures and fulfillment, and in the simplest manner possible, since simplicity is the source of all that is divine and good.

Stanley S. Bass,
The Life Science


By these means, all people may find happiness and the fullest expression of their spiritual natures and fulfillment, and in the simplest manner possible, since simplicity is the source of all that is divine and good.

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Low Carb Diet

The supermarket departments which contain the healthy essential proteins and essential fats are the fresh meats, fresh fish, seafood, dairy, and non starchy vegetables. Everything else in the store is very high in carbohydrates, which turn to glucose, hype the metabolism, and trigger the release of disease-causing hormones like insulin, cortisol, and adrenaline. See Here.

The consumption of carbohydrates generally begins showing the disease effects in either one of two directions.

Body fat accumulation leads to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, gallbladder disease, degenerative bone diseases, cataracts, and many others.

Damage to the intestinal tract leads to leaky gut syndrome, inflammatory bowel diseases, and a medical textbook listing of autoimmune diseases. These illnesses generally make the sufferer underweight and deficient in vitamins and minerals caused by poor digestion.

The primary high-carbohydrate foods to avoid are sugars, honey, flour, grains, legumes, fruit, milk, and starchy-vegetables. Do not eat honey. Honey is pure carbohydrate sugar consisting of fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, isomaltose, maltulose, turanose, kojibiose, erlose, theanderose, and panose. It is very confusing why people worship honey. Many people are wrong on this point. They claim it is acceptable because ancient cavemen may have eaten it and somehow became adapted to honey as a healthy food. That is an incorrect conclusion. Ancient Paleo man may have eaten it once in a lifetime, but probably not. He didn't want to be stung by bees any more than we do, and he didn't have any protective netting.
The Chemistry of Bees.

Whole grains cause disease in both humans and animals. Whole grain breads and bagels are not the healthy food as people are lead to believe. All grains have a very high level of Omega-6 fatty acids which are pro-inflammatory. Grains are a poor source of protein. Grains are the most allergenic of all foods. Multiple sclerosis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis are rare in populations in which no grain products are consumed.

Grain fed to feedlot steers makes them fat and causes intestinal diseases. The feedlot diet given to steers is almost identical to the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Both diets are very high in grains. The feedlot operator is deliberately making the steers fat. Fatty beef is given higher grading, receives the best price, and has the best flavor. The time in the feedlot is short, and the steer is sent to slaughter prior to developing any serious health problem. People get fat and develop disease for the very same reasons. Grains are worse for humans because we are omnivores. Steers are herbivores, but the grains still make them fat and give them diseases.

Primitive cultures that primarily ate meat from the hunt lived in relatively good health. Those people who switched to a grain-based diet obtained from the cultivation of grains suffered poor health, diseases, and a smaller stature.

diet

A non-allergenic diet can be obtained by eating meat, chicken, fish, vegetables, potatoes, rice, millet, and fruits. Many patients feel that certain foods are allergenic because of reactive symptoms. We have to distinguish sensitivity from allergy. A food that might cause sensitivity, like tomatoes or oranges, causes discomfort because of an imbalance of digestive acids and enzymes. Real allergies cause damage to the intestinal lining by initiating an inflammatory reaction, and ironically, are usually without any perceived reaction.

Diet is perhaps the hardest path for patients to follow, but this is what determines who gets better and who doesn't. Your management and encouragement here is essential to a real success. Patients need to understand that allergenic foods keep the intestines inflamed, allowing toxins to continuously enter the body.

immune system

If one has a "clean" body with a properly working immune system, the viruses WON'T take hold because there's no "garbage" in the body to "clean out." The ONLY way you can get your son truly well is to rebuild his immune system so his IMMUNE SYSTEM can fight the disease. But this will take MAJOR life-style changes for your son and your whole family. Are you willing to do that?

Arthritis

56. Q. Supposed “Autoimmune” Diseases – such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ankylosing spondylitis, aplastic anemia, Grave’s disease, Lupus, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Multiple Sclerosis, Celiac Disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and a HOST of other diseases that Orthodox medical doctors put in this category.

A. None of these diseases should be classified as “autoimmune diseases.” This is just a convenient way for doctors to “classify” a disease for which they have NO CLUE about what to do. In almost every case, they end up giving either DANGEROUS Prednisone (or some other cortisone derivative) which NEVER cures the disease and only weakens the patient even MORE and has terrible long-term consequences to EVERY system in your body, including causing Osteoporosis, glaucoma, Cancer, and many more horrible diseases, or they will give an equally DANGEROUS Chemotherapy drug that has horrific side effects and can end up giving you Cancer – that AGAIN will weaken you and will do NOTHING to permanently Cure your condition.

The doctor will tell you that your immune system has become “too strong” and it is now “attacking your own body.” That is ABSURD! That is utter FOOLISHNESS! But THAT is what we doctors are ALL taught in our Medical Training.

To suggest that your immune system is “too strong” and therefore makes you SICK – is like saying that if you get really, really healthy – being REALLY “healthy” will eventually make you SICK! That is ridiculous and stupid on the part of Orthodox Medicine to even come up with such an absurd line of thinking. The immune system is what keeps you WELL and free from disease. Your immune system is what FIGHTS diseases. If it is STRONG, it will do a GOOD JOB of keeping you well. If it is STRONG, it will NOT make you sick!

ALL of these diseases are CAUSED by the way a person lives, thinks, acts, and eats resulting in a “sick” immune system – NOT an immune system that is “too strong.” Fortunately, ALL these diseases can be REVERSED by CHANGING the way one lives, thinks, acts and eats and, by doing so, RE-BUILDING their immune system.

I discuss this “category” of diseases on my DVD “Diseases Don’t Just Happen.” The way to REVERSE these diseases is the SAME way that I got well from Cancer – by CHANGING the way one thinks, acts, lives and eats and, thus, RE-BUILDING the immune system. That Health Plan is on my DVD “You Can’t Improve on God” with my Workbook, “Getting Started on Getting Well” to help one implement the Health Plan that is on my DVDs.

There is NO “Quick Fix “ – NO “silver bullet” – for these diseases. It took a LONG time for the sick person to GIVE THEMSELVES their disease (unknowingly, of course). Fortunately, it takes LESS time to get well than it took for them to makes themselves sick, but it still requires a strict regimen and a major commitment and dedication to the complete Ten Step Program in order to get well. Please read everything on my website at www.drday.com including all the links down at the bottom of my home page, including my article on how the body is designed to heal itself.


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Realizations

So even though you give it the tools, your body has no energy or resources left to utilize those tools.

The protein molecules that make up the delicate lining of the intestines are replaced every three days. This is the shortest life of any structure in the body. Amino acids must be available for the body to reconstruct this intestinal lining, and glutamine is one of the most important amino acids for a healthy digestive tract. The intestines are the only organ in the body that uses glutamine as its primary source of energy. Therefore, eating a high-quality animal protein every meal and supplementation with glutamine are highly recommended. Betaine hydrochloride (HCL acid) is very effective against candida and required for protein digestion. Candida thrives in an over-alkaline body-chemistry environment.
Why Stomach Acid is Good for You.

Taking whey protein powder is highly recommended because the protein powder provides amino acids to begin healing the intestinal tract, immune system, nervous system and to build bone collagen when digestion may be poor. Do not substitute casein, soy, or egg protein powders because they are not equivalent. Whey protein powder is NOT a substitute for eating meat. It can be added to foods or taken between meals with drinks. Whey protein powder is the best choice because it has all of the isolated amino acids as well as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA). It also contains quadra-peptides (short protein chains containing four amino acids).

This combination of amino acids has been shown to provide the following healing properties:

Provides pain killing effects by healing the nervous system.

Absorption of body building amino acids without requiring digestion.

Stimulates insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) which functions similarly to insulin and enhances protein synthesis and healing.

Fights infections by stimulating the immune system. All immune cells are made from poly-peptides of amino acids.

Provides bone growth of protein collagen and strengthens bones. Poor digestion has been shown to cause osteoporosis and degenerative bone disease.

Provides all of the amino acids required to heal and grow ligaments, tendons, joints, muscles, intestinal tract, heart muscle, and all other organs of the body.

Prevents hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) symptoms in people with hypoglycemia or diabetes.

The three most nutritionally important omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic fatty acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic fatty acid (DHA). These are classified as essential because the body cannot make these from other fats, and a deficiency results many diseases. Flax seed oil contains alpha-linolenic fatty acid (ALA) but does not contain EPA or DHA fatty acids. The bodies of some people cannot convert ALA into EPA or DHA, resulting in a deficiency. Therefore, flax seed oil is not a good source for the essential omega-3 fatty acids. Cod liver oil is the best choice because all three of these essential fatty acids are directly available to the body.

The two essential omega-6 linoleic fatty acids are linoleic fatty acid (LA) and arachidonic fatty acid (ARA). In reality, only ARA is essential, but LA has also been listed as essential, since ARA can be made from LA in the body by biosynthesis. One or the other is needed -- not both. These fatty acids are essential because the body is unable to make them from other fats and because they play a fundamental role in several physiological functions. A deficiency results in many diseases. As a result, we must be sure our diet contains sufficient amounts of either alpha-linolenic acid or arachidonic acid. The body easily changes linoleic fatty acid (as found mainly in grain, nut, and seed oils) into arachidonic fatty acid but in doing so can create an unhealthy oversupply of ARA. Vegetarian diets result in an unhealthy oversupply of ARA. Arachidonic fatty acid is the essential omega-6 fatty acid that is found in a healthy but limited amount in meat. Most dietary experts teach that omega-6 polyunsaturated fats from vegetable oils are healthy, but they are not. The following links are only three examples of many exposing this misconception. Vegetable oils should not be called healthy, when research shows they causes cancer, heart disease, asthma, and many other autoimmune diseases.

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediator production.

"The pro-inflammatory eicosanoids prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) are derived from the n-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA), which is maintained at high cellular concentrations by the high n-6 and low n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content of the modern Western diet." Omega-6 fatty acids should be avoided. They are found in vegetable, seed, and nut oils such as safflower oil, corn oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, and others.

Healthy fat link to bowel disease - BBC New Health - July 24, 2009.

"A high intake of polyunsaturated fat in the diet, while good for the heart, may lead to inflammatory bowel disease, say researchers. Experts believe a high intake of linoleic acid, found in foods like "healthy" margarines, may be implicated in a third of ulcerative colitis cases."

Margarine 'may increase asthma risk' - BBC New Health - July 19, 2001.

"A diet high in polyunsaturated fats - found in many margarines and vegetable oils - may double a child's chances of having asthma, according to researchers."

The edible oil industry produces omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable, seed, and grain oils such as corn oil, soybean oil, Canola oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, and cottonseed oil. These oils are highly suspect as one of the leading causes of heart disease and cancer, both of which increase in concert with increases of omega-6 fatty acids in the diet. Omega-6 fatty acids are pro-inflammatory and proven to cause or contribute to a long list of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and many others.

The villi are the primary structure responsible for the digestion and absorption of food. These villi become damaged from a diet of excessive carbohydrates and the deficiency in proteins and fats. A protein deficiency may be the key because the villi have a short life and are continually being replaced. This replacement may be prevented when one or more of the essential amino acids is missing from the diet. Digestion of the carbohydrates in the small intestine can then become incomplete, and undigested carbohydrates pass to the colon (large intestine) where they do not belong. This presence of carbohydrates in the colon encourages the growth of pathogenic bacteria

Carbohydrates cause leaky gut syndrome and autoimmune diseases. Carbohydrates cause an increase in insulin, which promotes the release of epinephrine (adrenalin) causing a collection of physiological actions called the fight-or-flight responses. Two of these responses occur in the gastrointestinal tract where muscular movements and digestive secretions slow down or even stop. This causes constipation. Most gastroenterologists erroneously recommend a high-fiber diet to combat the constipation caused by carbohydrates, when the correct action should be to stop eating carbohydrates. The fiber can be digested by pathogenic bacteria which encourages their growth. These bacteria stimulate intestinal secretions causing diarrhea. This is why so many people with intestinal diseases find no relief from eating fiber or taking fiber supplements. High-fiber foods are always high-carbohydrate foods. To prevent offensive carbohydrates from entering the colon, the body responds by pulling out the water. This causes constipation. The body can also reverse the tactic by pouring lots of water into the colon in order to flush out the offensive carbohydrates. This causes diarrhea. A sudden switch from one to the other and back can occur.

Things are looking up!

Obviously so good I haven't written for awhile. We had lots of company lately, Caroline and Charles and baby came after the drummer on thursday, Roberta and dc came on tuesday, Frank came tues. and A. Pattie came wednesday. Had interviews all week. Cory faltered a bit after eating the gluten free waffles with maple syrup. He has been walking a fair bit with the rc cars he got. Lowered iron and got rid of diarrhea. REALLY happy:-) He is too. Quite spunky, less time lying in chair, more time walking. Has had a couple tylenol (halfs) a day the last 2 days as he does get tired at night. This am he woke up, did farmville, played cars with string, organized cars.

Phew...some relief for Cory

Well, it is almost 9pm now. He slept through the night!! I am trying to be positive with him and have chosen to get involved with Farmville with him and I can see his excitement of me sharing that with him. So they are learning all the farming terms and all the responsibilities of farming--getting ready for spring!! It has brought the happiness factor up a notch here! SOO thrilled that he slept last night! I am trying to remember the last tylenol I gave him--might have been just b4 bed last night but NONE today!! We woke up, did our farmville, changed our farms all around, got more 'neighbors', I made chili for lunch, he raced RC cars with Kyle and Kara played with Candy and did her thing. Kevin was out spraying doors. We left for his PT at 12:30. I talked with Robin the drummer about getting Cory involved in the drumming and am excited that we WILL be getting him his own drum!! Kyle and I will buy some drums too so we can all do it together whenever.

I cut way down on Cory's iron due to diarrhea-3x yesterday--2x today. Only 15mL. Some 1t fish oil, 4 Tchia seeds for breakfast with OJ and raisins, chili and cheese for lunch and VJ, oranges, salad, wiener for supper and smoothie. He is in great spirits BUT still has lots of aches and pains from the fall with Dr. McCollister--neck, ankle, knee, wrist, forearm and shoulder. So many pains--BUT his headache was good today!! So happy and thrilled. I have been praying harder than ever and I SO PTL for having mercy on his pain. I got Leona set up for art therapy today and will get the SEA ready for next week.

So he will have art, music and SEA and PT throughout the week. Should be LOTS to keep him busy and interested and give me time to be just with Kara and Kyle.

slightly better...

ok, he needed an advil at 230 last night--tylenol actually, then one at 11am, then one at 4pm and it is 9pm now and it is starting to hurt again as the tylenol wears off. Yet another day of diarrhea..probably all the advil. Has had for about 5 days now, but at least just once/day. Still not good though. Overall spirits today were good. We had Marilyn come for 3 hrs. and they played hide and seek and prior to that he was RC racing his cars. They did some drawing and also did some Farmville. He had mango, bananas and oranges for Breakfast. Cheese and yogurt for snacks. 2 VJ, 1 green smoothie, 1 bowl millet soup, pistachios and raisins and peanut butter and banana and carob chips. He is calm at the moment. We are praying hard to God every night for his headaches to go away. We are trying to calm him down from his bloodwork fears. We know we can beat and conquer this. We are so thrilled that the iron seems to be giving him MORE energy.

We talked during our date, about how we need to add more to his life. He said how about moving back to Edm. with family. But they are all 'of this world' and into materialism and other than gatherings, will we have anything to do with them?? Such a hard decision. fish oil 2x 90mL iron floradix, vitamin,

Walking Zombies...

It is friday at 9:33am...here is a recount of yesterday. No improvement...he had usual breakfast, some cheese, millet/lentil soup for lunch, rice and VJ for supper, VJ for snack prior and green smoothie prior and more cheese. 2 t fish oil, probiotic, NO SULFA.as we took him off for day due to stress of potential TMJ issue. 40 Ml iron as we raise it slowly to 120ml. Advil at 10am, then 4pm, then 8pm then 10pm then 5am. All half doses that is why some are doubled up.

Overall, his day was really good--but I have to remember he is living on advil now and that takes all pain away--but now he has diarrhea again...this could get crazy. He raced cars with Kyle, he played farmville and poptropica. He read to Kara. BUT , come bedtime, the pain gets crazy and he cries and cries. I was up till midnight with him then slept till 2pm then up at 5am. Then slept 7-9am.

He says the pain is in his jaw and head a little right now and that is all that is real bad.

Almost midnight and he is crying out owie owie again. I hear Kevin going now. He played well all day with rests doing Farmville or watching tv. Playing with his new RC cars from Kelly and Jane. I hear him say his head is real bad. He had advil at 10 am then 4pm and then 8pm and a gravol. Had a nightmare/nightsweat. Was screaming out. Had 90ml iron today...2 t fishoil, had usual breakfast, cheese, goat yogurt for lunch, millet soup, quinoa and sweet potato for supper with brocolli and goat cheese. One VJ. Had 1 sulfa today. Talked to Shelagh and she mentioned maybe being off sulfa while doing PT would be better...good point...but we don't know. He needs to gain weight so bad. Had diarrhea again today for the 3rd day--is it the advil???

New back pain due to fall--now he can't stand up straight sometimes...he says hurts further up. Wrist and forearm still sore from fall. Saying owie still....

Overall his day was fairly good. Nights are crazy bad!!!! BAd, Bad,Bad.

UGhhh!!

OK, this is all just really overwhelmingly horrible. Cory STILL has this jaw-headache thing. He is living on advil. He awoke and had his sulfa at 9am, advil at 10am, iron at 11am, chia seeds and oj with raisins for B, advil kicked in and he felt better. Did farmville with Kyle for awhile waiting for Robin the Arabic Drummer to come for our 12pm lesson. He had cheese slices and a VJ. We went to Buckshot Books and then to the bus depot to get Jane's gift she sent and a few other errands. Cory's head started getting bad, so we gave another advil in the van (just half doses always) at 4:30pm. He came home and it got better so he opened gifts and put together his lego racer car. He was having a great time racing with Kyle. Then the whole bedtime routine and I fell asleep early with Kara but apparently, he needed an advil at 10pm and then he was up by midnight (i don't know if he slept yet) and Kevin came and got me by 1230am and it is now 330pm and we just left him. Gave another advil at 2am as technically it is every 4 hrs that you can repeat a dose. His pains from the fall are also bothering him including his spine and neck. He had brocolli and cheese and another VJ for supper, his sulfa at 7pm, his iron at 9pm, 2 doses of fish oil and his dose of borage oil. I HATE giving the drugs...but what to do. I can't remember what he had for lunch...

I suppose this is why his back now hurts, he overdid it in the pool--found this online:

When the joints are actively inflamed, vigorous activity should be avoided because of the danger of intensifying joint inflammation or causing traumatic injury to structures weakened by inflammation. On the other hand, patients should be urged to maintain a modest level of activity to prevent joint laxity and muscular atrophy. Splinting of acutely inflamed joints, particularly at night and the use of walking aids (canes, walkers) are all effective means of reducing stress on specific joints. A consultation with a physical and an occupational therapist is recommended early in the course.

That frustrates me reading that as NO ONE HAS HELPED US EVEN AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS TO TELL US THIS!!!!! UGGGGHHHH!!!! OK, feel better...Cory had ANOTHER bad night--crying to sleep, had a tylenol and 1/2 advil. Cried and cried...all his same pains still hurting. Even went to Leona's to get whisky...

He woke up and had mild headache. We had dentist appt. at 9;15 to see if headaches were from tooth. NOPE. She said that it is coming in just fine and his headache sounds like a migraine but usually not at that young age. So, after being mistreated by her helper, we left and after a stop at Buckshot BOoks, we went home and they played with their new gogo guys they want to collect. I prepared for the trip to Dr. McCollisters.

Got there and reviewed everything and JUST as we were to go, the Dr. pulled Cory's chair away from him and Cory went to sit back down on it and fell on the hard cement floor on his sacrum....the MOST painful spot he has. I was dumbfounded and shocked and ABSOLUTELY sick to my stomach at what just happened. His arm lay limp so I know that was implicated in the fall. The Dr. has NO idea how much this hurt him.

I carried him out crying and put him in the back of the van, crying still...I am sick...we got home and I was happy to see him when he actually could walk again and got in better spirits. He could move his arm, but is still sore. I had my planned call with Tammy Resch and so I shared with her. She is empathetic as she has recently lost her SIL and has a 5yr old niece she is absolutely crazy about and cares so much for her well being. I joked with Kevin that perhaps it was God's way of moving his pelvis in place like the PT said yesterday--only GODSPEED!! He liked that thought--I do too!

We started the sulfa. drug tonight--sick about that too...1-3 mos. to show that it is working. Ironically with all of this, today (so far as it is 10:20 now) is the 1st day I have not given advil every 6 hrs!!! Poor guy!

5T Chia seeds for B
smoothie
fish oilx2
cod liver oil
borage oil
Increasing iron from 10ml to 120ml as per Dr. McCollister
chili for supper with goat cheese
lotsa mandarin oranges
veggie juice

Sleep please!

Had another headache last night at midnight. Writhing in complete pain with his sore molar, headache, elbow ache, backache and buttocks ache. So tough--nauseous again. Gave him another 1/2 advil at 6am and he did computer to take his mind off of it. I then gave him chia seeds (400cal) with OJ and raisins. However now, at 10am, he is bubbly after our bible study on patience. I then fed him chili for lunch and he played with his sister somewhat and did a little computer. Spirits good. We left for our physio. appt. at 1pm...spirits still good. Got into van and I noticed him being withdrawn while driving. I started singing to Kara's Old Mcd., Skip to my Lou, Michael Finnigan etc, and got Kyle into it and Kara, but Cory no. He is very inhibited and won't release.

So at the appt. he needed another half advil as headache/toothache was coming back. The PT seemed amazing and doesn't know what is up with Cory NOT gaining weight, but does know as a fact that his pelvis is all twisted and tilted and until we fix that, any drug will only hide pain and not fix twist. So Cory is to imagine a '$100 in his bum' and squeeze those cheeks together and tighten stomach at same time. Also, to always sit on some support for sacrum to adjust pelvis positioning. I truly felt this was a breakthrough!! Cory yawned alot but was good.

We then went to Toy's R Us as they have Christmas money from grandma, great grandma and A. Patti to spend as we didn't celebrate Christmas. SO, I said they can spend some of it on things they want. They got a stuffy each. We then went to Save On and the boys stayed in the van whilst Kara and I ran to get lettuce. Cory still in good spirits. Went to Buckshot Books and they got this pkg. of little figures for $3...although not thrilled about them buying anything, they usually get nothing and were thrilled about it. Cory still in good spirits--Kara got 3 mermaid books so she was thrilled!

Got home and wanted to do computer so I let them after I called 3 references and let A. Patti know she can book her flight. We now have new tenants coming on monday with 3 animals (yikes!--upped the rent $50/mo and will take full damage deposit. Anyway, made supper, Cory and Kyle did their thing for awhile and Cory good till about 7pm...slowly getting worse. Went to LEona's to get whiskey to dab on tooth. Cory couldn't take the taste--tried saltwater with warm--nope...so gave a tylenol. ..nothing. By 10pm he is crying in pain with mouth wide open, my stomach is nauseous. The WIERD thing is I had JUST said to Kevin a few nights back the day this all started, how Cory doesn't cry at night anymore or have bad dreams. THAT night it ALL started!! Yeesshhh!! What is with what I say!! Kevin finds it eerrie. He says I say stuff and it happens all the time so I have to watch what I say. Anyway, after seeing Lorenzo's oil, I figured his horrible screaming, in pain, figure, wasn't as bad as that so I can do this!! So I just stayed by him, got a cold cloth, a half advil, water, massaged back and told story and he settled down.

SOMETHING is going on in his brain. He is angry at us as he yelled at us in his dream the other night. We have no privacy in our house and the only time we talk is in the livingroom at night and he probably hears us. Maybe he internalized something. But more than likely it was the bloodwork scare as it was THAT night this all started and he cried 2x that day alone and now the intense and constant headache and toothache and elbowache--he is making himself very ill....Lord, PLEASE help us and him...please help us heal him and help his spirits. Bring us and take us to where we need to be and with whom we need to be with. WE are trusting YOU 100%! I cannot do this alone and no I don't have to. I feel HORRIBLE! He shouldnt' have such pain--he shouldn't have to be scared of yet another darn needle! I have learnt so much through all this and I will stop at nothing and will not allow any useless or mean Dr. near him ever again. I have not been a great advocate...I have allowed undeserving doctors to assess him and hurt him with their haphazard movements--I have allowed them to talk down and mean to him by biting my tongue instead of cursing back to show support for him....please give me strength to deal with these people in a way pleasing to you. More importantly, PLEASE bring me only worthwhile people as I will no longer tolerate anyone without a heart and conscience.

No sleep again!

As I was mentioning, I got up again with Cory at 1:30 and couldnt' sleep after so I watched Lorenzo's oil at 330pm after I got Cory settled with another 1/2 motrin. Now almost 6am and will try and sleep. Lorenzo's Oil is old, but I have never seen it. Very inspirational! Breakfast-5T chia seeds, raisins, OJ. 3 pieces goat cheese, 1 c goats yogurt, Lunch-grilled cheese on gluten free bread. Then out for a drive and some walkin. He had got up with a headache last night and needed another at 10 am and another when we returned at 4pm. I don't know why the headache. I am hoping because his back molar is coming in. He just lost his bottom tooth beside his front permanent ones last week (finally!). For supper, he had chili and cheese and more yogurt, a veggie juice and a large OJ.

Good disposition all day on this rainy day. Just a sore head around his right eye and forehead--and of course his new back 'sacrum' pain and his buttock pain. Hope his headache goes away. Nice to get out of the house as a family. 2nd time since we have been home.

No Sleep

For me...yup, that selfish thing coming back. Cory woke up at 1:30 and although he went back to sleep after 1/2 a motrin, I couldn't go back to sleep...that nauseous feeling there again. So slept 11-1:30. He had 5T chia seeds and OJ/raisins for B, noodle soup and 1/2 banana sandwich for lunch, 3 pieces goat cheese, 1 lg. glass OJ and 1 lg. glass (16oz) veg. juice. He was active in the morning, then by 12:30, he sat to watch a cartoon, and that was that. Can barely walk down the hallway. I gave him 1/2 motrin around 4pm as he had fairly bad pain--he didn't really want it, but I want him to have it. Had some good laughs watching Madagascar Penguins. I went to park with Kara today, and the boys stayed and did lego and played with dad.

Roast beef and sweet potato, carrot and potato for supper with gravy, goat's yogurt with agave for snack--oh and some popcorn. Felt good all night because of advil. Rambuncitious and happy. But awoke whining at 1:30 due to elbow and jaw pain and head pain and leg pain. Rear molar is breaking through and we think he slept funny on his arm last night thus the pain the last few nights.

Another Hard Day

Still nauseous...his shoulder hurts, he can't walk, in lots of pain and had diarrhea twice today. He had blueberry goat yogurt for breakfast, goat cheese for a snack, 3 slices, rice noodle soup for lunch with cabbage and salt as well as a pina colada smoothie, he had a veggie juice for snack, roast beef and potatoes for supper, chia seeds with orange juice and raisins for snack and banana sandwich.

We went outside for a little while just as Marilyn came by to look for caterpillers. He was in his wheelchair. We watched how'd they do that, read, did bible study and they talked with the Mahes for about 2 hrs!! God bless her for calling! They did a skype video call. Tomorrow I will veggie juice only and see how that goes. WHY is he not gaining weight?? Overall spirits ok until dad was going to take him to Coombs and then a little thing occured about him needing a needle and he cried for the 2nd time as he is scared to get more needles--poor guy. He really enjoyed the time with Jennifer. He is still making lots of sounds. He stayed in bed most of the day or in his green chair with just the short 30 min. outside in the sun as it was a beautiful 10c day!

slept through the night

After midnight, Cory slept through the night. He had some computer time as he had such an irritating cough that would not allow him to sleep and it hurt his back and buttock pain bad. He was in tears. I was happy to see him up walking this morning. BUT the energy and good spirits only lasted until 11:30 when he tried to get up after playing lego on his bed with his brother. The pain was bad. I massaged him. He had to go to the washroom...1st time he had diarrhea again since July. But no more today--he used to go 20x/day so I will just see where this goes. I started goats yogurt and cheese with him yesterday. He also had oatmeal and dates for breakfast both days, soup for lunch both days, and rice noodles and sauce both days and a veggie juice. We are about to put him on the sulpha. drug but I found a study here that shows an alternative and am trying to find out of a local practitioner. It is now 2:30 and he is watching Bugs Bunny with the crew after resting in his room. He has started making all sorts of funny sounds lately and am working on trying to get him to watch that. He shakes his leg often due to the pain.
2pm had diarrhea again--hmm..has not done this since July. Lying and playing lego now at 4pm with Kyle while I make pot roast for supper. Trying to keep it all together...

No more diarrhea today. Had some of my pot roast with yam, potatos, and carrots for supper. His sacroillic pain was just too bad to eat much so i fed him. Kevin and I had a serious talk about him with his coughing etc. as lungs, heart and breathing can all be affected by RA and specifically AS. I am nauseous yes, I am angry yes--at so many doctors that never took us seriously at the start. Here is an excerpt from an article I read today: "Move your hands from the top of your pelvis at your sides around to your back where you will feel a bump just to the side of your spine. That's the sacroiliac joint, where your pelvic bones attach to your spine. If it hurts to touch that spot and when you bend forward or backward, you probably have sacroiliitis." OK--the major complaint Cory had was that the 'bony spot' in his back hurt REAL bad to touch--DUH! Had any doctor shown any brains at the start, we could have really gotten to this sooner. Instead, we were chased out of medical clinics saying there was nothing wrong with him and we were 'wasting THEIR time!'.

Anyway, I am working hard to make his QUALITY OF LIFE good. Very challenging when I am busy cooking, cleaning, with 2 other kids, my OWN self-esteem challenges, paying bills, doing taxes, organizing people to come help him, physio., etc. I have to REALLY die to self here. I really need to remember Matthew 11:28, 29, and Romans 12:9–21.

The most common things in your diet that will cause a problem are corn, wheat, soy, dairy, citrus and sugar. The top three worst offenders are pasteurized milk, soy and gluten (wheat and other grains).--Dr. Mercola

Fear!

Fear--not supposed to have fear...supposed to trust in God...but I fail miserably at lots of those 'supposed tos' and right now, this PMS week, fear is one of them. Only fear of Cory though...nothing else phases me and I can trust in the Lord for everything else...I guess because everything else is fine at the moment.. thus no need to have fear. But, when Cory now has pain in his back and front hip and back buttock and caught another cold (or allergy or ??) and now has this grunting, gasping, gurgling, grunting x4 sequence going on whenever he tries to talk, I just think 'overload, too much, can't take anymore...HELP!!' Really, a person can only take so much sometimes. And with all that has gone on with the Haiti earthquake, the dolphin movie I just saw, all injustices out there, I am just weaker in resolve at the moment.

Now, I am at a crossroads, whether to take Psalm 118.8 literally or not. Ughh...I struggle with putting him on any drugs. I lost my mom to doctors and drugs, I am struggling here in a way I have never struggled. I thought dealing with my mom was hard for all those years...this is way worse as I am in charge of all decisions...my mom was grown and to a certain extent, was in charge of hers...both very difficult situations. Traveling gave me a break from the gloom I feel I am back into. The rut of being isolated with no local friends to care or family to help. It is night time, always scarier for me for some reason...I am scared, I am scared to put him on the sulpha drug, but I am equally scared not to. He is 11 and STILL only 44 lbs...I need HELP! I did get some and we are working on things..but his last swim caused back pain. I need to make him rest more I think-less advil (hard on kidney's and I am concerned about my kidney dream where he walks up to me and says, mommy, my kidneys are failing' I see that as a warning. So I am ultra-scared of drugs...scary time right now. Want my boy running and playing and happy and STRONG and NOT in PAIN! Lord, I BEG you, please hear my fears and help me. I am truly scared..