Hey Rebekah - have you seen A Midwestern Doctor's deep dive into DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)? He swears by it, and brings the receipts (scores of studies reviewed and linked).
I have just purchased some, keen to see if it works. Given it's multi-modal action and uses, it might be worth reading his article, at the least...
I was going to mention this too. I've started using DMSO again after reading the above. I don't know if it's coincidence but the CFS app I use (Visible) to measure my heart rate variability at the beginning of the day has correspondingly measured me at a stability I have not been able to reach in the last year.
So I really think there's something to it.
My pain levels have dropped markedly over the last year. Finding somewhere to live after 9 months of trying probably has something to do with that. Also doing SOTT chiropractic and Feldenkrais together. I feel stable standing on my two feet for the first time in decades.
Your list is so comprehensive! You've really got it all sorted
What's SOTT? I have a chiro I see sometimes (alternating with remedial and acupuncture) and I do a bit of Feldenkrais in the face massage routine. I'm all for mixing it up!
It's SOT actually (https://soto.org.au/about/sot-general-info/patients-guide). It's much gentler, uses activators instead of manual adjustments (although oddly I miss those a bit). It focusses on the relationship between the occiput and sacrum also. She does muscle testing and massages different points in the skull. It seems to help me whatever she's doing :)
Feldenkrais has been amazing for me. I feel like I'm unwinding old patterns. It's wonderful on a flarey day to do a session and feel blissed out in my body afterwards 😍
Susie, my hubs and I just got our order of DMSO. My hubs is applying it to areas of pain/inflammation. I'd be curious to know how you are using it for your CFS? Thanks in advance
Hi Hillary. I'm not using it directly for CFS but am hopeful it is helping reduce systemic inflammation. So far I've used it on the temporomandibular joint in my kaw that's given me pain in the past. I'm trying it on a ganglion on my arm and on a large internal adhesion in my gut. I also fell over the other day and grazed my knee, and have been surprised at how helpful the DMSO has been in alleviating pain and swelling. How's your husband finding it? Have you noticed the garlicky fishy smell on him? I'm a bit paranoid about that bit :)
Hubby has terrible arthritis in both ankles. He's been told he needs both ankles replaced. Since he is applying it to his ankles I don't get much of a whiff ;) and honestly (and thankfully) I don't have a keen sense of smell.
Midwestern doctor is one of the best. The only thing the average mainstream doctor can do is stick a label on your illness and give you a pill that masks the problem. I'm doing Keto/ Carnivore and feeling great, physical and mental health so good. Checkout https://www.youtube.com/@carnivoredoctorhttps://www.youtube.com/@ShawnBakerMD
Yeah, been mostly carnivore for about a year (with a bit of salad i.e. keto now and again... and beer, wine and scotch :-) ). Feels good, especially when limiting the booze... Had my bloods done after four months of it - metabolic health markers (HDL/trigs) had massively improved.
And yes, those doctors good, plus Paul Saladino (Carnivore Code book is very well researched), and Paul Mason.
PS I think Rebekah tried carnivore and was one of the ~small group who struggled w a bad reaction. I had suggested trying a high meat/fat, low carb keto diet for a few months first, ease into it...
Important carnivore diet note, all blood markers go in the right direction except cholesterol, it gets higher, do not let your doctor prescribe a statin to lower it!
If you really care about your health, give up the alcohol. Get a diabetic meter, buy glucose strips and ketone strips. To get familiar, measure your blood glucose a few times a day, it should remain at say 5.2 mmol/L all the time if you are not eating any sugar. When you don't have sugar you will burn fat, fat burning makes ketones, get a ketone reading 1.0 to 3.5 mmol/L. Therapeutic ketosis is when ketone value is the same as the glucose value. Check out Thomas Seifried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2az_igDfXjQ&t=96s
I also care about living life - excesses in any direction are usually not good. If one takes all the good things out of life, why bother prolonging it, eh? :-)
I'm across all that info, and cholesterol per below, been reading books, papers and watching talks on keto/carnivore for a few years now, but appreciate the thought.
You do you; but for me I think if one gets to the point of being carnivore/keto and is still measuring blood glucose several times a day, it's maybe gone a bit far/quasi-religious..
The cholesterol thing has next to no credibility. I have always shown up as having slightly elevated levels that I put down to consuming copious amounts of good virgin olive oil. I never buy anything made using vegetable oils, and rarely with seed oil. Although close to retirement age I still do at very least 10 hours a week doing relatively hard physical work on my hillside property. I believe having a body able to work, is more than reason enough to believe working it is essential for good health.
Not really quasi-religious Jake, some people are extremely sensitive to "tipping up" blood glucose levels with different foods, so they do need to monitor closely. As time goes by, people can learn what "tips" them up into danger range, so monitoring is imperative for pre-diabtic type2s or type 2 diabetics who work at staving off subcutaneous insulin (or ozempic, or trulicity) - and hats off to them - one must be vigilant with such conditions; it is not big deal when part of one's routine; it's quick and dead-easy anyway.
Worth noting, Type 2 Diabetics have the condition running rampant most often for many, many years before diagnosis, so damage is already well underway.
With the right guidance and personal responsibility, much if not all can be reversed, as the body does want to heal itself.
It is beyond heartbraking to see people deteriorate with T2D over their years, with elevated BGLs, losing their once fine body to deteriorating eyesight, loss of feeling in their feet, ending up in wheel chairs and subsequent amputations. Not to mention, it also alters personality, so loved ones "lose" the person they used to know. Ageing with debilitation/s is not "living" is my book. There is a difference between fanaticism and simply taking personal responsibility for one's state of health. Diabetes is a bugger - and causes a ton of chronic illnesses; it's death by a thousand cuts. Surely we should applaud anyone with the initiative to assume responsibility over keeping themselves heathy.
Me too! All my inflammation has gone since going carnivore, sleeping better, have more energy. It's been 3 months now, and feeling better all round. I would have laughed at anyone doing this a year ago. Well worth trying but you have to give it time because it is an elimination diet.
Paywalled. I would be interested to hear the strength and rigour of Geoff's arguments though; the work by A Midwestern Doctor appears very well researched and no such concerns have been raised in it, far as I'm aware...
PS that paper appears to simply relate to the ability of DMSO (which is a solvent) and related metabolites to bring other compounds into the body - which can be good or bad, depending upon the compound.
I'm a former flight attendant, one of the many all over the world air who have lost their career, health (and some, their lives) from breathing fumes of aircraft engine oil, an organophosphate (OP) that is neurotoxic in vanishingly small amounts (ppb), and is also an endocrine disruptor. I had to stop flying in 1997 and since then it appears the main conditions affecting crews are chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity/EMR sensitivity, neurodegenerative conditions, and cancers. Of course, pax are also affected but they may never attribute their conditions to cabin air contamination.
With the exception of the Boeing 787 (that has an independent air supply), the only air you can breathe on board is bled from the engines and goes through air conditioning packs before being pumped into the cabin to pressurise it, and for pax to breathe. Of course, there are seals that are meant to prevent oil ingress, but they're subject to wear; also, they must have some oil on them to work. Even if there are bearing/seal replacements in the course of the aircraft maintenance, the ducting is a sponge-like medium and is always thick with oil, so cabin air contamination continues. The hapless pax are completely ignorant of the fact they're breathing this poison, and no onboard air quality testing is done, so the airlines/aircraft manufacturers (who have known about this for literally decades) can truthfully say nothing has ever been found.
On long haul flights, as well as being poisoned by engine oil to a greater or lesser degree for upwards of 24 hours, the aircraft coming into Australia (and some other countries, too) are sprayed with insecticide - usually it's done just before pax board, but last year the carrier I was on was running late so they came through the cabin with their cans of pesticide just before we took off - it took me several months to really feel like I was back to 'normal' (which is far, far below how I was before I started flying and was fumed on a daily basis).
So, whether you have CFS or similar conditions and really want to/have to fly long haul, or if you just want to preserve your health, in addition to all the things Rebekah does (I do them too, but they're absolutely no match for OPs and insecticides), ONLY fly on a Boeing 787. In addition to uncontaminated air, the cabin pressure is set to 6,000 ft (most aircraft are 8,000), so mild hypoxia will be less - women become hypoxic at a lower altitude to men. For about 10 years I've only flown on a 787 long haul, but after being pesticided last year, this year I went a step further and had BY FAR the best health post-flight I've ever had. Presumably because they're flying in and out all the time, rather than spraying each flight, Qantas chooses to use a residual pesticide spray on a 56 day cycle (as mandated by the Aust Govt biosecurity regs). Unfortunately, there's absolutely no way to determine a pesticide schedule so you just have to hope to God it wasn't done in the week you fly. Although Qantas is expensive, I had such a good result from both flights to/from the UK I will now never travel long haul with any other carrier (and certainly never on a different aircraft type).
A further refinement - if I have to stay in an airport hotel, I always book one upwind and preferably about 15 mins or so away from the airport because the oil droplets belt out of aircraft engines into the atmosphere, and I certainly don’t want to be breathing that contaminated air all night. I always try to minimise time in the terminals, too, because the air is drawn in, unfiltered, from the surrounds – engine oil is distinctive if you know what to smell for, and I can remember sitting in a café in Heathrow and smelling it – there was an air conditioning vent just above my head and it was bringing in contaminated air from straight from the tarmac.
For anyone wanting to read more about this (so known, but sooo not publicised), look up the work of Dr Susan Michaelis, who was a Captain I used to fly with before her health (and mine) was ruined - she subsequently went back to uni and gained her PhD on this issue, and now acts as an expert witness. These days gut dysbiosis is blamed on glyphosate and EMR, but the illnesses/conditions of endless crew predate both - another captain who was medically retired from Ansett was told she had the most dysbiotic gut her doctor had ever come across, and that was 1997.
wow, that's interesting and comprehensive information you've generously shared. This is precious info given our frequency of travelling. Thank you!
My first flight o.s. was 1975. After landing back in Oz, was horrified the F.As instructed us to all remain seated while they did a spray-walk down the aisles with cans of ?? , spraying all of us passengers with a potion from biosecurity! What was in it I have no idea. F.A's exposed every single flight back in the day! Don't know what year that was ceased.
Every time a flight is taking off, I feel like vomiting, the stench us unbearable. Mind you, I can't stand the smell of the fumes at a gas station either. I don't fly so often anymore, but a similarly sensitive friend took to wearing a high grade filter, I don't know exactly which it is, one of those things they wear in chemical plants.
Great info Rebekah. I've never managed to sleep successfully on a flight and am very susceptible to my nervous system getting totally strung out if I don't stick to my routines. I'm a recovered insomniac so I know how it feels to try to function on a lack of sleep.
I've hacked my system whereby I now sleep a solid and glorious 8-9 hrs every night!...tho I do avoid long haul flights and domestically, will only fly daytime not overnight.
Here a few added suggestions you might want to investigate, if not already:
1. Make your own nasal spray from filtered water, a pinch of sea salt and some iodine (as per Dr McCullough protocol) and always carry it with you during travel. Spray up each nostril and the back of the throat every few hours when on planes or in big crowds.
2. Once landed, find somewhere to take off your footwear and ground on grass (or concrete) that is not likely to have electrical wires running underneath it. Expose your naked eyes and as much skin as possible to the early morning sunrise and pre-sunset sunlight. This will help to re-adjust your circadian cycle.
3. Purchase two good (reputable) pairs of blue blocking glasses - one pair for daytime computer work and exposure to artificial light and one pair for the same exposure after sunset. The day and evening lenses will be different in how much blue light they block.
4. Never use air pods in your ears. Opt for air tubes instead : hollow tubed headphones that keep the emfs away from your brain. I buy them on eBay for about $10
5. Look into Low Dose Naltrexone for your systemic inflammation.
6. A low oxalate diet is also very beneficial for many "inflamed" folks....most nuts and seeds should be avoided in my opinion. Eating low carb is definitely better for my system, as is eating SOUL ie Seasonal, Organic, Unprocessed and Local.
And thanks for all you do.... you're a bloody legend!
50ml filtered water, 1/2 tsp betadine, small pinch salt, shake well. You can buy nasal spray bottles cheaply online. Test your solution by spraying up nostril. If it's burn-y and makes your eyes water like crazy, it's probably a bit strong for you so just dilute with more water.
I love the grounding suggestion post-flight. I also have been experimenting with minimising oxalates. On trips I worry about it less because I find it hard to eat clean and GF without any nuts or seeds but I did notice on my last trip I would feel 'nut overload' after having them a few days in a row and would just intuitively skip them for a day or two. I also switched back to wire earphones a little while ago. Sounds like we are on the same page!
With the long haul flights I was taking every year from Brisbane to Spain for twelve years, I found it worth the financial hit of flying business class. I still rarely slept more than a handfulof hours, but still felt far better after the flights.
In 1980 I flew out of Perth to Sydney at about 11pm. I smoked fat number before entering the Airport and consequently felt asleep as the plane was levelling from take off and awoke just before touch down. With the time difference it was magnificent, like getting a full nights sleep, and to top it off they served breakfast at Sydney Airport.
The authoritarian thuggery one gets exposed to going through airports nowadays, the idea of going through that whilst stoned is considerably less than appealing.
Totally agree, especially about oxalates. I was having issues like lumps on the eyes (like a style but worse), not absorbing calcium, pain in soft tissue, nose bleeds. Finally found out that I had oxalate poisoning. Wow, that was a rabbit hole worth going down. For someone who thought that I always had a "healthy" diet, plenty of veggies, nuts, seeds, spinach, etc etc and no junk food, it was quite a shock to discover. Sally Norton is quite an authority on oxalates, you will find her on YT. I have been slowly getting rid of these horrible things, hidden in lots of parts of our body. Pain arthritis and chronic fatigue, even dementia caused by them, and lots of other conditions. Well worth a deep dive.
Wow Rebekah, sounds like you have a really full schedule with pain prevention / alleviation, but all the other things you do seem like good common sense - minus the silly yoga, but if it works for you...
I did want to add my two cents to everyone - anyone - that although I was very late to the party now in my seventh decade, because of ignorant if not anti hormonal physicians I am now on BIOIDENTICAL hormone replacement therapy - and boy what a night and day difference when you get this particular therapy from a provider who really knows their natural hormone therapy! NOT synthetic mind you - but it is critical that (nearly) everyone , women in their 40s plus, men in their 50s plus look into this "miracle" - BIOIDENTICAL (BHRT)
It's NOT a silver bullet nor panacea but advantages are many including cancer and cardiovascular disease, etc.
reductions! And life extension! Woo-hoo!
Do look into this Rebekah, as well as make sure you are using a homeopathic if not a holistic alternative physician, a naturopath at the very least.
I have enormous problems with cramping in my thighs after a flight. So now I supplement before and after the flight with an adrenal cocktail of potassium, sodium, and vitamin C:
Rebekah Im so sorry you suffer such pain. But I salute your courage and your can-do attitude! I have sciatica in my hip, and went on a 3 day road trip through France and Spain this summer to go to my parents' villa. I then had the 3 days in the car going home.. What saved me was my portable LED Near infra red and red light therapy panel, which I always travel with. I sit on it (!) each night. Transformational for pain and inflammation of any kind. It's the size of a book and plugs into the mains. I got mine from BlockBlueLight.co.uk. I have a much bigger panel at home. Also would you consider trying carnivore? As I'm sure you know, It's the most extreme form of keto and thus the most anti inflammatory diet you can do. Weirdly you are never hungry on it. Cures all sorts of conditions (not sure what yoir condition is). Finally I have bought an altitude trainer Denali MAG 30 from Higher Peak. I suggest you look up Arkadi Prokopov and his book "Curing Lymes" by surfing the oxygen waves - he is a Russian scientist who developed the IHHT (Intermittent hypoxia and hyperoxia Therapy) protocol which has had EXTRAORDINARY results for all sorts of chronic conditions. I havent started yet (and the machine wasn't cheap) but I am confident it will be a game changer in my own health battles. Good luck! God Bless x
Ok forget Carnivore but get the Arkadi Prokopov book and have a read. It will blow your mind - IHHT rejuvenates your mitochondria, and disfunctional mitochondria is at the root of most chronic diseases
I second the redlight panel suggestion. We have a large panel for home use, yet to buy a portable one for travel but it's on the Xmas list. I also love the amber beacon lights from https://www.blockbluelight.com.au/collections/sleep-enhancing-lighting. I always travel with them, so I don't get irradiated by LEDs in hotel rooms.
Firstly, Rebekah, please review the abundant proof that viruses are not something that you need to worry about - perhaps even organise an interview with one of the many researchers who have dived deeply into this reality. Secondly, please try protecting yourself/ avoiding as much as you can, EMFs. They are extremely disruptive to human health and well being. I speak from experience, my own and that of people I know.
Chronic pain is a difficult one. Depending on the cause it appears to be different for each person. After surviving a near life ending accident, learning to walk again, dealing various injuries especially cervical & lumber spine injuries, etc. I've found the game changer for me was getting onto a CBD oil trial program. Not easy in Australia with the TGA's requirements and expensive. But it has overtime practically wiped out the need for other pain medications. Also working in conjunction with other treatment such as physio when required, castor oil compresses, heat packs, weight training and exercise, rest, meditation, etc and a ketogenic based diet helps a great deal in reducing inflammation and pain. Reading fairly in depth publications on DMSO blends and treatment now it also looks promising to add to the kit to reduce pain and inflammation.
Healing with DMSo - Amandha Vollmer, DMSO Nature's Healer - Dr. Morton Walker and The DMSO Handbook - Hermit P.A. Fischer.
Sorry to hear about your chronic pain and fatigue. I can't imagine how deliberating and energy sapping that must be - physically, mentally and emotionally (not getting angry or sad about it or feeling sorry for yourself). Anyway, it appears you are tackling the problem consciously and there is this will and intention to do better and I know that this will work out eventually - just keep your eyes on the ball.
Here are a few things I found incredibly helpful and that I do regularly to maintain healthy and in good spirits (apologies if I repeat myself with some of them). I keep it short:
Preventive dose of almost daily MMS drops (Chlorine Dioxide, one of the most amazing oxidizers of all nasty things in our bodies),
Regular Coffee enemas (Fantastic detox, super-relaxing and great mental clarity - great before spiritual practice, has only a fraction of caffeine uptake and almost opposite effect on the body than drinking it),
Topical DMSO of problem areas (sometimes mixed with MMS),
Micro dosing LSD (for heart connection and wisdom - the captain of the ship that regulates everything else),
vaping (herb vaporizer) regular but small amounts of marijuana - a double edged sword - great for the body but can increase paranoia),
and about five to six other drugs in small amounts on demand when requested by LSD - not kidding).
I sometimes use drugs recreational but most of them in medical quantities and all of them "bad drugs" are amazing for specific purposes and used in a spiritual context with wisdom - these are super-sharp very precise incredible powerful substances I would never "recommend" to anyone unless they got a spiritual calling to do so. They are equally used by dark forces so self-knowledge is crucial.
Lately, thanks to the midwestern doctor's, I started with regular aspirin (100 to 200 mg day) and I am blown away how good they do me. The most noticeable change is that they make me thirsty and I drink much more (I hardly drank water for decades - maybe one to two glasses a day because drinking more didn't work for me (I tried several times but I felt my body does not absorb it and it just runs through it). Now I really enjoy drinking water and drink at least three times as much as before and it feels good. The aspirin definitely brings my energy levels up, apart from the many other health benefits described in the article.
For specific problems I go to herbpathy.com , an amazing website that has any known herb (it seems) listed and seach for the problem and symptoms (e.g. from headache or cold to specific cancers) and read through the herbs recommended. I then make my own herb tinctures - very easy - and take that herb for a while - with great success. Herbs are incredible holistic and powerful as tincture and much better medicine than the pharmaceuticals that only extract the so-called "active ingredient", disregarding the rest of the plant. But all ingredients are needed for powerful, safe and side-effect free healing.
It involves time, but except for blood tests, I haven't seen a doctor in well over 20 years now and I am not planning to see one unless for life-saving operations. That they can do well.
Good luck and keep on trying - there is a cause to this - and if you are curious enough you will find it. Sometimes it takes decades though. And remember to look on all levels - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic.
I have MMS but had not been brave enough to use it! Thanks for mentioning that website, I think you mentioned it once before but I forgot to bookmark it - doing now!
Regarding MMS get Jim Humble's book that has all protocols and lots if fascinating stories. If you don't want to spend the money, google "MMS protocols" and scroll down past the 20 to 30 fear-mongering and outright lying articles about MMS (my 3rd Substack ever written covers the smearing of MMS, and if you are lucky you still find proper MMS protocols. The fact that you are scared of it shows that their propaganda works. There is nothing to be scared off if you get the dosage right as with any potent medicine. But even if you make a mistake, all you end up is with a strong Herzheimer reaction and a horrible day of feeling sick and vomiting and will be fine again the day after. You won't die - no-one ever did. Just get the book and follow it and a lot of blessings will follow. It is not a miracle cure either - the mechanism are scientific and well understood. It is simply the perfect oxidation agent kown to mankind and for $50 a year you get amazing benefits if used regularly. This stuff is the biggest profit killer for big pharma and they know it - hence the relentless smear campaigns from day one. If you think Ivermectin was bad, you dont know about MMS. Get pear juice (no vitamine C) to eliminate the bad taste. And you can always PM me for advice. I have been taking it for over ten years now and not one bad experience- only good. If I only were allowed one medicine or for the rest of my life, that would be it. (Still trialing DMSO (very expensive now unfortunately) and aspirin. If I were allowed only one drug it would be a very tough choice between LSD (for microdosing) and coffee (for enemas) and I enjoy and benefit from a very wide range of drugs for low-dose medical purposes.
I have had good results from DMSO. Also ivermectin and Fenbendazole are anti parasitic medicine that are very safe and very effective. Many people have parasites that cause pain, swelling, infection and cancer.
Sorry to hear, Rebekah. I had chronic fatigue at one point. Did an FMT for other reasons (coincidentally at the clinic owned by the legend that is Dr Borody), and I lost weight and lost the chronic fatigue. Maybe something ain't right with your microbiome?
Well I had one, and yes it is gross, haha. Those benefits were tangential, but great! Also didn't get sick for a long time afterwards. I did it primarily to see if I could resolve my minor eczema. Didn't help for that (did hear it worked for others so maybe it was just the wrong donor), but the other benefits blew me away. So much we have to learn about the microbiome.
So sorry to snyone who has chronic pain. Horrible to deal with. As an old retired chook of a nurse who has witnessed many with intractable, debilitating head pain, due to migraine, I bear witness to the FACT that the discovery of "Sumatriptan" was a massive breakthrough and has transformed people's lives.
Although contraindicated in peeps with cardiovascular disease, it has been proven so successful, it is available across the counter in Britain.
Without doubt, Sumatriptan is life changing for former migraine sufferers, and proves the condition is physiological - not neurosis.
I do wonder Rebekah if your facial pain may in some way be also related as well - but perhaps involves other receptors?
This has a good summary of Sumatriptan's discovery & other consequent triptans
Lifestyle — encompasses all environmental surrounds, such as,
- quality, cleanliness and purity of living pace and surrounds
- clean water
- exposure to sunlight
- clean air + anything we inhale
- food & beveridge choices, and,
- types of daily movement
Old Prof I used to work with, said that health rests with the food we eat, which in turn, MORE importantly feeds the gut. Foods, such as sugars, flour, and foods from packaging or bottles, and some medications, such as antibiotics, cause imbalance of gut microbes, causing depletion of friendly microbes, with overgrowth of damaging microbes; alcohol and cigarettes also enhance the damage as well. He effectively described that gut imbalance (the master criminals being sugar and flour and some medications)) allow micro-opeings between the cells of the gut wall which is normally prevented by healthy bacteria, thus allowing materials present in the gut, to leak into the blood causing irritation of the blood vessels and at times, depending where "debris" delivered, to organs as well.
The immune system initiates fluid retention in attempts to dilute the circulating toxin/s which irritate blood vessels and organs on entry
Prof taught / described what was termed decades later as "leaky gut syndrome".
I enjoy following you on Substack. I am empathetic to your discomfort and the routines you use to maximize your comfort when traveling. I am blessed that I have good health, with some minor exceptions, and was impressed by all the suggestions from other followers in this thread. I like to listen to podcasts and audible while I commute to my jobs, sometimes an hour of driving at a time. Several of the comments I’ve read here bring to mind books I’ve listened to, most notably “Energy Medicine” by Donna Eden and “PEMF - The fifth element of health” by Bryant A. Meyers. Both of these are quite enlightening and might be something you’d find interesting if not helpful to fine tune your travel routine and improve your overall health. Take care of yourself and stay safe.
Okay, never in our many years of friendship have I ever been PROUDER that you actually used my life motto! You can borrow my compression stockings. I layer them with leggings. They work a charm!
Hey Rebekah - have you seen A Midwestern Doctor's deep dive into DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)? He swears by it, and brings the receipts (scores of studies reviewed and linked).
I have just purchased some, keen to see if it works. Given it's multi-modal action and uses, it might be worth reading his article, at the least...
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dmso-is-a-miraculous-therapy-for
I have not! Thank you I'll check it out.
Hi Rebekah - a biggy IMO - avoid walking through the metal detectors. Request physical search. God knows what they do to our bodies.
I was going to mention this too. I've started using DMSO again after reading the above. I don't know if it's coincidence but the CFS app I use (Visible) to measure my heart rate variability at the beginning of the day has correspondingly measured me at a stability I have not been able to reach in the last year.
So I really think there's something to it.
My pain levels have dropped markedly over the last year. Finding somewhere to live after 9 months of trying probably has something to do with that. Also doing SOTT chiropractic and Feldenkrais together. I feel stable standing on my two feet for the first time in decades.
Your list is so comprehensive! You've really got it all sorted
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What's SOTT? I have a chiro I see sometimes (alternating with remedial and acupuncture) and I do a bit of Feldenkrais in the face massage routine. I'm all for mixing it up!
It's SOT actually (https://soto.org.au/about/sot-general-info/patients-guide). It's much gentler, uses activators instead of manual adjustments (although oddly I miss those a bit). It focusses on the relationship between the occiput and sacrum also. She does muscle testing and massages different points in the skull. It seems to help me whatever she's doing :)
Feldenkrais has been amazing for me. I feel like I'm unwinding old patterns. It's wonderful on a flarey day to do a session and feel blissed out in my body afterwards 😍
Susie, my hubs and I just got our order of DMSO. My hubs is applying it to areas of pain/inflammation. I'd be curious to know how you are using it for your CFS? Thanks in advance
Hi Hillary. I'm not using it directly for CFS but am hopeful it is helping reduce systemic inflammation. So far I've used it on the temporomandibular joint in my kaw that's given me pain in the past. I'm trying it on a ganglion on my arm and on a large internal adhesion in my gut. I also fell over the other day and grazed my knee, and have been surprised at how helpful the DMSO has been in alleviating pain and swelling. How's your husband finding it? Have you noticed the garlicky fishy smell on him? I'm a bit paranoid about that bit :)
Hubby has terrible arthritis in both ankles. He's been told he needs both ankles replaced. Since he is applying it to his ankles I don't get much of a whiff ;) and honestly (and thankfully) I don't have a keen sense of smell.
I hope it works for him ✨🌼✨
Midwestern doctor is one of the best. The only thing the average mainstream doctor can do is stick a label on your illness and give you a pill that masks the problem. I'm doing Keto/ Carnivore and feeling great, physical and mental health so good. Checkout https://www.youtube.com/@carnivoredoctor https://www.youtube.com/@ShawnBakerMD
and our local Perth WA carnivore doctor https://www.youtube.com/@anthonychaffeemd
I agree. I pay a subscription to Midwestern doctor and learn a lot from him.
The good doctor could be female…
I've decided she is: too much understanding of lived experience of womanhood.
Yeah, been mostly carnivore for about a year (with a bit of salad i.e. keto now and again... and beer, wine and scotch :-) ). Feels good, especially when limiting the booze... Had my bloods done after four months of it - metabolic health markers (HDL/trigs) had massively improved.
And yes, those doctors good, plus Paul Saladino (Carnivore Code book is very well researched), and Paul Mason.
PS I think Rebekah tried carnivore and was one of the ~small group who struggled w a bad reaction. I had suggested trying a high meat/fat, low carb keto diet for a few months first, ease into it...
You remember correctly Jake, it did not go well 😬 https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/7-days-on-the-carnivore-diet
Maybe you could move over slowly to carnivore
Gradually get rid of the carbs, sugar, vegetable oils, and sorry also the alcohol.
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My diet for the last year: -
Bacon and eggs for breakfast (and some blood sausage recently)
Steak for lunch
Plain Greek yogurt for a snack
Black tea with cream
Might get rid of the dairy one day
I am a two-time cancer survivor, so I have gained an intense interest in the keto/ carnivore diet.
Important carnivore diet note, all blood markers go in the right direction except cholesterol, it gets higher, do not let your doctor prescribe a statin to lower it!
If you really care about your health, give up the alcohol. Get a diabetic meter, buy glucose strips and ketone strips. To get familiar, measure your blood glucose a few times a day, it should remain at say 5.2 mmol/L all the time if you are not eating any sugar. When you don't have sugar you will burn fat, fat burning makes ketones, get a ketone reading 1.0 to 3.5 mmol/L. Therapeutic ketosis is when ketone value is the same as the glucose value. Check out Thomas Seifried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2az_igDfXjQ&t=96s
I also care about living life - excesses in any direction are usually not good. If one takes all the good things out of life, why bother prolonging it, eh? :-)
I'm across all that info, and cholesterol per below, been reading books, papers and watching talks on keto/carnivore for a few years now, but appreciate the thought.
You do you; but for me I think if one gets to the point of being carnivore/keto and is still measuring blood glucose several times a day, it's maybe gone a bit far/quasi-religious..
The cholesterol thing has next to no credibility. I have always shown up as having slightly elevated levels that I put down to consuming copious amounts of good virgin olive oil. I never buy anything made using vegetable oils, and rarely with seed oil. Although close to retirement age I still do at very least 10 hours a week doing relatively hard physical work on my hillside property. I believe having a body able to work, is more than reason enough to believe working it is essential for good health.
Not really quasi-religious Jake, some people are extremely sensitive to "tipping up" blood glucose levels with different foods, so they do need to monitor closely. As time goes by, people can learn what "tips" them up into danger range, so monitoring is imperative for pre-diabtic type2s or type 2 diabetics who work at staving off subcutaneous insulin (or ozempic, or trulicity) - and hats off to them - one must be vigilant with such conditions; it is not big deal when part of one's routine; it's quick and dead-easy anyway.
Worth noting, Type 2 Diabetics have the condition running rampant most often for many, many years before diagnosis, so damage is already well underway.
With the right guidance and personal responsibility, much if not all can be reversed, as the body does want to heal itself.
It is beyond heartbraking to see people deteriorate with T2D over their years, with elevated BGLs, losing their once fine body to deteriorating eyesight, loss of feeling in their feet, ending up in wheel chairs and subsequent amputations. Not to mention, it also alters personality, so loved ones "lose" the person they used to know. Ageing with debilitation/s is not "living" is my book. There is a difference between fanaticism and simply taking personal responsibility for one's state of health. Diabetes is a bugger - and causes a ton of chronic illnesses; it's death by a thousand cuts. Surely we should applaud anyone with the initiative to assume responsibility over keeping themselves heathy.
Me too! All my inflammation has gone since going carnivore, sleeping better, have more energy. It's been 3 months now, and feeling better all round. I would have laughed at anyone doing this a year ago. Well worth trying but you have to give it time because it is an elimination diet.
Agree completely
My sleep is good. I wake up fresh. I am not snoring.
My hay fever disappeared.
Convince Rebekah to get back on that Keto horse!
Be sure to read Geoff Pain's articles the toxicity of DSMO https://geoffpain.substack.com/p/dmso-gentoxicity-via-z-dna and of the closely related Methysulfonylmethane (MSM) https://geoffpain.substack.com/p/methyl-sulfonyl-methane-msm-adverse which, according to a 1975 reference https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1055534/ cited by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylsulfonylmethane, is a metabolite of DSMO.
Paywalled. I would be interested to hear the strength and rigour of Geoff's arguments though; the work by A Midwestern Doctor appears very well researched and no such concerns have been raised in it, far as I'm aware...
PS that paper appears to simply relate to the ability of DMSO (which is a solvent) and related metabolites to bring other compounds into the body - which can be good or bad, depending upon the compound.
I've just done the same, and sent the link to a number of people
I'm a former flight attendant, one of the many all over the world air who have lost their career, health (and some, their lives) from breathing fumes of aircraft engine oil, an organophosphate (OP) that is neurotoxic in vanishingly small amounts (ppb), and is also an endocrine disruptor. I had to stop flying in 1997 and since then it appears the main conditions affecting crews are chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity/EMR sensitivity, neurodegenerative conditions, and cancers. Of course, pax are also affected but they may never attribute their conditions to cabin air contamination.
With the exception of the Boeing 787 (that has an independent air supply), the only air you can breathe on board is bled from the engines and goes through air conditioning packs before being pumped into the cabin to pressurise it, and for pax to breathe. Of course, there are seals that are meant to prevent oil ingress, but they're subject to wear; also, they must have some oil on them to work. Even if there are bearing/seal replacements in the course of the aircraft maintenance, the ducting is a sponge-like medium and is always thick with oil, so cabin air contamination continues. The hapless pax are completely ignorant of the fact they're breathing this poison, and no onboard air quality testing is done, so the airlines/aircraft manufacturers (who have known about this for literally decades) can truthfully say nothing has ever been found.
On long haul flights, as well as being poisoned by engine oil to a greater or lesser degree for upwards of 24 hours, the aircraft coming into Australia (and some other countries, too) are sprayed with insecticide - usually it's done just before pax board, but last year the carrier I was on was running late so they came through the cabin with their cans of pesticide just before we took off - it took me several months to really feel like I was back to 'normal' (which is far, far below how I was before I started flying and was fumed on a daily basis).
So, whether you have CFS or similar conditions and really want to/have to fly long haul, or if you just want to preserve your health, in addition to all the things Rebekah does (I do them too, but they're absolutely no match for OPs and insecticides), ONLY fly on a Boeing 787. In addition to uncontaminated air, the cabin pressure is set to 6,000 ft (most aircraft are 8,000), so mild hypoxia will be less - women become hypoxic at a lower altitude to men. For about 10 years I've only flown on a 787 long haul, but after being pesticided last year, this year I went a step further and had BY FAR the best health post-flight I've ever had. Presumably because they're flying in and out all the time, rather than spraying each flight, Qantas chooses to use a residual pesticide spray on a 56 day cycle (as mandated by the Aust Govt biosecurity regs). Unfortunately, there's absolutely no way to determine a pesticide schedule so you just have to hope to God it wasn't done in the week you fly. Although Qantas is expensive, I had such a good result from both flights to/from the UK I will now never travel long haul with any other carrier (and certainly never on a different aircraft type).
A further refinement - if I have to stay in an airport hotel, I always book one upwind and preferably about 15 mins or so away from the airport because the oil droplets belt out of aircraft engines into the atmosphere, and I certainly don’t want to be breathing that contaminated air all night. I always try to minimise time in the terminals, too, because the air is drawn in, unfiltered, from the surrounds – engine oil is distinctive if you know what to smell for, and I can remember sitting in a café in Heathrow and smelling it – there was an air conditioning vent just above my head and it was bringing in contaminated air from straight from the tarmac.
For anyone wanting to read more about this (so known, but sooo not publicised), look up the work of Dr Susan Michaelis, who was a Captain I used to fly with before her health (and mine) was ruined - she subsequently went back to uni and gained her PhD on this issue, and now acts as an expert witness. These days gut dysbiosis is blamed on glyphosate and EMR, but the illnesses/conditions of endless crew predate both - another captain who was medically retired from Ansett was told she had the most dysbiotic gut her doctor had ever come across, and that was 1997.
Wow that is so interesting, thank you for sharing this.
wow, that's interesting and comprehensive information you've generously shared. This is precious info given our frequency of travelling. Thank you!
My first flight o.s. was 1975. After landing back in Oz, was horrified the F.As instructed us to all remain seated while they did a spray-walk down the aisles with cans of ?? , spraying all of us passengers with a potion from biosecurity! What was in it I have no idea. F.A's exposed every single flight back in the day! Don't know what year that was ceased.
Yes, I remember that well!! It was like a can of mortien
Every time a flight is taking off, I feel like vomiting, the stench us unbearable. Mind you, I can't stand the smell of the fumes at a gas station either. I don't fly so often anymore, but a similarly sensitive friend took to wearing a high grade filter, I don't know exactly which it is, one of those things they wear in chemical plants.
No wonder I suffer so badly from "jetlag"....thanks for the very informative comment!!
Great info Rebekah. I've never managed to sleep successfully on a flight and am very susceptible to my nervous system getting totally strung out if I don't stick to my routines. I'm a recovered insomniac so I know how it feels to try to function on a lack of sleep.
I've hacked my system whereby I now sleep a solid and glorious 8-9 hrs every night!...tho I do avoid long haul flights and domestically, will only fly daytime not overnight.
Here a few added suggestions you might want to investigate, if not already:
1. Make your own nasal spray from filtered water, a pinch of sea salt and some iodine (as per Dr McCullough protocol) and always carry it with you during travel. Spray up each nostril and the back of the throat every few hours when on planes or in big crowds.
2. Once landed, find somewhere to take off your footwear and ground on grass (or concrete) that is not likely to have electrical wires running underneath it. Expose your naked eyes and as much skin as possible to the early morning sunrise and pre-sunset sunlight. This will help to re-adjust your circadian cycle.
3. Purchase two good (reputable) pairs of blue blocking glasses - one pair for daytime computer work and exposure to artificial light and one pair for the same exposure after sunset. The day and evening lenses will be different in how much blue light they block.
4. Never use air pods in your ears. Opt for air tubes instead : hollow tubed headphones that keep the emfs away from your brain. I buy them on eBay for about $10
5. Look into Low Dose Naltrexone for your systemic inflammation.
6. A low oxalate diet is also very beneficial for many "inflamed" folks....most nuts and seeds should be avoided in my opinion. Eating low carb is definitely better for my system, as is eating SOUL ie Seasonal, Organic, Unprocessed and Local.
And thanks for all you do.... you're a bloody legend!
Thank you Andrea for the tips.
How much iodine for the nasal spray please?
50ml filtered water, 1/2 tsp betadine, small pinch salt, shake well. You can buy nasal spray bottles cheaply online. Test your solution by spraying up nostril. If it's burn-y and makes your eyes water like crazy, it's probably a bit strong for you so just dilute with more water.
Betadine comes in different strength solutions. I'm guessing you probably mean the gargle one (not the skin wound one) with this recipe?
Thank you kindly Andrea.
I love the grounding suggestion post-flight. I also have been experimenting with minimising oxalates. On trips I worry about it less because I find it hard to eat clean and GF without any nuts or seeds but I did notice on my last trip I would feel 'nut overload' after having them a few days in a row and would just intuitively skip them for a day or two. I also switched back to wire earphones a little while ago. Sounds like we are on the same page!
Macadamia nuts have the lowest oxalate content.
Oh good, they are my favourite 🤗
With the long haul flights I was taking every year from Brisbane to Spain for twelve years, I found it worth the financial hit of flying business class. I still rarely slept more than a handfulof hours, but still felt far better after the flights.
In 1980 I flew out of Perth to Sydney at about 11pm. I smoked fat number before entering the Airport and consequently felt asleep as the plane was levelling from take off and awoke just before touch down. With the time difference it was magnificent, like getting a full nights sleep, and to top it off they served breakfast at Sydney Airport.
The authoritarian thuggery one gets exposed to going through airports nowadays, the idea of going through that whilst stoned is considerably less than appealing.
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Totally agree, especially about oxalates. I was having issues like lumps on the eyes (like a style but worse), not absorbing calcium, pain in soft tissue, nose bleeds. Finally found out that I had oxalate poisoning. Wow, that was a rabbit hole worth going down. For someone who thought that I always had a "healthy" diet, plenty of veggies, nuts, seeds, spinach, etc etc and no junk food, it was quite a shock to discover. Sally Norton is quite an authority on oxalates, you will find her on YT. I have been slowly getting rid of these horrible things, hidden in lots of parts of our body. Pain arthritis and chronic fatigue, even dementia caused by them, and lots of other conditions. Well worth a deep dive.
Wow Rebekah, sounds like you have a really full schedule with pain prevention / alleviation, but all the other things you do seem like good common sense - minus the silly yoga, but if it works for you...
I did want to add my two cents to everyone - anyone - that although I was very late to the party now in my seventh decade, because of ignorant if not anti hormonal physicians I am now on BIOIDENTICAL hormone replacement therapy - and boy what a night and day difference when you get this particular therapy from a provider who really knows their natural hormone therapy! NOT synthetic mind you - but it is critical that (nearly) everyone , women in their 40s plus, men in their 50s plus look into this "miracle" - BIOIDENTICAL (BHRT)
It's NOT a silver bullet nor panacea but advantages are many including cancer and cardiovascular disease, etc.
reductions! And life extension! Woo-hoo!
Do look into this Rebekah, as well as make sure you are using a homeopathic if not a holistic alternative physician, a naturopath at the very least.
God bless you young lady!
I was very surprised to hear Marty Makary sing the praises of HRT in interviews for his new book, Blind Spots, so will certainly look into it.
This is lovely. Thank you for writing it.
I have enormous problems with cramping in my thighs after a flight. So now I supplement before and after the flight with an adrenal cocktail of potassium, sodium, and vitamin C:
https://www.amazon.com/Jigsaw-Health-Cocktail-Wholefood-Potasium/dp/B075FCF3H4
The company also makes it in travel packets and capsules:
https://www.jigsawhealth.com/products/adrenal-cocktail-wholefood-vitamin-c
Thanks Toby, *adds to cart*
Rebekah Im so sorry you suffer such pain. But I salute your courage and your can-do attitude! I have sciatica in my hip, and went on a 3 day road trip through France and Spain this summer to go to my parents' villa. I then had the 3 days in the car going home.. What saved me was my portable LED Near infra red and red light therapy panel, which I always travel with. I sit on it (!) each night. Transformational for pain and inflammation of any kind. It's the size of a book and plugs into the mains. I got mine from BlockBlueLight.co.uk. I have a much bigger panel at home. Also would you consider trying carnivore? As I'm sure you know, It's the most extreme form of keto and thus the most anti inflammatory diet you can do. Weirdly you are never hungry on it. Cures all sorts of conditions (not sure what yoir condition is). Finally I have bought an altitude trainer Denali MAG 30 from Higher Peak. I suggest you look up Arkadi Prokopov and his book "Curing Lymes" by surfing the oxygen waves - he is a Russian scientist who developed the IHHT (Intermittent hypoxia and hyperoxia Therapy) protocol which has had EXTRAORDINARY results for all sorts of chronic conditions. I havent started yet (and the machine wasn't cheap) but I am confident it will be a game changer in my own health battles. Good luck! God Bless x
Thanks for the tips Caroline. I did try carnivore, it was a disaster 🤣 https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/7-days-on-the-carnivore-diet However I've worked out what works best in my body and it's basically just LCHF.
Rebekah, you absolutely need more than 7 days on carnivore! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My first 4 weeks were crap.... literally 🤣🤣
I hated it so so so so much
Ok forget Carnivore but get the Arkadi Prokopov book and have a read. It will blow your mind - IHHT rejuvenates your mitochondria, and disfunctional mitochondria is at the root of most chronic diseases
I second the redlight panel suggestion. We have a large panel for home use, yet to buy a portable one for travel but it's on the Xmas list. I also love the amber beacon lights from https://www.blockbluelight.com.au/collections/sleep-enhancing-lighting. I always travel with them, so I don't get irradiated by LEDs in hotel rooms.
Hey Caroline I followed the link you gave for IR portable panel, but they onky seem to sell blue light blockers. Did you make a mistake?
Firstly, Rebekah, please review the abundant proof that viruses are not something that you need to worry about - perhaps even organise an interview with one of the many researchers who have dived deeply into this reality. Secondly, please try protecting yourself/ avoiding as much as you can, EMFs. They are extremely disruptive to human health and well being. I speak from experience, my own and that of people I know.
Chronic pain is a difficult one. Depending on the cause it appears to be different for each person. After surviving a near life ending accident, learning to walk again, dealing various injuries especially cervical & lumber spine injuries, etc. I've found the game changer for me was getting onto a CBD oil trial program. Not easy in Australia with the TGA's requirements and expensive. But it has overtime practically wiped out the need for other pain medications. Also working in conjunction with other treatment such as physio when required, castor oil compresses, heat packs, weight training and exercise, rest, meditation, etc and a ketogenic based diet helps a great deal in reducing inflammation and pain. Reading fairly in depth publications on DMSO blends and treatment now it also looks promising to add to the kit to reduce pain and inflammation.
Healing with DMSo - Amandha Vollmer, DMSO Nature's Healer - Dr. Morton Walker and The DMSO Handbook - Hermit P.A. Fischer.
Wow that's full on you had to learn to walk again! The dominant theme in these comments is DMSO so I'll be looking into that for sure.
Sorry to hear about your chronic pain and fatigue. I can't imagine how deliberating and energy sapping that must be - physically, mentally and emotionally (not getting angry or sad about it or feeling sorry for yourself). Anyway, it appears you are tackling the problem consciously and there is this will and intention to do better and I know that this will work out eventually - just keep your eyes on the ball.
Here are a few things I found incredibly helpful and that I do regularly to maintain healthy and in good spirits (apologies if I repeat myself with some of them). I keep it short:
Preventive dose of almost daily MMS drops (Chlorine Dioxide, one of the most amazing oxidizers of all nasty things in our bodies),
Regular Coffee enemas (Fantastic detox, super-relaxing and great mental clarity - great before spiritual practice, has only a fraction of caffeine uptake and almost opposite effect on the body than drinking it),
Topical DMSO of problem areas (sometimes mixed with MMS),
Micro dosing LSD (for heart connection and wisdom - the captain of the ship that regulates everything else),
vaping (herb vaporizer) regular but small amounts of marijuana - a double edged sword - great for the body but can increase paranoia),
and about five to six other drugs in small amounts on demand when requested by LSD - not kidding).
I sometimes use drugs recreational but most of them in medical quantities and all of them "bad drugs" are amazing for specific purposes and used in a spiritual context with wisdom - these are super-sharp very precise incredible powerful substances I would never "recommend" to anyone unless they got a spiritual calling to do so. They are equally used by dark forces so self-knowledge is crucial.
Lately, thanks to the midwestern doctor's, I started with regular aspirin (100 to 200 mg day) and I am blown away how good they do me. The most noticeable change is that they make me thirsty and I drink much more (I hardly drank water for decades - maybe one to two glasses a day because drinking more didn't work for me (I tried several times but I felt my body does not absorb it and it just runs through it). Now I really enjoy drinking water and drink at least three times as much as before and it feels good. The aspirin definitely brings my energy levels up, apart from the many other health benefits described in the article.
For specific problems I go to herbpathy.com , an amazing website that has any known herb (it seems) listed and seach for the problem and symptoms (e.g. from headache or cold to specific cancers) and read through the herbs recommended. I then make my own herb tinctures - very easy - and take that herb for a while - with great success. Herbs are incredible holistic and powerful as tincture and much better medicine than the pharmaceuticals that only extract the so-called "active ingredient", disregarding the rest of the plant. But all ingredients are needed for powerful, safe and side-effect free healing.
It involves time, but except for blood tests, I haven't seen a doctor in well over 20 years now and I am not planning to see one unless for life-saving operations. That they can do well.
Good luck and keep on trying - there is a cause to this - and if you are curious enough you will find it. Sometimes it takes decades though. And remember to look on all levels - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic.
I have MMS but had not been brave enough to use it! Thanks for mentioning that website, I think you mentioned it once before but I forgot to bookmark it - doing now!
Regarding MMS get Jim Humble's book that has all protocols and lots if fascinating stories. If you don't want to spend the money, google "MMS protocols" and scroll down past the 20 to 30 fear-mongering and outright lying articles about MMS (my 3rd Substack ever written covers the smearing of MMS, and if you are lucky you still find proper MMS protocols. The fact that you are scared of it shows that their propaganda works. There is nothing to be scared off if you get the dosage right as with any potent medicine. But even if you make a mistake, all you end up is with a strong Herzheimer reaction and a horrible day of feeling sick and vomiting and will be fine again the day after. You won't die - no-one ever did. Just get the book and follow it and a lot of blessings will follow. It is not a miracle cure either - the mechanism are scientific and well understood. It is simply the perfect oxidation agent kown to mankind and for $50 a year you get amazing benefits if used regularly. This stuff is the biggest profit killer for big pharma and they know it - hence the relentless smear campaigns from day one. If you think Ivermectin was bad, you dont know about MMS. Get pear juice (no vitamine C) to eliminate the bad taste. And you can always PM me for advice. I have been taking it for over ten years now and not one bad experience- only good. If I only were allowed one medicine or for the rest of my life, that would be it. (Still trialing DMSO (very expensive now unfortunately) and aspirin. If I were allowed only one drug it would be a very tough choice between LSD (for microdosing) and coffee (for enemas) and I enjoy and benefit from a very wide range of drugs for low-dose medical purposes.
I have had good results from DMSO. Also ivermectin and Fenbendazole are anti parasitic medicine that are very safe and very effective. Many people have parasites that cause pain, swelling, infection and cancer.
Sorry to hear, Rebekah. I had chronic fatigue at one point. Did an FMT for other reasons (coincidentally at the clinic owned by the legend that is Dr Borody), and I lost weight and lost the chronic fatigue. Maybe something ain't right with your microbiome?
How interesting, I’ve heard of those but never knew anyone who’d had one! What made you decide to try that, specifically?
Well I had one, and yes it is gross, haha. Those benefits were tangential, but great! Also didn't get sick for a long time afterwards. I did it primarily to see if I could resolve my minor eczema. Didn't help for that (did hear it worked for others so maybe it was just the wrong donor), but the other benefits blew me away. So much we have to learn about the microbiome.
So sorry to snyone who has chronic pain. Horrible to deal with. As an old retired chook of a nurse who has witnessed many with intractable, debilitating head pain, due to migraine, I bear witness to the FACT that the discovery of "Sumatriptan" was a massive breakthrough and has transformed people's lives.
Although contraindicated in peeps with cardiovascular disease, it has been proven so successful, it is available across the counter in Britain.
Without doubt, Sumatriptan is life changing for former migraine sufferers, and proves the condition is physiological - not neurosis.
I do wonder Rebekah if your facial pain may in some way be also related as well - but perhaps involves other receptors?
This has a good summary of Sumatriptan's discovery & other consequent triptans
https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01097.x
Thanks for sharing.
It's great to discuss health and longevity topics :)
I am curious though. What do you think are the root causes underneath the "lifestyle, mindset and diet"?
Mindset, I get it.
What exactly regarding lifestyle (other than mindset) and diet do you think are the causes for the inflammation?
Lifestyle — encompasses all environmental surrounds, such as,
- quality, cleanliness and purity of living pace and surrounds
- clean water
- exposure to sunlight
- clean air + anything we inhale
- food & beveridge choices, and,
- types of daily movement
Old Prof I used to work with, said that health rests with the food we eat, which in turn, MORE importantly feeds the gut. Foods, such as sugars, flour, and foods from packaging or bottles, and some medications, such as antibiotics, cause imbalance of gut microbes, causing depletion of friendly microbes, with overgrowth of damaging microbes; alcohol and cigarettes also enhance the damage as well. He effectively described that gut imbalance (the master criminals being sugar and flour and some medications)) allow micro-opeings between the cells of the gut wall which is normally prevented by healthy bacteria, thus allowing materials present in the gut, to leak into the blood causing irritation of the blood vessels and at times, depending where "debris" delivered, to organs as well.
The immune system initiates fluid retention in attempts to dilute the circulating toxin/s which irritate blood vessels and organs on entry
Prof taught / described what was termed decades later as "leaky gut syndrome".
I enjoy following you on Substack. I am empathetic to your discomfort and the routines you use to maximize your comfort when traveling. I am blessed that I have good health, with some minor exceptions, and was impressed by all the suggestions from other followers in this thread. I like to listen to podcasts and audible while I commute to my jobs, sometimes an hour of driving at a time. Several of the comments I’ve read here bring to mind books I’ve listened to, most notably “Energy Medicine” by Donna Eden and “PEMF - The fifth element of health” by Bryant A. Meyers. Both of these are quite enlightening and might be something you’d find interesting if not helpful to fine tune your travel routine and improve your overall health. Take care of yourself and stay safe.
Okay, never in our many years of friendship have I ever been PROUDER that you actually used my life motto! You can borrow my compression stockings. I layer them with leggings. They work a charm!
Advice for life 🙌🏻
Oh just read your post on your week on carnivore 😲 no wonder you stopped!
😜 horrendous