Prayer requested for Jim Robinson

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Prayer Request for Jim Robinson
Original post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1995434/posts?page=1

 

Sorry about being gone all day yesterday. I was at the VA hospital where a team of doctors and cardiovascular surgeons were examining my legs and trying to come up with a treatment plan for the circulatory problem I've been fighting for the last several years. The good news is they think they can save my legs! Hurrah!

And I will probably be out most of today too. I'm going back to the VA this morning for some sonogram tests. More on that on another thread later. By the way, I was really impressed with the professionalism, courtesy, concern, care and respect the VA staff gives to our veterans. These people are great!

 

 

[freema]

Silvadene has worked wonders on some of our issues. There’s another creme (it is really a gel) called Regranex that regenerates new skin growth. We used it in one instance when gangrenous tissue was removed - which took a podiatrist a long time literally whittling away at it bit by bit. I wonder if that was what your Dad used. It was a miracle medicine, and VERY expensive...like $400 for a tube that more than half as small as a travel tube of toothpaste.

We’re struggling now with an ulcer issue again, though, but I have not been impressed with this round of Wound Care specialists, unfortunately.

We tried a new skin graft, called the apligraf. http://www.apligraf.com/ It looked like it was going to work, but it didn’t.

[freema]

Bump that!!

[A knight without armor]

Jim is on my prayer list.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, USMC Brat. Guess I am in for an education. don’t even know what an A1c is, much less what mine would be. The only things I’ve learned so far is how to do a blood sugar test and to stay away from sugar and fatty foods.

[USMC Brat]

Looks like you've been through quite a long ordeal of varying therapies to get things resolved. I'm sorry you're going through such a difficult time.

This evening I visited with my Dad and he gave me his treatment notes about his wound care. He has always maintained very meticulous notes concerning his healthcare. These details are in Dad's words. Hopefully his notes will offer some new ideas that you may want to discuss with your doctors.

6/2001 VAMC-KC. Prescribed Cam Walker (boot) to address pain in achilles tendon, suspected torn. Surgery was abated due to leg vein used for triple by-pass heart surgery. Believed tendon would heal on its own with immobility.

Continued to wear the Cam Walker daily until a small wound developed (which looked like a pressure sore) just above the R Ankle, first noticed 5/04.

7/8/04: VAMC-KC Wound Clinic. Ulcerated wound size, 1/2 of a collar button, treated w/Betadine.

8/2 & 8/12/04: VAMC-KC Wound Clinic. Wound larger, treated with Aquacel.

9/3/04: VAMC-KC Same Day Clinic (Urgent Care). Wound much larger (about the size of a quarter) and infected. Prescribed Cephalexin 500mg, QID x 10 days and bandaged with Restore CX dressing.

9/9/04: Treated with Aquacel while in SICU, after pacemaker implant.

9/13/04: VAMC-KC Wound Clinic. Dr McAnaw prescribed Amoxicillin 875/Clav K 125mg Tab (augmentin) BID x 7 days. Said Cephalexin did not work on me. Also prescribed Bacitracin 500/Polymyxin 1000U/GM PWD and Collagenase 250 UNT/GM TOP OINT, for treatment of wound. Shown how to treat and change dressing daily. Weekly follow-ups. Referred to the Vascular Clinic for consultation.

10/6/04 VAMC-KC Vascular Clinic. Dr Cherian w/PA Rita Boswell, diagnosis: Venous Stasis dermatitis with a 1.7cm venous stasis ulcer. Recommended 2 weeks in hospital, on antibiotics with leg elevated for a skin graft, beginning 10/18/04. (Cancelled on 10/13 and 10/14 after seeing Dr. Stephens at Hyperbaric Wound Center.)

10/13/04 St. Joseph Hosp, Hyperbaric Wound Center. Dr Thad Stephens has had good success in treating wounds of this kind on an out-patient basis. Prescribed Cipro XR 500mg x 7 days and pain meds. Treated with Aquacel-Silver and a 4-ply compression wrap from mid-foot to just below knee. Told to keep leg elevated whenever possible. Weekly follow-ups. Referred to Dr.Chu for consultation regarding Venous Stasis condition.

10/21/04: Wound smaller and healing. Area numbed and debrided. Treated with Aquacel-Silver and 4-ply compression wrap again. Continue elevating leg. OK'd to use exercise bike for 15 min sessions.

10/27 thru 11/29/04: Weekly follow-ups with same treatment and instructions until healed on 11/29/04.

10/27/04: Surgical Consultants of KC (and) Laser Vein Center of KC. Dr Peter Y Chu did an Ultrasound of all veins in both legs, in addition to examining the varicose veins leading to the ulcerated wound. The Greater Saphenous vein in the R Leg was diseased causing significant reflux. He recommended Endoluminal Laser Ablation of the Saphenous vein (ELAS) to help heal the present ulcer, reduce pain and to prevent reoccurrences. Procedure scheduled for 11/30/04.
NOTE: Ultrasound revealed that my Blood Clots in 4/02 and 10/03 were in Superficial Veins only, and not DVT's.

11/30/04: Dr. Chu performed the ELAS procedure, ablating the Right Greater Saphenous vein. Then, a 4-ply compression wrap was put on the entire leg. Prescribed Levaquin 500mg X 2 days, and pain meds, Lortab 5 Tab. Was encouraged to walk and resume normal activities as much as possible.

12/3/04: Compression wrap removed. Right leg veins were checked with ultrasound. Fitted with a thigh-high chap style compression stocking. Instructed to wear it constantly for 7 days. After that time, allowed to remove it at night for sleeping and for bathing.

12/17/04: Leg checked with ultrasound. Compression stocking no longer required.

1/5/05: Dr. Chu ligated 3 perforator veins which were still causing reflux. A compression wrap was put on from mid-foot to below the knee, to be removed 1/8. 1/20: Leg checked with ultrasound.

2/8/05: Dr. Chu closed a smaller perforator vein with a Sclerotherapy injection. Instructed to wear a knee-high compression stocking as much as possible for 2 weeks. 3/1: Leg checked with ultrasound. Released from current treatment. To return in 6 months for a follow-up examination.

9/8/05: Examined with ultrasound equipment. Advised to wear knee-high compression stockings when I feel swelling and when traveling. Released from treatment.

11/29/05: VAMC,KC,Mo, Cardiology. Dr. Gupta read these treatment notes, looked at my leg, and said the results of the ELAS procedure was very impressive.

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Dad adds that a wealth of information can be found at http://medlineplus.gov/ and http://pdrhealth.com/home/home.aspx

[USMC Brat]

JimRob, you are indeed in for an education.

Since your MD has told you that you have Type-1 Diabetes, and proceeded with insulin therapy, I'm very surprised s/he didn't explain the A1c test to you and/or tell you what yours is. That's information you need to know. Usually the first out-of-range A1c is followed with a new A1c to confirm results. Some people will have a out-of-range depending on what time they last ate a meal in relation to the test.

The A1c blood test (a/k/a glycated hemoglobin or HbA1c) shows a 90-day Average Blood Glucose. This test is performed after a 12-14 hour fasting period... nothing to eat or drink except water for that period of time. A non-diabetic will have an A1c of 4% to 6%, a pre-diabetic is above 6% and below 7%, a diabetic A1c is +7%.

Blood glucose monitor readings in a Non-diabetic never exceeds 100, whether fasting or two-hours after meal. In a diabetic (with controlled diabetes) the fasting -before meal- reading will be between 70 and 120; Two-hours after a meal the reading will be between 90 and 150.

Most Blood Glucose Monitors now have the "Average" feature, which will help you determine what your approximate Blood Glucose (BG) level is. The average will change every time you take a new reading. Many meters also allow the user to "Mark" the reading "Before Meal" or "After Meal", plus additional details such as "Mild Exercise" "Hard Exercise" "Illness", etc.

Most people when first diagnosed are required to take their blood glucose readings 4 times daily and write them down. First is right when you wake up before anything by mouth; Second is 2-Hours AFTER breakfast; Third is just BEFORE lunch or dinner; Fourth is at bed-time (at least 2 hours after eating and marked accordingly). The memory on Monitors will only hold between 30 and 60 readings, it helps the MD to see all of them in making decisions about medications. (My written records is how my MD determined I was dangerously over-medicated during my first 3 months, -A1c went from 10.4 down to 4.6 with a 36-pound weight-loss - and two meds were eliminated.)

As I learned from my own Diabetes Educator, I recommend all patients in my classes to ask for and maintain all Lab Results. Insist on having a copy for your own records so that you can see/monitor your changes. Take your Lab Records with you to any new doctor appts.

Yes you will need to avoid/greatly limit refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup, it's important to understand that all food is sugar. Our body will metabolize all foods into one or more of several different sugars. Safe alternatives for sugar are Stevia, Sweet-n-Low (the PINK pack), and Xylotol. Stevia is from a green plant, all natural with health promoting benefits.

Avoid also "bleached" and "enriched" white flour. The bleaching process leaves behind a toxin called "Alloxan", as well as stripping all nutritional value from the whole grain. This is why it's "enriched", to add some chemical nutrients back to the bleached flour that were destroyed in processing. It's far better to stick with 100% Whole Grains, read the label and look for the first ingredient to say "100% Whole (any grain)".

White and Red Potatos (carbs) need to be limited to one 4-inch potato per week, preferably with skin. They are among the highest on the glycemic index. They are very quickly metabolized into sugar, it's like eating pure sugar. As a test, take a small boiled potato and mash it up, then add some sugar to it... it quickly dissolves into liquid. Sweet Potatos also need to be limited, but they are more fiberous and similar to squash.

I've likely given you more information than you ever wanted in one sitting, but it's all important. If you'd like me to share my daily supplement regimin, which has impressed my MD by my success, just say the word.

Hang in there Jim. Prayers are with you! {{HUGS}}

[JDoutrider]

Jim,

I found out that the type 2 diabetes I've been treating with oral meds has progressed into type-1...

My A1c has climbed from 6.7 to 10.5... Looks like both us are going to go the injection route. UNGH! I hate needles! We're both in the same boat! Geeez! Are we related??? I haven't started the injections yet, going to try to do everything I can to get that A1c down again!

The Docs told me that there is newer injection medicine that you use once a day... taken at night... Sounds WAY better than the multiple injection routine!

Keep me posted on what they do with you on this problem, I'll do the same.

[freema]

This is marvelous! Thank you both!

I was right to not be impressed with our current Wound Care. Haven’t seen several of those meds, yet.

Glad to see he took notes....

[Kitty Mittens]

Continuing in Prayer Several Times a Day and when I Awaken in the Night. Joining with Everyone Here in Looking for Christ's Mercies, Healing, and Sustaining Grace.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you all very much for your prayers. Spent the entire afternoon today at the VA. Looks like the treatment they’ve been giving me is not working and my left leg is getting worse rather than better. The doctor has put a hold on the una boots and has ordered more tests, including a CT scan and lymphoscintigraphy. Will know more after the tests later this week.
Jim

[JustAmy]

Jim ... you are in my prayers. Praying that the new set of tests will give them the answers they need. Also praying that the test results will provide a diagnosis of something simple to treat.

Take care of yourself.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

FROM AN EMAIL...some of this makes a lot of sense.

Good, simple, healthy advice.  We have become too accustom to convenience

foods, full of chemicals and preservatives, loaded with sugar and bad oils. 

I hope this can help bring you and those you care about to good health.

 

There are some important links at the bottom including a food chart. 

There is no Disease

by Robert O.
Young

Disease names like diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and
misinform patients about disease prevention.

There is a curious tendency in conventional medicine to name a
set of symptoms a disease. I was recently at a compounding
pharmacy having my bone mineral density measured to update
my health stats. I spotted a poster touting a new drug for
osteoporosis. It was written by a drug company and it said exactly
this: 'Osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak and fragile bones.'
Then, the poster went on to say that you need a particular drug to
counteract this 'disease.'

Yet the language is all backwards. Osteoporosis isn't a disease that
causes weak bones, osteoporosis is the name given to a diagnosis
of weak bones. In other words, the weak bones are the result of
excess acidity, and then the diagnosis of osteoporosis followed.
 
The drug poster makes it sound like osteoporosis strikes first, and
then you get weak bones. The cause and effect is all backwards. And
that's how drug companies want people to think about diseases and
symptoms: first you 'get' the disease, and then you are 'diagnosed'
just in time to take a new drug for the rest of your life.

But it's all hogwash. There is no such disease as osteoporosis. It's just
a made-up name given to a pattern of symptoms that indicate you are
over-acid which causes your bones to get fragile.

As another example, when a person follows an unhealthy lifestyle that
results in a symptom such as high blood pressure, that symptom is
actually being assumed to be a disease all by itself and it will be given
a disease name. What disease? The disease is, of course, 'high blood
pressure.' Doctors throw this phrase around as if it were an actual
disease and not merely descriptive of patient physiology.

This may all seem silly, right? But there's actually a very important
point to all this.

When we look at symptoms and give them disease names, we
automatically distort the selection of available treatments for such
a disease. If the disease is, by itself, high cholesterol, then the cure
for the disease must be nothing other than lowering the high
cholesterol. And that's how we end up with all these
pharmaceuticals treating high cholesterol in order to 'prevent' this
disease and lower the levels of LDL cholesterol in the human patient.
By lowering only the cholesterol, the doctor can rest assured that
he is, in fact, treating this 'disease,' since the definition of this
'disease' is high cholesterol and nothing else.

But there is a fatal flaw in this approach to disease treatment: the
symptom is not the cause of the disease. There is another cause,
and this deeper cause is routinely ignored by conventional medicine,
doctors, drug companies, and even patients.

Let's take a closer look at high blood pressure. What actually
causes high blood pressure? Many doctors would say high blood
pressure is caused by a specific, measurable interaction between
circulating chemicals in the human body. Thus, the ill-behaved
chemical compounds are the cause of the high blood pressure,
and therefore the solution is to regulate these chemicals. That's
exactly what pharmaceuticals do -- they attempt to manipulate
the chemicals in the body to adjust the symptoms of high blood
pressure. Thus, they only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

Or take a look at high cholesterol. The conventional medicine
approach says that high cholesterol is caused by a chemical
imbalance in the liver, which is the organ that produces cholesterol.
Thus the treatment for high cholesterol is a prescription drug that
inhibits the liver's production of cholesterol (statin drugs). Upon
taking these drugs, the high cholesterol (the 'disease') is regulated,
but what was causing the liver to overproduce cholesterol in the
first place? That causative factor remains ignored.
 
The root cause of high cholesterol, as it turns out, is primarily
an over acidic diet. A person who eats foods that are acidic will
inevitably cause the body to go into preservation mode and
produce more cholesterol to neutralize the excess acid thus
showing the symptoms of this so-called disease of high cholesterol.
Its simple cause and effect. Eat the wrong foods, and you'll
produce too much acid which will cause the body to release
cholesterol from the liver to bind up that acid which can be
detected and diagnosed by conventional medical procedures. 

You see it is not the cholesterol that is bad it is the acid producing
food we eat that is bad.  Reduce the acid producing foods like beef,
chicken, pork, dairy, coffee, tea, soda pops, etc and you will reduce
the protective cholesterol that is saving your life from excess acid
foods.

Yet the root cause of all this is actually poor food choice, not some
bizarre behavior by the liver. If the disease were to be accurately
named, then, it would be called Acidic Food Choice Disease, or
simply AFCD.

AFCD would be a far more accurate name that would make sense
to people. If it's an acidic foods choice disease, then it seems that
the obvious solution to the disease would be to choose foods that
aren't so acidic. Of course that may be a bit of simplification since
you have to distinguish between healthy alkaline foods and unhealthy
acidic foods. But at least the name AFCD gives patients a better idea
of what's actually going on rather than naming the disease after a
symptom, such as high cholesterol. You see, the symptom is not the
disease, but conventional medicine insists on calling the symptom
the disease because that way it can treat the symptom and claim
success without actually addressing the underlying cause, which
remains a mystery to modern medicine.

But let's move on to some other diseases so you get a clearer
picture of how this actually works. Another disease that's caused
by poor acidic food choice is diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the
natural physiological and metabolic result of a person consuming
refined carbohydrates and added sugars in large quantities,
undigested proteins from beef, chicken, and pork without
engaging in regular physical exercise that would compensate
for such dietary practices.
 
The name 'diabetes' is meaningless to the average person. The
disease should be called Excessive Acid Disease, or EAD. If it
were called Excessive Acid Disease, the solution to it would be
rather apparent; simply eat less sugar, eliminate all animal
proteins, eggs, dairy, drink fewer soft drinks and so on. But of
course that would be far too simple for the medical community,
so the disease must be given a complex name such as diabetes
that puts its solution out of reach of the average patient.

Another disease that is named after its symptom is cancer. In
fact, to this day, most doctors and many patients still believe
that cancer is a physical thing: a tumor. In reality, a tumor is
the solution of cancer, not its cause. A tumor is simply a
physical manifestation of bound up acidic cells so they do not
spoil other healthy cells. The tumor is the solution to cells
damaged by acids not the problem.  The truth is cancer is not a
cell but an acidic liquid.  When a person 'has cancer,' what they
really have is a latent tissue acidosis. They are absorbing their
own acidic urine. It that would be a far better name for the disease:
Latent Tissue Acidosis or LTA.

If cancer were actually called Latent Tissue Acidosis, it would seem
ridiculous to try to cure cancer by cutting out tumors through surgery
and by destroying the immune system with chemotherapy. And yet
these are precisely the most popular treatments for cancer offered
by conventional medicine. These treatments do absolutely nothing
to support the patient's immune system and prevent the build up of
acids in the tissues. That's exactly why most people who undergo
chemotherapy or the removal of tumors through surgical
procedures end up with yet more cancer a few months or a few
years later. It's also another reason why survival rates of cancer
have barely budged over the last twenty years. (In other words,
conventional medicine's treatments for cancer simply don't work.)

The main reason is current medical science wrongly perceives cancer
as a cell when in reality cancer is an acidic liquid, like lactic acid.
This whole situation stems from the fact that the disease is
misnamed. It isn't cancer, it isn't a tumor and it certainly isn't a
disease caused by having too strong of an immune system that
needs to be destroyed through chemotherapy. It is simply latent
tissue acidosis. And if it were called latent tissue acidosis disease
or urine in the tissues, the effective treatment for cancer would be
apparent.

There are many other diseases that are given misleading names
by western medicine. But if you look around the world and take a
look at how diseases are named elsewhere, you will find many
countries have disease names that actually make sense.

For example, in Chinese medicine, Alzheimer's disease is given
a name that means, when translated, 'feeble mind disease.' In
Chinese medicine, the name of the disease more accurately
describes the actual cause of the disease which is caused by
acids or urine on the brain, whereas in western medicine, the
name of the disease seems to be intended to obscure the root
cause of the disease, thereby making all diseases sound far
more complex and mysterious than they really are.

This is one way in which doctors and practitioners of western
medicine keep medical treatments out of the reach of the average
citizen. Because, by God, they sure don't want people thinking for
themselves about the causes of disease!

By creating a whole new vocabulary for medical conditions, they
can speak their own secret language and make sure that people
who aren't schooled in medicine don't understand what they're
saying.

That's a shame, because the treatments and cures for virtually all
chronic diseases are actually quite simple and can be described in
plain language, such as making different alkaline food choices,
getting more natural sunlight, drinking more alkaline water,
engaging in regular physical exercise, avoiding specific acidic
foods, supplementing your diet with green foods and green
drinks and alkalizing nutritional supplements and so on.

See, western medicine prefers to describe diseases in terms of
chemistry. When you're depressed, you aren't suffering from a
lack of natural sunlight; you are suffering from a 'brain chemistry
imbalance' that can only be regulated, they claim, by ingesting toxic
chemicals to alter your brain chemistry. When your bones are brittle,
it's not acidic brittle bones disease; it's called osteoporosis,
something that sounds very technical and complicated. And to treat
it, western doctors and physicians will give you prescriptions for
expensive drugs that somehow claim to make your bones less brittle.
But in fact, the real treatment for this can be described in plain
language once again: regular physical exercise, vitamin D
supplementation, mineral supplements that include calcium and
strontium, natural sunlight, and avoidance of acidic foods such as
soft drinks, white flour and added sugars.

In fact, virtually every disease that's prominent in modern society
-- diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, clinical depression,
irritable bowel syndrome and so on -- can be easily described in
plain language without using complex terms at all. These diseases
are simply misnamed. And I believe that they are intentionally
misnamed to put the jargon out of reach of everyday citizens.
As a result, there's a great deal of arrogance in the language of
western medicine, and this arrogance furthers the language of
separation. Separation never results in healing. In order to effect
healing, we must bring together the language of healers and
patients using plain language that real people understand and that
real people can act upon.

We need to start describing diseases in terms of their root causes,
not in terms of their arcane, biochemical actions. When someone
suffers from seasonal affective disorder or clinical depression,
for example, let's call it what it is: Sunlight Deficiency Disorder.
To treat it, the person simply needs to get more sunlight. This
isn't rocket science, it's not complex, and it doesn't require a
prescription.

If someone is suffering from osteoporosis, let's get realistic about
the words we use to describe the condition: it's really Acidic Bones
Disease. And it should be treated with things that will enhance
bone density, such as nutrition, physical exercise and avoidance
of acidic foods and drinks that strip away bone mass from the
human body to neutralize the excess acids in the blood and tissues.

All of this information, of course, is rather shocking to old-school
doctors and practitioners of western medicine, and the bigger their
egos are, the more they hate the idea of naming diseases in plain
language that patients can actually comprehend. That's because if
the simple truths about diseases and their causes were known,
health would be more readily available to everyday people, and
that would lessen the importance of physicians and medical
researchers.

There's a great deal of ego invested in the medical community,
and they sure don't want to make sound health attainable to the
average person without their expert advice. Doctors all want to
serve as the translators of 'truth' and will balk at any attempts
to educate the public to either practice medicine on their own.
But in reality, health (and a connection with spirit) is attainable
by every single person. Health is easy, it is straightforward, it is
direct and, for the most part, it is available free of charge.

A personal connection with our Creator is the same if we ask
humbly in prayer for a relationship with Him, and guidance.
Don't believe the names of diseases given to you by your doctor.
Those names are designed to obscure, not to inform. They are
designed to separate you from self-healing, not to put you in
touch with your own inner healer. And thus, they are nothing
more than bad medicine masquerading as modern medical
practice.
 

 

Dr. Young wrote a book called 'The pH Miracle' is has everything in it that
you are wanting to know.  You can find it at any bookstore and even Target
and Wal-mart have carried it I believe in the past.

Here is his official website:  http://www.phmiracleliving.com/       http://www.thephmiracle.us/

 

 

 

ph Article  http://www.sweetpoison.com/ph-articles.html

 

pH Balance:

pH Balance InformationDietary Recommendations
• pH Articles
• Dr. Hull's pH Balance Test Kit

 

 

 

You can obtain a list of foods from this URL:  http://acidalkalinediet.com/  

The chart is better at this link than how it appears below.   http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/Alkaline-Foods-Chart.htm

Although the chart includes Soy, I would avoid SOY in any form!

Alkaline Foods Chart                                                Hacid Macid Lacid Lalk Malk Halk

Food Category	Food	Rating <-- highly acidic -- highly alkaline -->
Breads	Corn Tortillas		x
Breads	Rye bread			x
Breads	Sourdough bread		x
Breads	White biscuit			x
Breads	White bread		x
Breads	Whole-grain bread			x
Breads	Whole-meal bread			x
Condiments	Ketchup		x
Condiments	Mayonnaise		x
Condiments	Miso		x
Condiments	Mustard		x
Condiments	Soy sauce		x
Dairy	Buttermilk				x
Dairy	Cheese (all varieties, from all milks)		x
Dairy	Cream			x
Dairy	Egg whites		x
Dairy	Eggs (whole)		x
Dairy	Homogenized milk			x
Dairy	Milk (not pasteurized)			x
Dairy	Milk (pasteurized)		x
Dairy	Paneer (cheese)		x
Dairy	Quark		x
Dairy	Yoghurt (sweetened)		x
Dairy	Yoghurt (unsweetened)			x
Beverages & Drinks	Beer	x
Beverages & Drinks	Coffee	x
Beverages & Drinks	Coffee substitue drinks			x
Beverages & Drinks	Fruit juice (natural)			x
Beverages & Drinks	Fruit juice (sweetened)	x
Beverages & Drinks	Liquor	x
Beverages & Drinks	Soda/Pop		x
Beverages & Drinks	Tea (black)	x
Beverages & Drinks	Tea (herbal, green)				x
Beverages & Drinks	Water (Fiji, Hawaiian, Evian)				x
Beverages & Drinks	Water (sparkling)		x
Beverages & Drinks	Water (spring)			x
Beverages & Drinks	Wine		x
Fats & Oils	Borage oil				x
Fats & Oils	Butter			x
Fats & Oils	Coconut Oil (raw)				x
Fats & Oils	Cod liver oil			x
Fats & Oils	Corn oil			x
Fats & Oils	Evening Primrose oil				x
Fats & Oils	Flax seed oil				x
Fats & Oils	Margarine			x
Fats & Oils	Marine lipids				x
Fats & Oils	Olive Oil				x
Fats & Oils	Sesame oil				x
Fats & Oils	Sunflower oil			x
Fruits	Acai Berry			x
Fruits	Apples			x
Fruits	Apricot			x
Fruits	Apricots			x
Fruits	Apricots (dried)			x
Fruits	Avocado (protein)					x
Fruits	Banana (ripe)		x
Fruits	Banana (unripe)				x
Fruits	Black currant			x
Fruits	Blackberries			x
Fruits	Blueberry			x
Fruits	Cantaloupe			x
Fruits	Cherry, sour				x
Fruits	Cherry, sweet			x
Fruits	Clementines			x
Fruits	Coconut, fresh				x
Fruits	Cranberry			x
Fruits	Currant			x
Fruits	Dates			x
Fruits	Dates (dried)			x
Fruits	Fig juice powder			x
Fruits	Figs (dried)				x
Fruits	Figs (raw)				x
Fruits	Fresh lemon				x
Fruits	Goji berries			x
Fruits	Gooseberry, ripe			x
Fruits	Grapefruit			x
Fruits	Grapes (ripe)			x
Fruits	Italian plum			x
Fruits	Limes				x
Fruits	Mandarin orange		x
Fruits	Mango			x
Fruits	Nectarine			x
Fruits	Orange			x
Fruits	Papaya			x
Fruits	Peach			x
Fruits	Pear			x
Fruits	Pineapple		x
Fruits	Pomegranate		x
Fruits	Rasberry		x
Fruits	Red currant			x
Fruits	Rose hips		x
Fruits	Strawberries			x
Fruits	Strawberry			x
Fruits	Tangerine			x
Fruits	Tomato					x
Fruits	Watermelon			x
Fruits	Yellow plum			x
Grains & Legumes	Basmati rice			x
Grains & Legumes	Brown rice		x
Grains & Legumes	Buckwheat				x
Grains & Legumes	Bulgar wheat			x
Grains & Legumes	Couscous			x
Grains & Legumes	Granulated soy (cooked, ground)					x
Grains & Legumes	kamut				x
Grains & Legumes	Lentils				x
Grains & Legumes	Lima beans					x
Grains & Legumes	Oats			x
Grains & Legumes	Rye bread			x
Grains & Legumes	Soy flour				x
Grains & Legumes	Soy lecithin, pure						x
Grains & Legumes	Soy nuts (soaked soy beans, then dried)						x
Grains & Legumes	Soybeans, fresh					x
Grains & Legumes	Spelt				x
Grains & Legumes	Tofu				x
Grains & Legumes	Wheat		x
Grains & Legumes	white (navy) beans					x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Beef	x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Buffalo		x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Chicken		x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Duck		x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Fresh water fish		x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Liver			x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Ocean fish		x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Organ meats			x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Oysters			x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Pork	x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	sardines (canned)	x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Tuna (canned)	x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Veal	x
Meat, Poultry & Fish	Wild salmon,
Misc	Apple Cider Vinegar			x
Misc	Baking soda					x
Misc	Bee pollen				x
Misc	Canned foods		x
Misc	cereals (like Kelloggs etc)		x
Misc	Hummus			x
Misc	Microwaved foods
Misc	POPCORN			x
Misc	Rice milk			x
Misc	Royal Jelly				x
Misc	Soy Protein Powder			x
Misc	Tempeh			x
Misc	Whey protein powder			x
Nuts	Almond				x
Nuts	Almond butter (raw)				x
Nuts	Brazil nuts			x
Nuts	Cashews			x
Nuts	Filberts			x
Nuts	Hazelnut			x
Nuts	Macadamia nuts (raw)			x
Nuts	Peanut butter (raw, organic)		x
Nuts	Peanuts		x
Nuts	pine nuts (raw)				x
Nuts	Pistachios		x
Nuts	Walnuts			x
Roots	Carrot				x
Roots	Fresh red beet					x
Roots	Kohlrabi				x
Roots	Potatoes				x
Roots	Red radish					x
Roots	Rutabaga				x
Roots	Summer black radish						x
Roots	sweet potatoes			x
Roots	Turnip				x
Roots	White radish (spring)				x
Roots	Yams				x
Seeds	Barley			x
Seeds	Caraway seeds				x
Seeds	Cumin seeds				x
Seeds	Fennel seeds				x
Seeds	Flax seeds			x
Seeds	Pumpkin seeds			x
Seeds	Sesame seeds				x
Seeds	Sunflower seeds			x
Seeds	Wheat Kernel		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Agave nectar			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Alcohol sugars (xylitol and the other sacharides.		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Artificial sweeteners	x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Barley malt syrup			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Beet sugar		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Brown rice syrup			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Chocolates		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Dr. Bronner's barley malt sweetener			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Dried sugar cane juice			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Fructose			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Halva [ground sesame seed sweet]		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Honey			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Maple Syrup			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Milk sugar			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Molasses		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Sugar (white)		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Sugarcane		x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Turbinado sugar			x
Sweets & Sweeteners	Xylitol		x
Vegetables	Alfalfa					x
Vegetables	Alfalfa grass						x
Vegetables	Artichokes				x
Vegetables	Asparagus				x
Vegetables	Aubergine/Egg plant				x
Vegetables	Barley grass						x
Vegetables	Basil				x
Vegetables	Bell peppers/capsicums (all colors)				x
Vegetables	Blue-Green Algae			x
Vegetables	Bok Choy				x
Vegetables	Brussels sprouts				x
Vegetables	Cabbage lettuce, fresh					x
Vegetables	Canned vegetables		x
Vegetables	Cauliflower				x
Vegetables	Cayenne pepper					x
Vegetables	Celery					x
Vegetables	Chives				x
Vegetables	Cilantro					x
Vegetables	Comfrey				x
Vegetables	Cooked vegetables (all kinds)			x
Vegetables	Cucumber, fresh						x
Vegetables	Dandelion						x
Vegetables	Dog grass						x
Vegetables	Endive, fresh					x
Vegetables	French cut (green) beans					x
Vegetables	Frozen vegetables		x
Vegetables	Garlic					x
Vegetables	Ginger					x
Vegetables	Ginseng				x
Vegetables	Green cabbage, (December Harvest)				x
Vegetables	Green cabbage, (March Harvest)				x
Vegetables	Horse radish				x
Vegetables	Jicama						x
Vegetables	Kale						x
Vegetables	Kamut grass						x
Vegetables	Lamb's lettuce				x
Vegetables	Leeks (bulbs)				x
Vegetables	Lettuce				x
Vegetables	Mushrooms		x
Vegetables	Mustard greens				x
Vegetables	Onion				x
Vegetables	Oregano					x
Vegetables	Parsnips				x
Vegetables	Peas, fresh				x
Vegetables	Peas, ripe				x
Vegetables	Peppers				x
Vegetables	Pickled vegetables	x
Vegetables	Pumpkins (raw)				x
Vegetables	Raw onions				x
Vegetables	Red cabbage				x
Vegetables	Rhubarb stalks				x
Vegetables	Savoy Cabbage				x
Vegetables	Sea Vegetables				x
Vegetables	Seaweed (dulse, kelp, laver, etc)				x
Vegetables	Shave grass						x
Vegetables	Sorrel					x
Vegetables	Sourkraut		x
Vegetables	Soy Sprouts						x
Vegetables	Spinach (March harvest)				x
Vegetables	Spinach (other than March)					x
Vegetables	Sprouted seeds (all kinds)						x
Vegetables	Squash (all kinds, raw)				x
Vegetables	Straw grass						x
Vegetables	Thyme				x
Vegetables	Tomatoes (puree)
Vegetables	Tomatoes (raw)				x
Vegetables	Tomatoes (sundried)
Vegetables	Watercress				x
Vegetables	Wheat grass						x
Vegetables	White cabbage				x
Vegetables	Yeast			x
Vegetables	Zucchini				x

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http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=11801
Heart attacks and warm water.
Don't drink the (ice) water!

They don't drink ice water in Europe with their meals.... and here the waiters always bring you water with ice at the dinner table.

The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

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[freema]

So they’re looking to see if the infection is in the bone and/or lymph nodes? We had an MRI recently to rule out bone infection, which it did. But we aren’t getting anywhere either.

We’ve done so much with this round, including wet (fancy medical lingo for old fashioned salt water to draw out infection) to dry dressings, which bothers me because that was one part of a treatment for a staph infection several years ago-
yet no one has told us anything along those lines during this round. Come to think of it, no one on this round (for us) has suggested Epsom salt soaks.

Allow me to think out loud here about circulation...
At the risk of sounding like a nut (ah, who am I kidding, everybody knows I am one : ) Certain techniques that work for getting sinuses to drain (one of which I found quite by accident because of a FReeper’s name) involve pressure on different parts of the head and neck. I grew up with a D.O. (and later worked for one), rather than an M.D. To be brief, they incorporate techniques of pressure and chiropractic practices in their medical practices so I know it’s not total quackery.

Yet there is this ‘silly’ practice called reflexology -it’s dubbed quackery in the medical world and ‘new age’ in others - where the bottom of the feet are mapped out in coordination with other parts of the body. I wonder if there’s more to it than just ‘silly’. Reflexology is not accepted by mainstream medicine but I know first hand that those sinus techniques work, often when nothing else does.

So that said, I can’t help but wonder how much the pressure (i.e. massage) helps improve circulation. I don’t know, and I really hate going out on a limb like this-but what the hey. This place saved my sanity (some would beg to differ, but don’t listen to them ; ) during an enlistment. Going out on a limb is the least I can do : )

[freema]

Nutrition plays a very big part in so many aspects of medicine. The diabetic diet has long been heralded as the best diet for everyone. This appears to go even further. Thanks.

[LucyJo]

Praying for wisdom for your doctors and for all those attending your health to provide you with exactly the treatment and care needed to bring positive, healing results.

Praying for your strength mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. God bless and be with you through this, and restore your health.

[Kitty Mittens]

Praying that these Tests will Help the Doctors to Find the Best Possible Treatments so that Healing will Quickly Come. Our Savior, with All our Hearts we Ask for Overflowing Grace. Please Grant the Doctors Special Wisdom and Insight, our Loving Lord. Help them, our God, to Find the Best Treatments to Heal Your Son. Please Fill Your Servant with Heaven's Comfort, and Jesus' Strength. Dear Holy Spirit, Please be with Jim in a Powerful Way. We Stand Upon Your Word, our Faithful King. 'He Nurses them when they are Sick, and Soothes their Pains and Cares.' (Ps.41:3) Thank You for Pouring Upon Jim Your Steadfast Love. May Your Mercies Daily Surround him, and Your Peace Keep him by Night. Please Lift All Discomfort, Sleeplessness and Pain Away. Thank You for Your Lovingkindness that Fills and Overflows his Life.

We Love You, Abba-Father, and Thank You for Hearing our Prayers. In Jesus' Name, for the Glory and Praise of our Christ, amen.

[WVNan]

Uh oh, this is not good. Big time prayers for the proper treatment, Jim. I know this is getting very scary for you, so I'm asking the Father to give you peace of mind, as well as wisdom for the doctors to hit on the proper method to treat your wounds.

I was impressed by the many testimonials from diabetics on the natural method site concerning the apple cider vinegar. I've also heard a lot of good things about honey healing wounds. I know you have to go with the doctors for now, but keep the natural cures in mind for future wounds before they get out of hand.

((((((((((Jim)))))))))

[MEG33]

Prayers that your medical team can find a healing answer..

[tajgirvan]

Amen to your loving and beautiful prayer for our JimRob and his family!

[saltnlemons]

I LIKE THAT....Hebrews 4:16-”Let us,therefore,come boldlly unto the throne of Grace,that we may obtain mercy,and find grace in time of need” Jimbo: we consider it an honor and priviledge to storm heaven on your behalf! The life of an interecessor is sweet communion with God! May the Lord meet your needs, as you carry on this grand enterprise!