Horsefeathers,
I wanted to give you an update on my neck situation. I have noticed that the MMS seems to dry out some of the body's lubrication in the joints and also cause constipation to some extent. So while I would still take it if I had an infection, I don;t think it is intended to be taken indefinitely for someone with osteoarthritis.
That being said, and without a protocol for the Ivermectin and DMSO, I am still guessing as to what is going to work in the long run.
But here is a list of the things I have tried. And the best guess that I can make at this point about each one.
CMO These are large pills that convert your normal cartelage into something with more lubricant in it. You get two bottles of the stuff for $90.00 online. I didn't like chewing up the chalky tablets, so I think it would work a lot better if one put the tablets in a blender and drank them in juice.
The CMO did help my joints mobility quite a bit. I would say about a 50% improvement in range of motion and less pain. I only took one bottle out of the two, so I should probably go back and finish it up to see if there is any more improvement.
Something that I discovered while taking the CMO was that things with Oxalic acid in them seemed to irritate my joints the next day after I ate them. This would be foods like grapefruit. I suppose that makes sense. The grapefruit juice is pretty acidic, and it can break down most oils and makes a great glass cleaner.
Another food that aggravates arthritis is red meat. I have to watch that one because my wife cooks a lot with hamburger and I can't get her to stop.
Sugar is of course bad too, but the red meat is worse because you don't feel worse for a couple of days and by then you may have forgotten what you were eating. There is that delayed reaction.
#2 INclined bed therapy. I just stumbled onto this one about a month ago. The 5 degree head up angel does seem to help with circulation of the whole body. I am pretty slender and I used to get cold at night from my slow metabolism. It was hard to get my feet to warm up and I had to use the electric blanket a lot to stay comfortable, but after I raised the head board 7", then I noticed that I started breathing much deeper and my toes were always toasty warm fairly quickly.
This beats having to take pills for a slow metabolism all the time, so I would give that Inclined bed therapy a try if I were you. It's cheap and easy and you can always go back to a flat bed later if you don't like it.
With the matress on a 5 degree angle it is possible to get a very slight traction effect for my neck with the pillow. That also seems to help.
Hoodie - I sometimes wear a hoodie to keep my neck warm in the winter. That helps too.
Pain meds- I try to stay off of NSAIDS completely. They damage the liver.
So I use a product called CURAMIN from the health food store. Pretty good stuff. No side effects that I can tell.
Sugar - NO SUGAR
White flour - Minimize this too if possible. Minimize bread intake if possible. Most of it is GMO and has wheat gluten in it.
Magnesium - This one is pretty interesting. I notice a relaxed feeling taking Magnesium gel caps. This one will take down a general anxiety that I get sometimes after a big meal of red meat and or pasta.
It might be better to take the Magnesium with calcium at the same time- jury is still out on that question.
Vitamin C- This is always good to be on at least 2000 MG of either Ascorbic Acid or something called "Ester C" which is more stomach friendly. The C will make you heal faster at these doses. Probably not good to take it close to bedtime as it will keep some people awake at night. The ester C is not so much this way.
Water- This is very important. Our water is hard and full of minerals, although it still tastes good. Really has no flavor per se, but we are on a well system of our own. I should have put a filter at least on the sink years ago to filter out whatever might be lurking there. I got this done about a month ago. Can't really tell any difference with just filtering , but then I started making MMS and put 2 drops into a gallon of filtered water, and that is going to be what I drink from now on. You can't taste the MMS at that dosage, and It will still kill anything that might have made it thru the filter.
Hulda Clark and her writings- Teeth
Hulda was a character, but I think she had some real expertise with parasites and pathogenic organisms.
One of the things she talked about in her book " The cure for all diseases" was teeth problems.
I can't quote her exactly, but she noticed a correlation between neck pain and bad teeth. She said that if the pain is in the spine or neck it is probably a bad tooth or a root canal that is leaking out a bacteria.
Apparently this bacteria is something VERY TOXIC. So she would advise her patients to have those teeth pulled and the sockets deep cleaned. her reasoning was that a dead tooth is harboring and festering deadly bacteria.
There is no blood supply in a root canal tooth, so the body cannot clean it if it becomes infected.
If you look at some of her pictures of her face on You Tube you will see that she has some missing teeth herself on the left upper jaw line. So at least we know she was following her own advice.
That is going to be a problem in my case because if I lose any more teeth in the back, I will have to wear a partial plate to keep the jaw in alignment. Not fun.
All that was before they discovered MMS and DMSO, but I am still considering that drastic course of action.
FLEX EASY this is a Glucosamine sulfate and Chondroitin sulfate liquid that I found at my chiropractor's office.
It has a slight delay because you use it like food, but it does seem to work and reduce pain and inflamation.
Inflamation -- That's really the issue with the neck. It's warmer than the surrounding area, and that's the only part of my body that is still sore. The MMS seems to have cured the prostate pain, but this is different.
So now I'm trying Black Seed Oil I just got a large bottle of it yesterday so it's too soon to tell if that will work, but it is supposed to do wonders. We will see.
Maybe I should be on a osteo arthritis web site and that might give me some more in-depth information!
I will look around.
Cleanses- I finished the MMS protocol 1000 + about 2 weeks ago. Cured prostate problem, but left me sort of dried out in the joints. Now I'm going the other way and going back to the anti-oxidant route.
The Black Seed oil is a strong anti-oxidant and anti parasitic as well. Also gives energy and relaxes the muscles.
The Pharos and ancient civilizations have used it for thousands of years and it was mentioned in the bible, so it can't be all bad. Anti-cancer as well.
Very oily tasting - liquid oil. can be purchased in capsules too. If you try it you might want to drink it with Cranberry juice or mollasses to kill the oily taste.
i got mine from Amazon.com, but that is not a plug for Amazon. There are other places to get it.
I almost forgot to mention - I'm winding up my 18 days of the Hulda Clark parasite cleanse. in about a week,
I will be done with the initial 18 days and start a maintenance dose.
Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas!
Tillerman6