[I] did my first liver flush yesterday starting at 6 AM and feel like someone should give me a medal or ribbon or something. In some ways it was easier than I expected – I stayed active and productive all day, but in other ways it was a little harder – the runs were pretty […]
Category: chronic fatigue
Hitting the wall
[W]hen chelation began to feel overwhelming early this year I reduced my doses and timing drastically, cutting from my high of 75 mg every two hours, to 25 mg every three hours. That felt a lot better, but even in between rounds, I started to feel more fatigue and less endurance. Something didn’t feel right […]
My failed hydrocortisone taper
[W]anting to start the new year off on a good foot, I took my kids ice-skating yesterday after lunch and skated with them for an hour and a half which did make them deliriously happy. The actual skating went very well considering I had not been in 6 to 9 months. I did not have […]
Desperate times, desperate measures
[I] want to confess a few things and share some raw, bloody truths. I want you to enjoy a laugh or two at my expense. This morning, I feel compelled to catalog my misfortunes and misadventures. So here goes. I’ve been ill for around 10 years, and I’ve no doubt this list will grow over […]
Reining in my fears
[A]m I getting any better? That’s the question that flits through my mind just about every day. I’m still sick and dysfunctional but I am investing a lot of time, money and energy into long protocols. As Freddd has commented, this is the game that we bet our lives on – so I don’t think […]
Omega-3, my curse or linchpin?
[F]ish oil has been a problem for me over the past five years or so. Actually, it’s not really fish oil but omega-3 essential fatty acids from any source. Omega-3s in relatively low quantities (as in eating a small piece of salmon three days in a row) have given me many nights of insomnia. So […]
Power surge!
[L]ast night, something very unusual happened. When I lay down to sleep right after taking my 11 PM chelation dose, I realized within a couple minutes that my energy level was way too high. My first thought was that I had finally hit the wall with my fish oil titration. I had just increased my […]
Break on through to the other side?
[S]ometimes supplements crucial to our recovery cause unpleasant “startup reactions”. I’ve learned that through my research on methylation and my experiments with the supplements. Starting yesterday I made the bold decision to to try to break on through to the other side of my brain fog reaction with vitamin B6. Let me explain. Here’s a […]
What does healing feel like?
[I]nstead of screwing around here, maybe I should be working now. But I hate to leave anything unsaid when it comes to chelation and my recovery. After 12 years of being ill I think I’m entitled to indulge myself with a little obsession. My notes for this round are at the bottom but to summarize, […]
How to beat exercise intolerance?
[T]oday I ran on the treadmill for 60 seconds. Awesome, huh? I saw this piece in the New York Times about the four minute workout and decided it was time for me to try it out. So, 60 seconds of running at a 6.0 pace on the treadmill and it felt great. I haven’t run […]
The big vacation and the meltdowns
[T]oday, I’m chelating again after taking a month off. The first week I took off for business reasons, the second because I was advised that I’m making too many changes too quickly with supplements, the third week for preparing for my first overseas trip in seven years and the fourth week was my big family […]
From blind rage to gratitude
[D]riving my daughter to ride this morning, she hit play on the Richard Thompson CD and when “Don’t Tempt Me” played, a flash of blind rage came over me for having spent the last 10 years like a caged animal. That’s probably a sign of healing because it takes strength to feel rage. Years ago […]
Sky high with dibencozide
[Y]esterday my activity and energy level were sky-high! It was the start of my ninth round and typically my most energetic day of the week because the DMSA is a stimulant for me. On top of that, I restarted dibencozide (aka adenosylcobalamin, adenosylb12, adb12, adob12, cobalamide, etc) at 1/8 tablet. It seems to be like […]
Methylation Made Easy
The more I research methylation and experiment with the supplements, the more I understand it’s critical to my recovery and to good health for everyone that wants to avoid a chronic illness. The other methylation videos (Ben Lynch’s and Rich van Konynenburg’s) I’ve posted are long and technical. Here are some videos produced by Caledonia […]
Methylation: what are reasonable expectations for active B12 protocol?
[I]’m chelating for heavy metals but I am really smitten with methylation and want to share some stunning assertions Freddd makes on Phoenix rising – I’ve bolded what I found most eye-catching for me: WHAT ARE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS? – The good, the bad and the ugly ALL of these can happen if the necessary cofactors […]