After the cure

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Please forward this because it saves lives.

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The recent death of my friend, , raised some important

questions for me, and I realized that I ought to write a warning for

those of you who are doing well.

The essence of the warning is " don't get too cocky, " but there's

really a lot more to it than that. was an invincible

immuner, who seemed to have nothing wrong with him, and then died

suddenly. He taught immunics to everyone around him. We've spoken

to some of them since his death, and it's obvious that he was a good

teacher -- they're good at immunics!

I don't know what actually happened to , but I think that now

is a good time, before I find out for sure what did, to talk about

scenarios, because even if one of these scenarios didn't happen to

him, they might happen to you.

And I don't want any unnecessary casualties in this war.

The question here is, what happens after you've cured the stuff you

came in with? Is there is still danger? What happens after the cure?

The more sinister question is, how much self-indulgence can you get

away with -- correct the negative effects of -- with immunics?

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I'm going to go into two scenarios here, but there's a lot more to it

than those.

Scenario number one:

cured COPD and emphysema around five months ago. Could he

have had a sudden attack, which killed him?

Well, since the results are not back from the medical examiner, we

don't know, but whether that happened or not, it could. That's why I

wrote this before I heard those results: I want to talk about it,

even if it didn't happen. Even if that's not what took out,

I want to warn you about it.

Let's say you cure asthma. It's gone for six months. You keep

checking for it in your higher bodies, and you never find it

anymore. Don't throw away your inhalers. Keep them handy, in the

same places you always kept them, for a very long time. Years,

maybe. Maybe always, because if you wake up in an asthmatic state,

you may be off-balance and not think to do immunics, or do it

improperly; or the attack may just come over you too quickly, and it

may kill you.

Immunics cures things. And, as we all have already experienced -- if

you've even done a little immunics, you've experienced this -- THAT

DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL CURE THE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO CURE IN THE

MOMENT WHEN IT STARTS TO RUN OVER YOU. And maybe you usually do cure

it. But usually doesn't mean always.

Don't quit the day job: keep the inhalers handy.

Scenario number two:

had some bad habits. Most of us do, when we start immunics,

and some of us use immunics to get them under control, and some of us

don't want to get them under control. didn't want to get his

under control. Some that I saw when he visited me were: he woke

himself up with coffee; he drank several beers in the evening; he

smoked. These habits deplete vitamins and minerals. Minerals are a

balance. It's not a matter of having high minerals, or vitamins, but

of having the right BALANCES between minerals like iron, zinc, and

copper. If you use extreme substances, such as coffee, cigarettes,

and beer, day in and day out, the unbalancing is extreme. 's

face showed marks of the habits -- he looked old for 65. He was also

a skinny guy with a beer belly.

Is it possible that the level of some mineral necessary to operate

his heart plummeted, and had a sudden heart attack, or other

organ failure?

You can't use immunics to get away with stuff such as coffee,

cigarettes, and beer. Immunity doesn't license indulgence. The

stuff you " get away with " will catch up to you with. Trying to get

away with things is a cornerstone of the " addiction " immune

dysfunction. had some addiction, and he was protective of

it. His protectiveness of things that should have been removed may

have killed him.

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I know would feel good about my using his death as the basis

for an e-mail that helps people avoid pitfalls, even if these

particular ones were not anything he fell into. And, if we ever find

out what the real cause of 's death was, well, might

again help the living with that one. was a great teacher of

immunics; he continues to teach.

It occurs to me that, right before his death did a series of

wonderful things, the kinds of things that would bring closure to any

life. He took a cross-country drive which he loved, as a FEMA

inspector and, in that role, helped a lot of people here in Florida –

taught immunics to over a dozen of them when he inspected their

houses. He stopped by for an overnight visit with us. And then,

right before he died, he visited his mother. So it seems to me that

went out like an immuner; he gave himself the good things.

We Immuners may make mistakes, have addictions, or indulge ourselves,

but you know what? We've still got it better than most people. And

I still want you to stay around as long as you possibly can, and help

me with this war, till we win. Then we can, presumably, go our

separate ways, if we so choose.

This little note is, I guess, the best Memorial for that I

can manage. I will set it up to be sent repeatedly, every few

months. This Cure Drive needs more warnings.

After the cure, we die. The question that will remain for all of us

is when, and how.

Your partner in mourning,

Bayard

Here's a page on Pitfalls:

http://www.wayimmune.org/00_connect/1_accessing/the_pitfalls.htm

Here's a page, which I want you to read, called " Put Safety First: "

http://www.wayimmune.org/00_how_to/putsafety.htm