Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Peggy, You might consider drinking more water before doing the sauna. Sweating causes a lot of water loss, and this water comes largely from the blood plasma, making the blood " thicker. " This could be putting a bigger load on your heart to pump it, because of the higher viscosity. Rich > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few days from > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot believe how much I > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat running down my > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally sweat. One > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability to mobilize > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case this has a lot to do > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known exposure to > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural communities, and > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got sick), plus > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have tried anything > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out the toxins might > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's obvious to me > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for several years > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a pure CFIDS case > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to just about > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS patients who DON'T > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if glutathione is > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients accumulating toxins in fatty > tissue is high. > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna sessions, and > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful about the > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the sauna on the > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone have any > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of CFIDS patients? I > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as it does > when I exert myself in other ways. > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > Best, > Peggy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I'm also going to research a sugarless electrolyte formula. Commercially availalble seem to have sugar but either I " ll have to make one or find one without. I used dto love emergen-c lite but my body doesn't sem to like it anymore. I think its important...I also found myself craving kelp in the last few days. The cravings i get since sauna are odd. I had an incredible craving for chicken soup made with lots of greens and onions. Then I craved, last night, cranberries and yogurt which I'm about to go out and buy, and also nori. > > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few > days from > > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot believe > how much I > > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat > running down my > > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally > sweat. One > > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability > to mobilize > > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case this > has a lot to do > > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known > exposure to > > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural > communities, and > > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got > sick), plus > > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have > tried anything > > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out > the toxins might > > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's > obvious to me > > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for > several years > > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a > pure CFIDS case > > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to > just about > > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS patients > who DON'T > > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if > glutathione is > > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients accumulating > toxins in fatty > > tissue is high. > > > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna > sessions, and > > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful > about the > > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the > sauna on the > > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone > have any > > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of > CFIDS patients? I > > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as > it does > > when I exert myself in other ways. > > > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > > > Best, > > Peggy > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue > Syndrome: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Peggy, I think you're right about the FIR sauna promoting detox. Since PWCs tend to have lots of toxins stored up as a result of glutathione depletion over extended times, this is probably a big factor in the FIR's benefits for PWCs. I suspect that the FIR sauna simultaneously does several things that are beneficial to PWCs. As you probably know, Jim Clements emphasizes the increase in body temperature and the resulting increase in metabolic rate. Sherry emphasizes the detox aspect. I have hypothesized that it enables the sympathetic nervous system to stop generating so much norepinephrine in the skin to shut down the blood flow there, thus lifting the demand on glutathione to dispose of the oxidation product of norepinephrine, and also freeing up supplies of tyrosine and phenylalanine so that the sympathetic nervous system can make norepinephrine to control pooling of blood in the legs, to stop the orthostatic intolerance. In view of all this, I suspect that the FIR sauna will have the biggest benefits for PWCs who have a big toxin load, who have a lower than normal armpit temperature, who have orthostatic intolerance, and who have glutathione depletion. Rich > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few days from > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot believe how much I > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat running down my > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally sweat. One > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability to mobilize > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case this has a lot to do > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known exposure to > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural communities, and > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got sick), plus > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have tried anything > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out the toxins might > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's obvious to me > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for several years > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a pure CFIDS case > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to just about > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS patients who DON'T > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if glutathione is > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients accumulating toxins in fatty > tissue is high. > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna sessions, and > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful about the > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the sauna on the > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone have any > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of CFIDS patients? I > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as it does > when I exert myself in other ways. > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > Best, > Peggy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Great analysis. And don't forget another benefit: The raised body temp fights microbes and infection (although technically, a lower than normal body temp is also considered a " fever " and could possibly explain why we tend to have lower core temps than normals). I'm sold. The heaters are safer than malaria therapy. :-) It's worth a go. I think I'm going to buy the heaters. I'm glad someone posted the picture of the heaters again. They look pretty space efficient. I was worried they wouldn't fit in my bathroom and that I won't be able to sit equi-distance between them, but if I can work up a sweat, that's good enough. If not, I'll use them to heat my art studio, I guess. I'm also sold on the Rife machine I was using and would like to use the two together. I can't afford one yet, unfortunately, but I think 's vast improvement is for real. I've had the same experience with the Rife that he has, and I think it's a heck of a lot easier on the body than antibiotics, which have been responsible for my great improvement so far. penny > > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few > days from > > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot believe > how much I > > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat > running down my > > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally > sweat. One > > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability > to mobilize > > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case this > has a lot to do > > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known > exposure to > > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural > communities, and > > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got > sick), plus > > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have > tried anything > > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out > the toxins might > > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's > obvious to me > > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for > several years > > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a > pure CFIDS case > > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to > just about > > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS patients > who DON'T > > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if > glutathione is > > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients accumulating > toxins in fatty > > tissue is high. > > > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna > sessions, and > > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful > about the > > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the > sauna on the > > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone > have any > > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of > CFIDS patients? I > > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as > it does > > when I exert myself in other ways. > > > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > > > Best, > > Peggy > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue > Syndrome: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Rich, Would taking blood-thinning agents before/after the sauna help this problem as well? Peggy <<Peggy, You might consider drinking more water before doing the sauna. Sweating causes a lot of water loss, and this water comes largely from the blood plasma, making the blood " thicker. " This could be putting a bigger load on your heart to pump it, because of the higher viscosity. Rich >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Penny, Thanks! Yes, I agree that raising the body temperature can help to fight infections. Regarding core temperature, there is a published paper showing that the actual core body temperature in PWCs is normal. What's lower than normal in many PWCs is the peripheral body temperature, such as in the armpit. I think that the reason for this is that the peripheral temperature depends on the metabolic rate in the skeletal muscles, and this rate is below normal in PWCs. I've been interested to hear about the results of Rife therapy in PWCs. I haven't commented on it, because I don't think I understand how it works at the biochemical or cellular level. I think I understand what's done in Rife therapy, I have seen a demonstration of it, I've talked to a few people who have had the treatment for cancer and other disorders, I've read the book " The Cancer Cure that Worked, " but I don't understand how the RF energy could resonate with something associated with the disorder to bring about improvement. I hope that some careful, fundamental research can be done on Rife therapy to sort out what goes on. To my mind, it is at least plausible that it might work, but I don't know how it actually would work. Rich > > > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few > > days from > > > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot > believe > > how much I > > > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat > > running down my > > > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally > > sweat. One > > > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability > > to mobilize > > > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case > this > > has a lot to do > > > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known > > exposure to > > > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural > > communities, and > > > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got > > sick), plus > > > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have > > tried anything > > > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out > > the toxins might > > > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's > > obvious to me > > > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for > > several years > > > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a > > pure CFIDS case > > > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to > > just about > > > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS > patients > > who DON'T > > > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if > > glutathione is > > > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients > accumulating > > toxins in fatty > > > tissue is high. > > > > > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna > > sessions, and > > > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful > > about the > > > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the > > sauna on the > > > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone > > have any > > > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of > > CFIDS patients? I > > > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as > > it does > > > when I exert myself in other ways. > > > > > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > > > > > Best, > > > Peggy > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue > > Syndrome: > > > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 > I'm also going to research a sugarless electrolyte formula. Jill, please see my thread #61600 for a sugarless electrolyte recipe which came from Dr Cheney. Also Rich mentioned drinking water before the sauna, which is good and Jim also told me to take in the sauna with me 64 oz of water and drink it all while in there. If you do not take an electrolyte solution in the sauna with you, be sure and drink several glasses afterwards. I drink one gallon of water a day and I thought that was a lot but I was reading a people magazine today and this male model says he drinks three gallons of water a day. wow! Better not get too far from a bathroom. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Hi Penny I use my FIR heaters in a room that is 12 x 14 foot because my bathroom is really too small. This big room still gets very very hot and I sweat lots. I tried a smaller room about 6 x 6 foot when I took the heaters on holiday with me recently and I didn't think it was any better. The key is to preheat the room for about 1/2 hour or so as Jim suggests Re: FIR Sauna -- environmental toxins, cardiac tissue Great analysis. And don't forget another benefit: The raised body temp fights microbes and infection (although technically, a lower than normal body temp is also considered a " fever " and could possibly explain why we tend to have lower core temps than normals). I'm sold. The heaters are safer than malaria therapy. :-) It's worth a go. I think I'm going to buy the heaters. I'm glad someone posted the picture of the heaters again. They look pretty space efficient. I was worried they wouldn't fit in my bathroom and that I won't be able to sit equi-distance between them, but if I can work up a sweat, that's good enough. If not, I'll use them to heat my art studio, I guess. I'm also sold on the Rife machine I was using and would like to use the two together. I can't afford one yet, unfortunately, but I think 's vast improvement is for real. I've had the same experience with the Rife that he has, and I think it's a heck of a lot easier on the body than antibiotics, which have been responsible for my great improvement so far. penny > > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a few > days from > > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot believe > how much I > > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat > running down my > > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't normally > sweat. One > > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's ability > to mobilize > > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case this > has a lot to do > > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known > exposure to > > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural > communities, and > > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got > sick), plus > > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have > tried anything > > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating out > the toxins might > > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's > obvious to me > > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for > several years > > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much a > pure CFIDS case > > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react to > just about > > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS patients > who DON'T > > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if > glutathione is > > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients accumulating > toxins in fatty > > tissue is high. > > > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna > sessions, and > > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very hopeful > about the > > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of the > sauna on the > > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does anyone > have any > > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities of > CFIDS patients? I > > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, as > it does > > when I exert myself in other ways. > > > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > > > Best, > > Peggy > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue > Syndrome: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Peggy, For PWCs who have hypercoagulation, I think blood thinners would help some, but I think that the main things that the sauna is causing to be lost are water and minerals, and that it is most important to stock up on them and to replenish them. Rich > Rich, > > Would taking blood-thinning agents before/after the sauna help this problem > as well? > > Peggy > > <<Peggy, > > > You might consider drinking more water before doing the sauna. > > Sweating causes a lot of water loss, and this water comes largely > > from the blood plasma, making the blood " thicker. " This could be > > putting a bigger load on your heart to pump it, because of the > > higher viscosity. > > > Rich > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I don't know either, Rich. My husband's a scientist, and he said that he could somewhat understand the reasoning, whereas he doesn't get some of the other energy devices at all. I just kept hearing such positive reports, and then found out that one was available to borrow, so decided to try it. I was extremely impressed. I hope thre will be some research too. So far it's hard, I suppose, with all the FDA resistance. I did read the following at the pap-imi site about research being conducted in San Diego on some improved version of the Rife machine: I have no idea if it's true, but here's an excerpt. Beyond The Rife machine, The Crane Device, The Lakhovsky Device, The Priore Device, The Dotto Ring, The Rapsomanikis Device & other treatments The Pap-Imi machine is far more powerful & focused. It is used in Europe to as an aid to healing and for pain reduction. Currently avail. in the U.S.A. having been approved for a study. This study has been approved by the IRB (Institution Review Board), Bio-Med of San Diego. The machine operators undergo full training in the use of the machine. The current study results will be gathered and tabulated by an outside authority, and then submitted to the FDA for final approval pap-imi/?yguid=90730874 I know the Rife gave me a wallop! I'm bummed that I no longer have it. penny > > > > Well, after feeling like I was shaking hands with death for a > few > > > days from > > > > my overdoing it crash, I just did another sauna. I cannot > > believe > > > how much I > > > > am sweating now in the sauna. I can actually feel the sweat > > > running down my > > > > body. This in itself is really remarkable, as I don't > normally > > > sweat. One > > > > thing nobody seems to be talking about is the FIR sauna's > ability > > > to mobilize > > > > toxins that are stored in fatty tissue. I believe in my case > > this > > > has a lot to do > > > > with my initial positive reaction. I had quite a lot of known > > > exposure to > > > > pesticides before I got sick (just from living in agricultural > > > communities, and > > > > one big spraying of bug killer in the house right before I got > > > sick), plus > > > > plenty of mercury fillings in my mouth, and every time I have > > > tried anything > > > > " detoxifying, " it has made me much worse. I think sweating > out > > > the toxins might > > > > be the way to go. I have severe MCS as well as CFIDS, so it's > > > obvious to me > > > > that I react to environmental toxins, but I had only CFIDS for > > > several years > > > > before the MCS symptoms started creeping in. I was very much > a > > > pure CFIDS case > > > > -- and considered so by my doctors -- until I began to react > to > > > just about > > > > everything in my environment. I often do feel like CFIDS > > patients > > > who DON'T > > > > develop MCS are in denial that this can happen. Certainly, if > > > glutathione is > > > > impaired for any reason, the chance of CFIDS patients > > accumulating > > > toxins in fatty > > > > tissue is high. > > > > > > > > I am still not doing as well as I was after some earlier sauna > > > sessions, and > > > > feel like I'm not done with my crash, but I still am very > hopeful > > > about the > > > > sauna. I also wonder and worry slightly about the strain of > the > > > sauna on the > > > > heart, since it does passively work cardiac tissue. Does > anyone > > > have any > > > > theories about how this might affect the cardiac abnormalities > of > > > CFIDS patients? I > > > > don't know how to explain this, but my heart feels overworked, > as > > > it does > > > > when I exert myself in other ways. > > > > > > > > I will keep everyone posted on my progress. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Peggy > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Stricken: Voices from the Hidden Epidemic of Chronic Fatigue > > > Syndrome: > > > > http://www.angelfire.com/ri/strickenbk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 My understanding of what sauna does, having read Dr 's manual 3 times as well as some other papers and even gone back lastn ight to Ron Hubbard's classic book is: 1) It creates an artificial fever, after about the first 20 minutes. This has all the beneficial effects that fever itself does, such as more immune activity, and bugs not being too happy 2) It increases circulation, lymph flow, oxygenation of tissues etc 3) My sense of it, and I could be wrong, is that in CFIDS< chronic lyme or any chronic infection you are so downregulated, you are so bad at detoxxing, you have such an accumulation of stresses on your body, you don't sleep well, you ar esluggish, you don't get enuf or any exercise...that you compound a bad situation...you don't metabolize quickly and throw off toxins. The sauna kind of temporarily turns you into a fast metabolizer. I've always noticed that people with naturally high body heat who don't need lots of sweaters and coats and so on, seem to also not get sick very often and to have lots of energy. Just intuitive observation. Well my impression is the sauna turns me temporarily into such a person. Its like flipping a switch. During that time my body is functioning more like a normal body, and an exercising body, with all those benefits 4) You sweat out toxins. The skin is a major elimination organ. This gives other organs a rest From all this, I have begun to wonder if it should be done 2-3 times a day, rather than once a day. I asked Dr. and he said it could be done up to 3x a day; he did it twice a day; I hear of doctors putting patients thru intensive programs where they do it a bunch of times a day. Seems to me this would be the equivalent of the idea in mercury detox where you take a chelator every few hours. I think if you do it once a day, or effen worse, once every few days, you run the risk of tkaing partially metabolized, partially mobilized toxins, or partially " bugged " bugs, and then slwoing down to your usual cold, poor detox state, and redepositing stuff and stressing your body more, or just having angry bugs that then multiploy more or something. Allt his is speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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