My experience with the Antibiotic Protocol

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My name is Dave, I¡Çve lived in Japan for the last 12 years, I¡Çve

had

symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) for the last three years. When the

disease was at it¡Çs worst it seemed as if I could get injured from

walking

quite easily. I say injured because that¡Çs the way it seemed, I¡Çd

walk a

little more than usual and my ankle or knee would swell so that the next day

I couldn¡Çt walk on it. I also had swelling in my wrists, shoulders and

elbows but these didn¡Çt prevent me from going places and weren¡Çt

the more

painful joints. I spent a lot of nights awake because pain wouldn¡Çt let

me

sleep and swelling was always worst at night. In despair, I associated my RA

with every flaky reason imaginable.

Waking up was miserable; my body seemed to punish me for sleeping. Everyday

that achy feeling was depressing. My young, 40-year-old body didn¡Çt seem

like it was going to make it much longer. It was really hard for me to face

my kids.

I went to a rheumatologist and got the medicines that they usually prescribe

for RA. From the first time I read the disclaimers on the bottles of

Sulfalazine, Celebrex and Predisone that I got from a rheumatologist I knew

the conventional treatment wasn¡Çt a road that I was willing to go down. I

didn¡Çt want to die one night because of the drugs lowered my immune

systems

ability to fight infections and disease. THANK GOD FOR THAT INSPIRATION

I read a lot of books on health and arthritis and tried fasting. Fasting is

still one of the best painkillers that I¡Çve found in my fight against

rheumatoid arthritis. By the third day, my swelling always subsided. People

always asked me ¡Èisn¡Çt fasting difficult¡É and I never found

it to be.

Reintroducing the body to food is excruciating if you do it right, because

you really have to go against your inclination to gorge yourself and make up

for all the food you didn¡Çt eat and rather very slowly eat small amounts

of

fruit and other foods that are agreeable to the body.

I spent a year unable to work because I didn¡Çt feel that I could

guarantee

to any employer that I would be able to consistently go to work. During this

time I fasted regularly and my weight dropped to the same as it was in high

school. I also had the depression that commonly is associated with RA.

Detoxification is a major theme in fasting and healing. A detoxifying diet

has also helped me a lot in my recovery. I don¡Çt think I would have had

the

success that I had so far if I hadn¡Çt done a lot of work with my diet.

My condition improved with a steady vegetarian diet that also didn¡Çt

include bread or any flour products and I was able to work again but it was

stressful because I¡Çd still have the odd day where I my ankle would swell

and I couldn¡Çt walk. On one of these nights where sleep wouldn¡Çt

come, I

found on the Internet information about the Antibiotic Protocol (AP) and how

it has helped others with the same symptoms that I had.

I immediately became obsessed with wanting to try this method of treating my

RA. I found a doctor to was reluctant to prescribe Minocycline and almost

immediately had positive results. Soon after starting the treatment with a

doctor he informed me that Japanese law prevented him from prescribing the

small amount of minocycline that I needed on a regular basis. I again turned

to the Internet and found alternate sources for the minocycline and

continued to treat myself.

I really feared losing my job because of my occasional flares of swelling

but my feet are reliable again. I¡Çm not out of the woods yet but I have

had

days of complete remission, I¡Çve also been able to return to working out

which I enjoy immensely. I can go hiking with my kids and they no longer see

me crawling around the house. ¡ÈCrawling around the house¡É Yes,

that used

to be an all too regular thing. I think I have a life ahead of me, I used

think of a really miserable future for myself before. I remember trying to

figure out how I could get on some disability program.

I now feel as if I can keep my RA at bay with minocycline and diet. I haven

¡Çt suffered from the depression. I have been able to return to the gym

and

do things that I thought I¡Çd never do again. I can swim a kilometer and

ride my bike 30 kilometers, I never felt like walking around the block when

RA was rampant in my body. I still don¡Çt have the range of motion that

I¡Çd

like to have in my knees and elbows but I hope to continue improving.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to those who have posted their experiences on

the internet. Doctors and rheumatologist don¡Çt seem to be interested in

solving the problem; they like to see their patients regularly.

Pharmaceuticals seemed diametrically opposed to a solution like AP; it has

no place in their bottom line.

What keeps it at bay for me:

Minocycline 100 mg MWF (From 6/2001)

Moducare, 3 times daily and more when necessary.

More green leafy vegetables, less red meat.

Good multivitamins, daily

Salmon Oil, daily

SAMe (for PMA or mood elevation), daily

DHEA, daily

Psyllium husk powder with Hydrated Bentonite in banana juice every morning:

www.transformyourhealth.com

Glucosamine Chondroitin with MSM

Lots of sliced ginger (easy to find in Japan or sushi bars)

Only fruit in the morning to help the digestive system rest.

No Flour

No nuts

No dairy

No raw fish

No nightshades

No chicken

No caffeine

No tobacco

Daily exercise

Sauna, steam or hot baths

(Natural hot springs when available have a very positive effect for me due

to the minerals)

Massage administered by a loving wife really helps detoxify the body

One 200 mg Ibuprofen when everything else fails

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