Re: Taking comfort

[Guest guest]

I just want to say how amazed I am at everyone's courage and

perseverance. I hope we are able to find comfort while we struggle

with this cunning and baffling condition. I'd be interested to know

how people do find comfort in the midst of all this uncertainty and

distress? Thanks,

On Mar 11, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Katenyc5@... wrote:

>

> I got much worse coming off the IV Rocephin than before I was on

> it. I'm debating on whether I should go back on it or not .... but

> I can't stay on it indefinitely. It's really hard to know what to

> do sometimes.

>

> I've heard about the oil pulling before, too. That does sound good.

>

> I've had a urine test for heavy metals -- awaiting the results.

>

> [ ] Re: teeth, porphria, and ABX

>

> I just wanted to say that some people on abx have been doing " oil-

> pulling " to clean up the abx mess on the teeth. This treatment

> basically consists of swishing a tsp or so of a fresh pressed

> edible oil in the mouth for 10 or 20 minutes. I believe this

> procedure is followed with a swish of baking soda mixed with water.

>

> Some of these people also claim that this procedure is useful as a

> detox. Even if the detox theory turns out to be incorrect (I never

> checked this claim yet)the fact remains that it helps make the

> teeth sparkly white and that is enough to warrent further checking.

>

> It kinda makes sense that it would work. I don't know about anyone

> else on this forum but I have scraped my teeth with a tooth cleaner

> in an effort to get that gunk off of them. This stuff on my teeth

> appeared almost oily. One thing I do remember from my university

> days is that " like dissolves like " . In other words water will

> dissolve water based substances and oil will dissolve oil based

> substances. So the oil-pulling should work by theory to get that

> stuff off our teeth.

>

> As for your thoughts about abx I am sorry but I am still undecided

> on that issue. So far it looks like it's all we've got to cling to

> right now...

>

> Take Care,

> Chris

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