DOMS' NEWSLETTER
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Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
 
A Christian-based newsletter for people with Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and their families. 
 
 15 TOPICS.   READERS' COMMENTS IN BLACK.  MY COMMENTS IN TEAL. 
 
 

 
1. SUNSHINE & SILICA
 
From a reader--
 
"One quick pain reliever is lying in the sun, skin exposed...  Vitamin D builds up pretty fast, and all you need is about 15 to 20 minutes, and it really does seem to help quite a bit with dialing down the pain a bit...  Every little bit helps.  Also, silica is fabulous for bone and tissue development." 
 
FROM DOM:  Since I've been using an excellent joint formula, I haven't had to take my arthritis meds (for osteoarthritis in my right hand from 40+ years of piano playing).
 

 
2. FIBRO ABUSE
 
From a reader--
 
"So sorry for the abuse from a relative www.fms-help.com/091909.htm, Topic 2.  Been there and heard that.  We ALL know better.  [This relative] does not really have CFIDS or she would not talk like that."
 
FROM DOM:  See My Name is Fibromyalgia www.fms-help.com/mnif.htm and other fibro "awareness" articles on my homepage at www.fms-help.com
 

 
3.  MAGNESIUM, MIGRAINES & FIBRO
 
Reader 1--
 
"My thoughts on magnesium use....About a year ago I was dealing with severe migraine headaches that sent me to the emergency room a couple of times. During an appt with my neurologist he mentioned that women with fibro/migraines are usually very low in mag. He said try it for a few months to see how you tolerate it, I've been taking 400-500mg a day since then and have been migraine free. The mag has also significantly helped my pain levels.. I'm a believer!"
 
Reader 2--
 
"Check out this short article. It is especially important for  those who already have diabetes or have a family history. As in my own family, there doesn't necessarily need a history of diabetes for people to be stricken with this awful disease......it's related to diet. Best magnesium to use is magnesium malate or magnesium glycinate. Do not even bother taking mag. oxide and mag. citrate as they will give you diarrhea."
 
FROM DOM:  Magnesium is the mineral that helps muscles relax.  Too bad we only hear about how women need calcium (which helps muscles contract). In my worst fibro days www.fms-help.com/fibro.htm, I found that several tablets of magnesium helped with painful muscle stiffness and "gelling."  If you take too much magnesium for your system, you can get loose bowels, because magnesium draws water in the colon.  (I don't know which magnesium I was taking - see Reader 2's comments above.) However, people who are prone to constipation do not mind this "side effect" at all.  The market for laxatives is enormous.  Maybe magnesium is a more healthful solution.  Also, take probiotics, like acidophilus daily to build up good bacteria in your gut.
 

 
4.  OXYGENATING DROPS
 
From a reader--
 
"I started some and on the 3rd day I felt a little better, I don't feel so tired and like I am dying!  I am getting ozone treatments and ozonated water too. Doctor thinks i have lyme..I do have EBV.  but I have hopes of getting better.  ALSO>>> I bought this chi machine that you lie on the floor and it sways your feet like a fish. That makes me feel alive!!! It gives the body circulation and oxygen. It helps detoxify too.  but I think the best result so far has been the liquid drops!!!"
 
FROM DOM:  I would like to hear from any other readers who are using the oxygenating drops.  I am still feeling GREAT, and it's been over a month now with NO crashing, NO fibro fog, NO chest and brain crushing feelings, NO more feeling like I'm dying.  THANK GOD for feeling NORMAL again.  Write dombush@bellsouth.net with your report - positive or negative.  I am so excited about this latest discovery and hope it will be the answer for more of us.
 

 
5.  BRAIN FOG IS DANGEROUS
 
From a reader--
 
"It is dangerous to be going around in a fog.  I ran a stop sign yesterday and nearly got "T-boned" in an intersection.  In my defence, the stop sign was not visible at the time being too far back on the intersection and a "big truck" was parked too close to it and obscured it.  However, I was on secondary streets and every other intersection had a stop sign and I should have relized that that intersection would also have one.  I still have really good peripheral vision and fairly quick reflexes; thank God.  I saw this honking big truck coming for me out of the corner of my eye and stepped on the gas.  Fortunately I was spared to live and work and love my family and  enjoy life for another day.  Life is sweet, even with FMS: but I would really like to clear up some of this fog."
 
FROM DOM:  Thank God this reader was kept safe.  (Her guardian angel, however, has had a nervous breakdown....ha.)  Best thing I've found for brain fog are the oxygenating drops.  Second best thing is a wonderful essential oil blend to sniff in the car - it affects the limbic portion of the brain.
 

 
 
6.  BAROMETRIC PRESSURE & FIBRO
 
From a reader--
 
"My eyes popped out of my head when I read the weather and fibro section www.fms-help.com/091909.htm.  Not 10 minutes earlier I had been talking to my husband about how much better my knee joint felt the last 24 hours since we had that Low pressure system move from over the top of San Antonio.   I had told him that I thought the low pressure system being directly over our city might have something to do with it. I have noticed this correlation in the past.  Low pressure equates to rheumatism in my body.  That is just me.  Then I tell him that I’ve had no knee pain and get on the computer and you have a section about JUST that subject.  So I guess the aggregation of platelets is the reason, eh?  I found this statement particularly intriguing: The conclusion was that more serotonin in its free state corresponded to more pain in fibromyalgia  Don’t many fibromites take drugs that INCREASE serotonin??  Anyway, I am going to remember that aggregation of platelets happens during low pressure weather systems and I am going to take more Vitamin E, turmeric capsules, and fish oil during those storms.  Each of these are things I have handy in the medicine cabinet anyway.  All 3 have an anti-coagulant effect on the blood and maybe this will lessen the aggregation of platelets."
 
FROM DOM:  I use this fish oil (type EPA in the search box).
 

 
7.  STABILIZED OXYGEN TO THE RESCUE
 
Article sent by a reader--
 
Stabilized Oxygen to the Rescue
 
By Lyle Loughry, November 2006

The most vital (and fortunately the most abundant) element on earth is oxygen. Without it, life as we know it could not exist. Humans have been known to live for weeks without water, and for months without food. Without oxygen, however, life would only continue for a matter of moments. Of all the elements comprising the human body, only oxygen needs to be replaced on a second-to-second and minute-by-minute basis for life to continue. Approximately 90% of the body's "life energy" is created by oxygen, and 100% of all functions of the body are regulated by it.

The earth's supply of oxygen appears to have been in a state of decline from the beginning, and researchers have concluded that the oxygen in our atmosphere today is as much as one-third less than in ancient times. In just the 230 years since our nation began, it is estimated that we have lost 11% of our global oxygen. And frighteningly, the most recent scientific analysis reveals that the oxygen content in the air continues to decline, at an accelerated rate. It is especially low in larger cities.

There are three primary reasons for the problem: (a) carbon emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels, (b) global pollution, and (c) the rampant destruction of trees and rainforests. Our civilization's combined technologies consume nearly 20 times the amount of oxygen than would normally be extracted by five billion breathing humans.

Combustion of carbons and hydrocarbon fuels bind up awesome amounts of free oxygen into carbon dioxide, and incomplete combustion ties up still more carbon monoxide, which itself appropriates additional oxygen to become more stable as carbon dioxide.

At the same time, the earth's oxygen-producing woods and rainforests have shrunk to the smallest size in recorded history. Without ample trees, rainforests, plankton (microscopic aquatic plants), and grasses, photosynthesis (the process by which plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen) is seriously impaired.

Because of this depletion of our natural resources, less oxygen is being released back into the air, and less carbon dioxide is being absorbed and broken down.

The result of all of this is that the percentage of oxygen to total gases in the air we need to breath continues to decline. A few large cities, and even some forested regions have recently been measured at 15% or less oxygen in the air. Consequently, our bodies are becoming oxygen-deficient. Scientists claim that anything under 7% is too low to support human life, even for short periods of time.

Because the oxygen concentration in a truly healthy human body is approximately three times that of air, today's low oxygen content puts tremendous stress on the human body as it labors to obtain all of the oxygen required to function properly. As oxygen levels in the body are reduced, the body's immune system begins to weaken, cell performance is impaired, and we become vulnerable to disease and other symptoms of oxygen deprivation. There is no question about the relationship between oxygen deficiency and disease.

As Dr. W. Spencer Way writes in the Journal of the American Association of Physicians, "Insufficient oxygen means insufficient biological energy that can result in anything from mild fatigue to life-threatening disease. The link between insufficient oxygen and disease has now been firmly established." According to Dr. Arthur Guyton, M.D., "All chronic suffering is caused from a lack of oxygen at the cell level." His statement is echoed by Dr. Parris Kid, PhD, who states, "We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all disease."

In a publication entitled Oxygen Deficiency; A Concomitant to all Degenerative Diseases, by Dr. Stephen Levine, renowned Molecular Biologist, he states, "In all serious disease states we find a concomitant low oxygen state. Low oxygen in the tissues is a sure indicator for disease. Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the tissues, is the fundamental cause of all degenerative disease."

Dr. Otto Warburg, recipient of two Nobel prizes in Medicine, referred to oxygen as "A vital cell detoxifier", and pointed to oxygen deficiency as the underlying cause of cancer and other degenerative diseases, and ultimately the death of the cell. He is quoted as saying, "Cancer has only one prime cause. It is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of the body's cells by an anaerobic (i.e. oxygen-deficient) cell respiration."

This was verified by Philip Isely, proponent of the Phytoplankton Project for restoring oxygen to the world, when he said, "There is growing evidence that cancer and other degenerative diseases are partly the result of the earth's diminishing oxygen levels."

Scientist like Dr. Way and many others now believe that the initial symptoms of "oxygen deprivation" - which in actuality constitutes the gradual oxygen starvation of the body's seven trillion cells - include the following: *Premature aging; *Overall bodily weakness; *Muscle aches; *Anxiety, depression and stress; *Dizziness; *Irritability: *Fatigue; *Memory loss; *Irrational behavior; *Chronic hostility; *Circulation problems; *Poor digestion; *Acid stomach; *Lowered immunity to colds and flu; *Bronchial problems; *Tumors and deposit buildups; *Various bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections, and more.

Conversely, oxygen is the vital factor which gives our body the oxidizing "firepower" it requires to resist microorganisms and repel disease (most infectious agents simply cannot live in an oxygen-rich environment) and liberate the energy which facilitates life. It also helps our bodies to breathe more easily.

There are numerous ways to encourage and introduce more oxygen into our bloodstream, from brisk walking in an oxygen-rich environment like the seashore or woods, deep, fuller breathing several times daily, ozone, whether by air or water administration, Hydrogen Peroxide, and some supplements like mineral salt compounds.

However, the safest and most effective way to increase the oxygen levels is the use of Stabilized Oxygen drops, a super-oxygenation technology that offers a promising solution to this universal problem of oxygen deprivation. Supplemental stabilized oxygen drops makes pure oxygen available to be absorbed into the bloodstream where it is carried directly to the body's cells and tissues."

FROM DOM:  Here's the SLO I've been using with amazing results for over a month now - no crashing or fog or feeling like I'm dying, or my brain is on fire or exploding.  Click Oxygen.

 

 
8.  SELF-DEFENSE
 
In regard to the article in my last newsletter www.fms-help.com/091909.htm, see the Snopes article on wasp spray at  
www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/waspspray.asp.  Using wasp spray premeditatively would be against Federal Laws.  Ad hoc use probably could be rationalized.  Use of the spray would open a person to being sued by the perpetrator. Especially if there is any doubt as to his or her original intentionsA male commented: "From all the have heard or read, unless you have a weapon readily available when the need arises you are just out of luck. That means within arm's reach.  Be it wasp spray, WD 40, a firearm, or a ball bat when you need it - not 2 minutes from now."
 

 
9.  CHURCH FOR THE HOMEBOUND
 
From a reader--

 
"I miss going to church since ME/CFS has left me homebound most of the time and bedridden much of the time.  But my church, McLean Bible Church, feeds the entire worship service online on Sundays at 10:45 AM and 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time.  Both services are a live feed. The music is included, with the words to the worship songs right beside the live feed so you can sing along.  Also, they have a feature called "meet in the lobby" where you can chat with other people who are attending the service online.  This feature is available for the 15 minutes prior to the start of the worship services.  I may be a bit biased, but I think Pastor Lon Solomon is an excellent Bible teacher.  For those who might benefit, the website is:  http://www.mbclive.org/ or you can go to www.mcleanbible.org and click on the internet campus link."
 
FROM DOM:  What a great use of technology!  I am thankful for health and strength to be in church regularly , but I remember the many years when FMS/CFIDS made me so miserable I could barely sit through a service, stand up to sing, sit down again, etc. - it was just sooo painful!   I felt like 90 when I was in my 30's!  Since then, I have found many things that help me function and remain pain free, but I have great concern for the homebound who feel alone and forgotten. 
 

 
10.  THANKS TO HUSBAND
 
From a reader--
 
"Please thank your husband for me.... for his patience in all the time he tolerates you being on the computer doing research, answering questions and designing your newsletters."
 
FROM DOM:  Thank you for recognizing Donnie's contribution to the fibro community.  He has been very understanding of my efforts, and without his support I couldn't do any of this.   We work opposite schedules, so I have several hours each day to research for www.fms-help.com and write the newsletters, without overly infringing on family time.  It helps sooo much that Donnie is such a great worker at home, relieving me of many duties that would normally fall to me.  Thank God for Donnie!  My mother (88) just loves him and continually reminds me what a good man he is.
 

 
11.  IBS
 
From a reader--
 
"Have you ever tried the immune egg powder?  It helps with IBS a lot."
 
FROM DOM:  Yes.  I have been using the immune egg powder shake mix daily since 2001.   It has been a great help to me for the folllowing problems: gas and bloating, complexion (breakouts), racing thoughts, sleep pattern (although I still need sleep meds) and swollen glands.   I hear from others who say it helps them with sleep, fatigue and IBS.  The powder works in the "gut" where 80% of our immune system is located.  It is the first thing on my list of helps at www.fms-help.com/what.htm.  
 

 
12.  NO TASTE
 
Please respond directly to Linda HeyLindaFaye@aol.com, whose elderly mother has FMS--
 
"Mom used to just love every kind of food. Ever since Fibro moved in, nothing tastes not only NOT appealing... but not even the same as it used to. Dishes she used to love, tastes blah.  Her tongue is smoother looking and pinker, like she's been eating candy. No doctor has a clue. Have you heard of this? - Linda HeyLindaFaye@aol.com"
 
FROM DOM:  The tongue is an indicator of a lot of health problems.  Anyone have a clue about this one?  Please write Linda!
 

 
13.  HIP PAIN
 
FROM DOM:  I have had pain at the top of my left hip for many weeks.  It started up suddenly one day - only hurts when I walk. &nbssp; I can't afford to go ask a doc for something this minor.  I think it could be bursitis?  If so, I can live with that.  Just wondered if anyone has had this particular ailment.  With so many tragedies going on all around me, I hesitate to mention this relatively small annoyance.  Please write dombush@bellsouth.net with any ideas, comments.
 

 
14.   BRITISH DOCTORS LEAVE PREEMIE TO DIE
 
From a reader--
 
"I just could not believe this story!  http://www.parentdish.com/2009/09/15/british-doctors-leave-preemie-to-die/  How could they do that to a baby born strong?  What a disregard for a human life.  Well they do have socialized medicine over there, I guess that had a lot to do with the decision to save money rather than treat him  So sad!"
 
FROM DOM:  Heartbreaking!  I have also heard of cases in the U.S. where aborted babies (who are born live and whole) are discarded like garbage and left to die.  How can God bless us when we allow these horrifying crimes against the innocent?!  (Every person who is for abortion had a mother who wasn't.)
 

 
15.  PAIN KILLERS CAN BE DANGEROUS
 
From a reader--
 
"A colleague at work suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome.
She had surgery done and it did not help. Then she came to work with a
belt around her waist that carried batteries and wires went to her
wrists to give electrical stimulation. She stopped working and for
several years she tried to get on Disability......which is very, very
hard to get in Wyoming because this is the State with the RIGHT TO
WORK LAW!!  That means, it is a privilege that you can work, so work!!
and therefore it is very hard here to become disabled (I understand
because many people take advantage of the good programs!). (That's why
I myself struggled on and on, and worked till I was 68....with the
fibro and heart problems, it all was extremely hard and  I am still
exhausted!!!, but one day we shall be with our Lord!!)    This
colleage stayed home (she had a working husband!). She started taking
medications for pain, and then some more. The  side effects came, and
to counteract them, the Dr's gave more and more medications.....  (A
friend who saw her, said our colleague had a large box full of bottles
and she took every day some pills out of every bottle.....)    Anyway,
sad to say, this colleage died at the age of 53 or so..... of LIVER
CANCER........ We think her liver had become so toxic of all these
medications, that she died of liver cancer.   As I said before, when
we become older, our bodies do NOT metabolize many medications.
Therefore it is better to go homeopathic.
  I truly believe Our Lord
has so many herbs and plants for us to be used to make us well,
besides prayer and His Word!!  Just inform a doctor and tell him what
you are taking (I always tell my DR's that I am praying too!!!!!!!!
Some look at me, and some AGREE that it is the right thing to do along
with natural remedies. Of course there are instances that one MUST
TAKE MEDS!!
)   After a cyst on a fallopian tube was removed during
surgery, they gave me painkillers  intra-veniously (to counteract pain
in throat because they had a breathing tube in my throat during
surgery)  Afterwards I took the Hospital report to  the Dr and the
cardiologist because my heart had been racing every time they gave
this med to me while in the hospital.
Nobody could tell which med it
was!!!!  Last year I had half of my thyroid removed and I REFUSED PAIN
MEDICATION for a sore throat. Of course, for 3 days my throat was very
sore, but my heart was STEADY and NO RACING!! That tells me that
anti-inflamatory pills or meds are NOT GOOD for you unless you can
tolerate them
.  For instance Milk Thistle cleanses the liver, I take
it off and on.   Clover extract also!! but, never take too much of
clover extract because it thins the blood also!   I also take
chlorophyll (LIQUID) in a glass of water to cleanse my body and liver!
Just a bit more info and this story, to let others know how
dangerous too many meds are! 
JUST READ THAT BACOPA  MONNIERA
MIGHT HELP WITH SLEEP DISORDERS AND DEPRESSION, ANXIETY ETC. 
 THE PLANT IS  ALSO CALLED BACOPA MONNIERIE.   ALSO A NEW ANTI-OXIDANT
CALLED  ECKLONIA CAVA (MUCH. MUCH STRONGER THAN ALPHA LIPOIC ACID).  
IT IS A SEA-WEED, FOUND OFF THE COAST OF N/S KOREA, JAPAN,
(IT IS KNOWN THAT PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTRIES HAVE LONGER LIFE SPANS
AND LESS CANCER) AND SOLD UNDER THE NAME OF SEANOL (DR. SINATRA).
ABOUT 60 CAPS FOR $20  AT SWANSON HEALTH PRODUCTS, NOT
IN CATALOG, BUT PHONE NUMBER IS: 1-800-437-4148 ASK ABOUT SEANOL."
 
FROM DOM:  What this reader says about the dangers of drugs is TRUE!  Years ago I knew 3 women (one was my aunt) who had to be placed in psychiatric lock-up for drug detox.  Each of them were taking about 28 prescriptions for valid medical problems, when finally their systems crashed!  (You do not want to know what happens in the rubber room....)  After they were de-toxed, each was put back on the 4-5 meds they needed the most.   At troubled times in my fibro-life, I have had to depend on as many as 12 medications.  I am down to 5 now (4 are for sleep - if I could sleep, I would be down to just one, but I am grateful that I sleep at all - even with meds - have struggled with a sleep disorder www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm since I was 16 - I am now 57.)  If we can find natural things to help our bodily discomforts, pains, and malfunctions, it is always better than adding more drugs with their dangers to our overloaded bodies. 
 


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