DOMS'
NEWSLETTER
October 7,
2009
A Christian-based newsletter for people with
Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS),
or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and their families.
20 TOPICS.
READERS' COMMENTS IN BLACK. MY COMMENTS IN TEAL.
1. READERS
WRITE
"Thank you for making a website www.fms-help.com to help others who
are living with FMS and CFS, it is very useful and
inspiring."
"I have FMS/CFS. I struggle to function
daily. My family doesn't help or seem to understand my illness."
"Thank you for hope."
"I've gotten some good ideas and
inspiration from you. Thanks for your efforts."
"Thank you for your continued newsletter which I find full
of interesting and helpful information every
time."
2. ALTERNATIVE METHODS
HELP
From a reader--
"When I was 27 years old, I went to work, I came home. and
I went to bed at 6 pm. I got sick all the time, and I hurt. If I had not worked
for an accomodating employer I would have been fired. Today, through a
combination of 10 mg doxepin, along with an herbal product called Deep Sleep and
another called Allertonic (from Herbs etc), I sleep pretty well. I also
take probiotics and enzymes and whole food vitamins, and I have cleaned up my
diet from lot of processed junk. and I am going to try this oxygen from
Dom. I wake up at 5:30, and I go to bed at 10:30. Even if something
happens and I don't sleep well, I can still go to work the next day. I
take care of my daughter, and elderly family. When I stop and think how I
felt like an old woman at 27, and a young middle aged woman at 49, it is a
miracle.I was traditionally trained as a nutritionist. I did not believe in
alternative medicine until I got sick and nothing would help me but! So if
you don't believe in alternative things, and in removing the toxic things
in your environment, just try it. Trust me and Trust Dom. It
is amazing what alternative medicine can do. I never would have believed it
until it happened to me. It is a miracle, but it is a miracle that can happen to
you too!"
3. NASAL SPRAY
WORKS
From a reader--
"I would like to respond to the topic on nasal spray. I have used
this nasal spray from Seagate and it is a real winner. Also their throat
spray. Use them as soon as symptoms appear and use them several times a
day, until symptoms disappear."
4. DO FIBROMITES HAVE POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE REACTIONS FROM THE FLU SHOT?
From a reader--
"Can you post an update on flu shot
recommendations or experiences from people with Fibromyalgia. They are
really pushing the flu shots now - anticipating a bad season. I just
wondered what the risks are for people with Fibro or if people have had positive
or negative experiences."
5. FLU SHOT
COMMENTS
Reader 1--
"In respone to #11 www.fms-help.com/100109.htm, of
course they will say that about the flu vaccine. But you are being injected with
a attenuated live flu virus, and possibly an adjuvant squalene that may be
responsible for gulf war syndrome (fibro being one of the conditions of gulf war
syndrome) so who wants to take a chance on that? Not me. I'll take my probiotics
(shown to decrease risk of flu) and vitamin D (also shown to have beneficial
effects on immune, heart, cancer etc). A study with kids showed a huge
decrease in risk of flu, days missed from day care etc with use of a probiotic
beverage. kids were 3-5 years old."
Reader 2--
"I really thought i needed to email you about what has
happened to me just yesterday. You may remember me telling you not long ago that
i had been given the swine flu vaccine and had no problems or side effects from
it. Well, i was very wrong - and so was my (then) doctor. He actually gave me
the annual flu vaccine, telling me it included the swine flu vaccine. (I have
since changed doctors). Anyhow, today i had an
appointment with my new doctor who noticed on my records that i hadn't been
given the swine flu vaccine. I was obviously a little disconcerted by this, but
still let her convince me that i really should have the vaccine because of my
chronic health issues and because of my BAD history with pneumonia. Bad move
- I have beeen SO ILL since i got home from the
doctors office. Violent diarrhea, blinding headache, fever and chills, and now
my right arm is hurting so badly that it is all i can do to type this warning to
your readers. Please DO NOT have the swine flu vaccine.
I am so, so
sorry and i feel such a fool for allowing this doctor to talk me into having the
vaccine. I am actually typing thia at 2 am because i feel too
ill to even sleep. I am wide awake despite taking a prescription sleeping pill
and strong pain pills. Please Dom, i urge you to
warn your readers of this danger. I am afraid of what is
happening to my body - i feel worse than i have ever felt with my illnesses, and
for some reason the pain in my arm is actually causing some kind of circulation
problem or something because my hand is stone cold and almost 'dead'. This is
very frightening Dom, and i don't want anybody else to go through
this."
6. THE PERSECUTED
DMSO
From a reader--
FROM DOM: The DMSO I'm using
to stay cold sore free smells lovely - slightly floral and
rose-like.
7. ELECTROMAGNETIC
FIELDS & FMS
From a reader--
"I recently read a mainstream-published book by a brain
surgeon. It was his story of surgeries and training, etc, but he incidentally
mentioned the number of glioblastomas he had seen that seemed to be
associated with high cell phone use. As a scientist, he would not say
that they cause glioblastoma because he says research has not yet proved it, but
he advises all his loved ones to limit use of cell phones. Also use
headphones—the kind that fit inside ear and have a long cord so that you can
keep the phone as far as possible away from the body—don’t wear the phone. I
have also read that using a cell phone which has an antenna that is shielded
somewhat from the head helps (like the flip open phones). Probably not using the
phone on the same side of the head and in same positions is good. Keeping phone
a little way from the ear instead against the ear also good. In addition, I
think we as CFS/FM sufferers are affected more by energy transmissions from
electro-magnetic fields, so limiting use is good and keeping a distance from
whatever we use is best. For example, don’t put a laptop on your lap or hold any
electronic item for any length of time. There are even little ankle “lightning
rods” you can wear that direct energy to the ground (sold for autistic kids) and
supplements that help with EMF brain problems. You can test how strong a source
is by using a simple compass. Keep the compass showing true north and move it
close to any electronic item and see how strongly it pulls the needle away from
north. Don’t spend a lot of time at the distance from the item where it starts
to pull the needle away from north. Especially do not sleep close to such an EMF
(could be on the other side of the wall from TV, etc). These things seem to me
to be just common sense, and we need to be aware of how today’s technologies can
affect us."
FROM DOM: WOW!!!!! Is this ever interesting! I want
to buy a compass to check things around my house! This reader was
responding to the article in my last newsletter www.fms-help.com/100109.htm about my friend's husband who died from a
glioblastoma (cancer) in his brain almost certainly from continuous cell
phone use on that side of his head for 20 years (supervising roadwork
crews). BTW, if the subject of electromagnetic fields interests
you, use the google search box at the bottom of this page to search my
site and past newsletters for info about how EMF's negatively affect
people with FMS/CFIDS.
8. COLD
SORES
Reader 1--
"I have had cold sores since I was a teenager
and am 50 now. I have tried everything natural and prescription. The
only thing that I found that works well for me is taking Folic Acid and B-6
every day. This is in addition to my multi-vitamins. I don't know if you
are interested in prescription meds or not, but on the rare occasion that I do
get bad outbreak, my doctor gives me Acyclovir to take at the onset of the
outbreak and I take it until they stop breaking out or clear up. It works
great to stop them once they start. But I have only a few outbreaks a year
now-much better than every 2 weeks like it used to be."
FROM DOM: I was on massive doses of acyclovir
(800 mg per day) to prevent cold sores, but my doc said this is toxic to
the kidneys. I am so grateful to the reader who told me about the cold sore site
and I bought the oxygen drops, DMSO cream and book (all in one kit). It is
working fabulously, with a side benefit being NO BRAIN FOG OR FATIGUE for over 6
weeks now. I feel NORMAL. What an unexpected
blessing!
Reader 2--
"I had a lot of cold sores when I had the fungal
problem. I don't have them anymore since I got rid of the
fungus."
9. DR. EDUARDO
BALBONA
FROM DOM: My very good doc (internal medicine)
in Jacksonville, FL was on ABC news yesterday (9/30/09). My husband
happened to see the news report and I was able to find it online last
night. Dr. Balbona is the doc who manages my meds www.fms-help.com/what.htm and he is
wonderful! He was one of 3 doctors who worked at the capitol building in
Washington, DC (where I was born, BTW) - and they attended to the medical needs
of the legislators. Dr. Balbona is a caring physician - very quiet,
but so knowledgeable and nice. On the other side of the coin, I have some
horror stories about docs sent in by my readers at www.fms-help.com/doctors.htm. This
is a comforting page to visit if you have tears in your eyes from being
"beat up" during a doctor's visit for having FMS/CFIDS - most docs don't believe
there is such a thing and think we're crazy! Dr. Balbona is not an
FMS/CFIDS doctor, but he sure has helped me with managing the symptoms. Of
course, all this is before my oxygen drop discovery 6 weeks ago. However, I
still need to use meds to sleep at night, and this is what Dr. Balbona
manages for me. He has been wonderful.
10. THE ROLE OF OXYGEN IN
FIBROMYALGIA
From a reader--
http://www.myalgicencephalomyelitis.co.uk/html/oxygen___fibromyalgia_.html -
"While the cause of fibromyalgia is not agreed upon in the medical community,
belief that it derives from an oxygen metabolism dysfunction is mounting. The
various proposed hypotheses about fibromyalgia's origin are varied, ranging from
an infectious viral agent to a sleep disorder to an emotional disturbance. From
an atomic perspective, the smallest building blocks of life, all of the proposed
theories behind fibromyalgia genesis can be understood. A system that isn't
metabolizing oxygen (the basis of life) properly, can manifest as fibromyalgia
through each of the proposed causes."
11. pH BALANCE & COLD
SORES
From a reader--
"If you are having acid imbalance try 1/2 tsp baking soda
(alkaline) in 1/2 cup water every few hours... also eating more fresh
fruits and veg and less meats and processed foods will help correct this
imbalance. Cold sores also respond to treatment with melissa (lemon balm)
oil or the oil from the rind of a lemon (peel rind then bend the yellow part
inward to release the oil and apply directly)."
12. MICROCHIP IN
EACH PILL?
From a reader--
13. MONEY IS
GERMY
Reader 1--
Researchers from the Medical Center of
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio found that 87% of dollar bills
in circulation carry bacteria, including strains that cause sore throats,
urinary tract infections and food poisoning. There’s no way to tell how
many people get sick from handling money -- people rarely know where they picked
up a germ when they become ill -- but this evidence suggests that money is an
often-overlooked culprit.
Self-defense: Wash your hands
frequently when you handle cash. To be ultrasafe, adopt a strategy used by a
Chinese bank during the SARS epidemic. When you receive money, put it in a safe
place, wash your hands, and don’t touch it again for at least 24 hours. That
should be long enough for most germs to die.
FROM DOM: I figured out a
long time ago that money is unsanitary! There's no telling where it's been
or who has handled it. Back when my immune function was at its weakest, I
would invariably get a sore throat after handling money then eating food, such
as at a fast food restaurant. Eventually I learned to take precautions,
and I now carry sanitizing wipes at all times to use after
touching money, particularly if eating is the next step. Having been born
with a compromised immune system, I have had tremendous battles germs and
viruses all of my life. A list of things I use to try to stay as
healthy as possible is at www.fms-help.com/what.htm. I
have found that it is a lot easier to stay well than to try to climb
back up the cliff once you've fallen off into full-blown illness, which can
be a downward-spiraling experience where one illness leads to
another. I have a theory about health that goes like this: Each of
us has an invisible "line" with our own bodies that we cannot cross.
We can get near the line and recover our health, but once you cross the line, it
is almost impossible to regain your former health. It is not wise to take
chances with your health by drinking sodas, overindulging in sweets, using
aspartame, drinking excessive coffee, smoking, alcohol consumption, or even
running yourself down with overwork or unwise overcommitment - all of these (stress included) have the
ultimate effect of making your pH too acidic - and acid causes disease and
pain! I have recently found a simple way to alkalize my pH
and oxygenate my brain. Since finding this, I've had absolutely no fibro
fog or fatigue for over 6 weeks now - and counting! I don't know if this
can work for everyone, but it sure has rescued me, particularly from the
dreadful effects of working in toxic mold in 2004-2005 www.fms-help.com/mold.htm, from
which I could not seem to recover my former state of health. Anyway, back
to money - wash your hands if you have a weak immune
system.
Reader 2--
"Use plastic, debit cards."
Reader 3--
"I MAY HAVE GOTTEN SICK
ANYWAY, but it was after handling money and being very
careless, eating a french fry (I would normally toss out the 'handle'
part of the fry after taking all my bites....but this time just popped the
entire fry into my big, waiting mouth)...it was
within days that I came down with this horrible flu that never left...and from
one thing to another, i ended up with fibro, m.s. m.e. and about ten
other diagnosed illnesses!!!! so...i always
wonder...."IF" I had not been so careless....IF I had not eaten all those
horrible germs on the money I had just handled ..... perhaps I would be well
today. fibro was just the beginning...so if I had not 'met' with it, i
might not have met with all the rest! If a dollar bill gets CLOSE to my face, I will break out in
a rash of hives that will take up to weeks or a month from which to rid
myself. I LECTURE my grand kids and
their friends .....money IS the root of evil in even more ways these days.
When I touch money, I can even "FEEL" the layers of dirt
on my palms until I wash my hands....it is the one area where I am
compulsive! sigh."
Reader 4--
"Putting money away for at least 24 hours has
another advantage... it stops you from spending it the second you get
it!"
14. EXPLODING
PYREX
From a reader--
FROM DOM: Makes me want to pitch all
my glass bakeware.
15. IMPLANTED MICROCHIP
From a reader--
PERRY STONE ON END TIMES AND
RFID CHIP
FROM DOM: You've GOT to
watch this!!!
Reader 1--
"Oh my gosh!!! This is scary and exciting
all at the same time. I sure hope Jesus comes to get us before they start
implementing the mark. I watch Perry Stone ... but hadn't seen this
before. Thank you so much for sending it!"
Reader 2--
"What he says is so true! So many people blindly would go along
with the government if they’re told to do so, and probably most have never heard
of the mark of the beast.
This info is scary, and does not seem coincidental!
Reader
3--
"This is so scary !! to actually be alive during this period of
time that the Bible talks about........ Only the Holy Spirit can calm the fear
this brings up! Come quickly, Lord Jesus !"
Reader 4--
"Very interesting indeed. I had a
long and detailed dream (vision?) about the chip and the two companies involved
in making them. It was very definitely a dream from God and there were things in
it I'd never heard about before. Now I do, it's frightening. I don't think I'd
let them implant me with anything either. I know how to survive on wild foods
now, thank God for that!"
Reader 5--
"I'm happy you sent this to me as my husband and I have watched Perry
Stone preach on other biblical subjects. I think that he's really
into prophecy and is wanting people to know of what's going to
happen in end times. In my opinion he's awesome! He has quite a few cd's out
there and I wish more church groups would buy and play them. They catch your
attention!"
Reader 6--
"I never miss Perry Stone, Grant Jeffrey or Jack & Rexella Van Impe.
Love em!"
16. SWINE FLU
THOUGHTS
From a reader--
"Thought I'd share as there's so much talk about the swine
flu now. My kids' taekwondo teacher (a nice, Christian man) recently got a
call from his daughter's high school that she had the swine flu and he must come
take her to ER. He locked up and we all left early as he rushed to the
school. Turns out she had a low grade fever and very mild flu symptoms and the
school is on alert to just assume it's swine flu because of all the hype. His
daugher was in a panic, crying hysterically, because of the way the
school nurse reacted. He took his daughter to ER where there were
many others sitting there. He went in to see the doc and they did a bunch of
labs. The doc said he was so angry at the media for hyping up the whole swine
flu thing, that it's just a "normal" strain of flu, and not nearly the big deal
they make of it, plus it's causing chaos in ER's all over, etc. Turns out
my teacher's daughter didn't even have swine flu but there were others at ER who
did so she got exposed that way. He didn't even think his daughter was sick
enough to go to the doc but the school said she had to get tested to be let back
on campus so he took her. Now, since she was exposed in ER, she's not allowed on
campus, eventhough she's 100% better! We live
in the end times! The internet and mass media is just the perfect opportunity
for evil, terror, false teaching, etc. and all the Bible warns of to be spread
immediately around the entire globe at alarming speed. I for one am sick and
tired of the hysteria! Just another reason why it's so important now more than
ever to "hold our thoughts captive" to the Lord, and meditate on
"whatever is true, right, good, and lovely". I think I'll go read
Proverbs!"
17.
INVIGOREST
From a reader--
"I tried Invigorest and did not sleep at all. Half way
through the night I took my Lunesta. At least I got 4 hrs. sleep that night, but
losing sleep that night sure messed me up later on that week. I may be one who
has to stick to the prescriptions, like it or not."
FROM DOM: We insomniacs
are all different. What helps one doesn't help another. A list of
everything I've tried for sleep is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm. I am well-managed for sleep now www.fms-help.com/what.htm, but I
sure wish something natural helped so I could get off these meds. I've had
a sleep disorder since I was 16. I am now 57.
18. PET MICROCHIPS
CAUSE CANCER
19. PEACE IN
TROUBLED TIMES
From a reader--
"Just wanted to share this. i think it helps a bit with
pain... provide P-E-A-C-E... which eases stress...
~ Paradise ~
The Lord showed me today very clearly something to help us
live amidst the chaos of this world:
Jesus reclaimed Eden... (He is the Second, Restored
Adam.)
Eden, Paradise, is walking and talking with
God...
Paradise is trusting God, like a
child...
Trust is the currency of Heaven: We give Him our trust,
He answers...
He IS Paradise...
He will keep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him...
(Isaiah 26:3)
Set our minds on things above, not on things
below...
Don't look down at the waves; gaze into His Lovely Face...
My heart is my Sanctuary, where God dwells; protect it.
Keep the world and negativity out.
In Him we live and move and have our being: We
are literally "bathing" in God.
Sometimes I lay on my bed peacefully and
just let my mind wander... and if a little care bubbles up, I just
softly tell God about it and give it to Him... in full expectation
He'll answer, or help me understand... It's healing to let it all
go... The heart becomes lighter and free... It helps my
pain, my heart, and He answers many prayers... Thank you,
Lord!
Acts 3:6
Peter said, "Silver or gold I do
not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, walk."
What Peter essentially meant was: In
this world I have nothing but Jesus, and that is more than enough! For He
raises the dead, and feeds a multitude with five loaves and two fish. All
things are possible with Him. Silver and gold are the currency of this
world. Trust is the currency of the Kingdom! On our money it
still says: In God We Trust!
"Trust" is "totally relying upon the Savior's trustworthiness."
I pray you have eyes to
see Paradise..."
20. DOM'S
UPDATE
I'm still using liquid oxygen
drops (click "Oxygen" in the pink bar) and feeling NORMAL. This has been going on for 7 weeks
now! I have no more debilitating fatigue or fog. I'm
frankly.....amazed. My husband always said it was like I wasn't getting
enough oxygen to my brain.
I am busy preparing 25 students
for a music recital (piano, guitar, voice) on October 16 at the LABC School of
Music (all readers in the Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Orange Park area of
Florida are invited to attend). It should be a wonderful
program. There will be students of all ages (6 through retired), many
brave beginners.
The following week we have revival
at church with Dr. Bill Stafford, who was in the movie, Fireproof.
The music ministry is also working on a special presentation, "One
Lord, One Faith" in November, so there's lots going on in my musical
world.
As most of you know, I have not
been able to travel more than 25 miles by car without collapse, ever since
working in toxic mold in 2004-2005 www.fms-help.com/mold.htm. My next experiment is to try to drive over to my
mom's house, 51 miles away, but I think I better wait until some of these other
major commitments are over. I don't want to push the
envelope...
If anyone is using the drops
besides me, I would be interested to know how you are doing. Write
dombush@bellsouth.net with any results - positive or negative. Just remember to
start slow - use only 1-2 drops in 8 oz. of drinking water 3 times a day.
Only add a drop every few days. I am using 8 drops after 7 weeks, and I
feel good, so I see no need to use more. The only thing is, I feel a
little water-logged. I think I have been drinking too much water, so I
think I will cut back. I have no more debilitating fog and fatigue, chest
crushing feelings, or feeling of total collapse. All of these miseries
were hidden, so it's hard to explain the agony to those who don't have this
condition. One more thing - If you are using the drops, do NOT sabotage the alkalization process by drinking sodas, coffee, or eating a lot of sugar. I also learned that if a person is under extreme stress, the body will become highly acidic (low pH) no matter what you do, so avoid excessive stress too. However, I am under a lot of stress (good stress) right now and still feel fine! I highly recommend getting their book (although pricey and contains typos) because it explains in easy to understand terms what the oxygen drops do to alkalize and oxygenate the body. I would not have understood it without the book.
I have been so worried that I
wouldn't be able to keep my job because of my health. I don't qualify for
disability, because the attorney (husband of a former student who specializes in
FMS disability) says that if you make over $500 per month, you are proving that
you CAN work. And if you CAN work, you are not disabled! So I have
no choice but to keep teaching. It's a catch-22 situation - I have to use
a lot of (expensive) things to keep myself going and working so that I can
afford those things.....it's a vicious circle. I also have
medical debt that I am trying to pay off, but making only a small dent in
the problem.
For those who are interested, my
personal list of helps is at www.fms-help.com/what.htm. If you want to read tips on getting disability sent in by
readers, go to www.fms-help.com/disability.htm.
As for me, I think the Lord wants me to keep teaching until He pulls the
plug. My goal is to raise up more church musicians, which are sorely
lacking right now.
Dominie
II Corinthians 1: 4 - "Who
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which
are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of
God." Visit Dominie's FMS/CFIDS Homepage at www.fms-help.com for Fibromyalgia
and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers and their
families.
DOMINIE'S FIBROMYALGIA & CHRONIC
FATIGUE SYNDROME HOMEPAGE
DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical doctor. I
am a fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue syndrome survivor. The purpose of this website
is not to diagnose or cure any disease or malady, but is presented as food for
thought. This information cannot take the place of professional medical
advice. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should come under the
direction of a physician. No guarantees are made regarding any of the
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