DOM'S NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 7, 2010 - Dom's 59th birthday
Donnie & Dominie Bush
A Christian-based newsletter about Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - sharing thoughts, research and experiences.
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23 TOPICS below. Don't miss the RED ones. Readers comments in BLACK. My comments in TEAL.
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1. READERS WRITE
"Your website www.fms-help.com is very informative."
"Since reading your newsletter I have gotten in with a specialist that believes me and listens to me and she has changed my meds such that my life is so improved! I am very thankful, and might not have pursued it the way I did without your encouragement."
"Thanks for all the effort that you put into the newsletter...... It truly is a blessing to so many."
"I thank God for REAL people like you, who do their best to help others."
2. FOOD POLLUTION
From a reader--
"I've been doing my own research on what they are putting into our foods, I'm outraged! You would think that it would be illegal all that the manafactures are getting by with.... even how it is raise, whether it be meat or vegatables/fruit. I think everyone should watch food inc. and earthlings.org and really see how it's really about the money and not about our health.... Think about, why so many people are getting sick and have now what is common thyroid problems, immune problems, etc........ We are what we eat. And what are the doctors saying, Oh, this is heredity... Yeah..... Never heard of it before in our family... I say cut out all the fast food and get off all the soda's, candy and processed food and maybe we'll start to see a change. I know I have. ( think about it, cows are pumped with growth hormone, given antibodics to help with infections, and fed GMO corn that has been sprayed with roundup. And the ones that don't make it are ground up and put back into the food chain and fed to other cattle. We are now eating cloned meat that has never been tested for results. We are drinking milk from these cloned cows that have been pumped with who knows what..... Besides all that, they are spraying chemtrails polluting the air that we breath. Check it out.... (chemtrails ) in a google/yahoo search. All the metals that they are trying to get rid of putting into our products such as deordorants,baking powders, toothpaste, drinks, etc.... I'll send you some links in later emails. I hope that we can get the word out to help change some of the laws in order to help protect us from this wrong. Did you know that they are trying to pass a law to stop all organic growers from growing foods without pesticides? Even make it law that you or I can't grow organic gardens in our own yard.... That is scary!"
3. BAN ON BLOOD DONATIONS FROM M.E./CFS PATIENTS
From a reader--
"Here is a story about the protest in London today regarding the ban on blood donations from ME (CFS) patients, be sure to scroll through all the photos. http://www.demotix.com/news/494700/uk-me-sufferers-banned-donating-blood. They are saying no donations from ME patients "for their own sake" when they fail to admit the presence of XMRV. They are STILL DENYING that ME patients are biologically ill, they are still trying to claim they are mentally ill, while the blood ban proves they know it is XMRV. The UK has joined Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in banning blood donations from CFS/ME pts. How much longer before the CDC admits they have a public health crisis on their hands too?"
FROM DOM: Supposedly this is to protect the donor who has CFS, but more likely it is to keep from contaminating the blood supply with something like XMRV. I am all for banning blood donations from FMS/CFS/M.E. patients - see www.fms-help.com/virologist.htm, but isn't it strange that not too long ago we were told this illness is "all in our head"?!! This is a public health crisis and I think the governments are trying to not cause a panic or scare. I have had a number of pages on my site for years about the source of CFS/M.E., contagion issues, etc. See www.fms-help.com/virologist.htm, www.fms-help.com/aids.htm, www.fms-help.com/animal.htm, www.fms-help.com/mycoplasma.htm, etc. at www.fms-help.com.
4. SUPPLEMENTS SAVE LIVES
From a reader--
"What a great story about the high dose Vitamin C www.fms-help.com/110110.htm. We had a church member whose infant son did not seem to be developing properly. His mother took him to the doctor and they thought perhaps he was developing a little slower than the average infant so they sent her to PT with her son to see if it would help. It did not. They doctors then thought the infant had a neuromuscular disease and because he had it at such a young age (6 months), they thought he would become incapacitated and would die before the age of 5 years old. The doctors continued to do tests to confirm the diagnosis but the tests did not reveal what they had expected. It turns out that the infant did not have a certain enzyme to use Vitamin D properly so his little bones where breaking as we need Vitamin D to work with the calcium in our body. It gave him similar symptoms to a neuromuscular disorder. So, it was a simple fix. They gave him calcium to rebuild his bones and Vitamin D with the enzyme he is lacking and now he is a healthy toddler like any other child his age. What a beautiful simple fix. This is my favorite answer to prayers! I have heard that in Europe, they give intravenous high dose of Alpha Lipoic Acid to people with diabetic neuropathy. More research needs to be done in the area of vitamins and supplements."
5. EMERGENCY MARRIAGE MANUAL
From a reader--
"Wanted to send a personal thank you for creating the marital emergency manual www.fms-help.com/marriage.htm. I happened to find it on a day that I needed it the most. I've been married for 2-1/2 years and we both are very strong-willed and stubborn. To say the least - I could relate to every passage mentioned and felt convicted as I feel like I'm not doing ANY of it very well right now. =) Thanks for the words of encouragement especially the reminder that NO marriage is perfect either."
FROM DOM: See the movie Fireproof. It's great and will give you ideas for making a troubled marriage work better.
6. READERS' PRAYER CORNER
Reader with fibro + many serious health problems - "I need prayer for dealing with the Dept. of Justice over a student loan."
EXTREMELY URGENT: Please pray for Megan, the young mom who was diagnosed with aggressive leukemia while in labor with her first child in July. She has been treated with chemotherapy and is in dire condition in the hospital. See prayersformegan.com to follow updates. Her husband is Ryan and her baby is Rylee.
7. LACK OF OXYGEN
From a reader--
"I thought you might find this of interest: http://www.paindefeat.com/wiki/PDFT/HomePage. Maybe you hit it the nail right on the head with the oxygen drops http://neveranoutbreak.com/oxygen.php?partner=FM5H1PDB!" - Snippet from reader's artiicle: "Before my first patient with DMD nearly 3 years ago, I had no experience with this disease. However, I have dedicated most of my career to the research and treatment of other chronic diseases exacerbated by oxidative stress. Initially my research and treatment focused on patients with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (also known as CRPS). Eventually my work led me to diabetes, Parkinson’s Disease, and now with Muscular Dystrophy. I have come to the opinion that oxidative stress is a common link between these diseases. All of these diseases share pathological changes in the body which can be traced directly or indirectly to a lack of oxygen at the cellular level throughout the body. As a Podiatrist, I have been trained to understand pathologies in the feet. In all of these diseases, oxidative stress shows up first and worst in the feet due to the distance from the heart and central nervous system."
FROM DOM: This reader is referring to the remarkable (vast!) improvement in my health since I began putting oxygen drops in my drinking water in August 2009.
8. PINK RIBBONS
From a reader--
"I especially appreciated the 'Pink Ribbon' article by Dr. Douglass www.fms-help.com/110110.htm. I am sick of seeing everything 'Pink' in October - it gets more ridiculous every year, with everything from football teams to toilet tissue! And each time I see it, I think, "Why don't they spend the money it takes to turn everything PINK, on meaningful research?" We have become a country of 'symbolism over substance.'"
9. HEADACHES, COFFEE & MAGNESIUM
From a reader (doctor)--
"Re: TOPIC 9 www.fms-help.com/110110.htm - I am writting concerning the person who took coffee (caffeine constricts the blood vessels in the brain which does work and magnesium can help for her headaches (we also use it to help lower blood pressure in the hospital). She is on the right track for her headaches, BUT CERTAINLY NOT FOR TACHYCARDIA AND "ESPECIALLY ATRIAL FIBRILLATION which can be a VERY, VERY dangerous condition!" Atrial fibrillation is what we term an irregular, irregular heartbeat (i.e... the heat speeds up very fast, then can slow rapidly, miss a couple beats, all in a VERY irregular fashion....you must be VERY careful in what is used to treat it. Ideally the patient should be placed on an antiarrythmic med such as Rythmol to Flecanide (sometimes along with a Beta Blocker, such as Atenolol (25mg to start- which is used to lower the heart rate)......the other 2 are used to stabilize normal sinus rhythm (in very severe cases amiodorone is used. Magnesium is superb for lowering blood pressure and helping to maintain a normal heartbeat (sometimes taking over-the-counter potassium tablets helps; i.e. one 99mm/tab twice daily. Whenever one experiences tachycardia (racing of the heart)....they can most often be stopped by one of 2 methods: the first is called "VALSALVAS MANEUVER.......this is accomplished by taking a very deep breath and holding your breath and bearing down hard while holding it - for 5-10 seconds.....most often this will stop the tachycardia. If this doesn't work, then you can use the oculo-cardiographic reflex.......close you eyes and with rather firm pressure press on the top of the closed eyes for 8 - 15 seconds.......this also will normally abort the tachycardia (the trigeminal nerve that innervates the eye actually comes in very close contact with the vagus nerve that innervates the heart.....so stimulating the one nerve will affect the other). I won't go into detail (too long here), but a good way help protect the heart is to take (ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR DR. FIRST) a magnesium supplement, L Carnitine, CoQ10 and some calcium. I am assuming the eat enough salt and potassium......too little can affect your heat rhythm so the you can throw of an inordinate number of PAC's and PVC's (premature heartbeats - palpitations). PLEASE pass this on to the individual with headaches, coffee &magnesium."
10. HONEY FOR HERPES
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/07/honey-works-better-than-drugs-for-herpes.aspx - Snippet: "Honey has long been regarded as one of the best natural wound healers and infection fighters. When a researcher treated patients with Acyclovir for one herpes outbreak and honey for another, overall healing time with honey was 43 percent better than with Acyclovir for sores on the lips and 59 percent better for genital sores. According to Nutrition and Healing: 'None of the volunteers experienced any side effects with repeated applications of honey, although three patients developed local itching with the Acyclovir.'"
FROM DOM: See my cold sore page at www.fms-help.com/coldsores.htm.
11. TOXIC TRIAD
http://drhyman.com/the-toxic-triad-how-big-food-big-farming-and-big-pharma-spread-obesity-diabetes-and-chronic-disease-across-the-globe-2527/ - The Toxic Triad: How Big Food,, Big Farming, and Big Pharma Spread Obesity, Diabetes, and Chronic Disease Across the Globe
12. SHINGLES EPIDEMIC
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/02/chicken-pox-vaccine-creates-shingles-epidemic.aspx - This articcle includes some discussion about whether people over 60 should get the shingles vaccine, and how natural immunity to shingles is created by being exposed to chicken pox! However, if you were given the chicken pox vaccine as a child, it increases your chances of shingles later in life. Shingles is a horrible and painful thing to experience!
13. SLEEPY PUPPY TRIES TO STAY AWAKE
http://www.godvine.com/Sleepy-Puppy-Desperately-Tries-to-Stay-Awake-62.html - Adorable!
14. ROSACEA
From a reader--
"I have found something that does not cost a fortune to help
with my rosacea. It is Seabuckthorn soap and
seed oil. It is THE combination of these TWO products that in 4 days has so
significantly reduced the redness and awfully big pimple-bumps. Last week I
almost did not want to go out on the weekend it was so bad. I feel so PALE now
that I am not fire-engine red in the face! I have tried a Seabuckthorn soap before (not sure which
brand) but without the seed oil (which I feel helps the most) and did not get
the same results. So not all brands are effective.
http://seabuckthorn.com."
15. SCAM ABOUT ADOBE ACROBAT
From a reader--
Phishing scam targets users of Adobe PDF Reader - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/012810-phishing-scam-adobe.html
16. TOXIC SKY
From a friend--
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"I am wondering if you (or others) could address the quandary of HOW to take the upteen needed supplements when a person is on disability and barely able to buy food...let alone, 'organic', and supplements (what a dream!!) "2 servings of fruit and 3 of veggies a day (or vice versa) isn't even possible! This is a mind and spirit numbing dilemma, really." FROM DOM: FMS/CFIDS is
“Millionaire’s Disease!” Suggestions include: asking family for
help, becoming a distributor of a product, or going without. Many
things don’t help anyway! Cheapest thing you can do is stop
consumption of junk food, sugar, dairy, caffeine, white flour, soft
drinks, and aspartame. This alone can be helpful. More ideas
at www.fms-help.com/tips.htm.
From a reader-- "I laughed so hard at the video of the Mom with a Cake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zse4LJK8OZ0 -- I don't think I'll stop laughing for days! I think laughing is way better than pills -- thanks for posting."
22. TIPS FOR FEELING BETTER
23. ADRENALINE SURGES & CFIDS/M.E. From a reader-- http://www.hfme.org/adrenalinesurgetips.htm - Snippet: "M.E. patients have strict limits on how active they can be. If these limits are breached, symptoms worsen immediately and there is also a further deterioration 24 - 48 hours later, as well as the potential for repeated or severe overexertion to prevent any type of recovery, or cause disease progression or even death. This paper explains how carers, doctors, and also friends and family members and partners of M.E. patients, can help patients to avoid overexertion and so have their best possible long-term health outcome. It also describes the characteristics and signs of adrenaline surges and relapses in M.E. for the benefit of these individuals, as well as for newly ill M.E. patients themselves." FROM
DOM: Excellent!
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II Corinthians
1: 4 - "[God] 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.
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