Hi D,
i remember you from the OP forum, which I used to read! I have been
OPing since mid-July, started in the middle of my month-long juice
fast, thanks to Trapper's rave reviews. Interesting you had the very
same things going on as I am! Did you have pain and swelling (like
fluid) on your knee, or only pain? I have both--the muscles on
the inside of my knee and inner thigh just above knee are very tender
and sore. The entire area is sore. It gets worse if I sit for any
length of time, or sleep and then get up--extremely painful, can't
even straighten out at first. I've been doing salt water and C every
day since March 19th, when I found out I should be doing it (I had not
done it till then as I wasn't reading the forum regularly till
a couple weeks before that time and then Uny gave me one of her
famous lectures on the subject, LOL!). (Hi Uny!) I have not been
OPing twice a day like I was, but most days manage to do it once
a day. This is because I simply do not have the time to take and
do all the things I need to in the a.m. before I leave for work:
salt water, then fresh water, herbs to prepare for my next liver
flush (the Julia Chang Chinese herb tinctures), my Ziquin Endobiotics
(for the endocrine system--they are Chinese herbs in tablet form),
then the iodine, all while making my 2 pint smoothie (in which I
put powdered Ester C, and other powders) and getting ready for
work. If I could get up an hour earlier, say at 5, I could possibly
do the OPing and a bit of yoga which I really need on a daily basis,
but with the fatigue back which goes hand in hand with the fibro,
it's all I can do to get out by 6:00 or 6:10 and I'm pretty slow
now cuz of the knee pain, at least at first. The Chinese herbs all
require an empty stomach and 1/2 hr. before you take anything else
at all. It makes a bit hard when you only have so much time before
it's time to jump in the car and drive off to work by 7:50 a.m.!
Once I'm at work, I have all my water on my desk or in my two
bags that I bring: the water I put salt in, and the water I've
mixed powdered C in, and then I take Julia's Gold Coin Grass
tincture around 11:00 and then it's time for more Iodine (I split
it up into 3 servings). It's a wonder I get any work done! Yes, I
think your hit is correct about the return of my fibro symptoms
being toxic overload; it's too much of a coincidence to be anything
other. I'm not stressing over the return of the symptoms, but the
knee thing has got me really frustrated, as I cannot exercise as
I am used to, I have gaine 5-6 lbs. in no time at all (I worked
really hard to get to the point where I could exercise at all,
took me decades, literally). Odd that you got a carpal tunnel
thing going; I have had some painful twinges in my wrist that feel
like exactly that, numerous times in the past several weeks. I
knew right away that it had to be from toxic waste. Thank you
for your post! I hope you are feeling better by now.

I think you are right. I think that costo is a sign of something else that causes the inflammation. For some that mystery problem seems to settle in the rib cartilidge, like us. That's what I kept telling that sad yahoo forum group...look for the cause, not just pain management. For me I think it was my liver. I was diagnosed with a fatty liver during the investigation into my pain. They thought it was gallbladder. I'm so happy I had that Ultrasound because at the time I didn't even know where my liver and gallbladder were LOL! I think that's why the Liver Flushes were the beginning of the end of my pain. And when I feel my costo flair up again, I'm pretty sure it's my liver acting up. But after 6 mos of liver flushing, I went in for a MRI and lo and behold, fatty liver and a cyst on the liver had vanished. Certain exercises also cause it to flair up so I'm very careful about twisting my torso.

Thanks for responding. I so wanted to drag a bunch from yahoo over here to the costo forum I set up but no one seems to ever post in there. Too bad, there are so many that could benefit from CZ regarding this condition.

Cheers,

Molly

Good old exercise, sunshine, fresh air and lots of water with a little high quality Sea Salt can go a long way to getting things moving.

Hope your feeling better,


Sojo

Hi Soulful,
thanks for the response! I may just go out and get some glucosamine
and chondroitin, 2 supplements I have not taken--never had the joint
issues till just now. *sigh* I'm already spending hundreds per month
on supplements! I'll also look into the increased C--am doing Natrol
powdered ester C twice a day (1500 mg per 1/2 tsp) in water and in
a smoothie. The water I drink all day, being careful to drink it not
close to when I take Iodine (I drink plain H2O then). I tried aspirin
for the knee pain, it didn't even affect it. Dr. F. (my chiro) told me to take
aspirin rather than any other analgesic, but I don't even bother to
try anymore. Good on your orthopedic surgeon for telling you the
truth! It is SO rare to find a doc who will do that...I know you know!
To tell you the God's honest truth, I did not get diagnosed with
fibro till I saw someone out of area, a Dr. St. Amand down in L.A. who
a friend told me about. He is an endocrinologist (who has fibro
himself). His guaifenesin protocol did not work for me--one has to
stop all herbal products and even can't use mint toothpaste, and
use guaifenesin tablets--did nothing for me--but at least I got a
diagnosis and was able to use it to get disabled parking at work so
I did not have to walk 1/2 mile from the parking lot to the building
at 7:45 a.m.
(the campus is very spread out where I work) when I was going thru the
worst of it back in '98. I had to pay big bucks to go see him as my
ins. only paid for a small portion, plus the airfare to Los Angeles.
Then Dr. F., a chiropractor in San Mateo, said I had "something like"
fibromyalgia and the root cause is my hypothyroidism. A very perceptive
family practice doc many yrs. ago (back in '88 if my memory serves
correct) told me she suspected I had low thyroid due to my presenting
symptoms and had me read the Broda Barnes, M.D. classic, "Hypothyroidism, the
Undiagnosed Illness." I saw doctor after doctor in those days--started out
with an endocrinologist, had my thyroid tested about 6 different times,
saw alternative-type practitioners--got nowhere. Most of them do not know
s*ite from shinola when it comes to these sorts of symptoms and
how to fix them. I spent $20K
or over throughout the decades since I started feeling lousy, on this
or that test, this or that doctor's visit, this or that device, supplement,
modality, etc., etc.--this on a very low-paying job. I finally had to
cut my work hours from 100% time to 75% time in 1997 because I could no
longer work full-time due to my fatigue and lack of energy. This has
helped me a great deal and eventually I was able to exercise again as
I had been used to long ago, but recently that has changed again, due
to the return of the fatigue and complete lack of energy and now the
knee pain. Had about 4 good years there...hopefully those days will
be back again and never end this time!
Yes, I fully concur with your opinion of doctors--best to stay away if
you possibly can, it's normally an exercise in futility (and a lightening
of your wallet!). Knowing what I've been through all these years with
the fibro symptoms, and knowing that rheumatism is very similar to
fibro, I have no doubt your condition is very similar to mine, and that
the right amount of Iodine taken daily will correct the problem. It seems
to be the answer to a multitude of conditions, as we are all finding out.
All the best to you; I hope you arrive at complete and perfect health
before very long!

 

 

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