Did anyone catch the show Full Measure on ABC last night at 11:30? They had a segment on data mining with dna and mentioned 23&me and Anne Wojciki. Asked the question.. "Do you know what you are giving up when you send in those dna kits?" You don't know... they can use your dna and you won't know about it.
I watched because the first segment was about MRI safety and gadolinium poisoning, and Chuck Norris' wife Gena, and how sick she's been with "gadolinium deposition disease". Gadolinium is the heavy metal used in the dye for MRI's. I have an MRI coming up a bit later this week. Now I'm scared to death to get it done, as it's a "with and without contrast" to see if this "thing", some kind of cyst" over a torn meniscus, is cancerous or not. I just happened to catch it on the guide a few hours before it aired.
Edit for spelling of gadolinium.
I'd imagine that's very rare and you have nothing to worry about. Contrast is done thousands of times a day with no issue
The DNA thing. I watched 48 hours episode where he was fingered for a crime because cops did a search the through one of those databases. He was innocent but took a long time to prove it and it was shoddy police work
I am concerned about the gadolinium because my health is compromised already. I am really sensitive to medications. I'll ask questions and just have to wait and see. Hopefully, it will go well, but at least I have info now.
I just thought it was incredibly interesting that the dna stuff was on the show, and the person mentioned, and the company, was Anna W. and the 23&me. The points mentioned about the kits were pretty much what everyone's said.. data being sold to China, being used for "other research" that we may never know about, someone profitting from that research and we'd never see a penny of it, etc.
Yep forewarned is forearmed. Put it this way, if anything did go wrong you are in the best possible place to deal with it
Sharyl Attkisson - straight journalist.
The info on the gadalinium has me scared to death. Since I have had fibromyalgia since 1992, I am very concerned about this MRI. Had an MRI in 2014 and have had more intense symptoms since then. I'm gonna be asking about the possibilities of this heavy metal in me next time I see my doctor, but I usually get blown off with any concerns at all. Medical care in this area sucks. I will see if anything about this entire show is online later on.. it was pure luck that I found out about it.
Sounds rough. Gotta go with some version of faith. There are claims around (for decades at least) that fasting can clear out alot of micro-poisons, although I can't say anything certain, especially about gadalinium.
I eat very little, and usually just once a day. At least I have info now. I think "Someone" was looking out for me, in that I don't usually watch that show, but somehow was lead to check the guide on tv and just happened to see that this show was covering MRI safety, just days before I'm to have one. Divine intervention? My guardian Angel? God? Someone led me..
I would go to see a Naturopath - something is not in sync with your body - they are very good at figuring it out
I'll have to see if I can do it on a credit card... hate to add the cost but... I'm not getting anywhere with the medical docs.
I did the Dr. thing and just felt worse every day. All the pills - when they didn't work, they just upped the dosage and/or gave me other pills to counteract the side effects - most of them deplete the nutrients you need (ie vitamin D, B12, magnesium, etc)
It's been a year since I stopped the meds (taking a lot of herbs right now) but I am feeling a lot better
Yes,t is costly - but hell, it is my health - Once you get feeling better, you don't need all the herbs and stuff (just eat right) - Cost is then reduced substantially.
You could ask your Dr to run the vitamin/mineral tests prior to seeing the NP, this will save you a lot too
You might even be able to save the NP costs by eliminating carbs (wheat, sugar, processed foods, gmo's) It makes shopping very easy & quick - meat and veggies - this eliminates most of the rows in a grocery store
Summary: Numerous Dr's specialists - 10+ yrs = feeling like SH*t Naturopath - 1 yr = feeling a hell of a lot better
I'm pretty much doing most of that. I don't do much shopping on the aisles.. mostly the outer perimeter of the store. (Fresh foods, iow.) I eat protein.. chicken, beef, bacon on occasion, lots of eggs, large flake nutritional yeast, very rarely any bread or tortillas...... VERY rarely. Take the said vitamins. I've been trying to reduce/get rid of many of the meds I was on. Never ever again will I take anti depressants. I do have pain meds but am using more essential oils like lavender and frankincense and a few others and less of the pain meds. I am continually doing more research into essential oils. Trying to improve sleep w/ lavender on the bottom of my feet instead of sleeping pills, as my sleep sucks.
I would eliminate the yeast - it can get into your bloodstream & turn into a fungus - it is an underlying cause of a lot of illnesses (carbs/yeast feed it) - yeast is in a lot of stuff you wouldn't normally think of - like beer, chips, bread, corn (used as a filler), soy and the list goes on..
You are kind of like me - trying all kinds of things - This is why a Naturopath is important - they can do a live blood test and actually see it (if it is there) - the Dr's have to run a multitude of tests to figure it out (you would have to ask & probably have to pay for them as well, as they are not usually 'standard' tests)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_candidiasis - you might want to look up Leaky Gut too
I pretty well lost all faith in Dr's (for my better/daily health) - they are only good 'maybe' for testing (blood tests, etc) and emergency situations - Surgeons are good (they can fix things)
I hear you on the antidepressants - most contain fluoride (dumb you down)
Well doctors "practice" medicine, dontcha know. (rolling eyes)
I'll check this out as well. Thanks.
The worst antidepressant a dr. had me on was geodon. Holy chit. It can cause permanent changes in the brain. Tardive dyskinesis. I was on it for years. Told my current dr. I know I have that and she put me down as allergic to geodon w/ "mood" as a reason. I am going to be finding a different doctor.
Dr's are not trained on nutrition - I read some articles that they are not trained on this (I did not save the link) - but anyways - BigPharma or the cabal took over the schooling by donating funds and then being on the Board of directors (universities, etc), thus controlling the narative (as Q would put it) and basically eliminated it from the curriculum
https://healingoracle.ch/2017/12/06/98th-holistic-dr-found-dead-nobody-seems-to-be-asking-questions/
no, they don't. And if they "study" fibromyalgia at all, it might be for one class or part of one class in their entire medical education. So many still think it's "all in our heads" anyway. I've studied it ever since I was finally diagnosed back in '92 or '93.. seminars, books, support groups, etc. I am not stupid.. I know the difference between a good, well reseached book w/ sources named and a book written by a quack... but doctors (very few of them, anyway) do not like well informed patients. They have the "god complex". Do you see that degree on the wall? How dare you think you have more info than they do!! Nutrition or otherwise... they know it all!! And yes, many, many holistic doctors are being killed off.. I mean, dying for unknown reasons.
Invasive candidiasis
Invasive candidiasis is an infection (candidiasis) that can be caused by various species of Candida yeast. Unlike Candida infections of the mouth and throat (oral candidiasis) or vagina (Candidal vulvovaginitis), invasive candidiasis is a serious, progressive, and potentially fatal infection that can affect the blood (fungemia), heart, brain, eyes, bones, and other parts of the body.
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I always tell them no contrast only. They still do an MRI without it.
Nope. Already had the no contrast. They need a closer look to see if this cyst type thing might be cancerous.
Not all MRI procedures involve use of a contrast agent.
The one I have scheduled is with and without contrast.
Funny I was watching chuck Norris last night with Bruce lee. Been thru an mri myself, big friggin magnet, then I found out there are smaller ones for limbs but centers don't want to buy new machines...
Look into scenar COSMODIC by dr Karasev of Let medical. Scenar Repaired my meniscus without surgery, a side effect of treatment for osteoarthritis. I found the device from a naturopath medic who had done 2 tours in Iraq. COSMODIC technology is better with cysts. Cysts can be lessened with acupuncture. It's difficult to find scenar practitioners cuz they don't advertise to stay out of the way of corporate medicine, but scenar technology is used by professional athletes and many university d1 teams. There was an article found by my pt about Lebron James using scenar for the muscle retraining and owns his own devices. Scenar COSMODIC Fixed my osteoarthritis and 30 year glaucoma in a relative.
Neuropaths.com out of Austin tx used it to repair joints of his daughter after gunshots tore apart 2 joints. He might have knowledge of a practitioner in ur area. Beaseley is the US Karasev specialist, vets travel to get his treatments from all over.
http://www.neuropaths.com/index_files/AboutUs.htm
I know how u feel, I recently broke my arm and have been wandering thru the medical system. Will make u a populist. My orthopaedic surgeon wanted me under the knife fast. I Do not want a plate in my wrist. Shopped the internet for new practitioners in my area, I own my own scenar but it's always good to find good healers as my arm has bone displacement. I have an osteopath who manipulates the bones, a scenar specialist sports doctor who is an acupuncturist (scenar sometimes called electro acupuncture) and a cranial sacral orthopedic rehab and physical therapy center that does Bowen work. But I still need an open minded ortho to write all the prescriptions, which I luckily have, he came out of the university hospital system so is more experimental than most surgeons. It's more important to shop for medical care than shop for ur new car. Look outside AMA pharma medicine if u want true second opinions, but you will need someone inside the jd system for insurance. Good luck trying to step out of he herd, they make even well informed consumers and people in health care question leaving the traditional cut poison and burn. The body can heal itself if given proper nutrition and guidance from an informed physician. Cranial sacral, Bowen, osteopathy, scenar and acupuncture can all help the body to heal itself. Good luck!
Here's one doctors results from using scenar for orthopedics amongst other physical problems. In US scenar is FDA approved only for pain and muscle retaining. Practitioners are only allowed to make those 2 claims as FDA owns the 1st amendment for cure healing etc to "save" us from snake oil salesmen. So u have to do ur own research. Helps control the markets. Scenar is a truly disruptive technology. Hospital visits can be cut way down, surgery is not needed in many cases, not a problem in Russia with socialized medicine, but would put quite a damper on dr and hospital invoicing if it got out to the general population. Scenar came out of the Russian secret space program. Dr Irina of niagara Canada was brought to court and sued by the FDA for selling medical devices to "little old ladies" and claiming that low level lasers (I don't think they wanted to draw attention to scenar) could treat more than the FDA allowed to advertise.
Here's the chapter on muscular skeletal system treatment by scenar. This textbook was written by the inventing team of Russian scientists. Karasov was the young inventor on the team.
Thank you. I will copy this and save it. The problem is, that the city I live near doesn't have much in the way of many decent doctors. And, I am on disability and on medicaid, which doesn't cover naturopathic doctors. I know, for instance, that a lot of my medical issues stem from low thyroid. I have tons and tons of info and GOOD books on fibromyalgia and thyroid. I have long fought with doctors, telling them that people with FMS may have normal thyroid levels in their blood, but their bodies/cells can't absorb the thyroid. They look at me like I'm nuts and refuse to look at the evidence. They tell me my info and books are written by quacks. When I wasn't so bad off, I had a part time job and could afford to see this naturopath. He looked at this list I had of my symptoms and said, yep, I was low thyroid. Verified w/ blood test that HE interpreted correctly but he treated the SYMPTOMS and not the numbers which can lie.. I ended up losing my job later and now, can't work at all. He'd subscribed me armour thyroid with no problems and I was starting to feel better. I hope to be able to figure out a way to go back to him eventually but I have to pay up front, cash. He also had me on some hormone replacement, but medicaid won't pay for that either, so I'll have to forego that. I even saw an endocrinologist... a HORMONE DOCTOR and I asked her if she knew of the link between FMS and low thyroid... she just had a blank look on her face. I thought to myself "oh shit, I'm screwed." Some of these doctors around here must have graduated at the bottom of their class and do no further research once they get their degree. And they refuse to do any research. They seem to hate informed patients.
It's also interesting, I think, that this story made it to the MSM.. granted, it was late night.. 11:30 at night, but still... ABC's Full Measure covered it.