Hi Carme,

Welcome to the board:-)
Glad to have you here.

At 11:30 PM 12/6/2004 +0000, you wrote:

I saw your post on the lyme and rife list, Mark.  Decided to join because I started this protocol last week.  I'm moving up a gram at a time with the salt, and am at 4 g plus whatever I eat on my food.

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Great Carmen!  You are doing it naturally the right way.  Just scaling up.  Taking at meals is fine.  Best is if it can be spread out a little during the day too, so gradiently scalling up at each meal would be fine.  And be sure to not use regular "table salt" like Morton's.  That is bad news.  the CMC salt described on the site has a good track record, and sea salt or celtic salt can be used too.  Only use good sea salt (or best is RealSalt) for all food, cooking, etc.

I've been sick for many years.  Had my amalgams out February 2001. Chelated with Andy's protocol for about 75 rounds, but have an infection that has kept me too sick to keep at it.  I haven't had any tests to see what it is, but I know it responds to antibiotics and comes back 3 days after they are finished.  I've kept myself going with high doses of vitamin A.  I have arthritis, fibromyalgia, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivities...
Carmen

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Sorry to hear you've been so sick, but you certainly aren't alone(!)  Especially the arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc.  Yes, if the infection responds to abx, it points to bacterial.  Which is a good thing in this respect: whatever type bacterium it is, it will be particularly vulnerable to the salt/C combo.  The sensitivities, whether allergies, chemicals, etc., are due to the same thing:  the body when it becomes too overloaded with a chronic infection, will have the immune in a hyper-state of operation and will slam the brakes on anything it feels may be the least be toxic or immune challenging - so a person will react to the lightest levels of what would be easily tolerable to other folks. 

However, when the microbial load is reduced, the infection reduced, overall, then allergies and sensitivities tend to reduce/be eliminated as well.

All the best,

Marc
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