Month: January 2011

Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord It was worse than just being ignored. The problem was this arrogant nurse was trying to make me feel invisible – As if I didn’t exist – And that I just couldn’t permit. It happened at the clinic. This nurse was a freelance RN hired exclusively by another patient to

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Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord Treatment # 8 Today is my first month’s anniversary with Ampligen, and my body celebrated by manifesting all the signs that it was working – feeling like I had the flu. I say that only half in jest, because my Doctor confirmed last night that, after seeing patients on this

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Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord Treatment #9 “Depression is melancholy minus its charms.” Susan Sontag This past weekend was rough. After having 8 treatments of Ampligen over the past 4 weeks go so smoothly, I wasn’t prepared for the surprise dark cloud that rolled over my horizon beginning Friday evening. Some would call it depression,

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Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord I did it! The year on Ampligen is over, and I’m about to burst at the seams. Would you join me now in celebrating my victory? If you watched the NFL playoffs this past weekend you saw the New York Jets doing on the field what I have felt like

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums PART 2: 1/17/11 XMRV presentation by Dr. Judy Mikovits and Annette Whittemore Thanks again to Lannie for allowing us to post her very thorough report on Dr. Mikovits lecture. Check out her blog and the original post here. [URL=”https://https://forums.aboutmecfs.org/content.php?321-Dr.-Mikovits-Annette-Whittemore-Santa-Rosa-XMRV-Talk-Jan-17th”]For Part 1 CLICK HERE[/URL] And now back to the story of

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Thanks to Lannie for allowing us to publish her overview (complete with slide!) of the Jan 17th from talk by Dr. Mikovits and Annette Whittemore. (headings added) Find the original here PART 1: 1/17/11 XMRV presentation by Dr. Judy Mikovits and Annette Whittemore Today I attended “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The CFIDS Association highlighted these two stories on Laura Hillenbrandt in the CFIDSLink and they seemed particularly poignant to me since they focus on her former quite athletic life and her life as it is at present and how this formerly very athletic person deals with such a devastating case

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Mary requested this be posted. The Steering Committee is in charge of determining the subjects and reseachers presenting at the NIH State of the Knowledge Workshop in April. Hi everyone. I think by now you know about the NIH workshop in April to prime the pump for

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums There was something for everybody (or not for everybody) on the Twiv podcast – yes they felt the dangers of contamination were real, no the Retrovirology papers did not prove anything, sequence variation could be confounding results, etc…. Dr. Rein has worked extensively on murine leukemia viruses and HIV. Dr.

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Posted by Cort Johnson Looking for Happiness in an Unwell World #1 Being and Thinking What is ‘be- ing’? It’s very simple – almost too simple; it’s just what it appears to be – it’s just be-ing – it’s the place present just before thought… a place of stillness and peace that spiritual practitioners (and philosophers) assert is who we

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Dr. Mikovits noted that Dr. Sandra Ruscetti has worked on mouse viruses for almost 40 years. After work on HIV halted work on MLV’s and cancer she saved her reagents….. and these were the reagents the WPI used. Dr. Ruscetti came out of retirement to help out with the current

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