Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Allow me to share one final experience before I close. As you’re probably already aware, the bond between those of us with this illness is strong. If you’re like me, you’re best friends are PWC’s/ME. They’re the ones I contact when I really need support from someone who truly understands and
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Of Butterflies and Chaos
Discuss this article on the forums Written by Lisa Detox. Most people are familiar with the word, products on store shelves promising to detoxify you from last night’s party or flush the junk food out of your system. But what does it really mean? The body has several pathways by which it will detoxify everything from that extra couple of
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Discuss this article on the forums (Author Christina Gombar writes of her experiences coming to terms with another consequence of chronic fatigue syndrome: childlessness). I consider myself less a survivor of infertility, than of the fertility industry. Let me explain. As far as I know, I wasn’t infertile during my childbearing years. But when I was married and 30 and
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord Treatment #6 I promised I would tell the good, the bad and the ugly of this journey so today’s post will have two out of the three Let me get the bad out of the way first, because the most amazing thing happened to me after
ContinueBritish Medical Journal Published: 11th Feb 2010
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Hope I am posting this OK (haven’t done it before…yikes!). Saw this on another website today and don’t think it has been brought up before…if it has I apologise. The ME association are reportedly going to comment later in the week …….. This editorial comment appeared in the British Medical
ContinueQ & A After XMRV and CFS Lecture By Dr. David Bell (Jan 15th, 2010)
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner Transcribed by thefreeprisoner Bell: And perhaps we can open it up for questions. One question only. So you’ve got to choose the best of those 20 questions… Q1: You mentioned the pecentage of CFS patients with XMRV. Of healthies with XMRV, nobody knows the percentage of people
ContinueAmpligen – Like One Too Many Coors Lights
Discuss this article on the forums Written by Kelvin Lord Treatment #4 Today’s Ampligen infusion marked the fourth and last treatment at the 200ml “adjustment” or acclimation dosage. I’m now into a quaisi-routine, arriving at the clinic around 9:30AM every Monday and Thursday morning, and the procedure goes amazingly fast. In less than 3 minutes Gwen has me hooked up
ContinueDr Bell’s January 2010 XMRV lecture – full transcription part 1 of 2
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner Transcribed by ‘thefreeprisoner’ January 15th 2010 Well thank you very much, it’s a great pleasure to be here. We always try to find some place to go in January and February from upstate New York. [laughter] This is a wonderful place. Let’s see if we can get
ContinueTranscription of Judy Mikovits Prohealth Lecture: Parts II and III
Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner Transcription by Kim Judy Mikovits Section 2 (Video #1: 27+ mins to 40:08) On some of these patients we looked three and four times for the DNA in the unstimulated cells. So this is just that pellet that I made when I sorted all the various samples. I just held one
ContinueTranscription of Judy Mikovits Prohealth Lecture: Parts VI and VII: Q & A
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner Transcriptions by Advocate, JAS, Lily, thefreeprisoner, Kim & garcia of the Phoenix Rising Forums Question: Before any of the questions I just wanted to say thank you because through your work and your collaboration, you’ve bought more excitement to the CFS community and your collaborators have than
ContinueTranscription of Judy Mikovits Prohealth Lecture: Parts IV and V
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner Transcribed by Sproogle …the response elements that might give us a clue as to the pathogenesis and then Bob Silvermans lab showed the same thing. He showed that androgens stimulate transcription (the replication and division of the virus). So here’s a clue to the disease because we
ContinueDr Bell’s January 2010 XMRV lecture – Part 2 of 2 by ‘the freeprisoner’
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by thefreeprisoner [If you missed it, part 1 of this transcription is here] When you look at XMRV at this point, it seems to me that this is a very good theorietical cause for the illness but that’s gonna take some time before that’s proven. And I’m happy to
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