You may want to try taking the silver immediately after eating. better chance
of getting absorbed before getting to the lower intestine.

Doug

At 11:55 PM 02/10/98 +00-05, you wrote:
>John Jones wrote:
>
>> A while back I promised to report my results with 32 ounces of
>> homemade colloidal silver per day. After about two weeks my stomach
>> was highly sensitive to the homemade CS I made using a 27volt
>> generator.   I did have some positive results.  But the results were
>> unsatisfactory ...
>
>Hi John,
>
>I'd appreciate others' comments to this, as all I'm sharing is my gut 
>feeling based on my limited experiences. 
>
>I tried drinking a fair amount of CS as you did, many ounces a day 
>of probably 20ppm or more. After a week or two I began to have 
>intestinal problems as well as just feeling poorly. When I started to 
>have acute muscle and joint pains in my legs, hips and back I got 
>really concerned. I stopped taking the CS but continued to get worse, 
>rather than better.
>
>Now you might wonder if I'm describing a herx. I don't really think 
>so, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I'm basically healthy. I'm not 
>fighting Lyme or any chronic disease I'm aware of. My original cause 
>for using CS was to beat back the bronchitis and other upper 
>respiratory infections I used to have. <grin>
>
>The other reason I don't think is was a herx, is what solved it. Jim
>Einert, our resident ND, had made a couple of suggestions to another
>list member who described having very similar muscle and joint
>symptoms. One of the things he said to try was calcium. 
>
>This got me thinking about basic nutrition, and I had my wife buy me
>one of those calcium enriched orange juices. I drank only two 4
>ounce servings over twelve hours and was immediately much better.
>
>What I believe happened is I had thoroughly wiped out my intestinal
>flora, such that I couldn't absorb many nutrients. I had driven my 
>nutritional state, and probably body chemistry, way out of whack.
>
>So my response to what you've described is that you're probably not 
>being subtle enough in designing your regimen. Others here can 
>recommend steps to restore and support your overall balance better 
>than I can. But I think that is what is going to be needed if you're 
>going to use a lot of CS (or anything else for that matter) for a 
>long time.
>
>> I am now temporarily switching back to Dr. Farber's Colloidal
>> Silver Protein - as I had my best overall results with it.  Though
>> within the three days I've started back and a couple days before
>> I've been much worse. 
>
>If you read on the Advantage Pharmaceutical site you'll see they 
>suggest other things to do while you are treating your Lyme. I'm not 
>sure you'll feel any better until your digestion gets back to normal, 
>whichever product you're going to use.
>
>> Does anyone know how to make Colloidal Silver Protein? 
>
>Yeah, Dr. Farber and his people? <GRIN>
>
>>  Is there a machine I can buy or make myself to generate it? 
>
>I've never heard a discussion of just how they produce their product. 
>I believe they use some pretty high quality methods to control the 
>quality. I don't think I'd try to duplicate it, although the high 
>cost is an incentive.
>
>> I would greatly appreciate any help.  I don't think the homemade
>> silver I'm making with my 27 volt generator is strong enough.  
>
>The reason we're pursuing the low voltage generators as well as 
>others, is because anybody can do it that way. I'm not sure, based on 
>your description, that it's the fault of the CS. You may need to do 
>some other things to support your body during treatment.
>
>> Thank you.   Take Care.
>
>Good luck, John!
>
>Mike D.
>
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