Hello Group, I want to introduce myself as I'm new to the list this evening. I was given your group's address by Susan L and I thank her for pointing me to you.
I have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS, one of the seronegative rheumatic arthritides) following 7 years of misdiagnosis as fibromyalgia. I've been following an anti-biotic protocol since Nov 1998, as this particular form of arthritis is believed to be caused by one of several bacteria species. I have no insurance and little money to consult with my doctor, so for the most part my treatment is of my own concoction, though I am on some presription drugs. The antibiotic is Minocin. Having looked into the possible species that cause AS, I discovered that it isn't unusual for them to be resistant to the specific anti-biotic I'm on. So in my search for a natural antibiotic, colloidal silver came up, and in fact, specifically named the most likely bacteria that's invaded my body, Klebsiella pneumoniae. So 12 days ago I started on CS, and have been using LifePlus's brand, about 20 ng a day. The results have been startlingly positive and I've had major improvement in that time as well as the setbacks you get when the pathogens start dying off. This tells me it's working, so I'm not concerned about it. I still have some questions though. If you have some FAQs, just point me to them, if these seem to be terribly redundant questions. First, I do seem to experience side effects, despite all I've read saying there are none. I virtually always get a headache shortly after my CS dose. I've been dealing with what I think is a good bacteria die-off, even though I'm holding the CS under my tongue for as long as a minute or more to reduce its passing into my digestive system. I get a strange drying sensation in my mouth when I take the CS that can last for hours, even days. I started with two doses a day (40 ng) for the first 5-7 days and backed down to 1 dose because of these side effects. My question is, are these side effects normal? Are there any tips I should know about to minimize them? The brand I purchased happens to have some disodium EDTA in it, which is a detergent I'm not too crazy about putting in my system and I think is something I was supposed to have avoided. Is it possible the side effects are from this rather than the CS? Thanks a lot for any help you can give me and I look forward to learning as much as I can from you good people. Best - Jan K -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
