Shirley I understand about the pain your husband is in with the arthritis. I also was on Celebrex 200 and Vicadin 750 twice daily for the pain along with many other drugs and muscle relaxers they thought I needed for arthritis and Fibromyalgia. I also was having to see a cardiologist for the severe chest pains which I found out later the Celebrex was causing. From all the prescriptions they had me on (15) I really messed myself up and probably my liver. I was homebound and very unhappy. I didn't want to live that way either.
A girlfriend was trying to help me with IBS (side effect of fibromyalgia) and I started rebuilding my digestive track with kombucha and kefir. It was amazing what being able to digest your food does for you. After I started there I decided to get myself off everything else and start a more organic lifestyle. I quit the Celebrex and that was quite painful. I also quit the Vicadin as it was effecting my personality and felt I was becoming addicted. I was on a Fibromyalgia study with a specialist and once done with the study stopped all of those meds. Slowly I felt better but the pain was still difficult. I think it was Wayne or Marshall that mentioned a protocol for arthritis. I hadn't heard of that before. I totally put my faith in doctors but with them was going downhill. I started reading the posts and web referrals and started with cs to kill out pathogens if that was what was causing the body reactions. I also started CMO and other supplements and it has helped my knees so much. I'm not sure I am using the right brand of CMO because my hands aren't better but I'm walking again. There are more supplements I will be adding and feel I will continue to improve. There are some really knowledgeable people on this site that can advise him but your husband is going to have to decide to turn things around for himself. The cataracts are the least of his worries in my opinion because the drugs he is on are so very hard on the body. My husband has a favorite saying about when you are A_s deep in alligators it is sometimes hard to remember your purpose was to drain the swamp. It is a personal decision that is sometimes very hard to make. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Reed<mailto:pj20fl...@gmail.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com<mailto:silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: CS>cataracts My husband, who has arthritis, has been taking a pretty high dose of prednisone for several months. He is developing cataracts, which is an expected effect at his dose. There is a product called Can-C that claims to remove cataracts. Does anyone know if this product works? Does anyone know of anything that does? The husband takes Celebrex and Prednisone which is scary, but his pain was so great that he has decided to use the drugs rather than suffer so much anymore, even if it means death. Having had some experience with excessive pain myself, I completely understand why he has made that choice, and he is currently pain free and trying to reduce the Prednisone. But the Dr. has recommended methotrexate for help getting the Prednisone down and that depresses white blood cell activity so that doesn't sound good. Iodine at high doses, Lugol's 5% at 8 or 9 drops per day has helped with pain but not enough. Any ideas appreciated. tia pj He is currently taking all the supplements recommended for cataracts.
