Thank you David. That's good info to have around. <sigh> Mike D.
> Some of you may have seen in Wikipedia (Colloidal silver), or other > places, the reference to the death of a 71 year old man after ingesting > CS. Specifically the title of the reference is... "Myoclonic status > epilepticus following repeated oral ingestion of colloidal silver". > > I've purchased the article ($20). For your information, heres my > summary of the case... > > 1... Man aged about 70 finds out he has prostate cancer. > 2... Takes Bicaltamide (a prescribed drug with a few side effects) for > 3 months. 3... Following this he tried "various nutritional and vitamin > supplements, homeopathic remedies such as PC-SPES and essiac tea, and > colloidal silver". (Its claimed his CS machine produced 4 litres of > 10ppm in 30 minutes). He drinks at least a ONE OUNCE a day for 4 > months. (Yep, you heard right, a whole ounce!) 4... Wife and daughter > confiscate his CS machine and give it to doctors. (Presumably this > ended his CS intake) 5... His prostate antigen level increases so he > ceases all unconventional treatment and undergoes 7 weeks (35 cycles) > of radiation therapy. 6... Seizures begin 1 month after radio therapy > ceases. (This appears to be about 3 MONTHS AFTER CEASING CS INGESTION) > 7... He goes into 'Myoclonic status epilepticus' (a constant seizure) > so Doctors put him into an INDUCED COMA and pump him with various drugs. > 8... Patient deteriorates to a persistant vegetative condition. 9... > Patient is shifted to his home town hospital where he dies of PNEUMONIA > 5.5 months after seizures begin. > > At the time of 'his admission' blood tests revealed 'high levels of > silver'. (The article does not really clarify at which admission the > blood samples were taken. It could have been back when his prostate > antigen levels were tested. Following death, an autopsy revealed > 'elevated silver in the grey matter'. (I don't think either of these > findings are particularly surprising.) > > > OK folks, heres the rub... > > Is the focus of article about who or what killed him? No, its about > what caused the seizures! > > Quote.."His (the patients) extensive investigations (tests), > including cranial MRIs, somatosensory evoked potentials, routine and > special CSF studies for viruses or other microorganisms, porphyria, > Hashimoto thyroiditis, connective tissue disease, and anti-Hu > antibodies, WERE NORMAL. PatientÂ’s liver function was also NORMAL. > Therefore, we hypothesized the patientÂ’s condition was caused by silver > toxicity. Plasmapheresis resulted in significant improvement in his > plasma (1.9 nmol/L), erythrocytes (2.2 nmol/L), and CSF (1.04 nmol/L) > silver levels without any associated neurologic recovery. > > In other words... "We checked everything and all we could find was > silver, so we are HYPOTHESIZING the silver (that he stopped taking 3 > MONTHS before the siezures) must have done it! Sorry Mum and Daughter, > its not our fault. He's dead because of that damned silver!" > > If I was a cynic I could suggest conventional medicine killed him, and > colloidal silver became a convenient scapegoat. > > Regards > David > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_silver > > http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/8/1408 > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
