How it happened with the Rife device . . . .

I had a bladder infection maybe ten years ago I couldn't get rid of.  I had 
just gotten an AstroPulse Rife machine.  I tried the suggested frequencies and 
holding the electedrodes as suggested for this problem.  It didn't work.  I 
thought maybe I needed to do the frequencies more often for a longer period of 
time.  This machine can be set to do a series of frequencies.  The instructions 
say to set it so the vibration is as strong as you can stand.  So I set the 
volume on the first frequency, thinking I would watch the machine, and when the 
next frequency came in I would adjust it, as some frequencies could hardly be 
felt, and some were much stronger.  I was watching a horror movie during this 
procedure, and forgot to check the machine for the next frequency coming on.  
All of a sudden a new frequency came on that was so strong that I couldn't 
let go of the electrodes. My hands were frozen.  I stood up in fright, and my 
husband, trained at Cal-Tech in electrical engineering, took the electrodes out 
of my hands.  It really scared the bajeevers out of him, because he recognized 
the symptoms of a possible electrocution, and forbade me to ever use the 
machine again.  He said since I didn't understand electricity, I shouldn't be 
handling something that could be lethal.  He told me a story about a boyhood 
friend who was electricuted using some kind of gardening device that plugged 
into 
electrical socket.  He apparently stepped into water as he was using it and was 
killed.  After that I noticed my hands and feet were more numb than 
before--and this has continued.

By the way, AstroPulse was supposed to come out with a machine which 
radionically pinpointed the specific frequency for a given problem, rather than 
just 
treating a list of possible frequencies.  (Rife, of course, didn't have this 
problem because he could view the results of frequencies on live microbes, 
including viruses, with his microscope.)  Does anybody know if this was ever 
accomplished--by any company?  I know there is a machine out (too lazy to look 
up 
the name, but if anyone is interested I could find it) that costs 18 thousand 
dollars, and analyzes 20,000 different parameters, then suggests a hierarchy of 
corrections, and then makes the corrections radionically.  Ankle and head 
electrodes are connected to the machine, which is connected to a computer.  It 
sounds so wonderful, but when I asked the operator what success she had had in 
healing, she gave me examples which suggested to me it was not very effective 
for intervention.  Analysis, though, is a different story.  I was initially 
interested in this machine because I have had an SE-5 radionics machine for 
many 
years, but have never been able to use it because I can't feel the "stick" on 
the galvanic skin resistance plate.  I had an expert program the device for me 
(since I couldn't use it myself) to help my mother who had been diagnosed with 
cancer.  I started running the program continuously.  My mother seemed to 
improve dramatically, even miraculously, and then suddenly went downhill.  I 
discovered much later that the program had stopped running!  Apparently I had 
put 
it too close to a computer.  So, I, of course, wondered if the new $18,000 
radionics machine would help me overcome my limitations because so much was 
built 
into the program.  The operator who gave me a session on this machine said 
that the machine could not do anything harmful, which I was leary of since I 
know of radionics machines being programed to do harm.  Anyway, she hit some 
frequency that made me feel like I had downed a whole pot of coffee.  THEN the 
machine said it was time to stop--a little late.  I battled the resultant high 
blood pressure for around 3 months after that until I got it back to baseline.  
I decided not to pursue the machine any further, since I couldn't answer basic 
questions of safety and efficacy, and suspected no one else could (or would) 
either.  Just because the body is missing in a certain nutrient, doesn't 
always mean the best thing is to add that nutrient;maybe that deficiency is in 
balance with other deficiencies.  Maybe the body knows better how to balance 
itself as a whole without our interference.  Besides, I certainly have seen 
remarkable positive changes in serious medical conditions through various other 
methods, and after those, "lukewarm" improvement doesn't interest me.

Has anybody had any actual success using the Rife machine?  Can you give 
specifics?  It sounds so good on the sales pamphlet, but then there was little 
to 
no result.  It did seem there was something happening when I used frequencies 
suggested for Candida, however, but I couldn't tell how much good it did, or 
whether the effect lasted--no way to measure it, I guess.

Someone on the Silver List suggested a device modeled after Bob Beck's 
"zapper".  It was only $60, so I ordered it.  I'll have more questions about 
this 
once I get it.  

Jill

P.S.  I also have a device that was supposed to be one that Edgar Cayce had 
recommended in his readings (not the violet ray device).  I was cumbersome to 
use.  I tried it once, with no result, then just put in in the closet.  You had 
to fill a bucket with ice, and put something in the bucket, and attach some 
type of electrodes.  Does anyone know about the use of this machine?

I also got Bob Becks original zapper, and the other device that electrocutes 
pathogens in the lymph nodes.  I forgot the name for this.  I asked a friend 
follow directions for making this.  I tried it once, but didn't know what I was 
doing, and gave up.  

Maybe one day I'll find something that really works.  As Thomas Edison said, 
"I now know 300 ways to generate electricity that do not work!  Thank goodness 
he didn't give up.