Re: shingles/ vitamin C infusion treatment question

January 10, 2011

Hi andra.

I'm pretty sure that the treatment of Vitamin C by IV is now illegal in the

U.S. I think that this just recently hit the news.

You can still enquire about it and hopefully You can find someone.

Hugs & Healing,

Carol

From: nocalc@...

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:47:17 +0000

Subject: [ ] shingles/ vitamin C infusion treatment question

Hi all,

I haven't been around much lately, and I hope everyone is doing well.

I currently seem to be experiencing a shingles outbreak. I got very un-well

immediately after Christmas. I did research at the time and the symptoms as well

as their progression fit the standard medical description of shingles. I rested

a lot, ate mostly broth, and took lots of vitamin C (by mouth). I also had an

epsom salt bath (I wasn't up for bathing the first few days, as I hardly made it

out of bed!).

After a whole week, I was feeling much better. However, today (one week later),

pain is returning along a number of nerve pathways in the head and a few wee

blisters could be forming. Mostly the pain and pressure are around my eye and

ear on the right side, though occasionally also under my arm and on my leg (also

right side).

The eye pain seems to terminate in what could be a growing red shingles blister

on my face. The eye is also somewhat sore. This is new. I am concerned because

of possible complications with vision, and have been trying to get information

on orthomolecular physicians in my area, to see whether I should try the vitamin

C IV. I have done an internet search, but no one is in my area of northern New

Jersey; there are a few in New York City, or in Pennsylvania or Connecticut. I

want to call my own doctor (whom I haven't seen in years, btw!) to find out if

he would be willing to provide the infusion if he can get the recipe from an

orthomolecular physician, and my question is the following:

Has anyone else here has had this conversation with their doctor (I believe

might have done so)? If so, what did you say? How did the conversation

progress? Any other advice in dealing with this situation would also be

gratefully appreciated. Thanks a bunch!

andra

January 11, 2011

The Magaziner Center for Wellness in Cherry Hill, NJ, treats patients with

Vitamin C IV's.

>

> Hi andra.

>

> I'm pretty sure that the treatment of Vitamin C by IV is now illegal in the

U.S. I think that this just recently hit the news.

> You can still enquire about it and hopefully You can find someone.

>

> Hugs & Healing,

> Carol

>

> From: nocalc@...

> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:47:17 +0000

> Subject: [ ] shingles/ vitamin C infusion treatment question

>

> Hi all,

>

> I haven't been around much lately, and I hope everyone is doing well.

>

> I currently seem to be experiencing a shingles outbreak. I got very un-well

immediately after Christmas. I did research at the time and the symptoms as well

as their progression fit the standard medical description of shingles. I rested

a lot, ate mostly broth, and took lots of vitamin C (by mouth). I also had an

epsom salt bath (I wasn't up for bathing the first few days, as I hardly made it

out of bed!).

>

> After a whole week, I was feeling much better. However, today (one week

later), pain is returning along a number of nerve pathways in the head and a few

wee blisters could be forming. Mostly the pain and pressure are around my eye

and ear on the right side, though occasionally also under my arm and on my leg

(also right side).

>

> The eye pain seems to terminate in what could be a growing red shingles

blister on my face. The eye is also somewhat sore. This is new. I am concerned

because of possible complications with vision, and have been trying to get

information on orthomolecular physicians in my area, to see whether I should try

the vitamin C IV. I have done an internet search, but no one is in my area of

northern New Jersey; there are a few in New York City, or in Pennsylvania or

Connecticut. I want to call my own doctor (whom I haven't seen in years, btw!)

to find out if he would be willing to provide the infusion if he can get the

recipe from an orthomolecular physician, and my question is the following:

>

> Has anyone else here has had this conversation with their doctor (I believe

might have done so)? If so, what did you say? How did the conversation

progress? Any other advice in dealing with this situation would also be

gratefully appreciated. Thanks a bunch!

>

> andra

>

January 11, 2011

>

> Hi all,

>

> I haven't been around much lately, and I hope everyone is doing well.

>

> I currently seem to be experiencing a shingles outbreak. I got very un-well

immediately after Christmas. I did research at the time and the symptoms as

well as their progression fit the standard medical description of shingles. I

rested a lot, ate mostly broth, and took lots of vitamin C (by mouth). I also

had an epsom salt bath (I wasn't up for bathing the first few days, as I hardly

made it out of bed!).

>

> After a whole week, I was feeling much better. However, today (one week

later), pain is returning along a number of nerve pathways in the head and a few

wee blisters could be forming. Mostly the pain and pressure are around my eye

and ear on the right side, though occasionally also under my arm and on my leg

(also right side).

>

> The eye pain seems to terminate in what could be a growing red shingles

blister on my face. The eye is also somewhat sore. This is new. I am

concerned because of possible complications with vision, and have been trying to

get information on orthomolecular physicians in my area, to see whether I should

try the vitamin C IV. I have done an internet search, but no one is in my area

of northern New Jersey; there are a few in New York City, or in Pennsylvania or

Connecticut. I want to call my own doctor (whom I haven't seen in years, btw!)

to find out if he would be willing to provide the infusion if he can get the

recipe from an orthomolecular physician, and my question is the following:

>

> Has anyone else here has had this conversation with their doctor (I believe

might have done so)? If so, what did you say? How did the conversation

progress? Any other advice in dealing with this situation would also be

gratefully appreciated. Thanks a bunch!

>

+++Hi andra,

It's great to hear from you again. I don't think you should do anything other

than helping your body detoxify because shingles is like any other skin issues,

which is toxins coming out.

You can take higher doses of vitamin C as I recommend, starting with 4,000 mg

the first day, and 1000 mg every hour for about a week. If you get loose stools

during that time, just cut back a little on the amount taken every hour.

All the best, Bee

January 13, 2011

Thanks!

I did recently read articles about the FDA trying to make it illegal... I found

a DR in NYC who also offers it, but it's quite expensive and unclear whether my

insurance would reimburse.

In the meantime I have been eating Vitamin C tablets like candy and it's

definitely helping!

Best,

andra

> >

> > Hi andra.

> >

> > I'm pretty sure that the treatment of Vitamin C by IV is now illegal in the

U.S. I think that this just recently hit the news.

> > You can still enquire about it and hopefully You can find someone.

> >

> > Hugs & Healing,

> > Carol

> >

January 13, 2011

Thanks Bee, I appreciate your taking the time to answer my question (and many

others) with everything happening in your life.

What you describe is what I've been doing, and it seems to be helping a lot.

The (few) lesions I had are disappearing, and the " shingles headache " fades when

I take my Vit C. I wrote my original message as I was concerned about

complications to the eyes (later also ears), since I was having the most pain

and pressure along those nerves, and lesions were appearing on my face. Those

are almost 100% gone now (this is only my second full day of megadosing, out of

2.5), but the headache is persisting. I had over 34g of C on Tuesday and about

30g yesterday.

I am near the end of my retracing, so I really wonder what was going on with me

when I was between 1.5-2.5 years old - maybe vaccinations, I suppose! This

latest experience has been quite uncomfortable and scary - almost every one of

my healing crises starts with a bang!

Best,

andra

> >

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I haven't been around much lately, and I hope everyone is doing well.

> >

> > I currently seem to be experiencing a shingles outbreak. I got very un-well

immediately after Christmas. I did research at the time and the symptoms as

well as their progression fit the standard medical description of shingles. I

rested a lot, ate mostly broth, and took lots of vitamin C (by mouth). I also

had an epsom salt bath (I wasn't up for bathing the first few days, as I hardly

made it out of bed!).

> >

> > After a whole week, I was feeling much better. However, today (one week

later), pain is returning along a number of nerve pathways in the head and a few

wee blisters could be forming. Mostly the pain and pressure are around my eye

and ear on the right side, though occasionally also under my arm and on my leg

(also right side).

> >

> > The eye pain seems to terminate in what could be a growing red shingles