MED: Report on Objective Self-Measurements

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Last Friday, I did a mock-trip to work (1 hr commute each way, visit to

Company Store, drop in on friends and bosses) to assess a possible return to

work this month. It was a disaster - triggered a flare up, so we'll see

next month. BUT I had been doing two self-measurements and found the

results interesting:

Measurements:

Control Pause (in Seconds) (see

http://www.folkarts.com/idef/breathing.htm for more info)

Urine pH (see http://www.folkarts.com/idef/urine_ph.htm ) using an

uncalibrated pH meter (so relative numbers - not absolute numbers)

Day before:

CP: 28 seconds, pH 6.9 (keeps constant throughout the day)

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Start of day:

morning: CP 28

by 2 pm

CP 14, pH 7.1 - lots of flare up symptoms: headaches, poor judgement,

fever etc.

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Next Day

8AM CP 13 - drove daughter to class. Night vision was off. Had to stop

before returning

home, fluids, rest

10AM CP 8, ph 7.1 - when I got back -- hits my full relapse pill box

(full strength aspirin, 50% increase in antibiotics, B12, lots of orange

juice, extra NADH, etc)

9PM CP 18

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2nd Day

10 AM CP 27, ph 7

rest of day CP was ~ 18

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3rd Day

pH 6.9, CP 28

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Bottom line: CP seems to be an effective measurement of your energy

reserves/availability - it is a simple way to determine if you are 'up' to

do something

(and thus avoid a crash later) or not. pH is not as sensistive but does

modify itself.