EAR Infections: Beck

[Guest guest]

Hi Beck!

Thank you so much for sharing this with me.

For the past few years I have been able to recover from ear infections

and bronchitis with my herbal remedies. (In fact, even my family and

friends have been impressed with my quick recoveries. I can usually

get over one of these infections, with my herbals, in just five days.

Previously, I would have to wait five days just to " prove " to the

doctor that I had the infection. I always know immediately when I get

an infection, but it seems to take a number of days before a doctor

can determine that I have the infection. And previously it would take

me several weeks to get over these infections, once they had set in,

with antibiotics.) However, this current episode was much more severe

than my previous episodes and my herbal remedies didn't touch it. I

had a lot of pain and lost my hearing (this not uncommon for me;

however, I usually will get it back a few days later). But this time,

my hearing was not coming back and I didn't want to go deaf because of

not wanting to see an allopathic doctor. ...I try to be reasonable

about this.

I am trying, once again, to get my medical records from a doctor. I

am having to go through the same nonsense that I have experienced with

other doctors. The doctors assure me that they are giving me my

complete file, and yet when I go over my file I find that I am really

only given a portion of my records. ...I find being lied to very

stressful. In fact, when I had to go and get my records the second

time, the girl told me that she didn't know why the doctor didn't give

them all to me the first time. She had knowingly lied to me the first

time when she assured me I was receiving the entire contents of my

medical records. I was furious that she knowingly lied to my face.

....it takes so much energy for me to go down to pick up my file in the

first place. ...and to then have to make repeated trips when I should

have be given them all the first time is really upsetting. (While

some people are fighting insurance companies, I have to contend with

the very people who should be helping me--doctors. ...unbelievable!)

Anyway, I think that it was this stressful situation that has caused

this latest ear infection. In fact, when I had to go back a second

time, and the secretary admitted lying to me, I actually had to

increase my cortisol. ...that was how much it effected me.

(Previously, I have had these same type of infections when I have had

trouble in collecting my medical records.)

I'm sorry to hear that you have had to have so much pain and a hearing

loss. ...this is why I am so concerned about this problem. There

definitely has to be something else that is triggering all of these

infections. Unfortunately, I do not have a supportive doctor at this

point. (...a person can always hope that this might change in the

future--but I'm not holding my breath! ;-) LOL

I really appreciate your coming forward and sharing this with me,

Beck. I hope that you and your doctor will be able to find a solution

to your ear problems.

Kind regards,

Trudy

Message: 25

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:48:44 +0000

From: Beck Spelce <beckhs@...>

Subject: EAR Infections Trudy

Trudy,

Last January I woke up deaf in one ear. I was in a very isolated

area of TX and unable to get to a doc. Had antibiotics with me, took

them, then more antibiotics, then amantadine. Finally, back in

civilization the Ear Doc confirmed that I had lost a lot of my hearing

and probably wouldn't getit back.

My hearing has come and gone over the last 6 months. Sometimes there

is a lot of pain. Saw an Otologist today who diagnosed Minuere's

(sp?) disease and put me on 1000mg of Famvir a day. Told me the

current thinking is that it is HHV-6. I told him about Viracor and he

is setting up to have a PCR run.

Plus, he thinks that allergies play a large part in all this and does

allergy testing and shots in connex.

At least, he's interested.

Beck

[Guest guest]

Iam told that Famvir does not do anything for the HHV6 viirus.

Carole

[Guest guest]

I ain't no HHV-6 expert. But I thought I'd mention that I believe only

Gancyclovir and Forcaneset are judged as effective against HHV-6 as far as

anti-virals go. I forget where I read this - it

might have been at the Viracor site under Drugs. But Goldberg first

tried Valtrex on me, for only a month, and wanted to resort to Famvir; this was

a couple of years ago, and we hadn't

ID-ed HHV-6 or which herpes virus, if any, I might have. I recently read

somewhere though that neither of these would've been effective against #6

anyway.

Have a look at the Keep Hope Alive site regarding Transfer Factor and Olive Leaf

extract. I am looking to get one of my damn doctors (-: to do the Viracor RNA

test, and if we find active #6, I'll

probably be pounding those two along with Immunocal. Drs. Tim Brewer and Carol

Ryser in Kansas, as well as Dr. Berg at Hemex, acknowledge TF has efficacy

against #6 in most cases.

- Chris

Trudy Newman wrote:

> Hi Beck!

>

> I wanted to ask you a question, but forgot to include it when I wrote

> my last post. (...the ol' gray mare, she ain't what she used to be!

> ;-) LOL

>

> I was just wondering how long your prescription for Famvir is. Are

> you looking at long-term or short-term treatment? Also, do you have

> to be off of Famvir for a certain length of time, in order to ensure

> an accurate HHV-6 reading? If you haven't already thought of it, you

> might want to look into that before you order your test.

>

> Kind regards,

> Trudy

>

> Message: 25

> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:48:44 +0000

> From: Beck Spelce <beckhs@...>

> Subject: EAR Infections Trudy

>

> Trudy,

>

> Last January I woke up deaf in one ear. I was in a very isolated

> area of TX and unable to get to a doc. Had antibiotics with me, took

> them, then more antibiotics, then amantadine. Finally, back in

> civilization the Ear Doc confirmed that I had lost a lot of my hearing

> and probably wouldn't getit back.

>

> My hearing has come and gone over the last 6 months. Sometimes there

> is a lot of pain. Saw an Otologist today who diagnosed Minuere's

> (sp?) disease and put me on 1000mg of Famvir a day. Told me the

> current thinking is that it is HHV-6. I told him about Viracor and he

> is setting up to have a PCR run.

>

> Plus, he thinks that allergies play a large part in all this and does

> allergy testing and shots in connex.

>

> At least, he's interested.

>

> Beck

>

>

> This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each

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discussed here, please consult your doctor.

>

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