Re: Keep the Faith

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This is AWEWOME!

Mind over matter!

Bless you, Tracey

In a message dated 3/15/2006 8:41:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

wu_ming@... writes:

Hello all, I am Fuzzy The Mugwop.

In 1996 I started having flu-like symtoms. I started pooping black

stools. Soon the flu had me vomiting black coffee grinds. I didn't

feel good.

Little did I know I was bleeding and this was affecting my mind and

thinking ability. Luckily a friend stopped by and when I fell down

and rolled my eyes upward he called an ambulance.

Sure enough I was bleeding in my esophagus(still can't spell)with a

condition known as esophageal Varcies. I lost enough blood to have a

hemoglobin reading of 3.8. They couldn't stop the bleeding. I read my

chart and it said something about cirrhosis. I was thinking psoriasus

(the skin disorder) but I couldn't believe it made you this sick.

Well, things got worse and I went to the Univ of Mich MC for either

a transplant or a TIPS procedure. I was too sick for either one

though they did get the bleeding to stop(after 26 units of blood). I

was also asked " Do you know you have Hep C? " . I answered yes in 1992

I was diagnosed but the doctor said there was nothing to worry about.

Time have changed, eh?

Well my body fell apart, I had pneumonia,sepsis syndrome, an

infected Swan-Ganz Cathetar and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome,

and then a coma for a month.

I lived. I improved. I got better.

Manuals told me I had End Stage Liver Disease. I said " No I don't " ,

this isn't the end.

Four days after awaking from the coma I was sitting in my home. I

had time to reflect.

If a person could talk himself into being sick, why couldn't I talk

myself into being well?

I was taken off the active transplant list, but only had 2-15(big

gap) years left on my liver.

I started living holisticaly. Good nutrition for the body,

meditation for the mind and Tai Chi Chuan for the soul.

I also discovered the Holy Trinity. This is Milk Thistle, Selinium

and Alpha Lipoic Acid. Also, to take stress off the liver I was doing

Metamucil twice a day.

My doctor, Dr Anne Lok, told me on my first visit that she shouldn't

be talking to me. I said " Why? " .

She said " We did all we could do for you, we didn't cure you, God

healed you " .

Should I waste this second chance? No, but let me get stronger...I

am healthy, I am well, I will overcome.

Four years later my doctor suggessted the treatment for Hep C.,

depending on my lab results. Due to my regimen they viral load, etc,

had dropped to very low.

I responded well to the therapy that started Dec 2002. I have been

virus free since.

Success story? I reckon, but it also available to everyone.

Remember, knowledge is the first line of defense. Get knowledge on

your condition. Eat right (I don't eat meat but that is a personal

choice), excersize (walk maybe?) Tai Chi and yoga help. Remember the

holy trinity, Milk Thistle, Selinium and Alpha Lipoic Acid.

Take Metamucil to help your liver. And remember, the mind works...I

AM healthy, I AM well, I AM going to win this thing.

Yes I do still have problems, enlarged spleen. But at 51 I work and

play as hard as anyone.

Don't give up

Keep the faith,

Fuzzy The Mugwop