RE: Re: KC--Fellow patient has aspergillus growing in the brain

[Guest guest]

they did an actual biopsy--cut thru his skull and then removed some tissue and

fluid.

iluvbunnies5262 <iluvbunnies5262@...> wrote: How did they figure

out he had aperg. in his brain? I wonder if I

have mold in my brain from long time exposure and that is what my

pressure is and headaches ETC. What does it show up like on an MRI

or other scans? I don't want to go breath that crap until hopefully

I'm approved for retirement disability. Rhonda

Sunday, January 14, 2007

>

> Costs to mend courthouse cause concern

>

> Chattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:10 PM PST

>

> Money spent on new air conditioning, work to rid mold questioned

> By Ian Berry Staff Writer

>

> With at least $6.2 million spent on renovations to the Hamilton

> County Courthouse since 2001, the county continues to fight mold

> infiltrating the historic building.

>

> The renovations, records show, have included more than $500,000 to

> waterproof a leaky foundation thought to be the cause of the

> building's continuing mold problems. Despite that foundation work,

> moisture and mold persist on the first floor, where offices,

> hallways and the entrance onto Walnut Street have been inspected

and

> cleaned of mold in recent weeks.

>

> " Throwing good money after bad " is how some Hamilton County

> officials recently have described expenses for some of the county's

> older buildings, including the courthouse.

>

> One of those officials, County Commissioner Fred Skillern, said he

> supported the latest courthouse work, but may have felt

> differently " if I knew then what I knew now. " The courthouse

> renovations are " almost a nightmare, " Commission Chairman Larry

> Henry said.

>

> NO TURNING BACK Built in 1912, the courthouse is in the midst

> of " Phase V " renovations intended in part to address mold problems

> in several locations, including offices for the county clerk,

> register of deeds and clerk and master.

>

> In addition to the $6.2 million approved since 2001, the county

> included $3 million for further renovations in the $125 million

bond

> issue approved last year.

>

> There also have been continuing mold problems on the third floor,

> where Clerk and Master Lee Akers, the only official to complain

> publicly about the mold, has set up portable air purifiers. Mr.

> Akers said he wonders if mold is to blame for his chronic

> obstructive pulmonary disease, or his employees' frequent bouts of

> pneumonia.

>

> While acknowledging the problems, commissioners also say that at

> this point there's no turning back.

>

> " From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, you really should tear it

> down and start over, " Commissioner Casavant said. " (But)

> we've put a lot of money into the courthouse during the past 10

> years. "

>

> County Mayor Claude Ramsey said a new courthouse would cost " many

> times what we've spent on this beautiful facility, which is a great

> asset to the community. "

>

> The city is in the midst of a $12 million renovation to its City

> Hall. FROM THE GROUND UP Mr. Ramsey said the first phase of the

> renovations to address the courthouse foundation was intended to

> stop moisture. The plan all along, he said, was to bring the

> building up to standard and then address the areas of mold.

>

> " It certainly helped a great deal, " he said of the foundation work.

>

> The health and well-being of county employees is his top concern,

> Mr. Ramsey said. He noted his office has had virtually no

> renovations since he took office in 1994. " I work here every day, "

> Mr. Ramsey said.

>

> Even if the county had been inclined to build a new facility,

> finding a location would have been a problem.

>

> Curtis said if the county could have looked into " a crystal

> ball " 10 years ago, it would have looked at building a new joint

> city-county facility, similar to what exists in Knoxville. A

> potential location could have been where the new County Election

> Commission Building opened on Amnicola Highway.

>

> " It's too late for that, " Mr. said.

>

> BEYOND THE COURTHOUSE Both Dr. Casavant and Mr. Skillern said the

> county should think about a building program to replace some of the

> other old county facilities.

>

> Earlier this month, Dr. Casavant asked county officials to conduct

> an audit of all the county's facilities. He said he was taken aback

> to learn that an entire floor of the Hamilton County-Chattanooga

> Courts Building was being used for parking, and he said the cost of

> a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the

Newell

> Tower on East Seventh Street, which houses other county offices,

> also raised questions.

>

> That building's HVAC system will cost more than $700,000. The

county

> received only one bid on the project, after three attempts to

> solicit bids.

>

> Dr. Casavant pointed out that, unlike the courthouse, Newell Tower

> is not historic.

>

> " At what point do you decide it would be better to issue some bonds

> and build a new building and have it pay off? " he said.

>

> County Finance Director Louis acknowledged the concern but

> said all of the offices in Newell Tower, for instance, need to be

> downtown.

>

> " We frankly right now don't have another location to put a building

> such as this, " Mr. said. " We've proven that new buildings

are

> most cost-efficient than older buildings, but quite frankly that's

> how we've acquired additional space in the downtown campus, by

> purchasing old buildings. "

>

> Mr. Ramsey has in response to Dr. Casavant's request appointed a

> three-person committee to take an inventory of all county buildings

> including the county's maintenance director, engineer and real

> property manager.

>

> He said taking inventory of the buildings will be helpful, although

> any new county buildings would be far in the future.

>

> " We're building schools right now, " Mr. Ramsey said. " Somewhere

> there ought to be a longrange plan. But as of now, we continue to

> concentrate on the school building program under way. "

>

> E-mail Ian Berry at iberry@... RENOVATION OUTLAYS The

> Hamilton County Commission has approved the following expenditures

> to renovate these buildings since 2000: Hamilton County Courthouse —

> $6.2 million Heating/ventilation/ air conditioning repairs — $1.53

> million Hamilton County Justice Building (includes jail) — $1.5

> million Newell Towers — $903,984 MLK Building — 209,000 Mayfield

> Annex — 193,872 Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building:

> $159,884 Source: Hamilton County documents

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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He has constant unrelenting headache.

iluvbunnies5262 <iluvbunnies5262@...> wrote: How did they figure

out he had aperg. in his brain? I wonder if I

have mold in my brain from long time exposure and that is what my

pressure is and headaches ETC. What does it show up like on an MRI

or other scans? I don't want to go breath that crap until hopefully

I'm approved for retirement disability. Rhonda

Sunday, January 14, 2007

>

> Costs to mend courthouse cause concern

>

> Chattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:10 PM PST

>

> Money spent on new air conditioning, work to rid mold questioned

> By Ian Berry Staff Writer

>

> With at least $6.2 million spent on renovations to the Hamilton

> County Courthouse since 2001, the county continues to fight mold

> infiltrating the historic building.

>

> The renovations, records show, have included more than $500,000 to

> waterproof a leaky foundation thought to be the cause of the

> building's continuing mold problems. Despite that foundation work,

> moisture and mold persist on the first floor, where offices,

> hallways and the entrance onto Walnut Street have been inspected

and

> cleaned of mold in recent weeks.

>

> " Throwing good money after bad " is how some Hamilton County

> officials recently have described expenses for some of the county's

> older buildings, including the courthouse.

>

> One of those officials, County Commissioner Fred Skillern, said he

> supported the latest courthouse work, but may have felt

> differently " if I knew then what I knew now. " The courthouse

> renovations are " almost a nightmare, " Commission Chairman Larry

> Henry said.

>

> NO TURNING BACK Built in 1912, the courthouse is in the midst

> of " Phase V " renovations intended in part to address mold problems

> in several locations, including offices for the county clerk,

> register of deeds and clerk and master.

>

> In addition to the $6.2 million approved since 2001, the county

> included $3 million for further renovations in the $125 million

bond

> issue approved last year.

>

> There also have been continuing mold problems on the third floor,

> where Clerk and Master Lee Akers, the only official to complain

> publicly about the mold, has set up portable air purifiers. Mr.

> Akers said he wonders if mold is to blame for his chronic

> obstructive pulmonary disease, or his employees' frequent bouts of

> pneumonia.

>

> While acknowledging the problems, commissioners also say that at

> this point there's no turning back.

>

> " From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, you really should tear it

> down and start over, " Commissioner Casavant said. " (But)

> we've put a lot of money into the courthouse during the past 10

> years. "

>

> County Mayor Claude Ramsey said a new courthouse would cost " many

> times what we've spent on this beautiful facility, which is a great

> asset to the community. "

>

> The city is in the midst of a $12 million renovation to its City

> Hall. FROM THE GROUND UP Mr. Ramsey said the first phase of the

> renovations to address the courthouse foundation was intended to

> stop moisture. The plan all along, he said, was to bring the

> building up to standard and then address the areas of mold.

>

> " It certainly helped a great deal, " he said of the foundation work.

>

> The health and well-being of county employees is his top concern,

> Mr. Ramsey said. He noted his office has had virtually no

> renovations since he took office in 1994. " I work here every day, "

> Mr. Ramsey said.

>

> Even if the county had been inclined to build a new facility,

> finding a location would have been a problem.

>

> Curtis said if the county could have looked into " a crystal

> ball " 10 years ago, it would have looked at building a new joint

> city-county facility, similar to what exists in Knoxville. A

> potential location could have been where the new County Election

> Commission Building opened on Amnicola Highway.

>

> " It's too late for that, " Mr. said.

>

> BEYOND THE COURTHOUSE Both Dr. Casavant and Mr. Skillern said the

> county should think about a building program to replace some of the

> other old county facilities.

>

> Earlier this month, Dr. Casavant asked county officials to conduct

> an audit of all the county's facilities. He said he was taken aback

> to learn that an entire floor of the Hamilton County-Chattanooga

> Courts Building was being used for parking, and he said the cost of

> a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the

Newell

> Tower on East Seventh Street, which houses other county offices,

> also raised questions.

>

> That building's HVAC system will cost more than $700,000. The

county

> received only one bid on the project, after three attempts to

> solicit bids.

>

> Dr. Casavant pointed out that, unlike the courthouse, Newell Tower

> is not historic.

>

> " At what point do you decide it would be better to issue some bonds

> and build a new building and have it pay off? " he said.

>

> County Finance Director Louis acknowledged the concern but

> said all of the offices in Newell Tower, for instance, need to be

> downtown.

>

> " We frankly right now don't have another location to put a building

> such as this, " Mr. said. " We've proven that new buildings

are

> most cost-efficient than older buildings, but quite frankly that's

> how we've acquired additional space in the downtown campus, by

> purchasing old buildings. "

>

> Mr. Ramsey has in response to Dr. Casavant's request appointed a

> three-person committee to take an inventory of all county buildings

> including the county's maintenance director, engineer and real

> property manager.

>

> He said taking inventory of the buildings will be helpful, although

> any new county buildings would be far in the future.

>

> " We're building schools right now, " Mr. Ramsey said. " Somewhere

> there ought to be a longrange plan. But as of now, we continue to

> concentrate on the school building program under way. "

>

> E-mail Ian Berry at iberry@... RENOVATION OUTLAYS The

> Hamilton County Commission has approved the following expenditures

> to renovate these buildings since 2000: Hamilton County Courthouse —

> $6.2 million Heating/ventilation/ air conditioning repairs — $1.53

> million Hamilton County Justice Building (includes jail) — $1.5

> million Newell Towers — $903,984 MLK Building — 209,000 Mayfield

> Annex — 193,872 Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building:

> $159,884 Source: Hamilton County documents

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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> Go to the Q & A for great tips from Answers users.

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>

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KC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what they do,

the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary " decomposers. "

Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly anything as their

" prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not " plant life " and are

far removed from plants physically, genetically, structureally, and in how they

create and feed of the nutrients that they grow from. They are not mobile but

stationary and this is why they often are mistaken for plant life. The very

reason they are able to elude the human immune system is that they have a very

similar appearance with our human immune cells. I personally refer to our human

immune system as our " human fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are

generated from basic chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In

addressing their prey, micro fungi cells are very similar to human immune system

cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection within the human body by the immune

system cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in a process called

" molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi are extremely

difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the appearance of human

blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood stream to where they need

to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell appears very much like a

blood cell except for one critical fact; they are much smaller than human blood

cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi are closer to humans than

their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria. In fact, fungi cells have a

defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not have a nucleus. The micro fungi are

allowed by our molecular system to penetrate further into the human body because

the human immune cells usually do not recognize them as pathogens (disease

causing) as some Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria are immediately

recognized. Molds invade very subtly and absorb chemically as pathogens

integrating with human cells over sometimes months and years to invade and

mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses which are often immediately

recognized before they can do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt

and eventually gain strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When

symptoms arise it often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are

decomposing or attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their

human host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to release

mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell genetic structure.

This begins in a process of friction, followed by inflammation as weakened human

cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to mycotoxin chemistry in

challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic) amino acid string bases. This

process leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi cells, bacterial

cells, and other live organism cells that compose the human body also become ill

along the way. This is a two-billion year old microbial (live cell) war that has

been going on internally called " the Carbon Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about

it, a person usually does not die suddenly naturally, but slowly over years

(such as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in a decomposing process in which

the organs begin to fail. Normally it is not one organ that fails but a cascade

of failures before death. However, this process has a very fast nature to it as

well, such as observed with Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of

one micro fungal species but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the

process, unlike bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species.

This is why it is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-response " in the

formation of fungal exposures and the disease process.

Hope this helps.

God Bless you and your continuing progress toward improved health.

Doug Haney

EnviroHealth Research & Consulting, Inc.

Email: _Haney52@...

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Hi Doug--Just wanted to say you are SUCH an important & integral part to our

group here.....thank you, SO much from all of us, I'm sure, for taking an active

role here!

God bless!

RE: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has aspergillus growing in

the brain

KC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what they

do, the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary " decomposers. "

Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly anything as their

" prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not " plant life " and are

far removed from plants physically, genetically, structureally, and in how they

create and feed of the nutrients that they grow from. They are not mobile but

stationary and this is why they often are mistaken for plant life. The very

reason they are able to elude the human immune system is that they have a very

similar appearance with our human immune cells. I personally refer to our human

immune system as our " human fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are

generated from basic chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In

addressing their prey, micro fungi cells are very simila! r to human immune

system cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection within the human body by the

immune system cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in a process

called " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi are extremely

difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the appearance of human

blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood stream to where they need

to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell appears very much like a

blood cell except for one critical fact; they are much smaller than human blood

cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi are closer to humans than

their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria. In fact, fungi cells have a

defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not have a nucleus. The micro fungi are

allowed by our molecular system to penetrate further into the human body because

the human immune cells usually do not recognize them as pathogens (dis! ease

causing) as some Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria are imm ediately

recognized. Molds invade very subtly and absorb chemically as pathogens

integrating with human cells over sometimes months and years to invade and

mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses which are often immediately

recognized before they can do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt

and eventually gain strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When

symptoms arise it often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are

decomposing or attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their

human host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to release

mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell genetic structure.

This begins in a process of friction, followed by inflammation as weakened human

cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to mycotoxin chemistry in

challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic! ) amino acid string bases. This

process leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi cells, bacterial

cells, and other live organism cells that compose the human body also become ill

along the way. This is a two-billion year old microbial (live cell) war that has

been going on internally called " the Carbon Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about

it, a person usually does not die suddenly naturally, but slowly over years

(such as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in a decomposing process in which

the organs begin to fail. Normally it is not one organ that fails but a cascade

of failures before death. However, this process has a very fast nature to it as

well, such as observed with Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of

one micro fungal species but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the

process, unlike bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species.

This is why it is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-! response " in the

formation of fungal exposures and the disease pr ocess.

Hope this helps.

God Bless you and your continuing progress toward improved health.

Doug Haney

EnviroHealth Research & Consulting, Inc.

Email: _Haney52@...

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Doug,

Thank you very much for this very interesting and illuminating insight in so

many ways!

Aging.. The way you describe the process of aging is a lot like the way I

see it too, and I think that the inherent inflammation

that comes with aging and its glycation end products is probably one of the

reasons older people are more suceptible

to mold illness. I've read that when you are old, often you have infections

that would cause a fever in a younger person, but they don't, because your

body is much more used to inflammation. In Dr. Shoemaker's book Mold

Warriors he describes a case of an old woman who was thought to be going

senile but her dementia went away after she was treated with cholestyramine.

My first thought when i read this is that this same thing must be happening

on a smaller scale, perhaps, but still happening, with millions of people,

but we are not realizing it.

I think that mold illness may be behind a lot of human illness, and in terms

of numbers, especially this early dementia in the elderly. Think about it.

When old people start to go, nobody suspects mold because we expect old

people to start losing their memories, health etc. and indeed, we have been

living with mold in our environment since before the human race existed..

But its there, its toxic and it has an impact. And it causes a lot of human

misery that we could avoid.

On 1/16/07, Haney <_Haney52@...> wrote:

>

> KC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what

> they do, the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary

> " decomposers. " Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly

> anything as their " prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not

> " plant life " and are far removed from plants physically, genetically,

> structureally, and in how they create and feed of the nutrients that they

> grow from. They are not mobile but stationary and this is why they often are

> mistaken for plant life. The very reason they are able to elude the human

> immune system is that they have a very similar appearance with our human

> immune cells. I personally refer to our human immune system as our " human

> fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are generated from basic

> chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In addressing their prey,

> micro fungi cells are very similar to human immune system cells, or vice

> versa. In escaping detection within the human body by the immune system

> cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in a process called

> " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi are extremely

> difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the appearance of

> human blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood stream to where

> they need to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell appears

> very much like a blood cell except for one critical fact; they are much

> smaller than human blood cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi

> are closer to humans than their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria.

> In fact, fungi cells have a defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not have

> a nucleus. The micro fungi are allowed by our molecular system to penetrate

> further into the human body because the human immune cells usually do not

> recognize them as pathogens (disease causing) as some Gram-Negative and

> Gram-Positive bacteria are immediately recognized. Molds invade very subtly

> and absorb chemically as pathogens integrating with human cells over

> sometimes months and years to invade and mutate cells, as opposed to

> bacteria and viruses which are often immediately recognized before they can

> do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt and eventually gain

> strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When symptoms arise it

> often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are decomposing or

> attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their human host is

> feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then instead of

> being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to release

> mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell genetic

> structure. This begins in a process of friction, followed by inflammation as

> weakened human cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to mycotoxin

> chemistry in challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic) amino acid string

> bases. This process leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi

> cells, bacterial cells, and other live organism cells that compose the human

> body also become ill along the way. This is a two-billion year old microbial

> (live cell) war that has been going on internally called " the Carbon Cycle "

> or " dust-to-dust " Think about it, a person usually does not die suddenly

> naturally, but slowly over years (such as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.)

> in a decomposing process in which the organs begin to fail. Normally it is

> not one organ that fails but a cascade of failures before death. However,

> this process has a very fast nature to it as well, such as observed with

> Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of one micro fungal species

> but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the process, unlike

> bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species. This is why it

> is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-response " in the formation of

> fungal exposures and the disease process.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> God Bless you and your continuing progress toward improved health.

>

> Doug Haney

> EnviroHealth Research & Consulting, Inc.

> Email: _Haney52@... <_Haney52%40hotmail.com>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Have you tried PIRACETAM for your wife's headaches? Piracetam is a

neuroprotective supplement that is affordable and which has 40 years of

supporting evidence behind its use in neuroprotection.

If you combine piracetam with choline and vitamin B5 it also improves (long

term) memory. This isn't just me talking, the science is there, 40 years of

it.

There is a list at

http://www.he.net/~altonweb/cs/downsyndrome/index.htm?page=piraceso.html

of places where you can buy piracetam and considering the incredible relief

it brought me when I was getting those headaches I would strongly urge you

to check it out. Its cheap.

But you ALSO need to consider the possibility that whatever is making her

have these headaches is NOT MOLD, it might be a brain tumor or something

like that. If you have not already, she needs to have a neurologist look at

the situation and she should get a brain scan to rule out possible other

causes.. This can be expensive but don't scrimp on this!

if you have already done all this disregard this letter but I had to write

it because I went through this myself and it turned out to be stachy... bad,

toxic stachy.. and asp/pen...

Headaches for most of us are not normal. For me, it is one of the symptoms

of mold exposure.. but not for everybody..sometimes it is cancer or

pre-stroke or similar...

Again, sorry to be repetitive/redundant if so..

[Guest guest]

Jane, Doug, KC & LiveSimply,

So sorry to hear about your friend, Jane. I just found out today that I was

diagnosed with Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy along with the many other

diagnosis that I have since becoming ill from the molds/mycotoxins. Of course

we will continue to follow up on this, one doc I saw today said the cause was

not known. Jane please let us all know the progress of your friend.

Darlene

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote: Doug,

Jane & LiveSimply,

Thanks for posting these excellant links and the information that

you provide Doug is always invaluable. LiveSimply, you've also

posted an excellant link and Jane when you check out the aspergillus

website be sure to check the image bank. They provide some excellant

photos.

Jane, please keep us informed on any test results your friend

receives. I've often asked the same question what is causing this

severe headpain that not only my wife experiences, but many others

also. It has gotten better since visiting Dr.Shoemaker and being on

the CSM. I often wondered is some form of fungal infection is

causing the headpain. Even today at times it can be very severe. But

not like what it was in the beginning. This has been running nonstop

for about 8 years and this is also what caused me to seek out one of

the top neurotoxicologist in the country in the very beginning,

Dr. Singer. The results of the neurological/psychological

testing is what really kicked me into high gear to determine what

was causing this, again not realizing it was environmental due to

SBS. His results, " toxic encephlopathy (sp) brain damage. " So yes, I

was a bit upset knowing what she was once like before all this

started.

I have been told by several professionals if my wife Sharon had

actual mold colonization that most likely she would no longer be

here. Am I convienced that this is not ocurring anyways, no..

Exactly what's causing this, other than the toxins or lack of

oxygen, I don't know. Doug, you may be able to explain in greater

detail.

There was a case of a seven year old girl out of Atlanta that was on

the evening news several times, doctors had no idea what had caused

this fungal infection/tumors to occur in her body and at the top of

her brain stem. Finally, without any results after using IV's and/or

oral antifungals they decided then to inject antifungals directly

into the brain tumor. Then they were able to see a positive results.

It did start shrinking, but the little girl is now severely

handicapped, to the point of even having to learn to walk all over

again. I had spoken to the parents in the beginning and did not want

to overload them with information, they were dealing with enough. I

just helped to guide them with some resources and professionals that

we deal with.

KC

Sunday, January 14, 2007Costs to mend

courthouse cause concernChattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jan

2007 10:10 PM PSTMoney spent on new air conditioning, work to rid

mold questionedBy Ian Berry Staff Writer With at least $6.2 million

spent on renovations to the Hamilton County Courthouse since 2001,

the county continues to fight mold infiltrating the historic

building.The renovations, records show, have included more than

$500,000 to waterproof a leaky foundation thought to be the cause of

the building's continuing mold problems. Despite that foundation

work, moisture and mold persist on the first floor, where offices,

hallways and the entrance onto Walnut Street have been inspected and

cleaned of mold in recent weeks. " Throwing good money after bad " is

how some Hamilton County officials recently have described expenses

for some of the county's older buildings, including the

courthouse.One of those officials, County Commissioner Fred

Skillern, said he supported the latest courthouse work, but may have

felt differently " if I knew then what I knew now. " The courthouse

renovations are " almost a nightmare, " Commission Chairman Larry

Henry said.NO TURNING BACK Built in 1912, the courthouse is in the

midst of " Phase V " renovations intended in part to address mold

problems in several locations, including offices for the county

clerk, register of deeds and clerk and master.In addition to the

$6.2 million approved since 2001, the county included $3 million for

further renovations in the $125 million bond issue approved last

year.There also have been continuing mold problems on the third

floor, where Clerk and Master Lee Akers, the only official to

complain publicly about the mold, has set up portable air purifiers.

Mr. Akers said he wonders if mold is to blame for his chronic

obstructive pulmonary disease, or his employees' frequent bouts of

pneumonia.While acknowledging the problems, commissioners also say

that at this point there's no turning back. " From a cost-

effectiveness standpoint, you really should tear it down and start

over, " Commissioner Casavant said. " (But) we've put a lot of

money into the courthouse during the past 10 years. " County Mayor

Claude Ramsey said a new courthouse would cost " many times what

we've spent on this beautiful facility, which is a great asset to

the community. " The city is in the midst of a $12 million renovation

to its City Hall. FROM THE GROUND UP Mr. Ramsey said the first phase

of the renovations to address the courthouse foundation was intended

to stop moisture. The plan all along, he said, was to bring the

building up to standard and then address the areas of mold. " It

certainly helped a great deal, " he said of the foundation work.The

health and well-being of county employees is his top concern, Mr.

Ramsey said. He noted his office has had virtually no renovations

since he took office in 1994. " I work here every day, " Mr. Ramsey

said.Even if the county had been inclined to build a new facility,

finding a location would have been a problem.Curtis said if

the county could have looked into " a crystal ball " 10 years ago, it

would have looked at building a new joint city-county facility,

similar to what exists in Knoxville. A potential location could have

been where the new County Election Commission Building opened on

Amnicola Highway. " It's too late for that, " Mr. said.BEYOND THE

COURTHOUSE Both Dr. Casavant and Mr. Skillern said the county should

think about a building program to replace some of the other old

county facilities.Earlier this month, Dr. Casavant asked county

officials to conduct an audit of all the county's facilities. He

said he was taken aback to learn that an entire floor of the

Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building was being used for

parking, and he said the cost of a new heating, ventilation and air

conditioning system at the Newell Tower on East Seventh Street,

which houses other county offices, also raised questions.That

building's HVAC system will cost more than $700,000. The county

received only one bid on the project, after three attempts to

solicit bids.Dr. Casavant pointed out that, unlike the courthouse,

Newell Tower is not historic. " At what point do you decide it would

be better to issue some bonds and build a new building and have it

pay off? " he said.County Finance Director Louis acknowledged

the concern but said all of the offices in Newell Tower, for

instance, need to be downtown. " We frankly right now don't have

another location to put a building such as this, " Mr.

said. " We've proven that new buildings are most cost-efficient than

older buildings, but quite frankly that's how we've acquired

additional space in the downtown campus, by purchasing old

buildings. " Mr. Ramsey has in response to Dr. Casavant's request

appointed a three-person committee to take an inventory of all

county buildings including the county's maintenance director,

engineer and real property manager.He said taking inventory of the

buildings will be helpful, although any new county buildings would

be far in the future. " We're building schools right now, " Mr. Ramsey

said. " Somewhere there ought to be a longrange plan. But as of now,

we continue to concentrate on the school building program under

way. " E-mail Ian Berry at iberry@... RENOVATION OUTLAYS The Hamilton

County Commission has approved the following expenditures to

renovate these buildings since 2000: Hamilton County Courthouse —

$6.2 million Heating/ventilation/ air conditioning repairs — $1.53

million Hamilton County Justice Building (includes jail) — $1.5

million Newell Towers — $903,984 MLK Building — 209,000 Mayfield

Annex — 193,872 Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building:

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that's me only I used to look 15 years younger, have a life, and now people call

me " maam. " that hurts doesn't it? not really an issue just another punch.

who <jeaninem660@...> wrote: you know, I use to pass for 10

years younger and felt that way too.

now I fell 30 years older most days. it's kind of strange to watch my

mom and dad at thier age with thier ackes and pain and to compare

them to my own. this disease does age you in many ways. it's like a

young mind(a bit disfunctional)in a old tried body.

> >

> > KC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi

do what

> > they do, the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are

primary

> > " decomposers. " Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed

on nearly

> > anything as their " prey " , including animals and humans. Micro

fungi are not

> > " plant life " and are far removed from plants physically,

genetically,

> > structureally, and in how they create and feed of the nutrients

that they

> > grow from. They are not mobile but stationary and this is why

they often are

> > mistaken for plant life. The very reason they are able to elude

the human

> > immune system is that they have a very similar appearance with

our human

> > immune cells. I personally refer to our human immune system as

our " human

> > fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are generated from

basic

> > chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In addressing

their prey,

> > micro fungi cells are very similar to human immune system cells,

or vice

> > versa. In escaping detection within the human body by the immune

system

> > cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in a process

called

> > " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi are

extremely

> > difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the

appearance of

> > human blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood

stream to where

> > they need to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell

appears

> > very much like a blood cell except for one critical fact; they

are much

> > smaller than human blood cells. It is interesting to note, that

micro fungi

> > are closer to humans than their counterpart " primary decomposers "

bacteria.

> > In fact, fungi cells have a defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria

do not have

> > a nucleus. The micro fungi are allowed by our molecular system to

penetrate

> > further into the human body because the human immune cells

usually do not

> > recognize them as pathogens (disease causing) as some Gram-

Negative and

> > Gram-Positive bacteria are immediately recognized. Molds invade

very subtly

> > and absorb chemically as pathogens integrating with human cells

over

> > sometimes months and years to invade and mutate cells, as opposed

to

> > bacteria and viruses which are often immediately recognized

before they can

> > do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt and eventually

gain

> > strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When symptoms

arise it

> > often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are

decomposing or

> > attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their

human host is

> > feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of

> > being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to

release

> > mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell

genetic

> > structure. This begins in a process of friction, followed by

inflammation as

> > weakened human cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to

mycotoxin

> > chemistry in challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic) amino

acid string

> > bases. This process leads to diseases because both human cells,

micro fungi

> > cells, bacterial cells, and other live organism cells that

compose the human

> > body also become ill along the way. This is a two-billion year

old microbial

> > (live cell) war that has been going on internally called " the

Carbon Cycle "

> > or " dust-to-dust " Think about it, a person usually does not die

suddenly

> > naturally, but slowly over years (such as in cancers, MS,

Parkinson's, etc.)

> > in a decomposing process in which the organs begin to fail.

Normally it is

> > not one organ that fails but a cascade of failures before death.

However,

> > this process has a very fast nature to it as well, such as

observed with

> > Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of one micro

fungal species

> > but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the process,

unlike

> > bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species. This

is why it

> > is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-response " in the

formation of

> > fungal exposures and the disease process.

> >

> > Hope this helps.

> >

> > God Bless you and your continuing progress toward improved health.

> >

> > Doug Haney

> > EnviroHealth Research & Consulting, Inc.

> > Email: _Haney52@... <_Haney52%40hotmail.com>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

: I am only very pleased to contribute when I am able. However, there

are many things happening behind the scene that keep me from relating too much,

too soon. But, 2007 is going to be the " mold victim's " year. When the time is

ripe, many questions ARE going to be answered and many of those who condemn

human health due to indoor fungal exposures will be paying dearly. Watch the

news, and continue to contribute. God Bless you and your health.

Doug Haney

@...: toriaquilts@...: Tue, 16 Jan

2007 10:26:07 -0800Subject: Re: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has

aspergillus growing in the brain

Hi Doug--Just wanted to say you are SUCH an important & integral part to our

group here.....thank you, SO much from all of us, I'm sure, for taking an active

role here!God bless!

RE: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has aspergillus growing in the

brainKC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what

they do, the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary

" decomposers. " Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly

anything as their " prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not

" plant life " and are far removed from plants physically, genetically,

structureally, and in how they create and feed of the nutrients that they grow

from. They are not mobile but stationary and this is why they often are mistaken

for plant life. The very reason they are able to elude the human immune system

is that they have a very similar appearance with our human immune cells. I

personally refer to our human immune system as our " human fungal system " because

as micro fungi cells are generated from basic chemical structure so are the

human immune cells. In addressing their prey, micro fungi cells are very simila!

r to human immune system cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection within the

human body by the immune system cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells

in a process called " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi

are extremely difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the

appearance of human blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood

stream to where they need to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell

appears very much like a blood cell except for one critical fact; they are much

smaller than human blood cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi are

closer to humans than their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria. In fact,

fungi cells have a defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not have a nucleus.

The micro fungi are allowed by our molecular system to penetrate further into

the human body because the human immune cells usually do not recognize them as

pathogens (dis! ease causing) as some Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria

are imm ediately recognized. Molds invade very subtly and absorb chemically as

pathogens integrating with human cells over sometimes months and years to invade

and mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses which are often immediately

recognized before they can do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt

and eventually gain strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When

symptoms arise it often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are

decomposing or attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their

human host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to release

mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell genetic structure.

This begins in a process of friction, followed by inflammation as weakened human

cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to mycotoxin chemistry in

challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic! ) amino acid string bases. This

process leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi cells, bacterial

cells, and other live organism cells that compose the human body also become ill

along the way. This is a two-billion year old microbial (live cell) war that has

been going on internally called " the Carbon Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about

it, a person usually does not die suddenly naturally, but slowly over years

(such as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in a decomposing process in which

the organs begin to fail. Normally it is not one organ that fails but a cascade

of failures before death. However, this process has a very fast nature to it as

well, such as observed with Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of

one micro fungal species but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the

process, unlike bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species.

This is why it is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-! response " in the

formation of fungal exposures and the disease pr ocess. Hope this helps. God

Bless you and your continuing progress toward improved health. Doug

HaneyEnviroHealth Research & Consulting, Inc.Email:

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Doug, this isn't but I just wanted to thank you for you words of

encouragement for the year 2007. I'm looking forward to hearing THE CHEER

ACROSS AMERICA when things start to happen. I just heard a segment on our

local news last night about an Autism connection to toxins and chemicals. Seems

to be more and more on TV and in magazines than before so I'll continue to

educate and tell my story to anyone who will listen.

Did you see the Oct. 2006 National Geographic? I've copied and given it to

my Dr., dentist and many others!!

Thanks for everything you do! I, along with everyone else, am looking

forward to a better 2007!

Sue

: I am only very pleased to contribute when I am able. However,

there are many things happening behind the scene that keep me from relating too

much, too soon. But, 2007 is going to be the " mold victim's " year. When the

time is ripe, many questions ARE going to be answered and many of those who

condemn human health due to indoor fungal exposures will be paying dearly.

Watch

the news, and continue to contribute. God Bless you and your health.

Doug Haney

[Guest guest]

She shoud get a Neti Pot or a spray bottle and wash her sinuses out every

day several times with SALT WATER..

On 1/16/07, sea <jackiebreeze@...> wrote:

>

> Speaking of neurologists, I was talking to a lady today who knows

> nothing about my issues with mold. She said she just got results back

> from a neurologist that she had mold growing in her sinuses. She said

> they found this on a MRI! Of course, I had to jump right on to that

> one. I asked what she was being treated with and she said an

> antibotic, bactrin! I would assume this would make th mold worse in her

> sinuses!

>

>

>

> >

> > But you ALSO need to consider the possibility that whatever is making

> her

> > have these headaches is NOT MOLD, it might be a brain tumor or

> something

> > like that. If you have not already, she needs to have a neurologist

> look at

> > the situation and she should get a brain scan to rule out possible

> other

> > causes.. This can be expensive but don't scrimp on this!

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Suggestively only, she might want to discuss a product called Nizoral with her

physician, or have her doctor discuss it with A. Marinkovich, MD

(Allergy, Immunology, Medical Mycology) in Redwood City, CA: (650) 482-2800.

Respectfully,

Doug Haney

@...: jackiebreeze@...: Tue, 16 Jan

2007 22:10:58 +0000Subject: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has

aspergillus growing in the brain

Speaking of neurologists, I was talking to a lady today who knows nothing about

my issues with mold. She said she just got results back from a neurologist that

she had mold growing in her sinuses. She said they found this on a MRI! Of

course, I had to jump right on to that one. I asked what she was being treated

with and she said an antibotic, bactrin! I would assume this would make th mold

worse in her sinuses!> > But you ALSO need to consider the possibility that

whatever is making her> have these headaches is NOT MOLD, it might be a brain

tumor or something> like that. If you have not already, she needs to have a

neurologist look at> the situation and she should get a brain scan to rule out

possible other> causes.. This can be expensive but don't scrimp on this!>

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Thanks all--that is why my doctor wants me out of my area and is sending my

friend to NIH and the Mayo Clinic. I think a lot of doctors know--they just

don't want us to know. Jane

charlesb35 <charlesb35@...> wrote: Way to go, Doug! Glad to hear

that you are helping lead the fight.

>

> : I am only very pleased to contribute when I am able.

However, there are many things happening behind the scene that keep

me from relating too much, too soon. But, 2007 is going to be

the " mold victim's " year. When the time is ripe, many questions ARE

going to be answered and many of those who condemn human health due

to indoor fungal exposures will be paying dearly. Watch the news, and

continue to contribute. God Bless you and your health.

>

> Doug Haney

>

>

>

> @...: toriaquilts@...: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:26:07 -

0800Subject: Re: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has

aspergillus growing in the brain

>

>

>

>

> Hi Doug--Just wanted to say you are SUCH an important & integral

part to our group here.....thank you, SO much from all of us, I'm

sure, for taking an active role here!God bless!----- Original

Message ----- From: Haney

Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:23 AMSubject: RE: []

Re: KC--Fellow patient has aspergillus growing in the brainKC (Jane &

LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what they do,

the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are

primary " decomposers. " Decomposers are scavengers in that they will

feed on nearly anything as their " prey " , including animals and

humans. Micro fungi are not " plant life " and are far removed from

plants physically, genetically, structureally, and in how they create

and feed of the nutrients that they grow from. They are not mobile

but stationary and this is why they often are mistaken for plant

life. The very reason they are able to elude the human immune system

is that they have a very similar appearance with our human immune

cells. I personally refer to our human immune system as our " human

fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are generated from basic

chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In addressing their

prey, micro fungi cells are very simila! r to human immune system

cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection within the human body by

the immune system cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in

a process called " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro

fungi are extremely difficult to detect in our blood serum as they

take on the appearance of human blood cells cells in traveling

through the human blood stream to where they need to go to do what

they need to do. The micro fungi cell appears very much like a blood

cell except for one critical fact; they are much smaller than human

blood cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi are closer

to humans than their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria. In

fact, fungi cells have a defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not

have a nucleus. The micro fungi are allowed by our molecular system

to penetrate further into the human body because the human immune

cells usually do not recognize them as pathogens (dis! ease causing)

as some Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria are imm ediately

recognized. Molds invade very subtly and absorb chemically as

pathogens integrating with human cells over sometimes months and

years to invade and mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses

which are often immediately recognized before they can do harm. In

this way micro fungi are able to adapt and eventually gain strength

in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When symptoms arise it often

signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are decomposing or

attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their human

host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically "

to release mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human

cell genetic structure. This begins in a process of friction,

followed by inflammation as weakened human cell chemistry clashes and

eventually gives way to mycotoxin chemistry in challenging and

changing DNA/RNA (genetic! ) amino acid string bases. This process

leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi cells,

bacterial cells, and other live organism cells that compose the human

body also become ill along the way. This is a two-billion year old

microbial (live cell) war that has been going on internally

called " the Carbon Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about it, a person

usually does not die suddenly naturally, but slowly over years (such

as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in a decomposing process in

which the organs begin to fail. Normally it is not one organ that

fails but a cascade of failures before death. However, this process

has a very fast nature to it as well, such as observed with

Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of one micro fungal

species but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the

process, unlike bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial

species. This is why it is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-!

response " in the formation of fungal exposures and the disease pr

ocess. Hope this helps. God Bless you and your continuing progress

toward improved health. Doug HaneyEnviroHealth Research & Consulting,

Inc.Email:

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[Guest guest]

KC, thanks for your kind words and moral support. It was a bit of a shock, but

I knew there was something else other than what I had all ready been diagnosed

with. You know , when you have a feeling something just isn't right. We will

continue to investigate this more. Well at least the oxygen at night helps

somewhat for my breathing, and will give my brain more also. I am having a hard

time falling asleep tonight, just so much to try to take in.

Thanks again, tell Sharon I said hello.

Darlene

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

Darlene,

I'm very sorry to hear that, as far as your diagnosis. But yet I

want to say I'm happy that the doctor realized that something was

wrong. Talk about a double edged sword. This is the first step and

hopefully he will continue to investigate.

Take care,

KC

Sunday, January 14, 2007Costs to mend

> courthouse cause concernChattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jan

> 2007 10:10 PM PSTMoney spent on new air conditioning, work to rid

> mold questionedBy Ian Berry Staff Writer With at least $6.2

million

> spent on renovations to the Hamilton County Courthouse since

2001,

> the county continues to fight mold infiltrating the historic

> building.The renovations, records show, have included more than

> $500,000 to waterproof a leaky foundation thought to be the cause

of

> the building's continuing mold problems. Despite that foundation

> work, moisture and mold persist on the first floor, where

offices,

> hallways and the entrance onto Walnut Street have been inspected

and

> cleaned of mold in recent weeks. " Throwing good money after bad "

is

> how some Hamilton County officials recently have described

expenses

> for some of the county's older buildings, including the

> courthouse.One of those officials, County Commissioner Fred

> Skillern, said he supported the latest courthouse work, but may

have

> felt differently " if I knew then what I knew now. " The courthouse

> renovations are " almost a nightmare, " Commission Chairman Larry

> Henry said.NO TURNING BACK Built in 1912, the courthouse is in

the

> midst of " Phase V " renovations intended in part to address mold

> problems in several locations, including offices for the county

> clerk, register of deeds and clerk and master.In addition to the

> $6.2 million approved since 2001, the county included $3 million

for

> further renovations in the $125 million bond issue approved last

> year.There also have been continuing mold problems on the third

> floor, where Clerk and Master Lee Akers, the only official to

> complain publicly about the mold, has set up portable air

purifiers.

> Mr. Akers said he wonders if mold is to blame for his chronic

> obstructive pulmonary disease, or his employees' frequent bouts

of

> pneumonia.While acknowledging the problems, commissioners also

say

> that at this point there's no turning back. " From a cost-

> effectiveness standpoint, you really should tear it down and

start

> over, " Commissioner Casavant said. " (But) we've put a lot

of

> money into the courthouse during the past 10 years. " County Mayor

> Claude Ramsey said a new courthouse would cost " many times what

> we've spent on this beautiful facility, which is a great asset to

> the community. " The city is in the midst of a $12 million

renovation

> to its City Hall. FROM THE GROUND UP Mr. Ramsey said the first

phase

> of the renovations to address the courthouse foundation was

intended

> to stop moisture. The plan all along, he said, was to bring the

> building up to standard and then address the areas of mold. " It

> certainly helped a great deal, " he said of the foundation

work.The

> health and well-being of county employees is his top concern, Mr.

> Ramsey said. He noted his office has had virtually no renovations

> since he took office in 1994. " I work here every day, " Mr. Ramsey

> said.Even if the county had been inclined to build a new

facility,

> finding a location would have been a problem.Curtis said if

> the county could have looked into " a crystal ball " 10 years ago,

it

> would have looked at building a new joint city-county facility,

> similar to what exists in Knoxville. A potential location could

have

> been where the new County Election Commission Building opened on

> Amnicola Highway. " It's too late for that, " Mr. said.BEYOND

THE

> COURTHOUSE Both Dr. Casavant and Mr. Skillern said the county

should

> think about a building program to replace some of the other old

> county facilities.Earlier this month, Dr. Casavant asked county

> officials to conduct an audit of all the county's facilities. He

> said he was taken aback to learn that an entire floor of the

> Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building was being used for

> parking, and he said the cost of a new heating, ventilation and

air

> conditioning system at the Newell Tower on East Seventh Street,

> which houses other county offices, also raised questions.That

> building's HVAC system will cost more than $700,000. The county

> received only one bid on the project, after three attempts to

> solicit bids.Dr. Casavant pointed out that, unlike the

courthouse,

> Newell Tower is not historic. " At what point do you decide it

would

> be better to issue some bonds and build a new building and have

it

> pay off? " he said.County Finance Director Louis

acknowledged

> the concern but said all of the offices in Newell Tower, for

> instance, need to be downtown. " We frankly right now don't have

> another location to put a building such as this, " Mr.

> said. " We've proven that new buildings are most cost-efficient

than

> older buildings, but quite frankly that's how we've acquired

> additional space in the downtown campus, by purchasing old

> buildings. " Mr. Ramsey has in response to Dr. Casavant's request

> appointed a three-person committee to take an inventory of all

> county buildings including the county's maintenance director,

> engineer and real property manager.He said taking inventory of

the

> buildings will be helpful, although any new county buildings

would

> be far in the future. " We're building schools right now, " Mr.

Ramsey

> said. " Somewhere there ought to be a longrange plan. But as of

now,

> we continue to concentrate on the school building program under

> way. " E-mail Ian Berry at iberry@ RENOVATION OUTLAYS The Hamilton

> County Commission has approved the following expenditures to

> renovate these buildings since 2000: Hamilton County Courthouse —

> $6.2 million Heating/ventilation/ air conditioning repairs —

$1.53

> million Hamilton County Justice Building (includes jail) — $1.5

> million Newell Towers — $903,984 MLK Building — 209,000 Mayfield

> Annex — 193,872 Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building:

> $159,884 Source: Hamilton County documents -----------------------

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Sloan Kettering has a really good investigative internist.

Has anyone ever heard this? Jane

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

Darlene,

I'm very sorry to hear that, as far as your diagnosis. But yet I

want to say I'm happy that the doctor realized that something was

wrong. Talk about a double edged sword. This is the first step and

hopefully he will continue to investigate.

Take care,

KC

Sunday, January 14, 2007Costs to mend

> courthouse cause concernChattanooga Times Free Press Sat, 13 Jan

> 2007 10:10 PM PSTMoney spent on new air conditioning, work to rid

> mold questionedBy Ian Berry Staff Writer With at least $6.2

million

> spent on renovations to the Hamilton County Courthouse since

2001,

> the county continues to fight mold infiltrating the historic

> building.The renovations, records show, have included more than

> $500,000 to waterproof a leaky foundation thought to be the cause

of

> the building's continuing mold problems. Despite that foundation

> work, moisture and mold persist on the first floor, where

offices,

> hallways and the entrance onto Walnut Street have been inspected

and

> cleaned of mold in recent weeks. " Throwing good money after bad "

is

> how some Hamilton County officials recently have described

expenses

> for some of the county's older buildings, including the

> courthouse.One of those officials, County Commissioner Fred

> Skillern, said he supported the latest courthouse work, but may

have

> felt differently " if I knew then what I knew now. " The courthouse

> renovations are " almost a nightmare, " Commission Chairman Larry

> Henry said.NO TURNING BACK Built in 1912, the courthouse is in

the

> midst of " Phase V " renovations intended in part to address mold

> problems in several locations, including offices for the county

> clerk, register of deeds and clerk and master.In addition to the

> $6.2 million approved since 2001, the county included $3 million

for

> further renovations in the $125 million bond issue approved last

> year.There also have been continuing mold problems on the third

> floor, where Clerk and Master Lee Akers, the only official to

> complain publicly about the mold, has set up portable air

purifiers.

> Mr. Akers said he wonders if mold is to blame for his chronic

> obstructive pulmonary disease, or his employees' frequent bouts

of

> pneumonia.While acknowledging the problems, commissioners also

say

> that at this point there's no turning back. " From a cost-

> effectiveness standpoint, you really should tear it down and

start

> over, " Commissioner Casavant said. " (But) we've put a lot

of

> money into the courthouse during the past 10 years. " County Mayor

> Claude Ramsey said a new courthouse would cost " many times what

> we've spent on this beautiful facility, which is a great asset to

> the community. " The city is in the midst of a $12 million

renovation

> to its City Hall. FROM THE GROUND UP Mr. Ramsey said the first

phase

> of the renovations to address the courthouse foundation was

intended

> to stop moisture. The plan all along, he said, was to bring the

> building up to standard and then address the areas of mold. " It

> certainly helped a great deal, " he said of the foundation

work.The

> health and well-being of county employees is his top concern, Mr.

> Ramsey said. He noted his office has had virtually no renovations

> since he took office in 1994. " I work here every day, " Mr. Ramsey

> said.Even if the county had been inclined to build a new

facility,

> finding a location would have been a problem.Curtis said if

> the county could have looked into " a crystal ball " 10 years ago,

it

> would have looked at building a new joint city-county facility,

> similar to what exists in Knoxville. A potential location could

have

> been where the new County Election Commission Building opened on

> Amnicola Highway. " It's too late for that, " Mr. said.BEYOND

THE

> COURTHOUSE Both Dr. Casavant and Mr. Skillern said the county

should

> think about a building program to replace some of the other old

> county facilities.Earlier this month, Dr. Casavant asked county

> officials to conduct an audit of all the county's facilities. He

> said he was taken aback to learn that an entire floor of the

> Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building was being used for

> parking, and he said the cost of a new heating, ventilation and

air

> conditioning system at the Newell Tower on East Seventh Street,

> which houses other county offices, also raised questions.That

> building's HVAC system will cost more than $700,000. The county

> received only one bid on the project, after three attempts to

> solicit bids.Dr. Casavant pointed out that, unlike the

courthouse,

> Newell Tower is not historic. " At what point do you decide it

would

> be better to issue some bonds and build a new building and have

it

> pay off? " he said.County Finance Director Louis

acknowledged

> the concern but said all of the offices in Newell Tower, for

> instance, need to be downtown. " We frankly right now don't have

> another location to put a building such as this, " Mr.

> said. " We've proven that new buildings are most cost-efficient

than

> older buildings, but quite frankly that's how we've acquired

> additional space in the downtown campus, by purchasing old

> buildings. " Mr. Ramsey has in response to Dr. Casavant's request

> appointed a three-person committee to take an inventory of all

> county buildings including the county's maintenance director,

> engineer and real property manager.He said taking inventory of

the

> buildings will be helpful, although any new county buildings

would

> be far in the future. " We're building schools right now, " Mr.

Ramsey

> said. " Somewhere there ought to be a longrange plan. But as of

now,

> we continue to concentrate on the school building program under

> way. " E-mail Ian Berry at iberry@ RENOVATION OUTLAYS The Hamilton

> County Commission has approved the following expenditures to

> renovate these buildings since 2000: Hamilton County Courthouse —

> $6.2 million Heating/ventilation/ air conditioning repairs —

$1.53

> million Hamilton County Justice Building (includes jail) — $1.5

> million Newell Towers — $903,984 MLK Building — 209,000 Mayfield

> Annex — 193,872 Hamilton County-Chattanooga Courts Building:

> $159,884 Source: Hamilton County documents -----------------------

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,

Here is some data from PubMed about a closely related drug (to piracetam) -

levetiracetam

Piracetam is now 'in the public domain' so it's cheap and unprofitable. It

isn't patentable.

So no research gets done on it anymore, unless the researcher doesn't care

about money.. (almost unheard of)

It's a complex picture.. But as I said, it helped me when I was living in

stachy hell, a LOT...

Clin Ter. 2004 Feb-Mar;155(2-3):79-87. Compound via

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Antiepileptic drugs in migraine prophylaxis: state of the art.

- *Capuano

A*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Capuano+A%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Vollono

C*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Vollono+C%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Mei

D*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Mei+D%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Pierguidi

L*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Pierguidi+L%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Ferraro

D*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Ferraro+D%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Di Trapani

G*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Di+Trapani+G%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Neurology Institute, Headache Center, Universita Cattolica Sacro Cuore Roma,

Italia.

Antiepileptic drugs have proven their efficacy in the prophylactic treatment

of migraine. Our study comprises a clinical trial that examines the efficacy

of gabapentin and topiramate and a description of the pharmacologic

characteristics and the efficacy of tiagabine, lamotrigine, levetiracetam

and zonisamide. Antiepileptic drugs have multiple modes of action which can

explain their efficacy in reducing neuronal excitability which is proven in

epilepsy and postulated in migraine. The relationship between epilepsy and

migraine has, in fact, been much debated but never convincingly proven.

Antiepileptic drugs could be useful in migraine prophylaxis as some of these

have determined a reduction in the monthly frequency and intensity of crises

in subjects suffering from migraine with and without aura. These are the

aims that have been proposed by the U.S. Headache Consortium Evidence-Based

Guidelines. Further double-blind placebo-controlled studies are necessary in

order to assess their safety and efficacy.

PMID: 15244112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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read]<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?itool=AbstractPlus-def & \

PrId=3046 & uid=15012661 & db=PubMed & url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?ge\

nre=article & sid=nlm:pubmed & issn=0017-8748 & date=2004 & volume=44 & issue=3 & spage=238>

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Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in pediatric migraine.

- *

GS*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22+GS%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Pediatric Neurology Department, Hillcrest Healthcare System, Children's

Medical Center, Tulsa, Okla. 74104, USA.

BACKGROUND: Headache is a frequent occurrence among children and

adolescents. Chronic headaches can be severe and disabling, and require

prophylactic treatment; however, additional data on the use of prophylactic

medications for migraine in children are needed. OBJECTIVE: To review the

efficacy and safety of levetiracetam (Keppra) in pediatric patients with a

history of recurrent headache. DESIGN/METHODS: Data from 19 pediatric

patients were retrospectively reviewed. The initial dose of levetiracetam

was usually 125 or 250 mg twice daily, but varied depending upon clinical

judgment. RESULTS: Charts of 9 girls and 10 boys (mean age, 11.9 years) were

reviewed. A variety of medications, including triptans, had been used before

initiating treatment with levetiracetam. Mean headache frequency before

treatment was 6.3 per month (standard deviation [sD], 3.8; confidence

interval [CI], 4.4 to 8.1). Duration of headaches ranged from 0.25 to 8

years. Migraine (63.2%) and migraine with aura (15.8%) were the most common

types of headache reported. Most patients (89.5%) had headaches that were

severe. After treatment, the mean headache frequency decreased to 1.7 per

month (SD, 2.7; CI, 0.4 to 3.0), representing a reduction compared with

baseline (P <.0001). Levetiracetam eliminated headaches in 10 patients (

52.6%), and 7 patients (36.8%) had less severe and less frequent headaches.

Levetiracetam did not have an effect on headaches in 2 patients (10.5%).

Mean duration of treatment with levetiracetam was 4.1 months. Doses ranged

from 125 to 750 mg twice daily. Sixteen patients (84.2%) reported no side

effects on levetiracetam. One patient experienced asthenia/somnolence and

dizziness, and irritable, hyperactive, and hostile behavior led to

discontinuation of levetiracetam in another patient. A third patient

experienced irritability and moodiness that attenuated after 1 month of

treatment and did not require discontinuation. CONCLUSIONS: In this small

retrospective review, levetiracetam was found to be generally well tolerated

and appears to be a promising candidate for additional evaluation in

well-controlled clinical trials of pediatric patients with migraine.

PMID: 15012661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Tolerability of levetiracetam in elderly patients with CNS disorders.

- *Cramer

JA*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Cramer+JA%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Leppik

IE*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Leppik+IE%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Rue

KD*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Rue+KD%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Edrich

P*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Edrich+P%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Kramer

G*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Kramer+G%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 950

Avenue (G7E, Room 7-127), West Haven, CT 06516-2770, USA.

Joyce.Cramer@...

The purpose of this analysis was to compare treatment-emergent adverse

events (TEAE) related to use of levetiracetam (LEV) reported by young and

elderly patients with anxiety and cognitive disorders, and young epilepsy

patients. The LEV database includes reports of TEAE from trials of patients

with diagnoses of a cognitive disorder (N=719), an anxiety disorder

(N=1510), or localization-related epilepsy (N=1023) who participated in

clinical trials lasting up to 16 weeks. Patients were grouped as young (<65

years) or elderly (> or = 65 years). The most common TEAE occurring most

frequently in the LEV-treated groups were abdominal pain, asthenia,

headache, anorexia, weight loss, dizziness, insomnia, somnolence, and

tremor. The only significant differences in TEAE were seen between young and

elderly groups with anxiety disorders (>3% higher for LEV than for

placebo-treated patients) in headache (5.2% elderly, -0.9% young, P=0.041),

and tremor (5.2 and -0.5%, respectively, P=0.022) and between young anxiety

patients and young epilepsy patients for somnolence (-0.7 and 5.4%,

respectively, P=0.036). For the other TEAEs there was no evidence for

consistent differences between young and elderly patients and between

patients with different CNS disorders. Overall, LEV was well tolerated by

all patient groups. The favorable adverse event profile suggests that LEV

might be suitable for use by elderly patients.

PMID: 14642998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Vestibular disorders in patients with migraine.

- *Szirmai

A*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pubm\

ed_AbstractPlus & term=%22Szirmai+A%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Semmelweis

University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.

Vestibular symptoms frequently occur in patients with migraine headache. The

common migraine is defined in neurology as a unilateral, pulsating headache,

which may be associated with nausea and vomiting, and lasts one or several

days. In the classic form patients have visual prodromal symptoms. Focal

neurological signs in the migraine complique include, for example,

oculomotor palsy and vestibular abnormalities. This so-called vestibular

migraine is different from basilar migraine, which involves the irritation

of the cervical sympathetic system, and can cause symptoms that resemble

transient brainstem ischemia. In order to evaluate vestibular dysfunction

electronystagmography (ENG) was used. Patients frequently had abnormal

caloric test responses, especially with a directional preponderance, and

most had a spontaneous nystagmus. In the migraine attack the patients are

presumed to have hypersensitivity of the labyrinth with nausea and vomiting,

while in the headache-free period the ENG was almost normal. At present, we

have had a high success rate in treating patients with pyracetam. epam

was used to treat basilar migraine and flunarizine to prevent vestibular

migraine.

PMID: 9065628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Vrach Delo. 1990 Apr;(4):71-3. Compound via

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[The elimination of chemotherapy side effects in pulmonary tuberculosis

patients] [Article in Russian]

- *Bal'tseva

LB*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Bal%27tseva+LB%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Mel'nik

GV*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Mel%27nik+GV%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Man'ko

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med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Man%27ko+VP%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Neurotoxic side-effects of tuberculosis chemotherapy occurred in 14.9% of

patients with tuberculosis treated prophylactically with intramuscular

pyridoxine infusions. Use of small doses of nootropil (piracetam) allowed to

control the side-effects (headache and vertigo, sleep disorders, irritation,

memory disorders) and to continue treatment with isoniazide, one of the most

potent tuberculostatic agents.

PMID: 2275176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Piracetam and the indicators of cerebral hemodynamics, lipid metabolism and

rheological properties of blood in the initial forms of cerebrovascular

disorders] [Article in Russian]

- *Eninia

GI*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Eninia+GI%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

- *Timofeeva

TN*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_AbstractPlus & term=%22Timofeeva+TN%22%5BAuthor%5D>

.

Piracetam was applied to the treatment of 60 patients with the initial

manifestations of brain blood supply failure and stage I encephalopathy

associated with circulatory disorders. Echopulsography of the intracranial

vessels and dopplerography of the extracranial vessels of the brain were

employed, changes in lipid metabolism, rheological and coagulation

properties of the blood were defined. Continuous use of piracetam per os was

found to produce a number of beneficial therapeutic effects. Some patients

suffering from encephalopathy associated with circulatory disorders showed

headache enhancement after intake of 1.6 g of the drug, accompanied by a

considerable increase of the amplitude of pulse fluctuations, prompting the

reduction of the drug dose. Piracetam decreased the high vascular resistance

and raised the lowered volume of pulse fluctuations. In all the patients

examined, aggregation of formed elements of the blood returned to normal

whereas the content of atherogenic lipids in blood serum significantly

dropped.

PMID: 1963971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. <javascript:AL_get(this, 'jour',

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forms of cerebral circulation insufficiency]*

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*Maiore

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bmed_Abstract & term=%22Maiore+IKh%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

*Timofeeva

TN*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Search & itool=pub\

med_Abstract & term=%22Timofeeva+TN%22%5BAuthor%5D>,

*Berzina

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..

Piracetam was applied to the treatment of 60 patients with initial

manifestations of brain circulation failure and stage I circulatory

encephalopathy. The drug exerted a beneficial therapeutic effect by reducing

high brain vascular resistance (both extra- and intracranial) and by

increasing the lowered volume of pulse fluctuations. It made fibrinolytic

blood activity and aggregation of formed elements of the blood return to

normal. An appreciable antiatherogenic effect was discovered as well. It

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reduced the occurrence and severity of the following symptoms: vertigo,

headache, tiredness, decresed alertness, increased sweating and neurasthenic

symptoms. No significant effect was observed on the following symptoms:

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[Guest guest]

Sue, please give a hint as to what was in Oct 06 National Geographic.

Thanks.

Sorry, I should have mentioned what is was about. It is an excellent article

titled The Pollution Within

written by Duncan. The intro says........

Thanks to modern chemistry, eggs don't stick to the pan, underarms are fresh

all day, SUV's hit 60 in six seconds. but such convenience has a price:

Chemicals that suffuse modern life-from well-known toxins to newer compounds

with

unknown effects-are building up in our bodies and sometimes staying there

for years.

The writer had expensive blood testing ( around $15,000) done at Stockholm

Univ. for common chemicals.

You can read the whole story at

_http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html_

(http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html)

It will astound you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sue

[Guest guest]

THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN, DOUG, & I HOPE & PRAY THIS ALL COMES ABOUT!

GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING! I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY ILL FOR OVER 9 YEARS

NOW, & NOT MANY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.....OR EVEN CARE. THAT'S WHY THIS GROUP IS

SO IMPORTANT, & ESSENTIAL, IN MANY WAYS.

WHAT WOULD WE ALL DO, ON THIS BOARD, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT HERE?! I'D HATE TO

IMAGINE........

VICTORIA

RE: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has aspergillus growing in the

brainKC (Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what

they do, the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary

" decomposers. " Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly

anything as their " prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not

" plant life " and are far removed from plants physically, genetically,

structureally, and in how they create and feed of the nutrients that they grow

from. They are not mobile but ! stationary and this is why they often are

mistaken for plant life. The very reason they are able to elude the human immune

system is that they have a very similar appearance with our human immune cells.

I personally refer to our human immune system as our " human fungal system "

because as micro fungi cells are generated from basic chemical structure so are

the human immune cells. In addressing their prey, micro fungi cells are very

simila! r to human immune system cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection

within the human body by the immune system cells, they are able to deceive our

immune cells in a process called " molecular mimicry. " This same process is why

micro fungi are extremely difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on

the appearance of human blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood

stream to where they need to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell

appears very much like a blood cell except for one critic! al fact; they are

much smaller than human blood cells. It is interesti ng to note, that micro

fungi are closer to humans than their counterpart " primary decomposers "

bacteria. In fact, fungi cells have a defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not

have a nucleus. The micro fungi are allowed by our molecular system to penetrate

further into the human body because the human immune cells usually do not

recognize them as pathogens (dis! ease causing) as some Gram-Negative and

Gram-Positive bacteria are imm ediately recognized. Molds invade very subtly and

absorb chemically as pathogens integrating with human cells over sometimes

months and years to invade and mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses

which are often immediately recognized before they can do harm. In this way

micro fungi are able to adapt and eventually gain strength in numbers (or

clusters) as " colonies. " When symptoms arise it often signals to the human body

cells that micro fungi are decomposing or attempting to decompose by first

feeding off f! rom what their human host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches,

proteins, etc.) and then instead of being content, the micro fungi begin

" opportunistically " to release mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the

human cell genetic structure. This begins in a process of friction, followed by

inflammation as weakened human cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way

to mycotoxin chemistry in challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic! ) amino

acid string bases. This process leads to diseases because both human cells,

micro fungi cells, bacterial cells, and other live organism cells that compose

the human body also become ill along the way. This is a two-billion year old

microbial (live cell) war that has been going on internally called " the Carbon

Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about it, a person usually does not die suddenly

naturally, but slowly over years (such as in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in

a decomposing process in which t! he organs begin to fail. Normally it is not

one organ that fails but a cascade of failures before death. However, this

process has a very fast nature to it as well, such as observed with

Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of one micro fungal species but

several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the process, unlike bacteria that

usually is an attack by one bacterial species. This is why it is extremely

difficult to pinpoint " dose-! response " in the formation of fungal exposures and

the disease pr ocess. Hope this helps. God Bless you and your continuing

progress toward improved health. Doug HaneyEnviroHealth Research & Consulting,

Inc.Email:

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KC & Sharon: I am beyond words to express my deepest appreciation for your

extremely kind and eternally cherished words. I tried to write a response last

evening when I actually read this for the first time, and I am completely

humbled by what you have stated. Beautiful and caring human beings in wrapped up

and comforted souls, are God's imperfect gifts to mother Earth, perfected by

what she teaches us while we are on loan. You, Sharon, and to all those on this

greatly beneficial chat room, you are being heard and we are making excellent

progress... though it seems very slow for those of you who are ill and weary.

KC, this chat room is a shot heard around the world and throughout the

universe... you must be very proud.

Thank you so much.

Your trusted friend and fellow advocate,

Doug Haney

@...: tigerpaw2c@...: Wed, 17 Jan

2007 04:25:14 +0000Subject: [] Re: KC--Fellow patient has

aspergillus growing in the brain

Doug,You are one of the most educated professionals I have ever come across that

can describe the process on how micro fungi mimic our immune system in the

manner that they do and how they can become so destructive at the same time.

You're knowledge is much appreciated and hopefully in the near future the rest

of our medical community will catch on. I don't normally do this, but I've known

Doug now for about 6 or 7 years and he is the only one in the very beginning

that answered many of my questions that no one else could. Why my wife seemed to

be deteriorating right before me and my children and no one else could give me a

reason. I may not have liked the answers he gave me, because the majority of the

time they were very upsetting, but I knew he was speaking the truth, as

accurately as possible. I feel that if it wasn't for Doug in the beginning

helping us through this step by step and the reason for, my wife would not be

here today. Doug, I thank you for that, because she is still here.I highly

recommend for anyone who wants to learn more about pathogenic micro fungi to

contact Doug and order his book, Toxic Mold, Toxic Enemy. It has outstanding

information. At the same time I would also recommend 2 of our other

professionals on this board, their books, by Jeff May and Carl Grimes. I thank

you all for your contributions and your willingness, voluntarily to address many

of us on this board that need your help.Thank you all,KC>> KC

(Jane & LiveSimply): In understanding the reason micro fungi do what they do,

the simplest " on/off switch " reason is that they are primary " decomposers. "

Decomposers are scavengers in that they will feed on nearly anything as their

" prey " , including animals and humans. Micro fungi are not " plant life " and are

far removed from plants physically, genetically, structureally, and in how they

create and feed of the nutrients that they grow from. They are not mobile but

stationary and this is why they often are mistaken for plant life. The very

reason they are able to elude the human immune system is that they have a very

similar appearance with our human immune cells. I personally refer to our human

immune system as our " human fungal system " because as micro fungi cells are

generated from basic chemical structure so are the human immune cells. In

addressing their prey, micro fungi cells are very similar to human immune system

cells, or vice versa. In escaping detection within the human body by the immune

system cells, they are able to deceive our immune cells in a process called

" molecular mimicry. " This same process is why micro fungi are extremely

difficult to detect in our blood serum as they take on the appearance of human

blood cells cells in traveling through the human blood stream to where they need

to go to do what they need to do. The micro fungi cell appears very much like a

blood cell except for one critical fact; they are much smaller than human blood

cells. It is interesting to note, that micro fungi are closer to humans than

their counterpart " primary decomposers " bacteria. In fact, fungi cells have a

defined " nucleus " , whereas bacteria do not have a nucleus. The micro fungi are

allowed by our molecular system to penetrate further into the human body because

the human immune cells usually do not recognize them as pathogens (disease

causing) as some Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria are immediately

recognized. Molds invade very subtly and absorb chemically as pathogens

integrating with human cells over sometimes months and years to invade and

mutate cells, as opposed to bacteria and viruses which are often immediately

recognized before they can do harm. In this way micro fungi are able to adapt

and eventually gain strength in numbers (or clusters) as " colonies. " When

symptoms arise it often signals to the human body cells that micro fungi are

decomposing or attempting to decompose by first feeding off from what their

human host is feeding on (i.e., sugars, starches, proteins, etc.) and then

instead of being content, the micro fungi begin " opportunistically " to release

mycotoxins (poisons) that continuously attack the human cell genetic structure.

This begins in a process of friction, followed by inflammation as weakened human

cell chemistry clashes and eventually gives way to mycotoxin chemistry in

challenging and changing DNA/RNA (genetic) amino acid string bases. This process

leads to diseases because both human cells, micro fungi cells, bacterial cells,

and other live organism cells that compose the human body also become ill along

the way. This is a two-billion year old microbial (live cell) war that has been

going on internally called " the Carbon Cycle " or " dust-to-dust " Think about it,

a person usually does not die suddenly naturally, but slowly over years (such as

in cancers, MS, Parkinson's, etc.) in a decomposing process in which the organs

begin to fail. Normally it is not one organ that fails but a cascade of failures

before death. However, this process has a very fast nature to it as well, such

as observed with Mucormycosis. It also is not often a challenge of one micro

fungal species but several giving off many types of mycotoxins in the process,

unlike bacteria that usually is an attack by one bacterial species. This is why

it is extremely difficult to pinpoint " dose-response " in the formation of fungal

exposures and the disease process. > > Hope this helps. > > God Bless you and

your continuing progress toward improved health. > > Doug Haney> EnviroHealth

Research & Consulting, Inc.> Email: _Haney52@...> > > > > > > > >

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