Re: Re: Pets and mold illness

[Guest guest]

If I were you (after cheking with the vet on BOTH) I would also make sure

she is getting fiber and lots of water.. i.e. metamucil.. along with the

cholestyramine..if you give it to her.. (I do think it could help her as

much as it does you..)

Otherwise, the cholestyramine could cause serious constipation which could

end up making the experience much less detoxifying because then the bound

toxins don't get excreted as quickly and IMO, then the effect can be

re-exposure.. at least that has been my experience after major exposures..

(and under that situation, it can be really bad..and fast.)

For that reason, even though I am not taking cholestyramine every day, i do

take metamucil every day because I want to be able to take cholestyramine on

short notice if I get a heavy exposure unexpectedly. (I carry a few packets

of it with me everywhere I go)

When I get exposed, I have learned that I need to start taking the

cholestyramine right away and keep taking it every 6 hours or so (1/2 dose

sometimes, at night) for two or three days.. along with fiber.. and some fat

right afterward to get the bile flowing..

sort of like this.. exposure > csm+water > fat > fiber + water > time > csm

.... and so on..

I don't know how necessary it is that it be a lot of fat.. just a little

(whats in a regular meal or one or two fish oil caps) seems to do the

trick..

Taurine also gets the bile flowing, but in a different way.. Its an amino

acid that is also an antioxidant..

[Guest guest]

Your vet sounds like a wonderful man. Wish all our people Drs. were as open

minded, understanding and willing to help!!

Good luck and I hope your dog will be better!!!! CSM is great stuff, it

certainly helped me improve over the yrs.

Sue

I did talk to the vet this afternoon and gave him the article I found

on using CSM for dogs (thanks for that pointer!) and also a few

articles describing impacts on bone marrow due to toxins. Contrary,

to the average people doctor, he thought the theory that toxins were

causing her problems made alot of sense since other family members

had been impacted. He had been quite puzzled as he says he doesn't

usually see the blood counts so low unless it's cancer and she has no

signs of any tumor (she had xrays last week) nor any other symptoms

indicative of cancer. I also gave him the overview of Shoemaker's

theories that was provided in that Public Health Alert article.

Based on the one article I found, we settled on a dosage of 1.5 grams

twice a day, so that's about 1 tsp of the CSM powder each dose.

Amazaingly, the dog slurped it right up when I mixed it with almond

milk. She also slurped up the B-vitamin/iron mixture that I had to

fight to get down the cat when she had been so sick.

I think you're absolutely right about the fiber. I'll give her some

metamucil at bedtime tonite. I actually gave her a teaspoon of cod

liver oil after dinner tonite. And, it's very interesting as I was

considering the taurine as I know I added that to my regimen, along

with B1, in the past to try to get my WBC up. So, I'll ask the vet

about the taurine and I might try giving her that as well.

I also mentioned the cat to the vet, since her recovery was actually

surprising. Based on her labs, he had thought at the time that she

had liver cancer. He didn't bother xraying or anything as she was so,

so sick and had spent 5 days on I/V antibiotics. I think he was

fairly certain he was sending her home to die. But, she recovered,

which I attributed at the time to the holy water my younger son and I

put on her But, it might also be due to the switch to a different

cat food that is also gluten-free.

I went back and dug up my family's old labs and both my boys had

improvements in blood counts and liver enzymes by going on the gluten-

free diet. I asked the vet as I know the dog's food has barley and

I'm very cautious when handling it due to the gluten content, so he's

going to talk to his prescription pet food folks and find something

that is gluten-free for the dog, as it seems to make a huge

difference for the cat (she will get very sick, very quickly if she

gets another kind of food).

So, I'll keep you all posted on her progress. We'll re-run the labs

at some point and see if it's helped. I asked the vet if they

checked inflammatory markers for dogs and he says they usually don't,

but he is aware of MSH and that's something we can look at later.

Also, they do measure cholesterol for dogs, so we do need to monitor

that to make sure it doesn't get too low. Mine is on the low end now

and I'm only taking the CSM once a day.

Thanks for all the feedback.

B.

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