CSM & Actos

[Guest guest]

I don't know how many people here are familiar with Dr. Shoemaker's biotoxin

protocol,

but I have some questions for those who are.

1. I get a definite cytokine intensification response when I take even a small

amount of

CSM. This is discussed in detail in " Desperation Medicine. " Does this kind of

response

occur with mold as well as lyme? I know mold is an issue for me and am

practicing " semi-

extreme " avoidance, which has helped a great deal. I'm not sure whether lyme is

an issue,

since testing for live lyme is pretty problematic. If lyme is an issue though,

perhaps I

should be treating it with antibiotics before commencing the csm. What do you

think?

2. Due to the intensification response I'm getting from CSM, it sounds like

Actos would be

a good idea to try. Dr. Shoemaker says that it is recommended for only 10 days

of use

(five days before the csm is started and then another five days), though it can

be taken for

longer. My sensitivity is such that I suspect that (if I can tolerate it) I

will need to take csm

for months or years in order for it to reach its maximum effectiveness.

Can/should I take

Actos for that long?

3. What kinds of side effects (other than blood sugar issues) have people here

had to

Actos? My sensitivity to prescription drugs tends to be high.

4. Dr. Beth Short-Ray (a D.O. specializing in mold) suggests brown seaweed

and

zeolite as substitutes for CSM. Does anyone have experience with these or know

anything

about them for treatment of mold issues?

5. Is there a reason that Dr. Shoemaker specifies four teaspoons of CSM per

day? Would a

lower amount (e.g. 1/4 teaspoon taken four times a day) be at all useful? I've

yet to take

more than 1 teaspoon total per day, and my intensification reaction and

constipation just

on that much has been really high. Taking four times as much seems like it

would be very

difficult for me. (If I do need to take more, does anyone have any helpful

hints about how

to make that more successful?)

6. Do people with high sensitivity to poison mold tend to have any success in

getting this

to go down as a result of any of these detoxification treatments? My

sensitivity is very

high....I react strongly not only to moldy structures, but also to all items

that have been

stored in these structures and to " plumes " of mold spores outdoors. I feel

quite good if I

am scrupulous with avoidance (and not using CSM), but I collapse fast with

exposures. I

don't expect to ever be able to be around much toxic mold, but not being quite

as

sensitive to it would open up a lot more " life options " for me.

Thanks much for your help.