Guest guest Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 a, Thanks for posting that. It's spellbinding! I was rooting for the big fuzzy cell! Rich > Rich wrote such a great summary of liver function. His comment on > macrophages reminded me of my article on live blood cell analysis which Dr. > Hyams ran on me in 1998. This is not a scientific overview but thought some > might enjoy it. > > Traveling in the Direction of Smallness > > I have stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon and looked over the edge. I had > the feeling that if such a chasm were to open up, earthquake-like, beneath > my city the entire town would have been swallowed up. > But recently I have had an experience traveling in a direction of smallness > that was even more impressive. A doctor in our town had started doing a test > called live blood cell analysis or dark screen microscopy. This blood test > is supposed to reveal how healthy the blood is and what pathogens may be > found there. > I sat chatting with the doctor, a darkened TV screen between us, quite > oblivious to the wonder about to unfold there. The doctor, protecting > himself from me with rubber gloves drew seven drops of blood from my baby > finger and placed them on seven slides. > He proceeded to slide the blood drops under a high-powered electron > microscope and project what he was seeing on the now brightly- lighted TV > screen. I saw movement, round doughnuts floating around like slow motion > bump cars at an amusement park. In between the large red doughnuts were > fuzzy leukocytes, lymphocytes, and clumpy looking macrophages. What had only > been works to me for years, not took on a life of their own. Suddenly in a > burst of recognition I thought, " These are my blood cells, and they are > still alive. " What those few cells under the microscope are doing billions > more are ding inside my body. That is why I am alive. > Suddenly I noticed one of the big fuzzy cells spitting out a purplish jet of > fluid. It floated inexorably around a rapidly swimming little bacteria like > a purple pool of poison. Next the entire cell wrapped fuzzy paws around the > purple area and ate it up in one slow gulp. I had just witnessed the death > of a bacteria my body didn't like. I almost cheered. > We looked closely at those leukocytes, my doctor and I. The mycoplasma > infection I had, if it was still there, would be hidden inside of those > large fuzzy cells. Once I saw something like a short blue worm crawl out of > a leukocyte. The doctor said, " Probably a virus, but that is what the > mycoplasma would look like if we saw it reproducing. " He felt that there was > so little activity that I didn't have a problem with intracellular bacteria > in my blood. I hope he was right. We agreed it would be interesting to come > back in two months and look again. > As we looked. And he explained more and more details the picture slowly > began to change. Red blood cells, once nice and fat and doughnut shaped, > began to flatten, get strange points on one side, and finally, to get > scalloped edges like the flowers little kids draw. They looked cute until > the doctor said, " You know healthy blood should keep up to four hours, but > yours is dying. " We had only been looking about fifteen minutes. I felt my > stomach turn over. I had not beat this bastard disease yet. I was looking at > death from the inside out. > There was talk of oxidative stress and supplements to boost the immune > system and get rid of free radicals. I listened closely and wrote down what > to take because I wanted my red blood cells to be fat and healthy for a long > time. > But in the end I couldn't get away from the impression that I had been an > ant sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 SPAM-LOW: Live Blood Cell Analysis How do you go about finding someone in your area that does this? What kind of Dr usually does it? I'm looking for someone around Kansas City. I would like to have it done. Thanks, Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Usually this is someone trained in Dr. Bradford's microscope and methods, although there may be others. Some MDs in integrative and/or functional medicine can do this, and also some alternate practitioners are trained to use this. Probably if you can find an MD in integrative/functional medicine in your area they will know someone who can do dark field microscopy of live blood. --Kurt SPAM-LOW: Live Blood Cell Analysis How do you go about finding someone in your area that does this? What kind of Dr usually does it? I'm looking for someone around Kansas City. I would like to have it done. Thanks, Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Does anyone know if the live blood cell analysis tests are worth taking? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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