Am I on the right track?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

It does sound like your friend does have c-toma, but

until that diagnosis is made, you won't know for sure.

At any rate, I would think if he has a large mass

they would want to get him in sooner. Find out the

name of the doctor he was referred to, then call and

insist on being seen earlier.

If it is c-toma, it is not cancerous. However,

cholesteatoma requires prompt medical treatment. The

only know treatment for c-toma is surgery. If left

untreated it can lead to menengitis, brain abcess and

is eventually fatal. This happen ONLY when left

untreated. C-toma is a tumor that erodes the bones,

usually the hearing bones, but left untreated will

erode the thin bone separating the inner ear from the

brain.

Please tell your friend to insist on being seen, if

only for his own peace of mind.

Good luck, and keep us posted. We care.

Michele

--- suziq623 <suziq623@...> wrote:

> hello, my friend went to dr. for sinusitus ( acute )

> and during the

> visit she said he has a mass in his left ear... that

> is all she has

> said, they wanted him to be seen by a specialist (

> he wasn't given

> the name ) as the first available appointment wasn't

> till May and he

> is now on a cancellation list. I went and did a

> search on ear canal

> masses and this is basically what came up... so I

> guess I was just

> wondering if I am possibly on the right track... he

> is scared to

> death that it is cancer becuase all she told him was

> he had a large

> mass in the ear canal...

> thanks,

> suzi

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

I agree with Michele. Call the doctor. When I was diagnosed with c-toma, the

ENT ordered a cat scan immediately and determined that I had less than 2

months to have the thing removed. It was that close to invading the brain. I

had a really good doctor then and he was very forthcoming with the

information concerning what was happening.

Connie

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Hello,

It does sound like your friend does have c-toma, but

until that diagnosis is made, you won't know for sure.

At any rate, I would think if he has a large mass

they would want to get him in sooner. Find out the

name of the doctor he was referred to, then call and

insist on being seen earlier.

If it is c-toma, it is not cancerous. However,

cholesteatoma requires prompt medical treatment. The

only know treatment for c-toma is surgery. If left

untreated it can lead to menengitis, brain abcess and

is eventually fatal. This happen ONLY when left

untreated. C-toma is a tumor that erodes the bones,

usually the hearing bones, but left untreated will

erode the thin bone separating the inner ear from the

brain.

Please tell your friend to insist on being seen, if

only for his own peace of mind.

Good luck, and keep us posted. We care.

Michele

--- suziq623 <suziq623@...> wrote:

> hello, my friend went to dr. for sinusitus ( acute )

> and during the

> visit she said he has a mass in his left ear... that

> is all she has

> said, they wanted him to be seen by a specialist (

> he wasn't given

> the name ) as the first available appointment wasn't

> till May and he

> is now on a cancellation list. I went and did a

> search on ear canal

> masses and this is basically what came up... so I

> guess I was just

> wondering if I am possibly on the right track... he

> is scared to

> death that it is cancer becuase all she told him was

> he had a large

> mass in the ear canal...

> thanks,

> suzi

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Freeman, nobody can say without a diagnosis, but SIBO maybe? Small

Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth -- in the upper gut the population is

more difficult to restore, but eventually it will.

Duncan

>

> I have done a test at the great smokies lab and it showed I had

> Lactobacillus 3+ E.coli 4+ and Bifidobacterium 2+. Not a good count so

> I have now been on the protocol for 15 days (12g). The first 12 days I

> had perfect stools and a lot of non smelling flatulence. For the past

> 3 days my stool suddenly became loose and watery and the gas smells

> really bad and I have gurgling in the stomach. I am wondering if

> Duncan or anyone else could explain what is happening. Is this a

> normal? I don't want to give up and need some words of encouragement.

> Thank you,

>

[Guest guest]

Freeman,

What protocol are you following?

Tina

>

> I have done a test at the great smokies lab and it showed I had

> Lactobacillus 3+ E.coli 4+ and Bifidobacterium 2+. Not a good count so

> I have now been on the protocol for 15 days (12g). The first 12 days I

> had perfect stools and a lot of non smelling flatulence. For the past

> 3 days my stool suddenly became loose and watery and the gas smells

> really bad and I have gurgling in the stomach. I am wondering if

> Duncan or anyone else could explain what is happening. Is this a

> normal? I don't want to give up and need some words of encouragement.

> Thank you,

>

[Guest guest]

I follow the whey/inulin/selenium protocol. I did a SIBO test and it

was negative. I guess I will continue this for two months and see what

happens. Maybe when the flora is changed because of the inulin this

will cause some stomach upset, toxins being flushed out when bad

bacteria gets killed off etc.

[Guest guest]

Good point Freeman; inulin and the good bacteria it feeds can do a lot

of damage to the pathogen population and this die-off will release

toxins you can react to. I don't see much die-off on this protocol but

every gut is different.

Duncan

>

> I follow the whey/inulin/selenium protocol. I did a SIBO test and it

> was negative. I guess I will continue this for two months and see what

> happens. Maybe when the flora is changed because of the inulin this

> will cause some stomach upset, toxins being flushed out when bad

> bacteria gets killed off etc.

>

[Guest guest]

Freeman,

How have you been doing the last couple of days? Was it temporary?

Tina

>

> I follow the whey/inulin/selenium protocol. I did a SIBO test and it

> was negative. I guess I will continue this for two months and see what

> happens. Maybe when the flora is changed because of the inulin this

> will cause some stomach upset, toxins being flushed out when bad

> bacteria gets killed off etc.

>

[Guest guest]

Well, it's been a couple of days. Today I have taken inulin 12g (3x4g)

for 18 days. My stool is better, but still loose. The flatulence on

the other hand has decreased significantly. This is good news since it

is what Duncan said would happen when the bifido begin to be dominant.

I will keep going for sure. I will also do the liver flush in a few

weeks since this is supposed to aid digestion.

[Guest guest]

Kate,

NOt sure which country you are from, but if you are from Australia, you can buy

Celtic Sea Salt from www.nontoxoclife.com.au

Aleks

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Bee,

>

> I went to the health food store today and got all the supplements

you

> recommended, and I have a few questions about them.

>

> 1. The Calcium tablets and the Magnesium tablets I got are 200 mg

> servings each. You say to take 300 mg twice a day. How shall I do

> this? Should I just take the 200 mg of each 2x a day, or should I

take

> them 3x a day in order to get 600 mg?

+++Hi Kate. Are they the " citrate " form, and ensure it states

the " elemental amount " of calcium or magnesium on the label. That is

the amount your body will absorb. If it doesn't state " elemental

amount " you'll need to take 40% more to get enough of them. You get

as closed to 300 mg twice a day without going too far over that

amount. The total needs to be 600 mg per of each.

>

> 2.My vitamin E capsule contains 200 IU, and you say to take 200mg

> twice a day. What is the conversion of this? How many of my capsules

> should I take a day? Also, it says it is Vitamin E as d-alpha

> tocopherol from soy - is it okay that it is soy? (it was my only

option).

+++I apologize since I see one of the charts states 200 mg instead of

IU. Thanks for mentioning it; I'll fix it. Take 200 IU 2 times a

day. Dr. Mercola says that soy in vitamin E is a different form so

it is, according to him, okay. I'm not sure, but I also do not like

to support the soy industry.

>

> 3. My B-complex vitamins is labeled " Balanced B-50 " tablets with 50

mg of everything, except it has 400 mg of Folic Acid. The directions

say to take only one tablet with food. Will it harm me to take it

twice a day like you advise?

+++The amount of folic acid is okay, and yes you take 1 50 mg twice a

day. No, it won't hurt you. I've taken much more when I need them,

up to 600 mg per day, and so have many other people.

>

> 4. My Vitamin A is from fish liver oil, and one capsule contains

> 10,000 IU and says to take one daily. It is safe to take it twice a

> day as well? (I guess I'm just nervous about not following the

> directions on the bottle.

+++Kate, no one has ever gotten sick or died from taking vitamins; it

only happens rarely when the batch is contaminated at the

manufacturers. Orthmolecular Physicians have been perscribing mega-

doses of many supplements for over 60 years and it hasn't harmed

anyone; in fact it helps them immensely. They cure cancer with hugh

doses of vitamin C intravenously, i.e. over 400,000 mg per day.

>

> 5. Lastly, I could not find celtic sea salt at the health food

store, but I did find something called " Coarse Sea Salt, " which says

it is harvested by hand, unrefined from the pollution free Isle of

> Noirmoutier, off the Atlantic coast of France. Is this still a

healthy salt even though it is not the brand you recommend?

+++If it doesn't state that it is " unrefined " it isn't the correct

one and it will be very white, which indicates bleaching, etc. The

salt should be grey and moist, and the bigger the salt crystals the

more minerals it contains. You can get Himalayan Pink salt from Dr.

Mercola too. Or order Celtic Sea salt online at the Grain & Salt

Society.

The best to you, Bee

[Guest guest]

I think I know what is going on. I am doing 90 mg depo T every 7 days. The first

24 hours things work pretty good - erections and all then days 2-5 very bad ED

and low libido. Then the final 2 days are great - multiple erectons at night and

better libido. I am also taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the day of my shot. My guess

is that my E2 climbs after the first 24 hours and when it gets low enough

(around day 5) things get better. I am considering taking arimidex (0.5 mg) 3

times a week.

Does it seem I am on the right track?

Arkansas

[Guest guest]

Here is how I fixed this problem I went to doing my shots 2x's a week and taking

..25mgs of Arimidex every other day. Now this worked so good I now do my shots

every 3 days. Your taking .5 mgs once a week your out of the half life of the

drug. It's I believe 3 days. If you go on .5 mgs every other day I feel this

is to much you will go down to low.

Even Dr. feels it take 5 weeks on Arimidex to stabilize in your body if

your out of the half life this does not happen.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: Dan Meatheany <dmeatheany@...>

> Subject: Am I on the right track?

>

> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 2:58 PM

> I think I know what is going on. I am

> doing 90 mg depo T every 7 days. The first 24 hours things

> work pretty good - erections and all then days 2-5 very bad

> ED and low libido. Then the final 2 days are great -

> multiple erectons at night and better libido. I am also

> taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the day of my shot. My guess is

> that my E2 climbs after the first 24 hours and when it gets

> low enough (around day 5) things get better. I am

> considering taking arimidex (0.5 mg) 3 times a week.

>

> Does it seem I am on the right track?

>

> Arkansas

>

>

>      

>

>

>

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

>

>

[Guest guest]

We need to know where you are starting at so we could make some recommondations.

90 mgs is not bad as long as your shbg is low. If not then you could use more

testosterone. The starting does is 50 mgs BIW if the levels are in low 300's if

lower then we started out with 60 mgs BID with 250 ius of hcg day before the

shot to get things going then we recheck in 6 weeks to see where e2 is because

alot of time e2 may drop with TRT so no adex is suggested till testing.

E may go up at first then over time it may come back down I have seen this in

many cases.

>

> I think I know what is going on. I am doing 90 mg depo T every 7 days. The

first 24 hours things work pretty good - erections and all then days 2-5 very

bad ED and low libido. Then the final 2 days are great - multiple erectons at

night and better libido. I am also taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the day of my shot.

My guess is that my E2 climbs after the first 24 hours and when it gets low

enough (around day 5) things get better. I am considering taking arimidex (0.5

mg) 3 times a week.

>

> Does it seem I am on the right track?

>

> Arkansas

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all the replys - My total T at the end of the week is ~ 500. My SHGB

is low. I did 2 shots a week for a while and that worked OK. I think I will

stick with the 90 for a while on the T but go to 0.25 mg arimidex EOD as you all

have suggested. Thanks for the input - Arkansas

From: hardasnails1973 <hardasnails1973@...>

Subject: Re: Am I on the right track?

Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:52 PM

 

We need to know where you are starting at so we could make some recommondations.

90 mgs is not bad as long as your shbg is low. If not then you could use more

testosterone. The starting does is 50 mgs BIW if the levels are in low 300's if

lower then we started out with 60 mgs BID with 250 ius of hcg day before the

shot to get things going then we recheck in 6 weeks to see where e2 is because

alot of time e2 may drop with TRT so no adex is suggested till testing.

E may go up at first then over time it may come back down I have seen this in

many cases.

>

> I think I know what is going on. I am doing 90 mg depo T every 7 days. The

first 24 hours things work pretty good - erections and all then days 2-5 very

bad ED and low libido. Then the final 2 days are great - multiple erectons at

night and better libido. I am also taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the day of my shot.

My guess is that my E2 climbs after the first 24 hours and when it gets low

enough (around day 5) things get better. I am considering taking arimidex (0.5

mg) 3 times a week.

>

> Does it seem I am on the right track?

>

> Arkansas

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

split he 1/2 tab into a 1/4 tab (yea they get tiny, most here use razor blades)

and try it every 3 days.

the body builder folks say 1/2 a mg works as well as a whole and they're doing a

LOT more test etc.

I do a 1/4 every 3rd day now... (was doing eod but was borderline LOW)

the hardest part is keeping track of the little chips of pill.

>

> I think I know what is going on. I am doing 90 mg depo T every 7 days. The

first 24 hours things work pretty good - erections and all then days 2-5 very

bad ED and low libido. Then the final 2 days are great - multiple erectons at

night and better libido. I am also taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the day of my shot.

My guess is that my E2 climbs after the first 24 hours and when it gets low

enough (around day 5) things get better. I am considering taking arimidex (0.5

mg) 3 times a week.

>

> Does it seem I am on the right track?

>

> Arkansas

>

[Guest guest]

I have a pill cutter I cut the pill in half this works dam good I then stand the

half a pill on end and use a razor blade to cut it in half I keep the 1/4 parts

in the pill cutter. I take a lot of meds so every Sun. I get my pill containers

out I have 7 that hold morning, noon, dinner and bedtime I fill them this way I

know I took my pills. I keep 1/4 pills of Arimidex in the pill cutter because

there are days I need a little extra gaging by my wood and feels of Panic I take

my Arimidex in the morning at 5am go back to bed get up feel good if not I will

take an extra .25 mgs.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: jbbooks1901 <jbbooks1901@...>

> Subject: Re: Am I on the right track?

>

> Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 12:13 PM

>

> Hi,

>

> split he 1/2 tab into a 1/4 tab (yea they get tiny, most

> here use razor blades) and try it every 3 days.

>

> the body builder folks say 1/2 a mg works as well as a

> whole and they're doing a LOT more test etc.

>

> I do a 1/4 every 3rd day now... (was doing eod but was

> borderline LOW)

>

> the hardest part is keeping track of the little chips of

> pill.

>

>

> >

> > I think I know what is going on. I am doing 90 mg depo

> T every 7 days. The first 24 hours things work pretty good -

> erections and all then days 2-5 very bad ED and low libido.

> Then the final 2 days are great - multiple erectons at night

> and better libido. I am also taking 0.5 mg arimidex on the

> day of my shot. My guess is that my E2 climbs after the

> first 24 hours and when it gets low enough (around day 5)

> things get better. I am considering taking arimidex (0.5 mg)

> 3 times a week.

> >

> > Does it seem I am on the right track?

> >

> > Arkansas

> >

>

>

>

>

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

>

>