I'm not trying to write a novel, so I'll try to keep it as short as possible.
We moved to Louisiana for my husband's job. We didn't have much luck finding a place, so we settled for what we could get. About two months in, all three of us (including our three year old daughter) suddenly developed a neverending nose bleed. This is when we began to suspect mold. We started getting sick all the time, catching everything that was passing around. The last straw was the swine flu which we had all previously had. I found that curious in and of itself. The cough would never end and the mucus in our lungs would never break up. We felt relief when we were at work. My nose would usually almost stop bleeding by the end of my shift, but then I'd go home and it would intensify again.
My husband went to a doctor who tested his blood and found fungus. He said it wasn't at the point of no return yet but that if we stayed there for another few months, it could get there. I'm pregnant and it was a grave concern for us, but then things got worse for my husband. He had two fibromas in his left foot which grew very rapidly and caused the tendons, ligaments, and nerves under his foot to tear. He went to another doctor and we had an MRI done as well as x-rays and ultrasounds over the course of a month. A naturopathic friend has been keeping tabs on all the medical files and upon viewing the MRI, she discovered that he has fibromyalgia. There were eighteen fibromas altogether in various joints.
We were still unable to find a good place to move into, so we have moved into an extended stay hotel. It's not cheap, but we don't have a choice in the matter. The doctor said we only had a few days left to find a place due to how fast the fibromas were growing. He wanted to operate and remove them, but it turned out that his white blood cell count was soaring and the doctor said it was so high that there was a 90% or greater chance that he would die in surgery. The mold had affected him to the point where one of his lungs had stopped working and was being taken over by a fungal infection. Our friend told the doctor not to prescribe anything for him (because none of us liked what he wanted to give him and I was starting to freak out about even the idea of it). The fibromas had grown so large that they put pressure on his heel and pieces of the bone started breaking off. The doctor said if they caused more damage, an amputation would be the likely end result. I was determined not to let that happen.
We hadn't had a steady supply of Iodine for months. We were trying to ration, and my husband was more concerned about me due to the pregnancy, so I had been having 25 - 50mg on most days, but we were both used to having 100mg daily. I also give our daughter 10mg per day and I tried to make sure she had hers everyday. She was better off than both of us and hadn't been sick much. My mother helped us to afford more iodine, so we're back up to 100mg a day, and I have been painting his feet with iodine, colloidal silver, and neem oil, and I have been rubbing magnesium oil into his feet and calves because the pain has moved that far up. I forgot to mention that we take 400mcg of selenomethionine and 400IU of vitamin E as well daily.
A few days ago, eleven days after our move, he went back to the doctor for bloodwork and ultrasounds. His white blood cell count is just a little above normal now. The fungus is almost eradicated. The fibromas have shrunk, and there was a 'knot' (inflammation) caused by the big fibroma in his left foot, but it was hard for the doctor to even feel anymore. It was once so inflammed that the skin was tight, so it has improved drastically.
We missed a couple days of treatment due to both of us working long hours and then fibromas began growing in his right foot, so he is now in pain there. Today I made sure that we started getting back on track, so I know it will improve. We've got herbs coming in the mail to treat adrenal fatigue as this is another known issue with fibromyalgia.
I just wanted to share our story and the wonderful progress we've made using iodine, selenium, vitamin E, colloidal silver, and neem. I'm not actually versed that well on colloidal silver, but I have past experience with neem, so I know how wonderful it is. I also have a lot of faith in iodine because we have felt better in general since we started taking it last year. My husband has a callus on his left big toe and a corn on his right. The doctor claimed only surgery would fix them, but I already knew iodine had helped them dramatically last year. It was only when he stopped taking it so I could have it all that they both started growing again. Now they are almost gone. They are the smallest that they have ever been. If anyone is interested, I can update you further on this as we make more progress.
I've only been painting the colloidal silver though I know it will make its way into the bloodstream like this. I don't have the best probiotic on hand (can't afford those with 20+ billion organisms), but ours has 8 strains and 5 billion organisms per enteric coated capsule. We're each taking four per day. My daughter takes one, but I do open her capsule. We can't afford prebiotics, but she's doing great and has no complaints, constipation, diarrhea or anything. Our naturopathic friend says everything is going well and to just keep it up.
Thank you. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about the effects of the mold on the baby. In fact, I haven't had an ultrasound, but our friend believes everything else points to me carrying twins. That gives me double the worry. I don't like ultrasounds, so I'm avoiding having one.
You mean to take the boron internally, right? I admit I recall mention of it somewhere but haven't made the time to sit and research it yet. We'll talk to our friend about it, at least to hear what she knows about it and if she thinks it's a necessity at this point. We already got Montmorillonite clay per her advice to take internally to re-mineralize bones, absorb toxins, etc., so we may be okay on that front.
My husband apparently had three types of fungus, two of which were already there before the exposure in our home. The doctor didn't say what the levels of each of them are now, but he did say that the fungus (in general) is almost gone. He took skin samples when he did the bloodwork on Tuesday.
What I'm a little worried about currently is whether or not we should have saved our belongings. I was reading that they should just be left behind to avoid re-contamination and cross-contamination. I can use neem oil in the laundry and I know it's a strong anti-fungal, but I'm not sure what to do about everything else. I suppose I could apply neem to as many things as possible, but I don't think I could really get into every single crease and crevice on things like desks, chairs, etc. Maybe we should just throw those things away and save the easy stuff...
" I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about the effects of the mold on the baby. In fact, I haven't had an ultrasound, but our friend believes everything else points to me carrying twins. That gives me double the worry. I don't like ultrasounds, so I'm avoiding having one."
Ultrasound is not neseccary, period. The midwifes can use the old fashion methods to determine the baby`s condition, like listening to heartbeats etc.
"You mean to take the boron internally, right? I admit I recall mention of it somewhere but haven't made the time to sit and research it yet. We'll talk to our friend about it, at least to hear what she knows about it and if she thinks it's a necessity at this point. We already got Montmorillonite clay per her advice to take internally to re-mineralize bones, absorb toxins, etc., so we may be okay on that front."
Yes, I mean boron internally. I have been on Montmorillonite clay; for me it was no good, it constipated me, + no relief from my candida at that time. And it doesnt contain boron, which is important for you and the baby.
What you could do is to let your husband try it first; I have a pattern of testing things on myself first, then my plants, then my kids and cats :-)
If pregnant I would of course be very cautious to whatever suggestions, I even refused to take iron 15 years back in time.
One option for your furniture is to steam clean it with 4,5% borax in the steam (some neem or other essential oil is great too) this would take care of the mold.
Yeah, I don't like ultrasounds, but according to my midwife, a state law requires it if the fundal height is abnormally high (as is the case with multiples) or low. So the only way to avoid an ultrasound here if you're carrying multiples is to avoid prenatal visits altogether.
My husband spoke to our friend/naturopath today and she said no boron. I don't know what the reason is. She said we're doing fine combating the mold with what I'm giving us though. The clay wasn't recommended by her for fungus but for toxins.
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