We got our FIR sauna set up last weekend and I have been eagerly but cautiously using it for 10 min. at the start of my day after drinking water to hydrate first thing. Probably the most interesting result thus far is it restarted the eye burning, sneezing, bronchial irritation with resulting cough. These are all at minor degrees but nevertheless it is a direct response to using the sauna I believe as nothing else has changed in  my environment. The heat from the sauna feels soothing on my sore back and shoulders but causes some itching and then later in the day they ache again especially at night. But less so than on the MP and prior to starting the NACi, supplementsi, etc.

Day 2 of pulse 24.  Nothing remarkable to report, the pulse is going much the same as most of  my prior pulses have gone.  I have a bit of heaviness and burning in my legs but otherwise feel about the same as I did before the pulse.  This being the second day, that could easily change come Monday when the work week begins again, as does my work schedule.

I stopped INHi about three weeks ago and have been having less inflammationi.  What I had before made it really difficult to function on some days, I just wasn't able to get around the way I was before INH and since getting off of it.  I think the combination of abxi was just too much.  I even did two pulses while on continuous INH.  Better to scale back a bit.

Hi all,

Here's a great review article on Vitamin Di:

Back to the future: a new look at 'old' vitamin D.

R Chun, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA-Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, United States.

I want to thank all of the responders to my questions on waiting or starting the CAPi before my Dr's appt May 20th with a new infectious disease Dr. 

Since I have enough Zithi and minoi to start, I felt I had already made my mind up regardless of whether or not he's willing or wanting to get me started on a CAP but I decided to wait since I've been off abxi now since Dec 2007 and don't want to alter my blood work with the addition of abxi. 

A lot of people coming to the site here have questions about the Marshall Protocol and the Cpni CAPi, where we recommend Vitamin Di supplementation in contrast to MP. The most detailed analysis of the MP in relation to what is known in the scientific literature about Vitamin D occurs in this link:

http://stuff.mit.edu/people/london/universe.htm

• Another good article on Vit D3 & Autoimmune Disease
• Detailed Info on Vitamin D, especially in relation to MP
• Great video on importance of Vitamin D3
• Sunlight, UV-radiation, vitamin D and skin cancer: how much sunlight do we need?
• Vitamin D and skin physiology: a D-lightful story.
• Vitamin D Status: Measurement, Interpretation, and Clinical Application.

Rifampin users may need extra D, in addition to more of certain medications (Rifabutin is a longer acting Rifampin):

  my questions to all you Cpni veterans.  is it safe to say that if you were to test your Cpn antibiodies they'd be below reference, thus, negative, right? 

assumming the patient is feeling good (after 2 years on CAPi) and with no improvement seen over the last 6 months (hit roadblock).  their improvments are noted as >75% improvments.  ok, i guess my question is when does one stop taking CAP?  i could be wrong, but the marker doesnt seem to be blood test driven, so i am assumming it subjectively up to who he/she is feeling.  are there any or a lot of >2 years CAP'ers that will be ceasing soon?

Read what this doc has to say about Vitamin Di

http://www.usdoctor.com/NewPage/iinsomnia.html

i'm curious.  the consensous here for zithro dosage seems to be 500mg.  well, when my old physician initially treated my infectious cause she prescribed zithro 500mg qd (daily) along with doxyi 200mg qd for 3 months.  well, after about 3 weeks on this dosage my stomach pain were inbearable!  i now realize it was the DAILY 500mg of zithro that did the damage.  needless to say,  i stopped and it wasnt until i found this site that i decided to start treatment again (about 6 months later).  i started back up with 500mg zithro MWF along with the doxy.  well, after seeing Dr.

hey everyone!  though i've had a GRIP of lab draws over the last 2 years my old physician NEVER tested me for Cpni.  i was HIGH for mycoplasma and given the nature of that organism i never doubted i was in the right place here. 

well, Dr Powell tested me for Cpn and i got my results today.  i was high at 1:128 (reference <1:64).  i looked at some member labs results in the past.  some must of went through another laboratory due to their result numbers, but it looks as though my results are "RELATIVELY" low.  i would love anyones opinion on the results.  also, is it common that after > 1 year of therapy that our IgGi antibody titers will be NON DETECABLE?  has anyone on here had elevated IgM antibodies (indicative of a current infection)?