Ok, so I recently had a "RBC, Copper" blood test done and my copper was low, below normal, out of range. This has both me and my doc completely baffled. I have been taking multi vitaminsi with copper and a separate multi minerals with copper regularly for years. I also eat nuts daily, which have significant amounts of copper. I also occasionally eat liver, which has lots of copper. But, despite all that, I started taking a separate copper capsule daily because my red blood cell count is chronically low despite having decent iron, ferritin, B12, and folatei levels. I had read tha copper was also vital to avoding anemia so I added the copper supplement. (see http://www.cpnhelp.org/anemia_and_copper).
Vitamins
BP and the Sun
Submitted by katman on Wed, 2010-07-28 14:11.Here I am back again with a couple of things I meant to say before.
The first is just a funny coincidence - my blood pressure at my check-up was my weight over my age: 106/70.
The other has nothing to do with our protocol. It is that next week we are getting solar hot water! We almost went entirely solar at the beginning but "chickened out" and decided to try this first. There is a federal tax rebate of 30% and NC has a 35% tax rebate in addition.
A few days after our decision, we learned that a very famous dairy goat judge, breeder, and dairy owner is doing the whole thing. She is in CA and hers is the second largest solar profect in CA. This is incredibly exciting that all this is happening!
Rica
Few things are perfect - my physical was close
Submitted by katman on Mon, 2010-07-26 14:24.It appears that living right can do good things. And the young coyote is alive and well - she was not euthanized, but instead released, due to a catch-and-release program!
Today was my annual physical, and I passed with high flying colors. Such adjectives as: phenomenal, amazing, beautiful, and several others were used. I was told again that my doctor has fully realized that there is a Vit D deficiency across the county - he used the word "epidemic" - where have I heard that before? Incidentally, mine is again down to 65, so I will increase my intake again from 8,000 to 10,000 for a while. My level seems to go up or down as my diligence - unwitting or not - ebbs and flows.
Amy Yasko, PhD discusses her biomedical treatment protocol
Submitted by Louise on Thu, 2010-06-10 11:15.Methylation, Metals Toxicity and Nutrogenomics Testing Results, a major Adjunct Treatment enables Nerve Coating (Re-myelination)
Submitted by Louise on Tue, 2010-06-08 11:50.Methylation, Metals Toxicity and Nutrigenomic Testing Results,a major Adjunct Treatment enables Nerve coating repair.
Blogpage Originally Submitted by Louise on Sunday, 2010-03-21 17:06. Chronic Fatigue Syndromei Fibromyalgiai Folic acidi Geneticsi Immunei Infectionsi Inflammationi Melatonini Multiple Sclerosisi Neurological diseasesi Seratonini Supplementsi
What Supplements should I take after completing 20 Month CAP with Successful Remission of RA?
Submitted by blankena on Fri, 2010-05-07 11:14.Breaking the Duck; Raw Food - anyone doing it?
Submitted by 4dogday on Wed, 2010-04-14 22:17.Just for my own records (since I usually loose any paper that I write anything down on) I took two Flagyli yesterday. I really wanted to do 3, a full pulse, but read some people's reactions and remembered Jim's advice to be conservative as well as my strong reactions to the first two abxi. So I don't know if I broke the duck or not, since I don't know if I need a full day's pulse to do so. But I took the plunge anyway. I have no side affects yet, unlike taking the first two abxi, which gave me almost immediate side effects. But from reading everyone else's reactions to flagyl/tinii, I know that reactions may surprise me much later with this 3rd abx.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency Seminar November 3, 2009 Link to powerpoints
Submitted by Louise on Thu, 2010-04-08 14:41.Powerpoint slide shows from talks
http://www.grassrootshealth.net/documentation
Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin Di Deficiency Seminar
November 3, 2009
Introduction to Vitamin D
by Reinhold Vieth Ph.D.
The persistent tortoise
Submitted by katman on Wed, 2010-03-03 11:42.This is a very short blog about a tortoise in the slow lane. For many years (how does this happen? - we shouldn't blink!) I had a solitary discussion about arthritis:
(1) I was getting very old very fast. (I was 55) and everything hurt.
(2) My hips are in agony.
(3) My fingers and shoulders hurt all the time.
(4) My neck is so stiff that I can't turn my head. It hurts even when I don't try to turn it.
Most of my joint pain went away while I was "sleeping" that first couple of years. Then my hips were incredibly painful during walking - then it went away. My finger joints were worked on one at a time and have slowly stopped hurting, though still have some residual swelling, probably permanent, which I accept.
Books and a Movie
Submitted by katman on Sun, 2010-02-07 11:28.Many times I read for the great pleasure gained and to satisfy my curiousity, but I discovered Greg Mortenson, Three cups of Tea, and now Stones into Schools. Along with wishing the Nobel Prize for Medicine for our cpni crew, I wish the Nobel Peace Prize for Greg Mortenson. And I am hardly ever much affected by movies, but last night we saw "Seven Pounds", with Will Smith, and will probably be affected for the rest of my life.
As for my own cpn protocol against PPMSi, I still chip away daily with my five abxi plus caffeine. We all tweak and listen and tweak some more, but I seem to have stumbled on a tight turn of the screw, thanks to John (farandwide) and Paul.
Whatever is Required
Submitted by katman on Wed, 2010-01-20 14:03.We spoke to Dr S just now. He was approving of my going back on flagyli, and, because of nausea, cutting back on caffeine.
A couple of interesting and heartening bits came of the conversation. One is that I will continue with this protocol for another three months and call him again, sooner if there is news either way - worse or better - because I still react. But... my daily reaction is nowhere near five years and four months ago. For example, today is Azithromycin day - and Doxyi, Rifampin. Amoxycillin, flagyl, and caffeine.
A Handle Resubmitted
Submitted by katman on Thu, 2010-01-14 11:54.On rereading last week's blog, I am amazed at what I wrote about flagyli and not taking it. Sometimes I guess I am not as "with-it" as I believe.
In May, Richard spoke to Dr. S., who put me on the usual: Doxyi, 200mg; Azithromycin, 250MWF; Rifampin, 600mg; flagyl, 1000: (these I had been on till I stopped everything on Jan 11, 2009); and then ADDED Amoxicillini 1000. I did this without fail for six months and then we called him again. But I was STILL reacting! Aaarrrgg!! He then left all abxi the same, with the exception of flagyl, which he replaced with caffeine pills.
Whoops am I high on B12 ??
Submitted by SimonT on Thu, 2009-12-03 15:36.Ok Feeling very strange today to say the least 
Been taking all the supplementsi I could easily find for a couple of weeks now in Prep for starting abxi.
I was taking 2mg (Swanson) B12 Sublinguals a day without any side effect.
Well since starting the NACi I have been having a lot of lower back pain in the night and read on someones blog that taking the B12 helps with that, so I had a couple more B12's early last night (for a total of 4mg for the day) to see if it helped me sleep.
Not so many miles to go
Submitted by katman on Wed, 2009-11-25 11:44.My six months of constant flagyli are over and I have survived it. Not only have I survived it, I have greatly benefitted from it.
Vitamin K
Submitted by Louise on Tue, 2009-11-17 18:05.Last spring I added Vitamin K complex to my list of daily supplementsi. My primary motivation was as an adjunct for bone health, because on a regular basis, I simply was not eating enough dark green leafy vegetables.
Recently a list of research articles has broadened my perspective on Vitamin K's diverse possible supportive functions in the body.
I wonder how many here might be supplementing their Vitamin K levels. It seems that this could be a relevant discussion as I looked at the titles on the list or research articles.
Louise