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Nicotine patches to treat long-COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@pattig09 . Terrific outcome and story. May I ask ...were you a smoker or former smoker, trying these Nico Patches? I'm 74, male, since Jan 2022 we (the wife and I) have contracted COVID 3 X. We both had the 2 Vaccines - me form Moderna , the wife from Pfizer - my elder son is a Director at Pfizer). With young Grandchildren , their parents both Teachers, it was Inevitable that we would get COVID. The first case was just like a Cold for a few days for me, the wife a bit worse and longer recovery than I. But the next contractions were worse for me. I got LONG COVID both times. I still suffer with bouts of Brain Fog (which has various definitions) to this day. I never lost Taste & Smell , my wife did lightly, my younger son did lose taste and smell about 2 or 3 days into his last bout. As a Teacher He had to get the Boosters, the other son at Pfizer with a panican wife had every booster made - but they still got it too. We did NOT get the Boosters ! My Niece is a Nutritionist who advised most ardently NOT to get the Vaccines at all. The Spike Protein is the worst thing for your body! She and my Pfizer son had many an argument about it. He would say "she's getting her incorrect info from the Web"... He was Brainwashed by Pfizer IMHO.
What brings me here ? I just read posts on Line on a You Tube Video about The Vagus Nerve!! That posters said that He used Nico Patches and it did help him greatly dealing with bis long COVID issues . That Intrigued me to investigate some more. You comment about your ENT being amazed is no surprise to me. as a Long Time Sufferer of many Spinal Maldies - I have found that all doctors have little time to diagnose Causes for your ailments , just treat the symptoms. THey are just dispensers of Drugs. "Take This Pill For Your Ill". Bottomline, since we both use JUUL vape devices for about 7 years (we quit regular Cigs ). It's somewhat limited being better than Cigs, but not good nonetheless. As a elder former Washington DC cop told me years ago in a Gym where we were working out. I guess he could smell the Gigs on my clothes. He told me that 27 years ago He quit Drinking (1/2 Qt of booze a day); 3 Packs of Cigs per day, and he was over 300 pounds. He chucked it all and started aerobics everyday. After 27 years ......"I still Miss The Cigarettes. It's the strongest drug to mankind. Worse than Crack Cocaine. You do it all day long, everyday!" That kind of got my attention, yet 1 hour later, I lit one up!
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@alamtti Let me start in response to your first question: the nicotine patches and why I decided to give them a try: Recommendation was to try it for 30 days came from my Dermatologist who was suffering from Long Covid. I was not a smoker, but I lived the first 20 years of life in a smoking home. No side effects, never wore patch after 10 pm, did 3 full 5 day cycles with a week in between each cycle. This brought back all taste and smell senses.
Next regarding 'the what is happening' and 'continues to happen' subject: I had first Covid in 2020 and it lasted 2 weeks; it was a rash and sensitivity to wearing clothing. I had the vaccine in 2021 and months later caught Covid: killed my taste, smell, caused phlegm, enlarged/coated tongue and ultimate invasion of my sinuses. I NEVER had a booster and I will not.
I have uncovered causation: I have come to understand in my long and winding recovery journey that my body had an extreme allergic reaction to the spike protein and to the spike protein 'fragments' that came with my one and only vaccine, Johnson & Johnson. Ultimately, my body's allergic reaction to the spike protein injection and exposure caused a near melt down of my T-Cells, specifically my NK fighter T-Cells as measured in my CD8 numbers. As a direct result of my failed immune system Covid hit my gut hard and the treatments for that part of the invasion resulted in C-Diff. There were so many organs under attack all related to my body's inability to fight the spikes; both from infection and from the vaccine. My immune system was able to 'sense' the spikes, send messagers to seek the locations, and to 'kill a live cell'; however, the T-Cells to removed the dead spikes or the fragments resulting from cells exploded were not being made by my body, so there was no natural removing taking place. This was complicated because the vaccine which result in Covid antibodies to survive the invasions were flooding my body when spike protein fragments were detected. My allergic reaction to the presence of 'spike protein or its fragments' ultimately led to near extinction of the CD8 T-Cells. My body's response to infection then transferred the spikes to 'storage' which meant very limited amounts where actually being cleared out via urine and waste. T-cells that were 'available' to sense the presents of invaders were in overdrive because they could find the stored spikes. Without NK cells being replenished, the killing and elimination basically was in failure. Why do people gain weight? Well ultimately it is fat cells being 'stored'. With all this mess going on my body began to 'store' the spike protein fragments in my sinus cavities; my tongue, my gut, and my liver.
I'm on a path to healing because one dermatologist who traveled the same path of Long Covid. Because of her successes she was able to guide me. In addition to the nicotine patches, I have added to my daily routine, 2 doses of probiotics, Glutathione, Mega Activator for NK cell and a Stem cell natural stimulator. I also do saline nasal evacuation first thing after my shower in the AM and just before bed and this stopped storage of the spike protein fragments in my sinus cavities. I'm working on the final details of eliminating the stored up spike protein fragments stored in my liver determined from recent Fibroscan. For me it will be a nature method and not a medical prescription. I have knowledge that the GLP-1 meds have been used with success by some LC sufferers because it targets and breaks up fat cells in storage in the body. Break up the Fat and a healthy immune system to purge the fragments is a path to heal. For me, the probable impact on the Pancreas and liver damage for GLP-1 presents too much risk.