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@gillysmom

I sense your concern and kindness and thank you for your support and compassion. So many of us who have been injured by viruses or the thousands who have been Covid vaccine injured, of necessity, have become sensitive to what works and what is not helpful. We, the injured, are writing history because the docs are facing so many unknowns. We have the best data if something is working, an awareness that we feel better because...and the pool of shared information is growing. In rural Oregon, where I was living when I contracted the SARS infection that took me from mddle aged at 87 to old age at 88, I could not get my prmary doc to return my many phone calls, during which I would have asked for help. That experience shifted the burden onto me to find solutions, and these support groups are amazing resources. Also, a fair amount of trial and error with my own research. But with so many parts of me infected or misfiring, and two of my autoimmune diseases requiring opposite treatments, my progress is slow, and that's OK, as long as there is progress. Medicating myself is like playing a fine delicate instrument. To add an inescapable complication, I am living with my son who was resposible for my SARS infection, so he has gone ovrboard in trying to protect me. My food is all ordered from the outside, served by my son, which is different from how it was when I was living on my own, in a big beautful house, doing my own shopping and cooking, despite my health problems. Yes, if anything, I am a warrior, a PhD retired psychologist and artist. on a scale of 1 to 10 in independence, I'm an 11. SO, I won't be giving up, and can somehow sense if something is going to be helpful. I sense your protocol will be helful, but time will tell. Thank you again for caring.

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PS. I completely understand the loss of your own home and independence. From experience. My heart is with you. We just have to chose to grow where we are planted.

You have articulated this journey so well, and I truly admire your candor and who you are as an individual. I also have always had an "innate knowing" about my own body, since the time I was a child, and have always seemed to "just know" what would work, and also when something is really off. (For instance, when I had mononucleosis I was told it was "bad allergies" causing my tiredness, and I was a high school student then!)

I do hope we are contributing to the body of medical knowledge in these areas, but in my experience it is usually the "alternative", holistic practitioners who are able to help so much more. Mostly because they look at someone as a whole individual - body, mind and spirit - and also operate from this knowledge about how the body works as a whole system.

My main hope is that more and more Americans will become privy to this information, and it does seem to be happening with extreme events like Covid -- if we are to look for one ray of hope in this unique time in history. I have no doubt you will continue to improve, as your mindset and awareness certainly moves you in the right direction.