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Jeanette Soto is now Mission Possible Brookfield, Florida. She is the author of a brochure titled Blinded Sight. She is also a great activist, warning the world, and has many ideas. All my best, Betty > >From: [email protected] (jeanette soto) >Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:53:42 -0400 (EDT) >To: [email protected] >Subject: "Blinded Sight" The Eric Soto Story > > >When my husband Eric, told me he couldn't see out of his right eye, he >was panic stricken. A dark grayish cloud had formed in the middle of >his eye. (I couldn't see it, but he couldn't see through it), Of >course we called the opthamologist. He examined Eric on a Monday >morning and immediately sent him to Tampa's Eye Institute at the >University of South Florida. The doctors were puzzled. Even after >catscans, MRI, spinal tap and numerous other tests, we had no answers. >He was given a steroid, sent home to come back a week later. >The next day, the same thing started in his left eye. We called the >specialist and he told us to go to Tampa Genearl Hospital. We did, and >Eric was admitted. > >I'll never forget the admitting doctor, Russell Weintrub. As I was >waiting in the hallway while they were examining Eric, Dr. Weintrub came >out to speak with me to obtain as much medical and personal history o >Eric as possible. I told him that Eric had been diagnosed with >non-insulin dependent diabetes three months earlier. I also stated that >Eric had never been ill a day in his life. He was always active, and >hardley ever battled anything worse than a cold until recently when he >had been diagnoised with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome by three area >physicians. I related that he currently suffers severe tingling and >numbness in his fingers and arms, and it was difficult for him to sleep >at night and that Eric had previously been scheduled for Carpel Tunnel >surgery in two days, but that would have to wait because he had been >admitted. > >Doctor Weintrub then asked me if Eric was an alcoholic. I couldn't >believe my ears. "Alcoholic?" I told him we had never drank anything >stronger than a "diet coke". He said, "Mrs. Soto, your husband has >symptoms of "wood alcohol" poisoning." I was shocked and puzzled. >How in the world could Eric ingest wood alcohol? > >All the tests ruled out a brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, aneurysm, >diabetes, glaucoma, detached retina, an injury, lyme disease. Finally >they told me, "Mrs. Soto, there are some things we just don't have >answers for. It's quite possibly a virus of some sort. We just don't >know what caused it, but your husband has optic neuritis, which is optic >nerve damage." They didn't know if he would respond to treatment of >complete bedrest and prednisone. He didn't. > >I tried to reflect on recent changes in our life style the discern what >brought this on. We had found out three months earlier (THREE MONTHS) >that Eric was diabetic. The doctor had assured us that this type of >diabetes could be controlled by medication and diet. It was at that >point that our lifestyle changed. > >I was going to take care of him. Little did I know that was the start >of poisoning my own husband), I replaced all sugar with "sugar-free" >aspartame (Nutrasweet/Equal) laced colas, lemonade, puddings, jellos, >jams, ice-cream, and Equal in his many cups of hot coffee. "No sugar, >it's for you own good, it's got to be a diet drink Eric!" > >I recall that almost immediately upon ingesting aspartame laced drinks >(hot and cold), Eric started experiencing insomnia. He hardly slept at >night. The severe tingling and numbing in this fingers, hands and >arms became excruciating. He also experienced severe headaches, which >I atttributed to his blood sugar levels. For a man who had never been >sick in his life, the past three months were a bad >dream........but......BLINDNESS was a nightmare! > >I received a phone call from a dear, long-time friend who had seen a >segment on TV about the dangers of NutraSweet. He asked me to watch the >rerun at 10 PM and I did. It was an eye-opener. They stated that >Nutrasweet had "Wood Alcohol" or methenol in it! BINGO! WOOD >ALCOHOL! I couldn't believe what I was hearing! > >The very next day I made phone calls to those individuals. One was Dr. >Woodrow Monte in Tempe, Arizone, who had done research on the effect of >the methenol (wood alcohol) in NutraSweet. He stated, for the >information about Eric, that it was a classic case of wood alcohol >poisoning, and felt that my husband, unfortunately, had experienced the >ill-effects of the consumption of Nutrasweet/Equal which resulted in >damage to his optic nerve. I talked with other expert researchers as >well. Eric was one of numerous victims of aspartame! > > >By the way, when Eric stopped ingesting aspartame, all symptoms of >Carpel Tunnel Syndrome disappeared. (We were told that only surgery >would allievate those symptoms). > >It's been nine years since Eric lost his eyesight. He is the bravest >man I know. He has put up a hugh facade, and consequently, most people >don't even realize his visual limitations. Maybe it's pride, or perhaps >just the fact he didn't want to be blind. People will ask him, "how >are your eyes doing?" He will always say, "They're getting better." I >always say, if they are getting better, why doesn't the doctors say so? >What isn't there any improvement? Eric has never been able to say >what the doctors tell him, that he is legally blind. > >I read every bit of information I can get my hands on about aspartame. >I have been determined to tell others. I implore everyone to get >involved in this battle. There have been many, like Betty who have >taken this battle beyond measures anyone could concieve. But, you, too >need to tell all you see. Get involved. Refer all your friends to >www.dorway.com website. Information is flowing there, and someday this >horrid toxin will be removed. > > >One more little note. Because of my activism regarding aspartame, I >became very interested in politics, and have dedicated myself in helping >elect ethical candidates. It's time we take back this nation from the >liars and greedmongers! -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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