In a message dated 10/13/2001 8:12:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> Subj:Re: CS & HTLV/Auto Immune Disorders > Date:10/13/2001 8:12:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (damian) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > Not with that version of auto immune desease. I myself have such a desease > where by the body attacks that which constitutes it. It started of with > hypoparathyroidism, then when to autoimmune. Well thats what they said. It > might been the in reverse who knows. I'm unsure if i have any info that may > help you. Though like everyone in this group would say dont give up. Oh > wait > on I remember reading something to do with why the auto immune desease > kicks > in. It has something to with a chemical or virus or something bonding to > the > organ making the immune think its not a friend. I remember reading this on > a > hyperparathyroidism forum. Not much help i know. > > Take care > damian > Damian: I am not a physician, or a vet, but here's a little story that may be food for thought. Back in the late 80s we got a Newfoundland puppy that (we found out later -- too late to go back to the breeder) had, among other serious problems, a form of autoimmune disease that created pain in her joints. After many trips to the vet, and some experimentation on my part, I discovered that if I gave her about a twentieth to one-hundredth of the steroid prescribed by the vet together with buffered aspirin, I could "normalize" her overactive immune system (since steroids suppress the immune response), and use the much milder anti-inflammatory properties of buffered aspirin to treat her chronic inflammation. The time consuming part was to find, by trial and error, the best steriod/dosage combination that would perform best. She lived to be 9 which is almost average for the giant breeds, and when I finally had to put her to sleep, it was her hips that gave out, not complications from the steroids or the autoimmune disease. I hope my experience help you. Roger
