Well this certainly is NOT boring. My God! He was quite brave to perform this upon himself. I'm so glad it's worked out for him.
DL [email protected] wrote: > > A remarkable testimonial if true. > Remarkable still, nonetheless. > Too good not to share, left out the names. > > >From another list I'm on: > ********************************************************************** > " I am still using the Godzilla, 30 to 45 minutes per night. > I have a story to tell, somewhat disgusting, but relevant to the > group's purpose. > I developed a subcutaneous infection on the side of my waist, > probably the result of scar tissue and abdominal adhesions from two > previous major abdominal surgeries (#1 for gunshot wound through the > abdomen, #2 for adhesions caused by the first surgery). The scar > tissue and adhesions cause a mechanical irritation, perhaps limiting > the blood supply to some small point inside the flesh, by pulling at > it, or rubbing against other tissue. > This is a very good way to get an infection, as if blood supply is > limited, cellular waste can not be removed, the tissue dies > (necrotizes), and oppurtunistic infections take advantage of the > situation. This is all my theory of how this occurred, btw, it could > have started with an ingrown hair, etc. > Anyway, I do not have medical insurance at the present time, and I > already have sufficient medical bills without adding to them. I > procrastinated. The area became hot to the touch, and red, and, > eventually, swollen. I knew from the looks of it that it was deep. > I decided on the home treatment option. I AM NOT ADVOCATING THIS, > BTW, DO NOT DO THIS TO YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE!!! Not having a > scalpel handy, I dipped an X-Acto knife in 100% isopropyl alcohol > (made by adding table salt to 70 or 91% isopropyl alcohol and > decanting the top layer), mentally distanced myself from what I had > to do, and plunged it in what I thought to be the worst end of the > problem area, as far as the blade would go. It actually didn't hurt > as badly as I thought, which instantly caused me more concern, as > dead tissue doesn't hurt, and the blade of an X-Acto knife is rather > longish, thus it would have been about down to the crest of my > hipbone. > With manipulation, about six fluid ounces of infection came out, and > quite a bit of blood. Gah. It smelt like a corpse. > I know someone very well who works in surgery, and I am familiar with > how these things go. Usually, what happens is they have to cut a > shape out like the outline of a (large) cartoon eye (cutting a circle > out, when sewn back together, will leave dogears at the ends of the > sutured incision). The waist is a bad place to have this happen, as > there is a problem with removing a large piece of flesh, because when > it is sewn up, it tends to tear open again. There is too much range > of motion. > Also, when it has advanced this far, this was in the shape of a > letter V about 4 1/2 inches long, with one leg of the V longer than > the other, it means there is a membrane of material around the > infection, a misguided attempt by the body's immune system to contain > it. What it actually does is to prevent healing, and makes it likely > to reoccur. The membranous sac must be cut out for a proper treatment. > To get to the point, I decided on some insurance against immediate > reoccurance. I took a hypodermic syringe without the needle, and > flushed the area out (medical term is "irrigated") with colloidal > silver several times, pushing it back out after a few minutes. This > was done by inserting the reduced end of the syringe in the incision. > I then took a syringe with a needle and injected silver water in the > other end of the V, to make sure the entire inner surface was exposed > to silver. The silver was made by attaching two narrow .9999 fine > silver strips to one 9V battery. > Later, I placed the Godzilla electrodes on either end of the area > that was visible from the surface, and ran it for an hour at full > strength (Beck 4 Hz setting, the only one I use). > The night after, at work, I became severely concerned, as did one of > my co-workers (I allowed them to look to see if I was exaggerating > the situation to myself). It seemed like there was just a thin > transparent membrane on the surface, and an empty space underneath. > This meant big trouble, surgery. > However, later, I realized this was an optical illusion caused by a > small layer of dried drainage over the area (I kept it well bandaged > and changed it often), and an exaggerated surface blood flow reaction > to applied pressure (I had to grasp the area somewhat to view it). > In any case, it healed extremely quickly, the itching of granulation > (healing) started the next day. It looks almost 100% normal, less > than a week later, even the incision is much less than it should be. > This almost certainly would not have occurred without some remarkable > factor. The silver and electricity, I believe, are responsible. > Thanks Dr. Beck and Dr. Becker! And, the producer of the Godzilla." > > Name Withheld > ************************************************************************************* > Chuck > American Non Sequitur Society--we don't make sense, but we do like pizza > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
