Yes, I am a dreaded NEWBIE!!! LOL! My name is Rene', and I have been taking CS for about three months now. My husband, daughter and I have had miraculous results. I am a BIG skeptic, and it took a lot of research, simple experimenting and actual visible results on ailments for me to get into the full "CS" frame of mind. But I am there now! Some of our results:
1. I have endometriosis, and I am usually wracked with debilitating pain both during ovulation and a week before and during my periods. **WARNING - GRAPHIC "WOMEN" STUFF HERE!** I have also been suffering from heavy bleeding and large clots for the past two years, also a symptom of the endometriosis (or so I believe). I started CS in the middle of one of my periods, so I didn't pay much attention. The next period I had, it didn't even dawn on me until halfway through it that I hadn't experienced any pain either before or during and that my flow was NORMAL! I kind of blew it off as "coincidence." The next month, same result. I am now on my third period since starting CS, and I feel like I've been liberated!!!! I had actually planned on discussing a hysterectomy (I'm only 35!) with my GYN during my regular check-up this past month because it had gotten so bad. Instead, I felt so great, we didn't really have much to talk about!! I have wondered if it wasn't just endometriosis that was causing my pain but perhaps an underyling, smoldering pelvic infection that had gone undetected. I don't know why it worked or how - but it did! I've done nothing else different or started any other remedies or medications. I have no reason to believe it would just suddenly go away on its own after two years! 2. A couple weeks ago, I awoke with a HORRIBLE canker sore on the side of my tongue. It was so painful, I could barely eat breakfast. I decided to dab a little CS on it with a cotton ball. I felt immediate relief in the level of pain. It wasn't gone, but it was significantly dulled. By that afternoon, I realized that the pain was gone!! The little "ball" of the sore was still there, but by morning, even that was gone. I have a lot of canker sores, and ones as bad as that one usually take a good four or five days to heal. I have now successfully rid myself of three more in the same fashion. 3. My husband has a business in which he does metal fabrication using a welder and is always getting weld burns from sparks. He has not only been able to heal them in half the time they normally take by applying CS directly to the burn, but he has noticed that since taking CS daily internally that the burns tend to be less severe. He suffered a really bad burn just a few days ago where he rested his arm accidentally on a piece of aluminum that had just been welded. The skin actually blistered up and peeled off. The pain was excruciating until he was able to come home and put CS on the burn. The pain was instantly gone, and you can already tell the burn is healing nicely. 4. My husband has suffered from terrible sinus problems since childhood. He has tried every over-the-counter and prescription sinus medication made. He put CS in a spray bottle and has been using it twice daily as a nose spray. His sinuses have been GREATLY improved with barely any congestion. Typically in the fall and spring, he care barely breathe. We've had many other successes with CS, and we love it!! We make our own with the Silverpuppy generator, and it's fantastic!! So! Here are my newbie questions. I have tried searching the archives for a lot of my answers, but there seems to be a lot of mixed responses or in some cases, no info. So without further ado: 1. Taking CS - We currently put CS in our morning coffee and then CS in our evening herbal tea. My daughter takes hers in filtered tap water or in fruit juices. I have read conflicting information on mixing CS with other things. I'm on another list where other people take it in their coffee or tea. Others have quantified this as akin to blasphemy! I guess I'm looking for a majority opinion on that one. 2. I guess this is the biggie for me. I have suffered for over 30 years with emetophobia (fear of vomiting). It's quite an embarrassing phobia to admit, but worse yet, it has been a debilitating part of my everyday life since I was five years old. Stomach viruses are a huge fear for me, and although I am not nearly as debilitated with it as some people I have met, I do tend to start becoming a "hermit" during the "danger" months. The CS has been an absolute God send for me in this sense. Part of the issue for emetophobics is the control issue. CS gives me a feeling that I have some control, both by taking the CS as a preventative measure for myself and by my family taking it (immediate family members getting sick puts us emetophobes into a full-blown panic attack) and by knowing that I have an actual possible CURE on hand!! I have felt freer with CS than I have in my whole life. It's truly changed my life. But my question is - am I giving myself a false sense of hope? Does CS actually prevent those types of viruses, and if it doesn't, can you really stop them dead in their tracks once you have them? I have read and heard that a dose of CS, chased with a dose of activated charcoal is the end all for a stomach virus or food poisoning. How do you keep it down? How much CS would you need to kill it? I've heard to take it in Gatorade followed by the charcoal. I've also heard that stomach ailments are the easiest viruses for CS to kill. Would you say that is true? I guess I'm looking for some reassurances that I really have finally found some relief from this damn phobia after 30 years. It would truly be the miracle of my life, and if I have some testimonials, and perhaps even some medical articles or research testing to back it up, I would be spreading this news to every emetophobia newsgroup and message board I could find!!! Thank you in advance for answering my questions and for listening to my ramble. Best wishes, Rene'
