Dear David, As I get more of a chance to interview them I'll nail down the rest of the specifics. When I talked to them I was able to verify how they made it and how much they took each day. I'm not sure how many months or years they took it, though.
Be well, Mike D. > Hello Mike > > Can you be more specific about the time. Did they take it from > pre-2000 up to the present day, or just for a couple of years in total? > > Thanks > David > > > > Dear group, > > In another thread David wrote: > > > Don't assume that someone who looks grey has been taking > > > colloidal > > > silver. It's more likely to be caused by heart medication. > > > > I will be interested to see how prevalent use and abuse of > that heart > medication will become, versus the relative frequency of > argyria in the > next few years. > > The reason for my remark is a case of argyria I've > encountered: > > I recently met a mature couple (in their late fifties or > sixties, I > believe) who both developed argyria over the last few years. > He has > classic generalized pigmentation quite reminiscent of > Rosemary Jacobs, > and she has less intense coloration, except for a mask-like > area around > her mouth and chin which is darker. > > What makes their case of special importance to us is the way > in which > they acquired their condition: > > In the run-up to Y2K they began making and drinking CS using > the > primitive "three 9V batteries and salt" recipe which was > widely > disseminated on Y2K web sites and discussion forums at that > time. > Unlike Stan Jones or other recent cases, they followed the > instructions > exactly. They didn't over-cook it or drink a glass of muddy > sludge > every day, but made exactly what the promoters of that > recipe intended > for them to make. > > While other factors, such as a deficiency in selenium or > vitamin E or > the use of caffeine, may have increased their vulnerability > to argyria, > the only real mistake they made was they followed those > instructions > and drank a glass per day for a long enough time -- and > turned blue. > > So, as stunning as it is to confront a genuine case of > argyria in the > flesh, the real message is that the old "pinch of salt" > recipe is now > well *proven* to be capable of producing generalized > argyria, AND there > may be a lot more cases developing in the aftermath of the > Y2K > phenomenon, just like these folks' did. > > This is the reason for some of my recent comments urging us > to treat > every new argyria report with complete seriousness and an > absolute > absence of defensiveness. Although we as a group abandoned > the "pinch > of salt" idea in favor of pure silver in water at low > concentrations > much earlier than the rest of the alternative health > community, other > people are *still* promoting that primitive process to this > day. > > As I see it our task is four-fold: > > * Continue our efforts to promote low concentration silver > preparations > made with fine silver and pure water only. > > * Advocate the concurrent use of low-dose selenium and > vitamin E in > conjunction with *any* silver preparation. > > * Study and further develop the already successful argyria > treatment > protocol to maximize safety while retaining effectiveness in > reversing > the condition. > > * Provide that information to everyone who seeks it, taking > the lead in > helping argyria victims treat themselves. > > I was able to explain to this couple what happened. Until I > did, they > didn't know it was the silver that turned them blue. I also > mentioned > the successes we've seen in reversing it, and I will do what > I can to > help them in the months ahead, if they are willing. > > So, as for David's observation, although the pharmaceutical > companies > have now produced a heart medicine that might turn people > blue, I'm > afraid the number of legitimate argyria cases which will > emerge in the > next few years may not leave us much to sing about. > > Please, tell me what you think? If you'd like to add to, > correct, or > endorse my thinking, send your comments along to the list. > Discussion > would be helpful. > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
