My reply is simple and is at the end of your post...it was such a good read...I left it in...V In a message dated 3/24/2007 5:22:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
total large bowel removal sounds very drastic. Is there something that the very wise and knowledgable people here can help you with? Anyone? V About three years ago, my daughter-in-law's grandmother, a little old lady in her eighties, but vivacious and ACTIVE, was stricken with a mysterious bowel condition. They put her in the hospital, in Tijuana, where she lives. They treated her with antibiotics from here to there -- and I don't know what all, but were not making any headway with her infection. Her condition was going from bad to worse. In frustration, finally they told her that their recommendation was the removal of her large intestine and placement of a colostomy bag. She was very sick, but she was not about to give them a "yes," for that. She thought about it for awhile, and said, "Thanks, but no thanks. I would rather die with my body intact." And she went home. I had been reading The Maker's Diet, by Jordan Rubin not long before that. He was wasting away and near death at age 19, with no cure or hope in sight, and received recommendations the same as Grandma got. Only fortuitous circumstance kept him from going through with it, and putting him in touch with someone who took him in hand and gave him what he needed to heal himself. Six months later the picture of the healthy young man in his book bears scant resemblance to the cadaverous picture of him at his sickest. I asked Carol if Grandma would be willing to try some of the things in the Maker's Diet, and if she had someone to help her stay on a protocol. Answers, yes to both. I hiked up to the Vitamin Shoppe in our neighborhood, bought the book, a bottle of Primal Defense, their goatein and a couple of other products, like greens powders (spirulina and chlorella) and flax oil. I also sent along some colloidal silver and real kefir, with kefir "grains" to make more. There may have been one or two other things in my rescue package, I am sorry, I cannot recall perfectly. I was just a do-gooder, flying blind, you know -- not an expert. Cutting to the chase. In a week or two, Grandma began to feel a little better. (I would check once a week with my daughter-in-law.) Appetite seemed a bit low. I suggested whatever constitutes "comfort food" in that culture. (For me, it would have been milk toast, macaroni and cheese, puddings, etc. -- I don't know what is comfort food in the Mexican cuisine!) That helped. After about a month, she reported that Grandma had gotten bored with being cooped up, went out and took herself for a drive all around TJ! She has been fine ever since, and kept her colon intact, happily. We see her once a year at a family gathering for New Years and that little old lady looks to be in perfect health. The cost of the CARE package was about $115. I don't know that the CARE package was the reason for her cure, but if it was, it was a pretty reasonable price to save a little old lady from the fate she would have faced otherwise. Marlys *****it is good to read about someone who walks the talk...good on you Marlys...you are a friend indeed. V. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
