We had a very nice relaxing Christmas. I caught a cold which is still hanging on but it hasn't been too bad.

My next appointment is tomorrow. Both my husband and I are going in to clear H. Pylori. Just no kissing or "exchanging of bodily fluids" for I don't know how many hours yet! LOL

Check out this site I just found. Some great NAET testimonials!

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My husband and I were treated for H. Pylori yesterday and just have to do it for 25 hours. It's so great not to have to do a clearing that involves food!

I think he enjoyed his first acupuncture treatment and she tested him for some basics first. He is super healthy so I wasn't surprised that everything tested was fine except for spices. There's something in there he is allergic to. He'll have to decide if he ever wants to go clear it. I'm also glad he could see how the whole thing works.

I passed the perfume and alcohol. Also took a couple of my samples in to check and they were fine, and just for fun I took in water samples to test. Bottled water was fine, our tap water which is conditioned was fine, but the regular tap water which I got from outside was not. I guess I don't need to worry about it since it's not coming into the house but it bothers me. What could be in that water that I'm allergic to? I've already cleared chemicals etc. I think I'll do some research.

Checked a few vitamins. Lisa told me how much calcium to take with my vitamins and how much fish oil. I was taking too much calcium and not enough fish oil.

I still have this cold and it's going to my chest. I told her I was probably on the verge of having to take antibiotics. I really don't want to do that...especially since I haven't cleared it yet. I was going to do it with mold but it's still raining here so have to wait.

Anyway, she asked if I wanted to try "cupping." She thought it might help to clear my chest. So after my acupuncture clearing I did that. It was really fascinating! My husband got to watch. I guess you can even learn to do it at home. I put a link here to a news story if you want to read about it. I guess people are familiar with it because of the picture of Gwyneth Paltrow with the marks on her back. My marks are pretty much gone this morning and I do think my chest is better. Maybe I will be able to skip the penicillin.

Lisa is so great! Very patient with all my questions. I wish everyone could try this. If you are having any health problems please consider NAET. You may have allergies you don't know about that are making you sick.

Posted by elizabeth at 9:57 AM | Comments (3)

I cleared the H. Pylori and then treated for penicillin on Wednesday. I only had to do it for 25 hours and now if I have to take it for this bronchitis and when I take it for the dental cleaning (mitral valve prolapse) it should be O.K.

I can't quite shake this out of my chest so I think I will have to take it. I filled the presciption but I keep putting off taking it hoping it will clear up by itself.

I sure wish the weather would clear so I can clear mold. I think it is making me miserable. I have just gotten worse since the rain started. But right now it's supposed to keep going until next week and then has to dry out so it could be awhile.

Posted by elizabeth at 9:23 AM | Comments (0)

My husband arrived home from a business trip today with an interesting story from a fellow traveler. It turns out his wife has fibromyalgia and is getting amazing results from drinking cherry juice!

I did a search and there a few sites that have amazing testimonials about the benefits for not only fibromyalgia but arthritis and gout etc. I guess it basically works on inflammation.

I am ordering some for both of us to try. He had a high C Reactive Protein test (shows there is inflammation somewhere) and I'm sure it could probably only help the chest inflammation and little arthritis I have.

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I cleared the penicillin and so far thankfully do not have to take it. I think the bronchitis is a little better.

Right now I'm clearing food additives, food coloring, and artificial sweeteners (along with MSG, modified food starch, Whiten-All, and sulfites thrown in for good measure) for 35 hours. It was funny when I was prepping for this because it turns out food coloring is in just about all cosmetics. Even those that don't look "colored" have some. So I went to Lisa's completly bare-faced. The diet isn't too bad though.

We tested a bunch of things. I had found an article on allergies. For example, if you have a problem with X,X, and X, the you might be allergic to X. I know I'm allergic to melons so we tested things that might be related. Latex and vinegar were bad. Nuts and cucumbers were fine and cherries were fine. Good, because I want to drink the cherry juice. But latex is going to be hard to clear.

I tested epoxy resin because of an association to adhesives, inks, and flooring. Sure enough, it was not good. How do you clear that? It's probably the glue holding everything together. Also tested the adhesive on a bandaid. It was bad but I already knew that. When I wear one I get red and itchy.

I took in samples of paraffin, lamp oil, and beeswax. I'm allergic to paraffin. Can't be within 20 ft.! Did you know that paraffin is in mascara?

I had been reading articles on candles and safety and had decided to no longer burn paraffin. I found a great site that sells only 100% beeswax candles. Even some candles that say they are 100% beeswax may not be. Check out this site and read all of their great articles. You'll be amazed! If you have any health issues...or even if you don't...do some searches and reading before you continue to burn paraffin.

From the above site:
"Paraffin on the other hand has many health ramifications. Anyone with allergies, etc., will tell you of the negative effects of burning paraffin. Over the years we have sold our candles to many top executives and technical engineers of the Petroleum industry. They do not even let their families touch paraffin, much less burn it in their homes. Please do not let your families burn paraffin, or eat it, as this same ‘petroleum by-product’ substance is commonly used to coat all our fruits and vegetables, as well as being used as a preservative, stabilizers and fillers within many food products, including all commercial chocolate bars, processed foods, dairy products, breads, jams, etc."

Does that mean that paraffin is on non-organic apples? Yuck!

Anyway I was in a closet throwing out a lot of candles and started coughing and "dripping" so I had a good idea it was the candles and I was right. I'm going to clear paraffin tomorrow. I still want to leave a few my candles for decoration even if I'm not going to burn them and when you go to other people's houses it is probably paraffin if there are candles burning. After reading those articles I could never burn them again. And of course I don't need it on my eyelashes and I think it may be in things like lip balm but I haven't checked yet.

Posted by elizabeth at 1:03 PM | Comments (2)

I tested clear for the food additves, etc. on Wednesday. I did some research to see what connections there were to the paraffin so I could check before I clear that.

Paraffin is made from gasoline wastes. There is a Crude Oil Mix that has gasoline, plastic products, and latex products. Latex is related! So of course I didn't pass that. And also didn't pass gasoline separately. I took in a sample of petroleum jelly which was fine. So I cleared paraffin, gasoline, latex gloves, and the Crude Oil Mix.

I had to do 25 hours wearing a robe (no underwear with elastic) and cotton gloves (can't touch plastic or rubber). Really a pain since I wasn't even allergic to plastic but it was in the Mix. The whole time I'm thinking what on earth am I doing? I am so so so so tired of this!!!! But it seems to be working and certainly is better than the alternative! I sure hope I pass all of this because I sure don't want to do it again.

On a different note, the beeswax candles I ordered from philoxia.com arrived last night and are fabulous! And we started drinking the cherry juice. Tastes great!

Posted by elizabeth at 9:59 AM | Comments (1)

I drove home with a mask on Monday! How does Michael Jackson do that?? I felt completely ridiculous and conspicuous! But I treated for mold and that was the only way to do it. As soon as I got home I took it off, but had to stay in for 40 hours.

The only food restrictions were mushrooms and leftover moldy food. I rarely have any leftovers around so that was easy.

Right now I'm free again and get to go out to dinner tonight. Hooray!

I did test clear for the paraffin, latex etc. Thank goodness that's done!

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My husband used to play with his friends in the "fog" from DDT trucks in the 1950's. Apparently this was a pretty common thing for kids to do then. The trucks would come by once a week when he lived in Hawaii to spray for mosquitoes. No one at that time thought it could be harmful.

Even though he is basically healthy he has been having some tingling and cramping in his hands and feet. The doctor has checked him out with a few tests, and it stopped for awhile. It seems to be back now so after remembering the DDT exposure I talked him in to getting tested for pesticides and DDT. Should be interesting. He is going to go in before my appointment on Wednesday.

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I tested clear for mold on Wednesday. We had to cancel the appointment for my husband due to a family emergency. Hopefully we can reschedule that next week.

I took in a bunch of samples like detergents, cleansers, moisturizers, etc. Everything was clear except the Cetaphil facial cleanser. But I had another cleanser that was fine so at least I know now what is O.K. to use.

I decided to clear mercury so Lisa also checked the Mineral Mix. I has supposedly cleared that with my first practitioner, but wasn't surprised that Lisa said "no". I guess I can't trust anything that was done then.

So I treated for Mineral Mix, Mercury/Amalgam, and Neurotransmitters. Noradrenaline was bad, adrenaline was fine. Makes sense with the anxiety disorder.

Thank goodness I have already had my fillings out so I could chew! Otherwise you can only drink liquids because chewing releases the mercury into your system. I had to use gloves for 25 hours to not touch metal. I screwed up a couple of times so hope it cleared. We'll see on Monday!

I'm back on the penicillin for ten days. I finally had to give in and do it. Just couldn't shake the cough. I think the bronchitis is getting better but the penicillin sure is making me tired.

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