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Frenchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 4th, 2010 00:36 |
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Just started the MP, and I have a medical history which the MP staff may want to keep a particularly close eye on.
Symptoms: Psoriasis, first onset eleven years ago. Arthritis, first onset nearly ten years ago, diagnosed as Reiters Syndrome. Chronic fatigue, first onset about nine years ago. Various other chronic symptoms that have appeared over the years since with no diagnosis, often following an infection in the same system, such as in 2006 a left ear infection that cleared with antibiotics, but ever since I have had persistent itching and exfoliation in both ears.
What makes my case one to watch is that it is a classic case of Gulf War Illness (GWI); my first symptom started just under three weeks after my third shot of Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), the next symptoms started just over three weeks after my sixth shot, which was eighteen months after the third shot. There are currently over a thousand cases of arthritis / arthralgia / painful / swollen joints listed in VAERS as following AVA, and over a thousand more of skin rashes, many of them systemic, plus nearly a thousand of fatigue.
The reference on this site to L form bacillus anthracis transferring DNA that allows a pathogen to evade the immune system sounds fascinating, although I do not understand any of the biochemistry behind it. It would seem to an amateur such as myself to provide a mechanism that could lead to the kinds of multi symptom illnesses that veterans have a history of; the DoD did a study that showed mycoplasma could not survive in the vaccine, but they have never tested the same for L form.
In 2001 Congress established Vaccine Healthcare Centers (VHC) to investigate such illnesses, they have had a politically troubled history, but if the MP can be shown to be of benefit for GWI, approaching the right Congressmen could potentially open up a new line of research funding with very deep pockets. It would have to be handled very judiciously, but I get the strong impression the MP staff are already well aware of the nature of the subject.
This is day five of olmesartan, 40mg every six hours, and I am experiencing a major flare up of symptoms, the worst they have been in a very long time, which I guess is a good sign; no photosensitivity yet, but the old symptoms are back in force.
Tests in Oct. 2009:
25 Vitamin D 31ng/ml
1,25 Vitamin D 672 ng/ml.
December 2009:
25 Vitamin D 26 ng/ml.
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Chris
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Posted: Sat Feb 6th, 2010 18:11 |
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Yes, it's a good sign, though an uncomfortable one, that the MP will work for you.
Things get worse, especially sun sensitivity, when the 25D drops down closer to 12. So do be cautious.
Have you gotten your NOIRs and darkened your home? One thing benicar does is to down regulate 1,25D and the hormonal shifts due to that are uncomfortable. If you've been sun-sensitive all along (but hadn't differentiated that from other trouble), some of your symptoms can be from the bounce between the effects of benicar and of sun. It's good to go real dark and see if that helps moderate things.
Chris
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