Posted by Liberty [Liberty] on October 28, 1999 at 14:35:06 {BrTq3yWfsYMwiuh6GymAdHqlgCajU.}:
Hi Comf, it sounds like you are going through hell with this nasty virus and its cures. I remember hearing about a radical type of anti-viral treatment used in France for AIDS that might be worth looking into. This treatment used a blood heating routine while the blood is circulated out of the body. It's based on the fever principle used by mammals and birds to naturally slow down viral reproduction by raising the body's temperature which viruses are very sensitive to. The blood cells are more resistant to heat than viruses and internal organ cells like the nerves of the brain and spine so the blood is heated outside the body to get max. effects on the viruses. Our ability to use fever is limited to what our nerve cells can stand but this method can extend this potential as the blood is cooled before entering the body again. I'm no expert but it might be worth looking into cause it sounds like the cure they have you on now is almost as bad as your illness. There is also a widely available herb made from tree bark called Pau de'Arco(unsure of spelling) that has no side effects I am aware of and which is a natural anti-viral you could be taking along with your treatments right now. In any event I hope you get to feeling better.
It sounds like the Internet and especially H2O helps you to pass the time and take your mind of of the pain and sleeplessness. You responded to my message for Covert and I hope some of your guilt did not come from this response. I should have explained myself better so I don't come off looking like a violent kook. I am a peaceful person who wants to avoid conflict where ever possible, unfortunately there are a few monsters who do not. Individual monsters who act alone are dangerous but even the "best" of them like John W. Gacey and Ted Bundy are limited by circumstances to "only" 40 or 50 victims before they are stopped. Sociopathic governments,however, have killed untold millions. I fear government much more than all the serial killers put together. Normal people are quickly turned into torture and murder experts by the authority of government and a few sociopathic leaders can draft an army of brain-washed slaves to methodically and mechanically kill and maim millions for the strangest of reasons. History proves my point as the greatest mass murderers have always been governments and NOT lone crazies with guns. I don't want to be another unarmed victim of this insanity so I want to take responsability for my own defense and trust the vast majority of my fellow humans with the same right and responsability. I trust my nieghbors and fellow citizens to own weapons much more than any government. Very few every-day-people will kill you for no reason as opposed to military and police personnel who kill when ordered to kill as trained without question. A few individually armed people might flip out and kill strangers but your chances of running into them are about the same statistically as getting hit by a bus or any other random accident. Most people are nice and cooperative on an individual basis,but put them in a group with a purpose and insulate them from the consequences and they can become killers and this is the very definition of an army. In closing I'd just like to ask, how many of us who were J.W.s would have coldly shunned our friends and family all on our own without the influence of the Society telling us we should? Most J.W.s are nice folks once you get away from religion and I think the same holds true for soldiers. It's the system they are a part of that is evil and rarely the individuals. Just wanted to clarify my stance. Feel better soon! With best wishes ,Liberty