MAJOR NEW HEALTH UPDATE

Dec 2021 480 lbs

Wow, a lot has happened! Sorry it has been a couple of years since I posted here last. Things got crazy and I wound up putting about 120 pounds back on in 18 months. I have since taken taken 90 pounds back off. After my weight loss stalled out I started doing some more research. As a result of that research I have made a radical change.Since this could be a HUGE turning point for my healing journey, I’m going to document it all. Here is what I’m hoping to accomplish.

Some of you may know of my ongoing struggles with health. Here is a quick summary of what I’m dealing with right now. I’m 6’ 3” tall. I am morbidly obese. In 2015 I weighed 540 lbs. I was virtually wheelchair bound 90% of the time from about 2010. 2012 I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder called Myasthenia Gravis. This disease causes severe muscle weakness. Left untreated is usually fatal. For many years I was on 19 prescription drugs. I was on such high doses of morphine I had no short term memory and was barely conscious much of the time. In Feb 2019 I started tapering off morphine, by October 2020 I was morphine free. During that time I began serious alternative healing research and made some changes. So began my journey. By spring 2020 I was down to 340 pounds. The chronic pain in my back that had necessitated morphine was greatly reduced. I had lost the weight using a low carbohydrate diet. Then everything changed and I went off my diet and stopped exercising (wasn’t allowed outside). Fast forward 2 years and I had ballooned back up to 480 lbs. in may 2022 I went back on strict low carbohydrates plus I was now gluten free.

June 2022 465 lbs

I’m also now dealing with high blood pressure and thyroid issues. I have missing and ruptured disks in my spine as well as an old crushed vertebrae injury. My autoimmune symptoms are well managed with supplements and prescription medication. I’m fairly ambulatory for short distances and getting better as I lose more weight.

I’ve been doing more healing research. It started with investigating going to full Keto diet. As I was doing this I stumbled on the Carnivore diet. It is radical but, as I researched it I found many Medical doctors that not only support it but are on it themselves. Everyone from General Practitioners to Neurosurgeons. They all say the same thing.

◦ Rapid weight loss
◦ Full remission or significant reduction of symptoms of almost all autoimmune disorders.
◦ Elimination of joint pain
◦ Significantly reduces or eliminates diabetic issues.
◦ Improves or reverses peripheral neuropathy.

These are bold claims; they claim that evolutionary biology demonstrates a proper human diet is high fat meat, salt, water. The modern carnivore can safely add butter, eggs and bacon according to proponents of this radical diet.

Aug 2022 422 lbs

Surprisingly there is research to backup their claims. There are also tens of thousands of people on this diet testifying of all these claimed benefits. I even found a local person that swears by this diet and is in my corner (Thank you). After much consideration I’ve come up with a plan.

The goals:
◦ Reduce weight down to 275 lbs or less
◦ Eliminate all medications
◦ Eliminate all daily supplements except electrolytes and minerals
◦ Significantly reduce or eliminate all chronic pain
◦ Cure all skin issues
◦ Eliminate depression and bipolar symptoms
◦ Find ways to keep me accountable
◦ Share the journey

On Jan 16 2023 I started full keto with fasting mimicry. This means I can only eat in a 6 hour window, then 18 hour fast. Strict ketogenic diet. 100 carbs a day max, shooting for under 50 carbs.

My original plan was to do strict Keto for 90 days, but I got impatient and was feeling so good I went full carnivore after 4 days of Keto. This was probably a mistake. I should have given more time for my body to adapt. Lesson Learned, but I'm not turning back now.

Jan 24 2023 381 lbs

Yes, I’ll be getting regular blood work to ensure nothing bad is happening. I’m going to keep sharing the journey, good or bad.

Don't give up on your health

Yesterday was a huge milestone for me. In 2012 I was diagnosed with a devastating Neuromuscular disease called Myasthenia Gravis. I also have numerous back injuries. Between these two issues I was virtually wheel chair/walker bound outside of the apartment. Walking more than a few steps was extremely tiring and painful. Due to the alternative healing practices I have been doing since mid 2019 I have been able to leave the wheel chair and walker behind, although I still use a cane for anything beyond going out to the van.

But yesterday (June 4, 2020) was HUGE. My wife and I went to the local park and walked the 1.3 KM (0.8 Mile) loop through the trees. Now the last ⅓ KM was kind of painful, but a year ago, my muscles would have given out completely after 100 meters or so. Two years ago 10 metres would have been all I could manage.

This was a big punch in the face to my Myasthenia Gravis. WooHoo. After well over a decade, I have a shot at a new life, and I have been working hard to make that happen. I almost ended my life on more than one occasion when, living as I was, became more frightening than the prospect of dying. I am so glad I did not give up and began a search for answers. I still have a long way to go, but I have learned a valuable lesson about perseverance, hope and faith.

I also wanted to let others in similar situations out there know, you are not alone. I am ready and willing to help, you just have to ask. Asking for help is a signal you are ready to change and make your life better. I have been creating resources to share my whole story and what I have learned about alternative healing. These resources are FREE for the asking. I firmly believe it is my responsibility to share my story and stand ready to help others find what I have been so freely given. Gratitude is more than a feeling. Gratitude is more than just lip service. Others have tried to teach me this in the past, but I just had no frame of reference for understanding. Now I understand that true gratitude requires action. This is a recent lesson I have learned. I am thankful for the things that have happened in my life that have allowed me to learn this lesson.

I may regret some of the things I have done, or haven’t done, but I regret nothing that has happened to me. It has all helped to shape the person I have become. We are all challenged in our own way. The measure of who we are, is how we respond to them. If you ever need a friend, I will do my best to be one. If my story helps even one person, then the sharing of it was to good purpose.

Stay strong and know this, asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength and readiness to change your life. You pay it back by helping others when you have the chance. There are no strangers, just friends you haven’t met yet.

Spring 2020	Summer 2015

Regards, Dave Reid

Research, Experiment, Use What Works

Wow, even though i was up till 3:00 AM video editing and went to bed exhausted and frustrated from dealing with social media politics, I woke up at 8:00 AM and had an incredible Prayer/Meditation/Visualization session and had to get up at 9:00 AM. I was so full of energy and feel so positive & uplifted. I could literally feel parts of my body tingling with healing and energy. Another side effect was my pain levels were very low after my 1 hour routine this morning.

• It could be the new diet & vitamins with supplements.
• It could be this mornings 1 hour routine.
• It could be both.

Does it matter which? Nope, It is part of my philosophy of research, experimentation and using what gets results. I feel fantastic this morning. The only fly in the ointment was I got ready to go out to get, and send a parcel, only to find out I had to wait until after 1:00 PM, had to put on the breaks, oh well. Now I'm catching up on a few other things. Still chomping at the bit to get rolling though. We need to remember to keep to our new routines we have established to regain our health, especially when we don't feel like it. It is easy to do when we feel good, but difficult to do when we feel like crap. It is what separates the successful people from the ones that fail. Don't let what others think or say stop you from doing the things that get results. Don't allow someone else's disbelief get in the way of your healing journey. I made that mistake once, I allowed my wife's scorn at a new technique stop me from doing it and I suffered years more pain and misery as a result. This is not her fault, it is mine. I knew it worked, but I let her attitude affect my resolve.

The type of meditation/visualization I use is called the heart/brain synchronization method. You need to understand that science rediscovered something ancient cultures have known for thousands of years. The heart actually has a brain. YES! This is not a typo. The human heart has 40,000 neural connections in the upper right quadrant that are virtually identical to neural cells found in the brain. The main difference is this Heart-Brain only processes emotion. The emotion that makes the biggest positive impact on the Heart-Brain is GRATITUDE and LOVE. Now, when you combine recalling these emotions with visualization you can get amazing results. The body knows how to heal, God gave all of us the ability to manipulate energy at the quantum level and the secret to accessing and using it is synchronization between the Heart-Brain and our primary brain and activating it with the emotions of gratitude and love.

Instruction for this method:

• Lay down on your back or sit comfortably in a comfortable chair.
• Put on some calm meditation type music if you choose. If you have access to it, listen to music that uses the specific frequency of 417 Hz OR 40 Hz, these are known healing frequencies and it will enhance the healing effect. Other effective frequencies are 285 Hz, 528 Hz, 432 Hz and 174 Hz.
  
• Place your left hand over your heart. This is important later.
• Begin slow deep breathing.
• A slow count of 6 for the inhale
• Hold for a count of 4
• A slow count of 6 for the exhale
  
• Repeat for the whole exercise
  
• While doing this, visualize a ball of light hovering near your head, notice the colour, notice the direction of spin.
• As you breath, focus on the light and realize, it is there to draw the tension and stress from you wherever the light washes over your body.
• Move that light to your forehead, and move it slowly down your body allowing it to wash away and absorb any tension in your muscles leaving you relaxed like a handful of loose rubber bands.
• Walk this light all the way from your head to your toes over however long it takes for each area to relax. As you practice this technique, it will happen faster.
  
• Now, move that ball into your left hand.
• Notice, that it makes your hand warm and tingly.
• Move the ball of light from your palm, down  into your heart, the warmth and tingling going with it.
• Realize that this light now acts as a lens, letting you sense/see your heart.
• Now you can sense/see the beating.
• Now you can sense/see the neurons firing in the Heart-Brain.
• Now begin to concentrate on imagining every breath you take is going through your heart, cleansing all negative emotions.
• Now begin to recall events in your life that evoke feelings of gratitude, thankfulness, love & compassion.
• Now imagine a conduit running from your heart to your mind (brain).
• Now imagine the emotions you have evoked running from your heart, along the conduit, to your brain.
• While this flow is happening (this is crucial), visualize the part of your body you want to heal, as already being healed. See every detail of it in perfect health. Not as you want it to be, but as it already is - PERFECT in every way. When you can see this, feel the emotions flood from your brain to the part of your body you need to heal.
• Then, stop the flow, break the conduit, but leave the ball of light in your heart.
• Now, if you're so inclined, begin to pray. Making sure to express your gratitude for all the good things in your life and for giving you the ability to heal yourself and leading you to the knowledge to do so.
• If your not inclined to pray, that is fine, you can skip that part.
• Now, begin to slowly, gently and easily return to full awareness. Withdraw the light from your heart, let it expand and wash over your whole body returning you to full awareness and filling your with boundless energy
  

This is my routine. it is very powerful, if done correctly it can effect incredible healing in your body, mind and soul.

Jesus Christ knew this and taught us this. It is what compassion, forgiveness and gratitude that he taught us, is all about. It is how we access this quantum power of healing that we all have. I have seen a video on YouTube that shows on ultrasound of a woman's 3 inch cancer tumor in her bladder being healed in under 3 minutes. Seeing this video changed my life. Here is a link to that video so you can see it for yourself.

Healing Cancer Demonstration presented by Gregg Braden

Healing Research playlist from my YouTube channel

Rebuilding Your Immune System

So I have been getting allot of questions as to how I have strengthened my immune system. It is actually less about strengthening it, as it is about resetting it to normal operations. As someone with an autoimmune disorder, my immune system was attacking parts of my body. To prevent that from happening my doctor put me on an immunosuppressant. So to strengthen my immune system, I first have to normalize it. So this is how I am doing that.

Rebuilding my Immune System to Reverse Autoimmune Disease

I was diagnosed at 12 with Myasthenia Gravis, my Mom researched and put me on Mega vitamin therapy which put me into remission for almost 30 years. Unfortunately by the time I was re-diagnosed in 2012 her dementia was so bad I could not ask her about it. In trying to research it I found out a few things. 1st many doctors will not agree with what I am about to say, but the results for me, have been life changing.

Suppressing our immune system, I believe should only be a short term solution, to get our symptoms under control. I believe the best long term solution is to normalize our immune system, then once normalized carefully ease off the immunosuppressants. Before I continue, this is specific for Myasthenia Gravis, getting a Thymectomy is a must if your scans have shown your Thymus is active, or abnormal in any way.

Restoring your immune system to normal function requires two major considerations. The first and most often overlooked aspect of our immune systems is gut health. The gastrointestinal tract is responsible for 70% of your healthy immune system cells. Without a healthy gut, the rest of the nutrients we consume won't get absorbed into our cells. So the first step is to normalize our gut. To do this we NEED to find a good probiotic and prebiotic. What I mean by this, is that you need to find a product that can guarantee at least 2 billion live bacteria make it past the stomach and into the small intestine. This applies to pro and pre biotics. There are very few products out there that can do this. If you want to know what I use, contact me through FaceBook or go to the contact us page.

OK, the key to normalizing the immune system for me, has been Vitamin C, Zinc, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin A, Medicinal Mushroom extract, meditation, sound therapy (Music Medicine), energetics and lots of veggies. Vitamin C at the start should be worked up slowly to gauge your body's reaction. I would start with a powder form based on ascorbic acid, mixed in water. 1000 MG once a day for a week. Then increase another 1000 mg a day for week 2. Once in the morning and once at night at least an hour before bed. Week 3 take 1000 mg morning, noon and night. Increase like this every week until your body says you are getting enough. Your body will tell you you have enough when you start to get loose stool. If you are taking Mestinon you are probably already fighting loose stools, so when it starts to get worse than usual that is when you have enough. Finish the week out to see if your body adjusts. If it does, keep it at this level until your stools get too loose again. Then back off 1000 mg a day. Even if you don't experience loose stools, I would not exceed 4000 mg per day. You won't hurt your body going higher if your bowels can handle it, but past 4000 mg the benefits begin to diminish. Everybody's system is different, this is why the process should be done this way to maximize the speed at which you reset your immune system. When you know your immune system has normalized you can probably go back down to 1000 mg a day.

With each 1000 mg dose of Vitamin C, take 50 mg Zinc and 150 mg Vitamin D1, 150 mg Vitamin D3. The zinc and Vitamin D is absolutely essential because the body requires that, for the vitamin C to properly absorb into your cells and correct your immune function. The levels of Vitamins E & A in a good multivitamin should be enough. Vitamin E helps tissues heal faster and more completely, Vitamin A expands that regeneration to the nerves. After week 2, you can add the medicinal mushroom extract. ⁱ/₈ teaspoon to ¼ teaspoon 3 times a week. If you can get an extract blend, use that, otherwise use either Red Reishi or Agarikon. You can take it directly by mouth or mix in a drink or food. Be warned, the flavour is VERY strong, it can easily overpower a mild dish or drink. I personally found it is easiest to just just pop the dose in my mouth, dissolve it in my mouth, then wash it down with water. If you like like truffle, you will be fine with the taste. Here is a list of the best known medicinal mushrooms; 🍄

(Contact me, and I will point you to a source)

• Agarikon ♠
• Red Reishi ♠
• Turkey Tail
• Chaga
• Amadou
• Red-Belted Polyporeif

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♠ = Scientifically Proven in double blind studies to strengthen and normalize the immune system and specifically increase resistance to viruses.

Energetics such as Quantum Touch or Rieki will also help restore nerve function. I had Peripheral Neuropathy so bad the soles of my feet were completely dead and I could barely move my toes and everything else on my feet, toes included burned like fire. Now, I still get burning sometimes and I still have allot of numbness but about 4 months ago I felt the cats tail under the soles of my feet, then 3 months ago I could start moving my toes well enough to balance better and I can flex my toes again, yes they are still pretty stiff but slowly improving. Conventional wisdom says this can't happen.

Western medicine has done many wonderful things, but they don't have all the answers. Don't be afraid to research. To get you started, I am sharing my unlisted Healing research playlist from my YouTube Channel. You will find some really interesting stuff there.

Using Sound To Stop Muscle Twitching

I had a rough night for awhile, after about 2 hours I got woken up with muscle twitching and could not get back to sleep. The muscle twitching happens sometimes due to Myasthenia Gravis. It took me years to find a fast acting solution for the rare occasions it still occurs. Early this morning I tried something I have used for other purposes that worked in about 30 minutes. 15 minutes might have very well been enough but I wanted to be sure it lasted.

It starts with headphones or earbuds. Then I load up my favorite HARI OM Chant video that includes music. Instead of chanting however I hum to the chant. I discovered a few months ago when having issues with pronunciation that humming is actually more effective than chanting and can reduce the the time required for the desired effect by as much as 75%. You need to hum it loudly enough to feel the vibration in your nasal passages. You have to play the music/chant loud enough to ensure your staying in tune. There are several articles and videos on the internet and YouTube that explain how sound can heal many different issues including Pain, Depression, Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Here is the video I generally use for this purpose.

Here is a YouTube video that talks about the science of healing with sound. Some Great information here. Called: Music Medicine

 

Here is another YouTube video that talks about sound therapy for Pain, Depression & Obesity.

 

Please check out this information. This has been a HUGE part of my healing journey.

Regards, FuzzeeDee

Weight Loss - Phase 3

Yesterday I started a new lifestyle plan. Special vitamins and supplements carefully selected to boost and normalize my immune system, boost heart health, build proper gut flora, reduce the body's ability to absorb sugar and force the body to burn fat.

What prompted this?

Last week I got word from my family doctor, that the specialist I was referred to for back surgery has denied me help. Why? I was told there were 3 reasons. My weight, my Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and that it would leave me with a stiff back. My opinion? this is crap.

The MG does not prevent surgery, it just needs to be managed. The doctors for my last major surgery handled it by sending me for a standard series of PLEX (Plasmapheresis or Plasma Exchange) treatments - this deals with the MG risk.

As far as the stiff back from spinal fusion, who cares - I get very little movement now because of the pain of bone rubbing on bone plus all the nerve pain from my Sciatica. A little stiffness is a good trade off.

Telling me my weight is still an issue really makes me angry. The last specialist I saw said he would do the surgery if I got below 400 lbs (182 KG). After a 3 year battle I took off 190 lbs (86.4 KG) and got down to 350 lbs (159 KG). I have kept it within 10 lbs (4.54 KG) of that mark for close to a year now. Why do they keep changing the rules. Grrrr.

The 1st objection I think I can address with the specialist (provided I can actually sit down with him) with a little education. Most doctors know very little about Myasthenia Gravis. The 2nd objection is just silly in my view, but again I have to speak with the specialist to address this. The 3rd objection is something I can't do much about other than lose more weight. I am pretty sure he will use that as a basis for refusing to meet with me. So, my only hope here is to lose more weight and then demand he meet with me.

Sometimes we have to fight for our health, especially when it comes to dealing with doctors, specialists even more so. In Canada we require a referral to get to see a specialist, which is fine in most cases, but in cases like this where they won't see you and just send the reasons why through your family doctor, you don't even get the chance to deal with the objections and make a plan to solve the problem. This Covid-19 issue compounds that problem.

So for now, I am embarking on this plan. This new lifestyle plan is called the "R3 Wellness Plan". I started it yesterday. Let's see what happens. I'll keep you posted. IF this ever interests you or you have questions about it contact me through my Facebook Page and we can talk about it.

Regards, Fuzzee Dee

Why I am not POSTING right now

Howdy folks;

You may have noticed I have not posted in a little while. Due to my compromised immune system I have been self isolating for the last couple of weeks. I am actually focusing on building a social media presence in other areas so, I am educating myself in the finer points of YouTube, FaceBook, Modern Web Design, Business, related software, etc. At some point I plan on opening an Integrated Healing Practice so I need to build an online presence in many different areas, including a way for clients to book appointments. I am also working on multiple areas of building income streams.

If the current Covid-19 crisis has taught me anything, it is to have many different ways available to generate income. My goal is to get off of disability (AISH - Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped). I will be kicked off of AISH when I turn 65 so I need to find independence by that point. I have mostly worked for myself, so for me, CPP (Canadian Pension Plan) will be virtually non existent.  Also, at the rate government is cutting back financial aid in all areas, I need to be independent. 

That said, I will always provide a ton of FREE information about Integrated Healing and Alternative Healing. It is my mission in life now to help others find healing in all aspects of their life. Please be patient with me as I rebuild my life. When this current crises eases up I will begin posting again and adding specific information in multiple categories, each having their own dedicated page (location TBD). For example;

• Pain Management
• Meditation
• Chanting
• Shiatsu Massage
• Micro TENS (Trans-dermal Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
• Quantum Touch
• Self Hypnosis
• Clinical Hypnotherapy
• Herbal Remedies - Check my FaceBook IHA page for current postings on this subject
• Supplements
• Nutrition
• Sound Therapy

I will be adding new stuff to my FaceBook IHA Page and my YouTube page - links below. You can also check me out on Twitter, although I have not been posting there recently either. As I continue to build my online portfolio you will start to see new stuff there as well. See you soon.

FaceBook IHA Page
YouTube
Current Website (new one coming soon)
Twitter

Regards, FuzzeeDee