2016 Updates
January - Magnesium and Magnesium Burn Rate
February - Fungus and Candida
March - Importance of proper sleep
April - Liver Health
May - Mind Power as related to healing
June - Vaccines, Heavy Metals and neurology
July - Mercury poisoning
August - Rilutek, Radicava and other drugs
September - Steve Arscott book and Radical Remission book
October - Healing of Bernardino Coelho with the help of his father, Dr. Coelho
November - Mental Imaging, Your Cells Are Listening
December - Kim's Five-Year Review
January 2016
Magnesium and Magnesium Burn Rate
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
I picked up our The Magnesium Miracle book by Dr. Carolyn Dean and I continue to learn many things from it. What she has to say and what is in her book is important for you if you want to heal your ALS.
Let me just list the 56 condition associated with magnesium deficiency that are listed in the front of her book: "Acid reflux, Adrenal fatigue, Alzheimer's disease, Angina, Anxiety and panic attacks, Arthritis, Asthma, Atherosclerosis with calcium deposits, Blood clots, Bowel disease, Brain dysfunction, Cholesterol elevation, Cystitis, Depression, Detoxification, Diabetes, Fatigue, Headaches, Heart Disease {including the prolapsed heart valves of Kim}, Hypertension, Hypoglycemia, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Irritable bowel syndrome, Kidney disease, Kidney stones, Migraine, Musculoskeletal conditions {which includes muscle cramps, muscle spasms}, Nerve problems {which includes muscle weakness and twitching, seizures, etc.}, OB/GYM problems, Osteoporosis, Parkinson's, Raynaud's syndrome, Sports injuries, Sports recovery, Tooth decay." These 56 conditions each have an explanation as to why magnesium deficiency is at fault.
Then she says: "When you or your doctor don't realize that the above 56 conditions can be due to magnesium deficiency and are treatable with magnesium, you may be prescribed drugs. Unfortunately, drugs such as painkillers, diuretics, antibiotics and cortisone, many of which are inappropriately used for the aforementioned conditions, further deplete magnesium and other minerals, allowing symptoms to get completely out of control."
Magnesium is responsible for hundreds of functions in our body. Without it, many things can go wrong. Our standard American diet is very lacking in magnesium as processing of foods destroys any magnesium available in that food and the food additives are toxic which any available magnesium is trying to correct. Just cooking foods destroys magnesium.
Dr. Dean has a section in her book called: Magnesium's Many Roles. Let me just share her 14 headlines and see how many are applicable to ALS.
If even the last two don't perk your attention, then you don't understand ALS. Nerve conduction and muscle function are ALS. I cannot put her whole book here. You need to get it for yourself and study it and begin to apply the principles she teaches in it, like how much magnesium to take, which kinds of magnesium are the most valuable (there are many, many types of magnesium and some really are of very little value), how to properly get tested for magnesium (as a blood test is not a good test with only about 1% or our magnesium in our blood), what foods contain magnesium, etc. The book may have some terms you don't understand, but it is well written and on a level that most laymen can understand.
One extra note. I had a previous update about the "new magnesium L-threonate." Dr. Dean explains in her book that it is really just a marketing tool that it crosses the blood-brain barrier and that it really is of not much more valuable that other types of magnesium. Don't throw it away if you are taking it, just don't feel like it is the best magnesium on the block so that you need to get more. We are striving to continue to learn and share.
A blog recently by Dr. Dean talks about your Magnesium Burn rate or what can burn the magnesium from your body. Here is that information:
Gauging your Magnesium Burn Rate
Have you started supplementing with magnesium and yet haven’t quite gotten to the point of consistent relief from symptoms? If so, gauging your Magnesium Burn Rate is a strategy you can employ to determine how much magnesium you may be burning and whether or not you may actually need more magnesium to manage your daily stressors. Because, ultimately, that is what is happening within the chemistry of the body – magnesium is being utilized to manage all types of stress and biological functions. So being aware of your burn rate gives you an idea of how much magnesium you are using. This is much more important than just following the recommended daily allowance (RDA).
Here is a list of stressors as outlined by Dr. Elson Hass:
1. Physical: intense exertion, manual labor, lack of sleep, travel
2. Chemical: drugs, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and environmental pollutants such as cleaning chemicals or pesticides
3. Mental: perfectionism, worry, anxiety, long work hours
4. Emotional: anger, guilt, loneliness, sadness, fear
5. Nutritional: food allergies, vitamin, and mineral deficiency
6. Traumatic: injuries or burns, surgery, illness, infections, extreme temperatures
7. Psycho-spiritual: troubled relationships, financial or career pressures, challenges with life goals, spiritual alignment, happiness.
Finally, let's add the misdiagnosis by the medical profession of hundreds of magnesium deficiency symptoms. For example, telling an elderly woman that she is suffering a potentially fatal heart condition when it’s really a magnesium deficiency, it pretty darn stressful.
Your Magnesium Burn Rate escalates with every additional stressor. In order to take the right amount of magnesium you have to get to know your body. And you have to take the right type of magnesium for your body and for your symptoms.
We send each of your our prayers that you will find the ways to heal your body so your ALS can heal.
Kay Cherry
February 2016
Fungus and Candida
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
Our update today is on fungus and candida. We have covered this before, but the experiences we have had the last 13 months, have been a journey in getting rid of fungus but learning more about it. A year ago in January, Kim was invited by his Idaho golfing buddies to attend a golf tournament just south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Because we were staying in Brownsville, Texas at the time, driving seemed out of the question, so we flew. I had taken our supplements along but could not take any food with us. After about 5 days in Nevada and Arizona, Kim came down with a serious infection, which ended up with a trip to the emergency room in Brownsville right after our return home. He had a urinary tract infection and it required a round of antibiotics to clear it up. I talked to the doc about probiotics. She said just to not take them at the same time as the antibiotics. Our error was not getting anywhere near enough probiotics because for almost a year, Kim was fighting fungus issues. (What we were not aware of at the time was that a urinary tract infection is a fungal infection.) Finally in the summer, Kim did a candida cleanse program and he finally felt better.
Why would he get a fungal infection? Here is my idea. First we could not take our refrigerated sauerkraut (an excellent probiotic) with us on the airplane. Secondly all the meats we consumed over an 8 day period were not organic, essentially they were loaded with antibiotics which is what our meat growers produce. So for days, we were killing his good bacteria with the antibiotic meats and not getting adequate probiotics. It should be noted that I (Kay) developed a lump in my throat in mid-February after that golf tournament. It felt like a glob of mucus and I could never get rid of it. It was worse at night when I laid down. It has stayed with me for a year.
So when the tournament came up this year, I thought we would be much better prepared. First, we could drive up from Yuma and at least take our good breakfast with us. I took extra probiotic tablets, and we had one after each restaurant meal. The rooms at the hotel have no refrigerators or way to keep food cool, so we used ice and a cooler.
We were gone for 5 days. Kim caught a cold the day we got back and then shared it with me the next day. We have not had a cold in years and years. Kim tried to get one a few years back, but we were able to get rid of it right away.
An article came in from Deb Wot's facebook page about a lady that has fought Candida most of her life, and it almost killed her. I was beginning to read this article when it was time to head up north to the golf tournament. She enlightened me so much on the role of bacteria in our body, even fungus, but the damage it can do when it gets out of control with a high carb diet.
So just the other day, I was trying to think about why we both got colds and remembered that colds are a fungus issue and we had both been on an antibiotic diet for days.
The role of fungus in ALS is very real. Kim had fungus in his lungs initially and when he gets too much sugar, it comes back to haunt him.
We frequently eat out once a week or more, but in-between, we are eating organic meats. I have come to realize that too much antibiotic foods can be very dangerous.
The article is very long, but I hope you will take the time to read it. It has implications for PALS and Caregivers as we are all subject to the effects of the foods we eat. She discusses Lyme disease and as hard as that is to get rid of it, she says it is way easier than Candida.
The author, Johnna Wheeler, has a clinic in Austin, Texas and a web site that can be found on the link below. She states that she is writing a book to be published in the fall of 2016. I would order it right now if I could. I realize that many cannot go to Austin, TX to her clinic. However, the more we learn about how to be healthy, the sooner the ALS symptoms will resolve.
http://www.jvwhealthypeople-pets.info/candidayeastove.html
Our prayers are with each of our PALS and their families to find ways to heal.
Kay Cherry with Kim's approval.
A note from Kim: Another issue I feel is important as we all work on detoxing our bodies is to drink lots of pure water. I try to drink at least three to four quarts per day. It gets me up a few times each night, but I have a system that allows me to go right back to sleep. I believe it is well worth the inconvenience.
Another interesting note is that I sent my EMG and NCS records, as well others to the director of the ALS Clinic at Duke University, Dr. Richard Bedlack. He not only confirmed the original diagnosis, stating "The EMGs are very convincing of a widespread motor neuron disease", and that my improvement has been very impressive and would be characterized as an ALS Reversal "by my program's definition of such." That is a very significant admission by a leading ALS program, and something we were told could not be done.
Dr. Bedlack also has several other confirmed reversals cases and they hope to do a study.
We know we are doing a lot of things right. My progress continues!
Kim
March 2016
Importance of proper sleep
We had to make an emergency trip back to Idaho for the death of a loved one. We were gone for about 10 days, away from our equipment that Kim uses for ozone treatments. We took our organic breakfast stuff with us and mostly ate organic while gone, at least as best we could. But the challenge for Kim was sleep. He knows how critical it is for his health, but sometimes sleep would just not come with the loss of this loved one. Now, he is struggling some with a bad cough and lung issues. At least we know how to work on clearing them up.
Linked is an article from Dr. Josh Axe concerning the importance of good sleep.
https://draxe.com/health/sleep-deprivation/
Dr. Axe has written other articles on sleep. Just search for Sleep in his search window. If the information in this one does not resolve your sleep issues, then maybe one of his other ones will. (He has a search window on www.axe.com.)
We feel that one of the reasons for Kim's ALS diagnosis centered around his not getting enough sleep running two businesses and a brain that never wanted to stop. When you sleep properly in a dark room with no electronics, your body makes melatonin which makes glutathione, your master antioxidant. Antioxidants fight free radicals which are too abundant in PALS. If you turn on a light in the night, your melatonin production stops. You can guess that that is not a good thing, because PALS needs all the glutathione they can get.
Another sleep trick that has helped both Kim and I more recently (2020) is getting some sunlight in your face first thing in the morning for 10 to 20 minutes. That helps reset the circadian rhythm which is important for sleep. Then dimming the lights in the evening before bedtime helps the body begin to create melatonin.
So this is wishing you the best of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs in the coming nights and years.
Kay
April 2016
Liver Health
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
I have been trying to think for some months how to present some material on healing the liver. Then I realized that it is basically put together already on a web site.
There is a lady in Massachusetts named Linda Paulhus that may have the answers to the bulbar throat issues. She believes through her extensive study that the liver has become covered with plaque that is covering the fibrin netting of the liver and preventing the toxins from being processed. Then the toxins, bacteria, etc., back up into the lungs, throat and cranial area, because they have no escape route. If she is right, it could easily explain why so many PALS have such difficulty with the speech, throat, swallowing, tongue, saliva issues, etc. She believes that the liver becomes plugged with plaque from high carbohydrate diets (mostly gluten from wheat (which is a glue that clogs the fibrin net). In addition, alcohol consumption creates the same issue. The bulk of her research come from Dr. John Foster who wrote a paper called The Detoxx System: Detoxification of Biotoxins in Chronic Neurotoxin Syndrome. You can find it on www.mercola.com and just put “Detoxx” in the search window.
Linda has a plan which includes getting tested by dark field microscopy or also called live blood analysis. Those tests, different that the standard medical field uses, can spot issue on the liver and other health issues. Googling "live blood analysis" and your city may help you find an experienced technician to do the live blood analysis. Then go to www.essiac-linda-paulhus.com. Follow her “ALS” link and explore her other website at www.aslalternative.com. She is trying to raise money to research the natural means of healing ALS, which in our opinion is the only way to heal. How can a toxic drug heal a toxicity issue, and all drugs are toxic by law? Healingals.org is trying to produce a book and documentary on what others have done by natural means to heal ALS. Linda knows the devastation of ALS as her son died of ALS. She also spent 5 years in a wheel chair with Epstein Barr virus and has healed herself of that. So I believe she has some real keys in the huge ALS puzzle, especially the throat/speech issue.
We believe that the hyperbaric treatments that Kim used can help fungus issues and also helps when used with the other supplements and therapies as it seems to make them all work better, but alone the hyperbarics is not effective with ALS, and is very expensive. Our understanding of ozone is that the 3rd molecule of oxygen in the ozone just deletes the toxins and does not send them through the liver. But again, ozone can be expensive. We did it because it was the only thing we found to do when Kim’s health was failing rapidly with his severe breathing issues. We bought all our own equipment and could do it in our home as intensively as needed and then could back off as Kim healed.
Beware of IV chelation as it can send too many toxins through the liver at once and be very detrimental. Linda’s system of detoxing the liver is very gentle. It takes about year. (It took me about a year to reduce my lead poisoning, so a year is worth the investment.)
We believe that Linda has some real answers that are not nearly as expensive as what we did. Our prayers will be with you as you seek answers that are right for you.
In 2019, I ordered the book, Liver Rescue, by Anthony William. He has incredible knowledge about the liver and how it functions and how to fix it. His book includes recipes. I will warn you that it is long but his material is very easy to understand.
Kay Cherry
By the way, Kim is still doing well and shot his best round of golf of the year so far on March 30, although he would still like to do better on that golf score.
Note from Kim:
As most know, this site exists primarily because of the work and diligence of my wife. All I really do is to provide the study subject, which I am happy to do. But I also think it important that I include a short note with my thoughts with each monthly posting, if for no other reason than to establish that the "subject matter" is still viable.
I have said so many times that I wish we know exactly what the most important feature of our protocol has been. We regularly state our disclaimer in reference to our medical background (which is zero) and our qualifications, which many say are highly questionable. But as the scripture says, "By Their Fruits, Ye Shall Know Them." This is meant in no way to be sacrilegious, but the fact that I played 18 holes of golf yesterday, and have two more rounds scheduled yet this week, clearly indicates we have done something right. Granted, three rounds of golf (riding, not walking) is a bit much for me, I have never been able to turn down an invitation to play.
I have said many times that the most important decision we made early on was to push away from the life boat (dismissing our traditional doctors) and to start swimming to the distant shore that we could not even see, yet believed had to be there. But we could clearly see that the life boat was sinking and if we had stayed, we would have been shackled to it and would have gone down with all the other PALS on board. If we would have had just one of those doctors say, "Hey, I think you have a chance to beat this and I want to help you do that", we may have stayed with the boat, but we didn’t have that.
Having a positive mental attitude that can lead to healing, I believe, also requires a strong mental and spiritual support group, peace and tranquility in the home, and living as nearly as possible, the "Christ-like life", which means giving and receiving love and service. Though I am a far cry from being a true Christ-like example, our attempt at doing so has been monumental in my healing. I truly believe the prayers and faith of countless others has had greater benefit to my healing than my own.
Just to clarify my true condition, I walk like a drunk, but I still walk, without a walker or even a cane. My drop-foot and weakness in my lower legs causes significant issues with my knees, and to some extent, my hips, but that may also have something to do with being 68 years old.
We are always here. May God Bless All Our PALS.
Kim
May 2016
Mind Power as related to healing
Dear PALS and caregivers,
Below this article is an article I found on Wake Up World on April 22, 2016. ( A link and the printed article) It is exactly what we have been saying needs to happen. Kim fired his doctors after his diagnosis and their no-help suggestions. He refused to believe that he could not beat ALS, and together we found a way to heal. It included us surrounding ourselves only with people of a like mind set.
We pray that you can use the power of your mind to heal. Kay Cherry
A Note From Kim:
I have always loved sports. Fighting ALS is very similar to playing in the Super Bowl. Everything is on the line. But I doubt that any team has ever won a Super Bowl that didn't have players that believed with all their hearts that they could, should, or maybe even would win the game. Every PALS must recognize that they are in an ultimate "Super Bowl", that they are the quarterback of their team, and that their very lives are on the line. If you have doctors that are on your team, they had better have that same belief. But remember that you are the one that calls the shots, and you are the one that can make the ultimate difference.
Read the following article, every day if you need to. Nothing else will work if you do not believe this concept. This truly has been our #1 therapy. Everything else is secondary.
May God Bless Each of You, and give you the power to BELIEVE!
Next Important Healing Information:
http://wakeup-world.com/2016/04/20/are-doctors-making-you-sicker-reclaim-your-innate-power-to-heal/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+4+Powerful+Ancient+Herbs+for+Boosting+Your+Brain+Power+and+Rebuilding+Neuronal+Connections&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse
Are Doctors Making You Sicker? Reclaim Your Innate Power to Heal!
20th April 2016 By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World
Did you know that your mind/body is the world’s most sophisticated quantum computer – capable of amazing rejuvenation and great healing? Every organ, cell and body part functions harmoniously because they are programmed to do so, and if there is a problem, your mind/body knows how heal.
The only time you don’t have the ability to heal is when disempowering programs are running and overriding health and healing. Disempowering programs are strong beliefs that run in the subconscious mind and can unconsciously control us, resulting in mental, emotional and/or physical dysfunction. We can unknowingly “pick up” disempowering programs/beliefs anywhere, but a doctor’s office or hospital is actually one of the easiest places to get a disempowering program installed.
When we seek medical attention, we are often sick or afraid of being sick, and because we are looking for someone in authority to solve our health problems, we give our power away in exchange for healing. The combination of fear and powerlessness causes an altered state of consciousness so when we receive a medical diagnosis, and we accept it as truth, the diagnosis is seamlessly installed as a program in the subconscious mind.
Not knowing that a diagnosis is a program for disease or disability, as the doctor defines the symptoms and prognosis, the patient literally downloads all aspects of the disease or disorder. Let’s say that a patient went to see his doctor with a nagging cough and the doctor diagnosed “ABC disease” – once the patient knows that he “has” this disease, and he believes the prognosis, he may suddenly begin to experience all the symptoms associated with the disease, and if there is an expected progression, the disease may quickly escalate to the next stage.
This may explain why people often get sicker immediately after receiving a diagnosis.
I am certainly not saying that you should never go to a doctor or seek medical attention. This is the not the point or the issue. The advances in modern medicine are nothing less than impressive, but despite the knowledge of the medical community, no one knows how to heal your body better than you. This means that if you give your power away to a medical authority and accept a diagnosis as absolute law, you diminish your self-healing abilities.
So, how do you maintain your power of self-healing while still benefiting from mainstream medicine? Here are some helpful guidelines to support your journey of healing.
Don’t Believe Everything You are Told
If you seek medical assistance, don’t automatically believe everything you are told. Most traditional doctors are trained in a “left brain” manner; this means that they run tests and do assessments and then based on the results, they draw conclusions. This sounds logical and reliable on the surface, but it is all very mechanical. If we were machines, this would be a good approach to fixing our problems, but we are not machines.
There is nothing essentially wrong with a mechanical approach to medicine, but if you rely purely on this way of healing, you miss the innate key to healing, because a purely mechanical approach allows no room for the infinite intelligence of the mind and body. Beyond the basic functioning of our physical bodies, there is an energetic source that runs the whole system of life – this source of energy has the ability to heal the incurable and overcome the impossible. Every cell in your body has consciousness and consciousness can respond to your higher consciousness – which means that you must command healing!
Command Healing
Whatever you say after “I am” is heard and recorded by your subconscious mind, thereby commanding your body to respond accordingly. This means that every time you think or say, “I am sick” you command your body to be sick.
Your body listens to all your commands, so, if you want to heal, you must command healing. Saying that you don’t want to be sick is not a command for health because you are focusing on being sick. In order to align with healing, you must clearly command, “I am healed, or I am healing.” Trillions of cells in your body are waiting and listening for your healing direction.
Don’t Make a Diagnosis Your Identity
Once you identify with a particular physical issue, and you attach your identity to it, suddenly, you are a cancer victim or heart patient. This makes you sicker because your belief in your illness worsens your illness. As your identity gets more and more entangled with the diagnosis, you become part of the problem. If you unknowingly anchor the program in your body, through your beliefs, you might even reprogram your DNA, and pass a health issue down to your off-spring.
Certainly, use a diagnosis as a tool for healing but, whatever you do, don’t make a diagnosis your identity. Above all, it is important to remember that you are not a diagnosis. You are a whole being with an incredible capacity to heal.
Drop the Labels
The labeling of diseases is a very helpful strategy for understanding and prescribing care or cure, but labels can also make it harder to heal. Once we are labeled with such things as ADHD, immune disorders, mental disorders or some disability, we have proof of our problems, and if we use that proof to show the world why we are disabled or stuck in our lives, we further reinforce the problems. Labels can also cause other people to see us differently and maybe even treat us differently.
Healing requires that you see yourself over and above all labels, but, if you are going to label yourself, label yourself “healed.”
Keep Your Power
If you want to heal, you must Keep Your Power, and not give it away to any medical practitioner, and not even to a new age or alternative health practitioner. The more you allow others to control treatment, the less power you have to heal yourself. Don’t be intimidated, or pressured, by doctors or anyone in authority – it’s your body and you get the last say; listen to your body and respect your intuitive wisdom, over and above even the best experts in the field.
Every day, countless people worldwide heal themselves from all kinds of diseases and injuries. One of my best friends healed herself of multiple sclerosis which is said to be incurable. She rejected the diagnosis and the wheel-chair bound prognosis, and she set out to heal herself. She celebrated her full healing by hiking Machu Picchu – I could barely keep up.
Do Research
Do research on the internet and also on the “inner-net.” You can find information about virtually anything on the internet, allowing you to make empowering choices, but don’t ignore your “inner-net” – if you know how to listen, by developing a mindfulness practice, your body will give you an abundance of information, guiding you to health and wellbeing.
Discernment is Key
If you seek medical assistance, be discerning and recognize the limitations of traditional western medicine. Just because a doctor gives you a diagnosis doesn’t mean it is right or you have to accept it. If you don’t believe a diagnosis, the program cannot get installed. Get second and third opinions and, if all agree, and a diagnosis seems correct, use it as a means for receiving the proper treatment, but don’t believe everything about any diagnosis. Just because the prognosis says you will experience certain unwanted symptoms or an exacerbated condition doesn’t mean you will or you have to.
Bring an Advocate
It’s a great idea to bring an advocate with you to all medical appointments – someone who has your best interest at heart, who can think clearly if you become emotional and will empower you to make your own choices, once you have all the information you need.
Do Believe in Your Ability to Heal
People heal and overcome all sorts of incurable and fatal diseases. In fact, your beliefs can and will override any probability or certainty of any expected outcome. When you believe in your ability to heal or be healed, it tells your body to heal and be healed.
There is a story of a dying man whose family instructed the doctor to tell the man that he had been cured so that he could live his remaining weeks in peace. Well, the man really believed the doctor’s “made up” prognosis and he lived another ten years – perfectly healthy. You don’t need a doctor to tell you that you are healed – you can simply and powerfully tell yourself. Your beliefs create your reality and instruct your body toward sickness or healing.
Don’t Fight Against the Problem
Traditional western medicine approaches healing by fighting against the problem, but whatever you fight against, you re-enforce. When you fight against anything, you feed energy to what you are trying to overcome. The problem grows by using your energy against you. From this perspective, it becomes easy to see that our traditional attempts at healing often contribute to keeping us sick.
Healing does not take place by focusing on illness or resisting illness. Healing takes place by focusing on health.
In order to heal you must align with health and wellbeing, and do what it takes to be healthy. This means giving your body what it really needs:
Over-Stand Healing
We get a diagnosis in order to understand what is going on in our bodies, but understanding is a very limited human perspective. What if you could stand OVER your physical challenges and see them from a divine perspective? When we “look from above,” we tap into the wisdom of the universe and we have access to all answers – including the ones that hold the power to heal.
There is a sacrifice for healing, but it is probably not what you think.
In order to align with health, you must give up dis-empowerment in exchange for healing, and you must sacrifice fear for faith.
In love, grace and gratitude,
Nanice
June 2016
Vaccines, Heavy Metals and neurology
Below this article is an article I found on Wake Up World on April 22, 2016. It is exactly what we have been saying needs to happen. Kim fired his doctors after his diagnosis and no-help suggestions. Then he changed his mind and found a way to heal. Kim's doctor suggested he get his flu shot right after his diagnosis. He chose not to. They also recommended that he go home and die. He also chose not to and is doing well. Watch the video at the bottom of the page to learn how dangerous all vaccines are.
On aluminum adjuvants, magnesium, and neurodegenerative effects including tics.
(Just had a breakthrough in understanding my son's tics and needed to share.)
When my son was 4 months old, a nurse gave him the pediarix vaccine without my permission. It has 850 mcg aluminum in it, more than any other vaccine. Two weeks later he developed a head tic. It came and went over the course of a month.
Fast forward to this past summer. My son had just turned four years old. We installed a reverse osmosis filtration system for our drinking water. Two months later my son began to have an eye tic. It rapidly grew worse over the course of two weeks (involving his whole face and even shoulder) while we made a doctor's appointment and struggled to figure out what was happening to him. (We eventually saw his doctor and a neurologist. Neither provided any helpful information.)
One night while investigating the issue, I found that low magnesium can cause tics. Then my husband found a World Health Organization article that mentioned reverse osmosis water leaches minerals from the body, such as magnesium. If your ratio of calcium to magnesium is too high, your muscles won't be able to relax and you will start to have tics.
We started giving him spring water and increased his intake of magnesium rich foods, and the tics went away almost completely within about 5-7 days.
I always thought that somehow the aluminum he was injected with as an infant was connected to the tics coming back this past summer. But I wasn't sure how, until accidentally coming across this study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9600675/?i=2&from=/1467159/related
Apparently they found that high aluminum exposure decreases the concentration of magnesium in the central nervous system tissues, causing degeneration through altering the normal biological function of magnesium.
So basically, the reason why my son was the only one in our family who was severely affected by the magnesium-depleting reverse osmosis water was because the aluminum in his system was making the situation much worse. (But the aluminum was injected four years ago, right? More on this below.)
Also: the study below states that having a higher Ca/Mg ratio (too much calcium and not enough magnesium) accelerates the uptake of aluminum into the brain which can cause even more neurodegenerative effects.
So - exposure to aluminum decreases magnesium. Low magnesium harms neurons. Low magnesium in turn allows more aluminum to get into the brain, causing more neurological damage.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1467159/
Even though it had been almost four years since he was given the pediarix vaccine, it has been found that the aluminum injected into the body via vaccine adjuvant can remain under the skin at that location for 4-5 years as it slowly relocates to other organs and tissues of the body (including the brain).
Aluminum remains under injection site for 4-5 years:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23052615/?i=3&from=/26539576/related
Highly delayed translocation of aluminum:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26384437/?i=32&
In addition: The link below is a case study about tics and other toxicological effects from having been dosed with aluminum hydroxide.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680909/
So in conclusion, not only does aluminum cause tics and neurodegenerative effects, and is linked to all kinds of neurological diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's, but the mechanism of action appears to be through messing with/depleting magnesium in the brain which increases calcium/magnesium ratio and causes neuron cell death.
Avoid aluminum and get magnesium rich foods in your diet! (Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds...) And take some Epsom salt (magnesium) baths.
Then there is this comprehensive vaccine documentary that gives you so much information about vaccines. At one time, vaccines may have had their place in prevention. However today the pharmaceutical world seems obsessed with making money through vaccinating everyone multiple times for everything imaginable. The list of how many shots kids get these days is crazy. The video is about 1 hour and 40 minutes long - if it has not been removed. Youtube is censoring everything these days especially if you mention the word vaccine. If you can't watch the whole thing, then try to get the first hour to understand the dangers of all the vaccines that our government wants to push on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_2BVsfdgI
How about if we just try to be healthy and take care of our bodies, so we don't need their expensive toxic vaccines?
Kay Cherry
July 2016
Mercury poisoning
Many PALS have mercury poisoning, not all but a big share. Kim had a whole mouthful. Here is an excellent article from Dr. Josh Axe's site that discusses mercury and how to detox.
Information on mercury detox from Dr. Axe's site:
https://draxe.com/health/mercury-poisoning/
August 2016 - Big Pharma Drug Dangers
August - Rilutek, Radicava and other drugs
Dear PALS and Caregivers.
Kim's most difficult initial symptom was difficulty breathing. The pulmonologist could not figure out what was wrong. The drugs they prescribed did nothing. Open heart surgery to fix a leaky heart valve did not fix the issues. This was all before the ALS diagnosis. So the year before he his diagnosis, he had all the drugs required for open heart surgery plus the asthma/pulmonary drugs, prednisone (which destroyed his Vitamin D levels and many minerals.) He nearly did not come out of the anesthesia after open heart surgery begging for air for hours although the machines said he was getting adequate oxygen. Then there was the negative effects from all the tests he was given like more than one CAT scan which is 100 times more radiation than a simple x-ray.
Then with the ALS diagnosis came the suggestion that he take Rilutek/Riluzole, the only drug recommended by the FDA for ALS with the explanation that it was not a cure. Kim refused the drug. Look at the side affects below.
I have a Physician Desk Reference Book which doctors use to learn about drugs.
There were three things that are supposed to be positive reasons to take the drug.
1 - Inhibitory effect on glutamate release. (Too much glutamate excites the brain affecting speech)
2 - In activation of voltage-dependent sodium channels
3 - Ability to interfere with intracellular events that follow transmitter binding at excitatory amino acid receptors.
I am not sure I understand all that, but there are better ways of reducing glutamate without taking a drug.
The first section of the side effects from the book list general side effects and following are side effects specific to body systems.
Asthma Dizziness Decreased lung function Decreased liver function Diarrhea
Abdominal pain Pneumonia ATL elevations Vomiting Vertigo
Circumoral Paresthesia Anorexia Somnolence Accidental injury
Apnea Bronchitis Constipation Death Dysphagia Dyspnea
Fly syndrome Increased sputum (saliva & mucus) Heart arrest Respiratory disorder
Digestive disorders Tremors Nutritional disorders Disables the thyroid
Whole Body Effects
Abscess Sepsis Photo-sensitivity reaction Cellulitis Face edema Hernia Peritonitis
Attempted suicide Intentional injury Enlarged abdomen Neoplasma
Digestive System
Increased appetite Intestinal obstruction Fecal impaction Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Gastrointestinal ulceration Gastritis Fecal incontinence Jaundice Hepatitis
Gum hemorrhage Tensemus Esophageal stenosis
Nervous System
Agitation Hallucinations Abnormal thinking Tremors Personality disorder Coma
Paranoid reaction Manic reaction Ataxia Extrapyramidal syndrome Hyperkinesia
Urinary retention Emotional lability Delusions Apathy Hypesthesia Incoordination
Confusion Convulsion Leg cramps Amnesia Dysarthria Increased Libido
Stupor Subdural hematoma Abnormal gait Delirium De-personalizaton
Facial Paralysis Hemiplegia Decreased libido Myoclonus
Skin and Apendages
Skin ulcerations Urticaria Psoriasis Seborrhea Skin disorders Fungal dermatitis
Respiratory
Hiccup Plueral disorder Asthma Epistaxis Hemoptysis yawn Hyperventilation
Lung edema Lung carcinoma Hypoxia Laryngitis Pleural effusion
Pneumothorax Respiratory moniliasis Stridor
Cardiovascular System
Syncope Hypertension Heart failure Migraine Peripheral ventricular extra systoles
Cerebral hemorrhage Atrial Fibrillaton Bundle branch block
Congestive heart failure Lower extremity embolus Mycocardial ischemia Shock
Metabolic & Nutritional Disorders
Gout Respiratory acidosis Edema Thirst Hypokalemia Hyponatreia weight gain
End of list.
Kim knew before his diagnosis that he did not want to take their drug, but had he looked over list he would have been even more certain to not take it. It begins to damage an already damaged liver from the very first pill.
Radicava - a new ALS treatment
Radicava (edaravone injection) is an intravenous medication indicated for the treatment of ALS. It is supposed to help eliminate free radicals, but there are many natural ways to do that without this dangerous and expensive treatment.
Common side affects include:
Statins
Another dangerous drug group relating to ALS are statin drugs that lower your cholesterol. In the last few years, it has come to light that statins have no impact on improving heart health. However, they do provide a vast amount of income for the drug companies and the doctors who prescribe them. Statins can create ALS, dementia, Alzheimer's, etc. Their mechanism of doing this is to kill glia cells in the body. The brain must have cholesterol to function. The protective coating around our nerves (called myelin sheath) is cholesterol and glia cells make that myelin sheath coating.
The methods of resolving the damaged myelin sheath is to eat organic apples and take the supplement called Lion's Mane Mushroom. All PALS have damaged myelin sheath whether they took statin drugs or not.
September 2016
Steve Arscott book and Radical Remission book
We received an amazing book from a new PALS, Steve Arscott. He was diagnosed in 2013 with severe bulbar ALS and told he had three weeks to live. His research is amazing. He found a naturopath an hour and a half from his home in Ontario, Canada that used a special device called REBA that measures subtle levels of our physiology through brain wave frequency. He details the 30 different times he went for testing and what they found each time. With each new find, they would use homeopathy treatments to help resolve the issues found. This is found in chapter 8 of his book.
He has many, many online links in his book to where his studies led him. He has an amazing chart at the very last page of the book that details so clearly where ALS can come from. Not every PALS may have everything on the chart, but I am guessing that each have many of them. It may take a larger event to progress to ALS, or it may just take the accumulation of so many. Here is the link to his book. He seems to have covered everything.
<<An Alternative View of ALS by Steve Arscott.pdf>>
If you cannot open the book, email us and we will send it to you.
Another book we learned about this month is called Radical Remission by Kelly Turner, PhD. It is research on how some cancer patients have faced cancer and gotten past it and remained in remission for many, many years with no return of cancer. She found it shocking that doctors had no interest in finding out why their patients went into permanent remission, so she studied it because she felt it was something very important that was being ignored. She traveled the world and studied hundreds of cases and the natural practitioners that helped them heal. Though she found about 75 different factors, there were 9 key factors that seemed to show up almost every time. She has a chapter on each, with personal stories included. They are:
Radically changing your diet
Taking control of your health
Following your intuition
Using herbs and supplements
Releasing suppressed emotions
Increasing positive emotions
Embracing social support
Deepening your spiritual connection
Having strong reasons for living.
Now why would I suggest you read a book on cancer? Because all the same principles apply to ALS as apply to cancer. PALS get the same line from the doctor as cancer patients do, go home and die, you have x amount of time left. However, with cancer they can do lots and lots of treatments, often times nearly destroying you or even killing you in the process. The old standby of cut, poison, and burn does save many, but too often the old adage of “the cure is worse than the disease” applies. But at least it is something. Some radical remission subjects in the book used a combination of standard cancer treatment and the things listed above. Though Dr. Turner says in the book that she is not opposed to, and in fact even supports the standard treatments for cancer, she points out that there may be much more to healing.
Healing from ALS is not an easy chore. It takes a lot of work, a lot of research and requires significant changes in your lifestyle, physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. But healing really is possible. (Kim really did play four rounds of golf last week!)
Our prayer is that you can find the answers you need to heal.
Kay Cherry
October 2016
Healing of Bernardino Coelho with the help of his father, Dr. Coelho
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
A few months ago I was given a link to an article written by Dr. Coelho, the father of Bernardino Coelho, both from Portugal. Bernardo developed ALS and his father helped him find ways to stop the progression. This link is an article by Dr. Coelho and includes a link to Bernardo's video. One thing that the article points out in the psychological aspect of the disease. Both physical and emotional issues must be addressed before healing can be accomplished.
http://healingwithdrcraig.com/video-films-radio/medical-doctor-father-helps-son-improve-als/
Kim and I have both read and discussed the article. Kim wonders what they did to detox because the article really didn't explain that. The main issue is that there are things that can be done to heal the body. Continue to research and put your mind in the right place to accept healing, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Our prayers are with you to find the right answers for you.
Kay Cherry
November 2016
Mental Imaging, Your Cells Are Listening
A dear friend gave us a booklet of inspirational messages. We wish to share one of them with you. It does not speak specifically about ALS, but much of what was in these articles is so pertinent to healing.
Believe! Believe!! Believe!!! By Harry De Camp
I am a man who lives today in a state of amazement. For 66 years of my 69 years, I had only a nodding relationship with God; how extraordinary, then, that when I was dying, He would bother to reach down and heal me. And yet he did just that.
Even when I was told I had cancer of the bladder four years ago, my first thought was not that I should pray to God. In fact, I wasn't all that desperate; it didn't seem like the end of the world to me. Actually it was harder on my wife, Bess. Her mother had been a nurse, and Bess had been brought up hearing all the cancer horror stories. But I felt that somehow medicine was going to save me. I had confidence in my doctor, and I followed his instructions.
I eased up. I sold my insurance business to my son-in-law. Although I was in and out of the hospital several times, the cancer moved slowly. Life seemed fairly normal until February 1978 when I went to the hospital for exploratory surgery. When I returned from the recovery room, my doctor was there. "Harry", he said, "I consider myself a competent surgeon, but you need somebody much better than I am". For the first time, I was afraid.
But the doctor went on to say, "We're sending you to the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. It's the best in the world." The idea that one of the finest surgeons in the world was going to operate on me gave me hope.
I knew that when I went to New York that my bladder would have to be removed. As terrible as it was, I was prepared to live with the inconvenience of all kind of medical contraptions. I was ready for anything if only I could be rid of the cancer.
But back in the recovery room on the day of the operation, through a haze of pain, I learned the truth. The great surgeon had sewn me up without removing my bladder. I cried in great racking sobs: My cancer is inoperable! That afternoon, one of the surgeon's assistants came to talk to me.
"No lies", I said.
"Well….." he said, his brow furrowed with concentration, "the cancer has spread so extensively to the surrounding tissue that to remove it all would mean….." he trailed off lamely.
"How much time do I have left?" I whispered.
"We can't promise you anything: a year, a month, or even a day."
I swallowed and licked my parched lips, "Where do I go from here?"
"I don't know," he replied.
Now I was facing a reality I hadn't faced before. I was going to die. They gave me some pain killers as big as thumbnails, and a supply of sleeping pills. Bess, bless her, put on a brave show.
"Now, Harry, we'll beat it yet," she said, as she propped me up in my easy chair in our living room. "We'll try the chemotherapy. And there are all sorts of other theories….." Somebody sent us literature from California about cancer patients being injected with massive doses of Vitamin C. Bess pounced on it as if someone had thrown us a life preserver.
But I knew I was dying. Whenever I lay down, I felt a though I were smothering, so most of the time I sat in my easy chair and stared at meaningless images on the TV screen. I wondered if I could commit suicide and, if I did, what would be the best way? The smell of food made me ill. "Harry," Bess fumed. "I don't care if you're not hungry! EAT!" I waved her away. What was the use? I am a big man, but my weight plummeted steadily.
Occasionally, I thought about praying to God, but I really didn't know how. I knew God was there, but He was some mystical Being, far away. It didn't seem right that after I'd ignored Him all these years I should start begging now. The words I said seemed to bounce off the ceiling.
Then two things happened, one right after the other. The first was the card. It didn't seem much different from all the other get-well cards. Yet for some reason, I kept returning to it. A friend had scribbled a message beneath her name "With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
How I wanted that to be true! Again and again I'd take out the card and look at it. Suppose it were true…..How do you go about making contact with God? ….Isn't it too late in the game to think about going to church?.....Should I pray harder? …….I was so confused I didn't know what to do. Yet the phrase kept coming back to me……."All things are possible with God!"
Then I read an article about another cancer victim. She too, was sent home to die - just like me. But she refused to die. Instead she began to read and reread about the healings of Jesus in the New Testament. She prayed constantly. She went to God determined that He was going to heal her. "Most of the time," she said. "we knock on His door so timidly, and open it just a little crack. We really don't expect God to reply."
Wasn't that what I was doing? Wasn't I knocking timidly? Should I knock more boldly, like the woman in that story?
I also read about a seriously wounded soldier who recovered by creating mental pictures of himself as a healthy, whole individual. The soldier also went to the Lord with utter confidence. He trusted the words of Jesus Christ that "Therefore I say unto you, Whatsoever things you desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall receive them." (Mark 11:24)
For the next three days I spent all my waking hours reading and rereading those two articles. I read them a dozen--three dozen times. I saturated my consciousness until the details of what these two people had done became part of me. The thing that both of them had in common was a simple, childlike trust that God loved them and would heal them. I decided that I was going to believe the same way they did. Right there in our living room, while Bess was clattering about in the kitchen and the TV was blaring with the noise of a game show, I bowed my head.
"Dear Heavenly Father", I said with conviction. "I am knocking on the door. I am here before Thee to say that I know without any doubt in the world that You are going to heal me".
Don't ask me to explain, but in that one incredible moment, the door swung open. For the first time in my life, God was close to me. He was at my elbow, literally. He was there! And for the first time in prayer, I felt as if I was talking to Somebody, not just to myself! A deep joy stirred within me.
"Bess! Bess!" I called out. Bess came running. I wanted to tell her what had happened, but I didn't have the words yet.
"Yes, Harry? What's the matter?" "I'm hungry," I said.
She looked at me peculiarly. "Would you like a glass of juice?"
"No," I said, "I want food." At first she thought I was kidding. I hadn't asked for anything in over four weeks. So she kidded back. "Well, why don't I run out and get you a nice big submarine sandwich?" "Fine", I said with a grin.
And Bess did just that. She ran out and bought a sandwich of ham and cheese and tomato and lettuce and watched in astonishment as I ate every bit of it - with gusto. She was only a bit less surprised when I ate a full breakfast the next morning, after my first full night's sleep in bed in weeks, and then took a walk - just a short one.
For the first two days after I found God, I prayed, not in the old, stilted, self-conscious way, but in my new format FAITH way. I prayed as I walked. I prayed while I sat in my easy chair, and I prayed when I went to bed. I was having a non-stop conversation with God, in Whom I now believed and trusted with all my heart.
On the third day, like the soldier in the story*, I began to picture my healing with images just as clear as if they were coming in our TV screen. I could see an army of white blood cells, led by the Lord, sweeping down from my shoulders into my stomach, swirling around in my bladder, battling their way into my liver, my heart. Regiment after regiment they came, endlessly, the white corpuscles moving relentlessly on the cancer cells, moving in and devouring them! On and on they swept, down into my legs and feet and toes, then to the top of my body, mopping up stray cancer cells as they went, until, at last, the battle was over, and the Lord and I stood in triumph.
Day after day I replayed that battle scene in my mind. It made me feel terrific. I felt full of health. My energy returned dramatically. I walked, drove my car, played 18 holes of golf and walked all the way. I dutifully went through with my chemotherapy treatments, but more to please Bess and my doctor than myself.
Six months later, I went back to my original doctor for an examination. He seemed surprised to see me looking so healthy and well.
I tried to prepare him. "Look, Doc," I said, "You're not going to find a thing. Believe me. I'm all better."
Smiling indulgently he replied. "Well, Harry……let's take a look anyway, shall we?"
He performed several tests and found that the malignant mass behind the bladder had disappeared. Everything seemed to be normal. The doctor was astounded but, nevertheless, cautious.
"Harry", he said, "the only way we can prove conclusively that you're free of cancer is to do another exploratory. But you look so healthy we're not about to do that. We'll keep an eye on you, but it looks very good".
That was over a year ago, and today I feel fit as a fiddle. So I continue to live in a state of amazement. I am amazed at the love of the Lord. I am amazed at His closeness. I'm amazed that it's all so simple, while I've spent my life making it so complicated.
The Lord told us the way to be healed - simply, powerfully, in two words: "………….ONLY BELIEVE".
*There is a reference to the soldier in the above story. It comes from the true story of Lew Miller. The book he wrote is "Your Divine Connection", Celestial Arts Co., Millbrae, California. He tells of how he healed his World War II wounds using mental imaging, after months and months of surgeries and hospitalization.
Then I ran across an article called Your Cells Are Listening from Wake Up World. It explores how our cells listen to our instructions from our brain. So tell your cells that they are going to heal 100,000 time or more if necessary. Here is the link:
https://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/24/your-cells-are-listening-how-talking-to-your-body-can-help-you-heal/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+The+Human+Aura+Observed+Through+Digital+Metadata&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse
Kim and I both believe that healing is not just the physical aspect but also the emotional and the spiritual. It is our sincere desire you find the answers you need to heal. We also believe that there is not one answer, that healing ALS is a multi-faceted task as we strive to heal each aspect of our emotional and physical health that is creating problems in our body.
December 2016
Kim's Five-Year Review
Kay has told me it is my turn to write an update for our website. This is a great month to do just that.
Today is the 22nd of November. It was five years ago today that we received that fatal diagnosis of ALS. I do not need to describe my feelings on that day. Most all of you that are reading this update are either PALS, or are very close to one, and have sat through the same visit with your neurologist. There is perhaps no way to say in a gentle way, “I am sorry. You really do have ALS. There is there no cure, nor is there an effective treatment for the disease. Do not waste your money on alternative therapies that give you false hope, and steal your money. Tough luck! Accept your fate and make the best of whatever time you have left.”
I have yet to talk to a PALS that walked away from that “visit” with anything but dread. I have had some bad days in my life, but few can top 22nd day of November, 2011.
Today, five years later, I stand as one that is triumphing over ALS. I am not yet completely healed. In fact, I am a quite a ways from it. But I have reversed the bigger bulbar issues that at one time seemed to be choking the life from me.
Those of you that have followed our site are familiar with my story. I did not instantly walk out of that fateful visit, knowing that I could outsmart ALS. It was a long process, but it started when I recognized and accepted the concept that this issue was not in the doctor’s hands. I had been dealt a nasty hand (poor pun because I am not a traditional gambler) but I still had the option as to how I was going to play the hand. No way was I ready to fold.
Our primary purpose with this website, and with our individual contact with hundreds of you, is to give you what none of our original doctors was able or willing to give us. That is the hope that comes from some unknow source that gives you not only the will power, but the strength to get up in the morning, ready to face another day with determination that today you are going to make progress in this war zone, against this relentless enemy.
I am still asked frequently, what exactly is it that enabled you to stop the progression of your ALS and then reverse it? My response is still that I am not really sure, but that I believe it is a combination of many things, most of which are listed on the Check List in the menu bar on our home page. But far and away, I feel the most important one thing that has led to my success is my early decision to take the control of my fight away from the doctors, however good their intentions were, and with the unfailing help and support of my sweetheart of 47 years yesterday, and to fight this monster head on.
There is no question that some of the components of our protocol are controversial, in particular, the oxidative therapies we use; ozone and hyperbaric therapies. However, the great majority of what we do makes complete common sense. And that is first, believe that all things are possible with God. Next, give the body the necessary tools to heal itself, and let it do the dirty work against ALS. Few of us really appreciate what a phenomenally magnificent, magical, and supreme creation this body we inhabit really is. And the most important nutrient we can give it are those of the mind and the spirit, or as the scriptures reference, the soul and the heart.
Kay and I move forward with hope and faith for a bright future. Knowing and coming to love so many of our fellow PALS and those that love them has truly been a blessing in our lives. And yes, I did celebrate my 5th anniversary with another round of golf.
God Speed to you all!
Kim
January - Magnesium and Magnesium Burn Rate
February - Fungus and Candida
March - Importance of proper sleep
April - Liver Health
May - Mind Power as related to healing
June - Vaccines, Heavy Metals and neurology
July - Mercury poisoning
August - Rilutek, Radicava and other drugs
September - Steve Arscott book and Radical Remission book
October - Healing of Bernardino Coelho with the help of his father, Dr. Coelho
November - Mental Imaging, Your Cells Are Listening
December - Kim's Five-Year Review
January 2016
Magnesium and Magnesium Burn Rate
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
I picked up our The Magnesium Miracle book by Dr. Carolyn Dean and I continue to learn many things from it. What she has to say and what is in her book is important for you if you want to heal your ALS.
Let me just list the 56 condition associated with magnesium deficiency that are listed in the front of her book: "Acid reflux, Adrenal fatigue, Alzheimer's disease, Angina, Anxiety and panic attacks, Arthritis, Asthma, Atherosclerosis with calcium deposits, Blood clots, Bowel disease, Brain dysfunction, Cholesterol elevation, Cystitis, Depression, Detoxification, Diabetes, Fatigue, Headaches, Heart Disease {including the prolapsed heart valves of Kim}, Hypertension, Hypoglycemia, Indigestion, Inflammation, Insomnia, Irritable bowel syndrome, Kidney disease, Kidney stones, Migraine, Musculoskeletal conditions {which includes muscle cramps, muscle spasms}, Nerve problems {which includes muscle weakness and twitching, seizures, etc.}, OB/GYM problems, Osteoporosis, Parkinson's, Raynaud's syndrome, Sports injuries, Sports recovery, Tooth decay." These 56 conditions each have an explanation as to why magnesium deficiency is at fault.
Then she says: "When you or your doctor don't realize that the above 56 conditions can be due to magnesium deficiency and are treatable with magnesium, you may be prescribed drugs. Unfortunately, drugs such as painkillers, diuretics, antibiotics and cortisone, many of which are inappropriately used for the aforementioned conditions, further deplete magnesium and other minerals, allowing symptoms to get completely out of control."
Magnesium is responsible for hundreds of functions in our body. Without it, many things can go wrong. Our standard American diet is very lacking in magnesium as processing of foods destroys any magnesium available in that food and the food additives are toxic which any available magnesium is trying to correct. Just cooking foods destroys magnesium.
Dr. Dean has a section in her book called: Magnesium's Many Roles. Let me just share her 14 headlines and see how many are applicable to ALS.
- Magnesium is a cofactor for the enzyme ATP (Our main source of energy.)
- Magnesium is an important membrane stabilizing agent.
- Magnesium is required for the structural integrity of nucleic acids.
- Magnesium is a cofactor for the enzyme guanosine triphosphatase. (Look that one up.)
- Magnesium is required for the structural integrity of numerous body proteins.
- Magnesium is a cofactor for the enzyme phospholipase C. (Look that one up.)
- Magnesium is a cofactor for the enzyme adenylate cyclase (production of hormones.)
- Magnesium is a cofactor for the enzyme guanylate cyclase. (Allows calcium to enter cell, etc.)
- Magnesium is a required cofactor for the activity of hundreds of enzymes. (So without it, they cannot do their jobs)
- Magnesium is a direct regulator of ion channels, most notably of the other key electrolytes, calcium, sodium and potassium. (Magnesium keeps calcium where it belongs instead of letting calcium cause trouble.)
- Magnesium is an important intracellular signaling molecule itself. (Cells have to communicate for the body to function.)
- Magnesium is a modulator of oxidative phosphorylation. (Helps the cell release energy.)
- Magnesium is intimately involved in nerve conduction.
- Magnesium is intimately involved in muscle function.
If even the last two don't perk your attention, then you don't understand ALS. Nerve conduction and muscle function are ALS. I cannot put her whole book here. You need to get it for yourself and study it and begin to apply the principles she teaches in it, like how much magnesium to take, which kinds of magnesium are the most valuable (there are many, many types of magnesium and some really are of very little value), how to properly get tested for magnesium (as a blood test is not a good test with only about 1% or our magnesium in our blood), what foods contain magnesium, etc. The book may have some terms you don't understand, but it is well written and on a level that most laymen can understand.
One extra note. I had a previous update about the "new magnesium L-threonate." Dr. Dean explains in her book that it is really just a marketing tool that it crosses the blood-brain barrier and that it really is of not much more valuable that other types of magnesium. Don't throw it away if you are taking it, just don't feel like it is the best magnesium on the block so that you need to get more. We are striving to continue to learn and share.
A blog recently by Dr. Dean talks about your Magnesium Burn rate or what can burn the magnesium from your body. Here is that information:
Gauging your Magnesium Burn Rate
Have you started supplementing with magnesium and yet haven’t quite gotten to the point of consistent relief from symptoms? If so, gauging your Magnesium Burn Rate is a strategy you can employ to determine how much magnesium you may be burning and whether or not you may actually need more magnesium to manage your daily stressors. Because, ultimately, that is what is happening within the chemistry of the body – magnesium is being utilized to manage all types of stress and biological functions. So being aware of your burn rate gives you an idea of how much magnesium you are using. This is much more important than just following the recommended daily allowance (RDA).
Here is a list of stressors as outlined by Dr. Elson Hass:
1. Physical: intense exertion, manual labor, lack of sleep, travel
2. Chemical: drugs, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and environmental pollutants such as cleaning chemicals or pesticides
3. Mental: perfectionism, worry, anxiety, long work hours
4. Emotional: anger, guilt, loneliness, sadness, fear
5. Nutritional: food allergies, vitamin, and mineral deficiency
6. Traumatic: injuries or burns, surgery, illness, infections, extreme temperatures
7. Psycho-spiritual: troubled relationships, financial or career pressures, challenges with life goals, spiritual alignment, happiness.
Finally, let's add the misdiagnosis by the medical profession of hundreds of magnesium deficiency symptoms. For example, telling an elderly woman that she is suffering a potentially fatal heart condition when it’s really a magnesium deficiency, it pretty darn stressful.
Your Magnesium Burn Rate escalates with every additional stressor. In order to take the right amount of magnesium you have to get to know your body. And you have to take the right type of magnesium for your body and for your symptoms.
We send each of your our prayers that you will find the ways to heal your body so your ALS can heal.
Kay Cherry
February 2016
Fungus and Candida
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
Our update today is on fungus and candida. We have covered this before, but the experiences we have had the last 13 months, have been a journey in getting rid of fungus but learning more about it. A year ago in January, Kim was invited by his Idaho golfing buddies to attend a golf tournament just south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Because we were staying in Brownsville, Texas at the time, driving seemed out of the question, so we flew. I had taken our supplements along but could not take any food with us. After about 5 days in Nevada and Arizona, Kim came down with a serious infection, which ended up with a trip to the emergency room in Brownsville right after our return home. He had a urinary tract infection and it required a round of antibiotics to clear it up. I talked to the doc about probiotics. She said just to not take them at the same time as the antibiotics. Our error was not getting anywhere near enough probiotics because for almost a year, Kim was fighting fungus issues. (What we were not aware of at the time was that a urinary tract infection is a fungal infection.) Finally in the summer, Kim did a candida cleanse program and he finally felt better.
Why would he get a fungal infection? Here is my idea. First we could not take our refrigerated sauerkraut (an excellent probiotic) with us on the airplane. Secondly all the meats we consumed over an 8 day period were not organic, essentially they were loaded with antibiotics which is what our meat growers produce. So for days, we were killing his good bacteria with the antibiotic meats and not getting adequate probiotics. It should be noted that I (Kay) developed a lump in my throat in mid-February after that golf tournament. It felt like a glob of mucus and I could never get rid of it. It was worse at night when I laid down. It has stayed with me for a year.
So when the tournament came up this year, I thought we would be much better prepared. First, we could drive up from Yuma and at least take our good breakfast with us. I took extra probiotic tablets, and we had one after each restaurant meal. The rooms at the hotel have no refrigerators or way to keep food cool, so we used ice and a cooler.
We were gone for 5 days. Kim caught a cold the day we got back and then shared it with me the next day. We have not had a cold in years and years. Kim tried to get one a few years back, but we were able to get rid of it right away.
An article came in from Deb Wot's facebook page about a lady that has fought Candida most of her life, and it almost killed her. I was beginning to read this article when it was time to head up north to the golf tournament. She enlightened me so much on the role of bacteria in our body, even fungus, but the damage it can do when it gets out of control with a high carb diet.
So just the other day, I was trying to think about why we both got colds and remembered that colds are a fungus issue and we had both been on an antibiotic diet for days.
The role of fungus in ALS is very real. Kim had fungus in his lungs initially and when he gets too much sugar, it comes back to haunt him.
We frequently eat out once a week or more, but in-between, we are eating organic meats. I have come to realize that too much antibiotic foods can be very dangerous.
The article is very long, but I hope you will take the time to read it. It has implications for PALS and Caregivers as we are all subject to the effects of the foods we eat. She discusses Lyme disease and as hard as that is to get rid of it, she says it is way easier than Candida.
The author, Johnna Wheeler, has a clinic in Austin, Texas and a web site that can be found on the link below. She states that she is writing a book to be published in the fall of 2016. I would order it right now if I could. I realize that many cannot go to Austin, TX to her clinic. However, the more we learn about how to be healthy, the sooner the ALS symptoms will resolve.
http://www.jvwhealthypeople-pets.info/candidayeastove.html
Our prayers are with each of our PALS and their families to find ways to heal.
Kay Cherry with Kim's approval.
A note from Kim: Another issue I feel is important as we all work on detoxing our bodies is to drink lots of pure water. I try to drink at least three to four quarts per day. It gets me up a few times each night, but I have a system that allows me to go right back to sleep. I believe it is well worth the inconvenience.
Another interesting note is that I sent my EMG and NCS records, as well others to the director of the ALS Clinic at Duke University, Dr. Richard Bedlack. He not only confirmed the original diagnosis, stating "The EMGs are very convincing of a widespread motor neuron disease", and that my improvement has been very impressive and would be characterized as an ALS Reversal "by my program's definition of such." That is a very significant admission by a leading ALS program, and something we were told could not be done.
Dr. Bedlack also has several other confirmed reversals cases and they hope to do a study.
We know we are doing a lot of things right. My progress continues!
Kim
March 2016
Importance of proper sleep
We had to make an emergency trip back to Idaho for the death of a loved one. We were gone for about 10 days, away from our equipment that Kim uses for ozone treatments. We took our organic breakfast stuff with us and mostly ate organic while gone, at least as best we could. But the challenge for Kim was sleep. He knows how critical it is for his health, but sometimes sleep would just not come with the loss of this loved one. Now, he is struggling some with a bad cough and lung issues. At least we know how to work on clearing them up.
Linked is an article from Dr. Josh Axe concerning the importance of good sleep.
https://draxe.com/health/sleep-deprivation/
Dr. Axe has written other articles on sleep. Just search for Sleep in his search window. If the information in this one does not resolve your sleep issues, then maybe one of his other ones will. (He has a search window on www.axe.com.)
We feel that one of the reasons for Kim's ALS diagnosis centered around his not getting enough sleep running two businesses and a brain that never wanted to stop. When you sleep properly in a dark room with no electronics, your body makes melatonin which makes glutathione, your master antioxidant. Antioxidants fight free radicals which are too abundant in PALS. If you turn on a light in the night, your melatonin production stops. You can guess that that is not a good thing, because PALS needs all the glutathione they can get.
Another sleep trick that has helped both Kim and I more recently (2020) is getting some sunlight in your face first thing in the morning for 10 to 20 minutes. That helps reset the circadian rhythm which is important for sleep. Then dimming the lights in the evening before bedtime helps the body begin to create melatonin.
So this is wishing you the best of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs in the coming nights and years.
Kay
April 2016
Liver Health
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
I have been trying to think for some months how to present some material on healing the liver. Then I realized that it is basically put together already on a web site.
There is a lady in Massachusetts named Linda Paulhus that may have the answers to the bulbar throat issues. She believes through her extensive study that the liver has become covered with plaque that is covering the fibrin netting of the liver and preventing the toxins from being processed. Then the toxins, bacteria, etc., back up into the lungs, throat and cranial area, because they have no escape route. If she is right, it could easily explain why so many PALS have such difficulty with the speech, throat, swallowing, tongue, saliva issues, etc. She believes that the liver becomes plugged with plaque from high carbohydrate diets (mostly gluten from wheat (which is a glue that clogs the fibrin net). In addition, alcohol consumption creates the same issue. The bulk of her research come from Dr. John Foster who wrote a paper called The Detoxx System: Detoxification of Biotoxins in Chronic Neurotoxin Syndrome. You can find it on www.mercola.com and just put “Detoxx” in the search window.
Linda has a plan which includes getting tested by dark field microscopy or also called live blood analysis. Those tests, different that the standard medical field uses, can spot issue on the liver and other health issues. Googling "live blood analysis" and your city may help you find an experienced technician to do the live blood analysis. Then go to www.essiac-linda-paulhus.com. Follow her “ALS” link and explore her other website at www.aslalternative.com. She is trying to raise money to research the natural means of healing ALS, which in our opinion is the only way to heal. How can a toxic drug heal a toxicity issue, and all drugs are toxic by law? Healingals.org is trying to produce a book and documentary on what others have done by natural means to heal ALS. Linda knows the devastation of ALS as her son died of ALS. She also spent 5 years in a wheel chair with Epstein Barr virus and has healed herself of that. So I believe she has some real keys in the huge ALS puzzle, especially the throat/speech issue.
We believe that the hyperbaric treatments that Kim used can help fungus issues and also helps when used with the other supplements and therapies as it seems to make them all work better, but alone the hyperbarics is not effective with ALS, and is very expensive. Our understanding of ozone is that the 3rd molecule of oxygen in the ozone just deletes the toxins and does not send them through the liver. But again, ozone can be expensive. We did it because it was the only thing we found to do when Kim’s health was failing rapidly with his severe breathing issues. We bought all our own equipment and could do it in our home as intensively as needed and then could back off as Kim healed.
Beware of IV chelation as it can send too many toxins through the liver at once and be very detrimental. Linda’s system of detoxing the liver is very gentle. It takes about year. (It took me about a year to reduce my lead poisoning, so a year is worth the investment.)
We believe that Linda has some real answers that are not nearly as expensive as what we did. Our prayers will be with you as you seek answers that are right for you.
In 2019, I ordered the book, Liver Rescue, by Anthony William. He has incredible knowledge about the liver and how it functions and how to fix it. His book includes recipes. I will warn you that it is long but his material is very easy to understand.
Kay Cherry
By the way, Kim is still doing well and shot his best round of golf of the year so far on March 30, although he would still like to do better on that golf score.
Note from Kim:
As most know, this site exists primarily because of the work and diligence of my wife. All I really do is to provide the study subject, which I am happy to do. But I also think it important that I include a short note with my thoughts with each monthly posting, if for no other reason than to establish that the "subject matter" is still viable.
I have said so many times that I wish we know exactly what the most important feature of our protocol has been. We regularly state our disclaimer in reference to our medical background (which is zero) and our qualifications, which many say are highly questionable. But as the scripture says, "By Their Fruits, Ye Shall Know Them." This is meant in no way to be sacrilegious, but the fact that I played 18 holes of golf yesterday, and have two more rounds scheduled yet this week, clearly indicates we have done something right. Granted, three rounds of golf (riding, not walking) is a bit much for me, I have never been able to turn down an invitation to play.
I have said many times that the most important decision we made early on was to push away from the life boat (dismissing our traditional doctors) and to start swimming to the distant shore that we could not even see, yet believed had to be there. But we could clearly see that the life boat was sinking and if we had stayed, we would have been shackled to it and would have gone down with all the other PALS on board. If we would have had just one of those doctors say, "Hey, I think you have a chance to beat this and I want to help you do that", we may have stayed with the boat, but we didn’t have that.
Having a positive mental attitude that can lead to healing, I believe, also requires a strong mental and spiritual support group, peace and tranquility in the home, and living as nearly as possible, the "Christ-like life", which means giving and receiving love and service. Though I am a far cry from being a true Christ-like example, our attempt at doing so has been monumental in my healing. I truly believe the prayers and faith of countless others has had greater benefit to my healing than my own.
Just to clarify my true condition, I walk like a drunk, but I still walk, without a walker or even a cane. My drop-foot and weakness in my lower legs causes significant issues with my knees, and to some extent, my hips, but that may also have something to do with being 68 years old.
We are always here. May God Bless All Our PALS.
Kim
May 2016
Mind Power as related to healing
Dear PALS and caregivers,
Below this article is an article I found on Wake Up World on April 22, 2016. ( A link and the printed article) It is exactly what we have been saying needs to happen. Kim fired his doctors after his diagnosis and their no-help suggestions. He refused to believe that he could not beat ALS, and together we found a way to heal. It included us surrounding ourselves only with people of a like mind set.
We pray that you can use the power of your mind to heal. Kay Cherry
A Note From Kim:
I have always loved sports. Fighting ALS is very similar to playing in the Super Bowl. Everything is on the line. But I doubt that any team has ever won a Super Bowl that didn't have players that believed with all their hearts that they could, should, or maybe even would win the game. Every PALS must recognize that they are in an ultimate "Super Bowl", that they are the quarterback of their team, and that their very lives are on the line. If you have doctors that are on your team, they had better have that same belief. But remember that you are the one that calls the shots, and you are the one that can make the ultimate difference.
Read the following article, every day if you need to. Nothing else will work if you do not believe this concept. This truly has been our #1 therapy. Everything else is secondary.
May God Bless Each of You, and give you the power to BELIEVE!
Next Important Healing Information:
http://wakeup-world.com/2016/04/20/are-doctors-making-you-sicker-reclaim-your-innate-power-to-heal/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+4+Powerful+Ancient+Herbs+for+Boosting+Your+Brain+Power+and+Rebuilding+Neuronal+Connections&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse
Are Doctors Making You Sicker? Reclaim Your Innate Power to Heal!
20th April 2016 By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World
Did you know that your mind/body is the world’s most sophisticated quantum computer – capable of amazing rejuvenation and great healing? Every organ, cell and body part functions harmoniously because they are programmed to do so, and if there is a problem, your mind/body knows how heal.
The only time you don’t have the ability to heal is when disempowering programs are running and overriding health and healing. Disempowering programs are strong beliefs that run in the subconscious mind and can unconsciously control us, resulting in mental, emotional and/or physical dysfunction. We can unknowingly “pick up” disempowering programs/beliefs anywhere, but a doctor’s office or hospital is actually one of the easiest places to get a disempowering program installed.
When we seek medical attention, we are often sick or afraid of being sick, and because we are looking for someone in authority to solve our health problems, we give our power away in exchange for healing. The combination of fear and powerlessness causes an altered state of consciousness so when we receive a medical diagnosis, and we accept it as truth, the diagnosis is seamlessly installed as a program in the subconscious mind.
Not knowing that a diagnosis is a program for disease or disability, as the doctor defines the symptoms and prognosis, the patient literally downloads all aspects of the disease or disorder. Let’s say that a patient went to see his doctor with a nagging cough and the doctor diagnosed “ABC disease” – once the patient knows that he “has” this disease, and he believes the prognosis, he may suddenly begin to experience all the symptoms associated with the disease, and if there is an expected progression, the disease may quickly escalate to the next stage.
This may explain why people often get sicker immediately after receiving a diagnosis.
I am certainly not saying that you should never go to a doctor or seek medical attention. This is the not the point or the issue. The advances in modern medicine are nothing less than impressive, but despite the knowledge of the medical community, no one knows how to heal your body better than you. This means that if you give your power away to a medical authority and accept a diagnosis as absolute law, you diminish your self-healing abilities.
So, how do you maintain your power of self-healing while still benefiting from mainstream medicine? Here are some helpful guidelines to support your journey of healing.
Don’t Believe Everything You are Told
If you seek medical assistance, don’t automatically believe everything you are told. Most traditional doctors are trained in a “left brain” manner; this means that they run tests and do assessments and then based on the results, they draw conclusions. This sounds logical and reliable on the surface, but it is all very mechanical. If we were machines, this would be a good approach to fixing our problems, but we are not machines.
There is nothing essentially wrong with a mechanical approach to medicine, but if you rely purely on this way of healing, you miss the innate key to healing, because a purely mechanical approach allows no room for the infinite intelligence of the mind and body. Beyond the basic functioning of our physical bodies, there is an energetic source that runs the whole system of life – this source of energy has the ability to heal the incurable and overcome the impossible. Every cell in your body has consciousness and consciousness can respond to your higher consciousness – which means that you must command healing!
Command Healing
Whatever you say after “I am” is heard and recorded by your subconscious mind, thereby commanding your body to respond accordingly. This means that every time you think or say, “I am sick” you command your body to be sick.
Your body listens to all your commands, so, if you want to heal, you must command healing. Saying that you don’t want to be sick is not a command for health because you are focusing on being sick. In order to align with healing, you must clearly command, “I am healed, or I am healing.” Trillions of cells in your body are waiting and listening for your healing direction.
Don’t Make a Diagnosis Your Identity
Once you identify with a particular physical issue, and you attach your identity to it, suddenly, you are a cancer victim or heart patient. This makes you sicker because your belief in your illness worsens your illness. As your identity gets more and more entangled with the diagnosis, you become part of the problem. If you unknowingly anchor the program in your body, through your beliefs, you might even reprogram your DNA, and pass a health issue down to your off-spring.
Certainly, use a diagnosis as a tool for healing but, whatever you do, don’t make a diagnosis your identity. Above all, it is important to remember that you are not a diagnosis. You are a whole being with an incredible capacity to heal.
Drop the Labels
The labeling of diseases is a very helpful strategy for understanding and prescribing care or cure, but labels can also make it harder to heal. Once we are labeled with such things as ADHD, immune disorders, mental disorders or some disability, we have proof of our problems, and if we use that proof to show the world why we are disabled or stuck in our lives, we further reinforce the problems. Labels can also cause other people to see us differently and maybe even treat us differently.
Healing requires that you see yourself over and above all labels, but, if you are going to label yourself, label yourself “healed.”
Keep Your Power
If you want to heal, you must Keep Your Power, and not give it away to any medical practitioner, and not even to a new age or alternative health practitioner. The more you allow others to control treatment, the less power you have to heal yourself. Don’t be intimidated, or pressured, by doctors or anyone in authority – it’s your body and you get the last say; listen to your body and respect your intuitive wisdom, over and above even the best experts in the field.
Every day, countless people worldwide heal themselves from all kinds of diseases and injuries. One of my best friends healed herself of multiple sclerosis which is said to be incurable. She rejected the diagnosis and the wheel-chair bound prognosis, and she set out to heal herself. She celebrated her full healing by hiking Machu Picchu – I could barely keep up.
Do Research
Do research on the internet and also on the “inner-net.” You can find information about virtually anything on the internet, allowing you to make empowering choices, but don’t ignore your “inner-net” – if you know how to listen, by developing a mindfulness practice, your body will give you an abundance of information, guiding you to health and wellbeing.
Discernment is Key
If you seek medical assistance, be discerning and recognize the limitations of traditional western medicine. Just because a doctor gives you a diagnosis doesn’t mean it is right or you have to accept it. If you don’t believe a diagnosis, the program cannot get installed. Get second and third opinions and, if all agree, and a diagnosis seems correct, use it as a means for receiving the proper treatment, but don’t believe everything about any diagnosis. Just because the prognosis says you will experience certain unwanted symptoms or an exacerbated condition doesn’t mean you will or you have to.
Bring an Advocate
It’s a great idea to bring an advocate with you to all medical appointments – someone who has your best interest at heart, who can think clearly if you become emotional and will empower you to make your own choices, once you have all the information you need.
Do Believe in Your Ability to Heal
People heal and overcome all sorts of incurable and fatal diseases. In fact, your beliefs can and will override any probability or certainty of any expected outcome. When you believe in your ability to heal or be healed, it tells your body to heal and be healed.
There is a story of a dying man whose family instructed the doctor to tell the man that he had been cured so that he could live his remaining weeks in peace. Well, the man really believed the doctor’s “made up” prognosis and he lived another ten years – perfectly healthy. You don’t need a doctor to tell you that you are healed – you can simply and powerfully tell yourself. Your beliefs create your reality and instruct your body toward sickness or healing.
Don’t Fight Against the Problem
Traditional western medicine approaches healing by fighting against the problem, but whatever you fight against, you re-enforce. When you fight against anything, you feed energy to what you are trying to overcome. The problem grows by using your energy against you. From this perspective, it becomes easy to see that our traditional attempts at healing often contribute to keeping us sick.
Healing does not take place by focusing on illness or resisting illness. Healing takes place by focusing on health.
In order to heal you must align with health and wellbeing, and do what it takes to be healthy. This means giving your body what it really needs:
- Proper nutrition
- Rest and recuperation
- Supportive movement/exercise
- Detoxing from chemicals, toxins, etc…
- Mindfulness practice
- Listening to your intuition
- Trusting your body and act accordingly
Over-Stand Healing
We get a diagnosis in order to understand what is going on in our bodies, but understanding is a very limited human perspective. What if you could stand OVER your physical challenges and see them from a divine perspective? When we “look from above,” we tap into the wisdom of the universe and we have access to all answers – including the ones that hold the power to heal.
There is a sacrifice for healing, but it is probably not what you think.
In order to align with health, you must give up dis-empowerment in exchange for healing, and you must sacrifice fear for faith.
In love, grace and gratitude,
Nanice
June 2016
Vaccines, Heavy Metals and neurology
Below this article is an article I found on Wake Up World on April 22, 2016. It is exactly what we have been saying needs to happen. Kim fired his doctors after his diagnosis and no-help suggestions. Then he changed his mind and found a way to heal. Kim's doctor suggested he get his flu shot right after his diagnosis. He chose not to. They also recommended that he go home and die. He also chose not to and is doing well. Watch the video at the bottom of the page to learn how dangerous all vaccines are.
On aluminum adjuvants, magnesium, and neurodegenerative effects including tics.
(Just had a breakthrough in understanding my son's tics and needed to share.)
When my son was 4 months old, a nurse gave him the pediarix vaccine without my permission. It has 850 mcg aluminum in it, more than any other vaccine. Two weeks later he developed a head tic. It came and went over the course of a month.
Fast forward to this past summer. My son had just turned four years old. We installed a reverse osmosis filtration system for our drinking water. Two months later my son began to have an eye tic. It rapidly grew worse over the course of two weeks (involving his whole face and even shoulder) while we made a doctor's appointment and struggled to figure out what was happening to him. (We eventually saw his doctor and a neurologist. Neither provided any helpful information.)
One night while investigating the issue, I found that low magnesium can cause tics. Then my husband found a World Health Organization article that mentioned reverse osmosis water leaches minerals from the body, such as magnesium. If your ratio of calcium to magnesium is too high, your muscles won't be able to relax and you will start to have tics.
We started giving him spring water and increased his intake of magnesium rich foods, and the tics went away almost completely within about 5-7 days.
I always thought that somehow the aluminum he was injected with as an infant was connected to the tics coming back this past summer. But I wasn't sure how, until accidentally coming across this study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9600675/?i=2&from=/1467159/related
Apparently they found that high aluminum exposure decreases the concentration of magnesium in the central nervous system tissues, causing degeneration through altering the normal biological function of magnesium.
So basically, the reason why my son was the only one in our family who was severely affected by the magnesium-depleting reverse osmosis water was because the aluminum in his system was making the situation much worse. (But the aluminum was injected four years ago, right? More on this below.)
Also: the study below states that having a higher Ca/Mg ratio (too much calcium and not enough magnesium) accelerates the uptake of aluminum into the brain which can cause even more neurodegenerative effects.
So - exposure to aluminum decreases magnesium. Low magnesium harms neurons. Low magnesium in turn allows more aluminum to get into the brain, causing more neurological damage.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1467159/
Even though it had been almost four years since he was given the pediarix vaccine, it has been found that the aluminum injected into the body via vaccine adjuvant can remain under the skin at that location for 4-5 years as it slowly relocates to other organs and tissues of the body (including the brain).
Aluminum remains under injection site for 4-5 years:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23052615/?i=3&from=/26539576/related
Highly delayed translocation of aluminum:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26384437/?i=32&
In addition: The link below is a case study about tics and other toxicological effects from having been dosed with aluminum hydroxide.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680909/
So in conclusion, not only does aluminum cause tics and neurodegenerative effects, and is linked to all kinds of neurological diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's, but the mechanism of action appears to be through messing with/depleting magnesium in the brain which increases calcium/magnesium ratio and causes neuron cell death.
Avoid aluminum and get magnesium rich foods in your diet! (Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds...) And take some Epsom salt (magnesium) baths.
Then there is this comprehensive vaccine documentary that gives you so much information about vaccines. At one time, vaccines may have had their place in prevention. However today the pharmaceutical world seems obsessed with making money through vaccinating everyone multiple times for everything imaginable. The list of how many shots kids get these days is crazy. The video is about 1 hour and 40 minutes long - if it has not been removed. Youtube is censoring everything these days especially if you mention the word vaccine. If you can't watch the whole thing, then try to get the first hour to understand the dangers of all the vaccines that our government wants to push on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_2BVsfdgI
How about if we just try to be healthy and take care of our bodies, so we don't need their expensive toxic vaccines?
Kay Cherry
July 2016
Mercury poisoning
Many PALS have mercury poisoning, not all but a big share. Kim had a whole mouthful. Here is an excellent article from Dr. Josh Axe's site that discusses mercury and how to detox.
Information on mercury detox from Dr. Axe's site:
https://draxe.com/health/mercury-poisoning/
August 2016 - Big Pharma Drug Dangers
August - Rilutek, Radicava and other drugs
Dear PALS and Caregivers.
Kim's most difficult initial symptom was difficulty breathing. The pulmonologist could not figure out what was wrong. The drugs they prescribed did nothing. Open heart surgery to fix a leaky heart valve did not fix the issues. This was all before the ALS diagnosis. So the year before he his diagnosis, he had all the drugs required for open heart surgery plus the asthma/pulmonary drugs, prednisone (which destroyed his Vitamin D levels and many minerals.) He nearly did not come out of the anesthesia after open heart surgery begging for air for hours although the machines said he was getting adequate oxygen. Then there was the negative effects from all the tests he was given like more than one CAT scan which is 100 times more radiation than a simple x-ray.
Then with the ALS diagnosis came the suggestion that he take Rilutek/Riluzole, the only drug recommended by the FDA for ALS with the explanation that it was not a cure. Kim refused the drug. Look at the side affects below.
I have a Physician Desk Reference Book which doctors use to learn about drugs.
There were three things that are supposed to be positive reasons to take the drug.
1 - Inhibitory effect on glutamate release. (Too much glutamate excites the brain affecting speech)
2 - In activation of voltage-dependent sodium channels
3 - Ability to interfere with intracellular events that follow transmitter binding at excitatory amino acid receptors.
I am not sure I understand all that, but there are better ways of reducing glutamate without taking a drug.
The first section of the side effects from the book list general side effects and following are side effects specific to body systems.
Asthma Dizziness Decreased lung function Decreased liver function Diarrhea
Abdominal pain Pneumonia ATL elevations Vomiting Vertigo
Circumoral Paresthesia Anorexia Somnolence Accidental injury
Apnea Bronchitis Constipation Death Dysphagia Dyspnea
Fly syndrome Increased sputum (saliva & mucus) Heart arrest Respiratory disorder
Digestive disorders Tremors Nutritional disorders Disables the thyroid
Whole Body Effects
Abscess Sepsis Photo-sensitivity reaction Cellulitis Face edema Hernia Peritonitis
Attempted suicide Intentional injury Enlarged abdomen Neoplasma
Digestive System
Increased appetite Intestinal obstruction Fecal impaction Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Gastrointestinal ulceration Gastritis Fecal incontinence Jaundice Hepatitis
Gum hemorrhage Tensemus Esophageal stenosis
Nervous System
Agitation Hallucinations Abnormal thinking Tremors Personality disorder Coma
Paranoid reaction Manic reaction Ataxia Extrapyramidal syndrome Hyperkinesia
Urinary retention Emotional lability Delusions Apathy Hypesthesia Incoordination
Confusion Convulsion Leg cramps Amnesia Dysarthria Increased Libido
Stupor Subdural hematoma Abnormal gait Delirium De-personalizaton
Facial Paralysis Hemiplegia Decreased libido Myoclonus
Skin and Apendages
Skin ulcerations Urticaria Psoriasis Seborrhea Skin disorders Fungal dermatitis
Respiratory
Hiccup Plueral disorder Asthma Epistaxis Hemoptysis yawn Hyperventilation
Lung edema Lung carcinoma Hypoxia Laryngitis Pleural effusion
Pneumothorax Respiratory moniliasis Stridor
Cardiovascular System
Syncope Hypertension Heart failure Migraine Peripheral ventricular extra systoles
Cerebral hemorrhage Atrial Fibrillaton Bundle branch block
Congestive heart failure Lower extremity embolus Mycocardial ischemia Shock
Metabolic & Nutritional Disorders
Gout Respiratory acidosis Edema Thirst Hypokalemia Hyponatreia weight gain
End of list.
Kim knew before his diagnosis that he did not want to take their drug, but had he looked over list he would have been even more certain to not take it. It begins to damage an already damaged liver from the very first pill.
Radicava - a new ALS treatment
Radicava (edaravone injection) is an intravenous medication indicated for the treatment of ALS. It is supposed to help eliminate free radicals, but there are many natural ways to do that without this dangerous and expensive treatment.
Common side affects include:
- bruising
- gait disturbance (men are losing their ability to walk)
- headache
- skin inflammation or rash
- eczema
- respiratory failure
- respiratory disorder
- oxygen deficiency
- glucose in the urine
- fungal skin infection such as ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot
Statins
Another dangerous drug group relating to ALS are statin drugs that lower your cholesterol. In the last few years, it has come to light that statins have no impact on improving heart health. However, they do provide a vast amount of income for the drug companies and the doctors who prescribe them. Statins can create ALS, dementia, Alzheimer's, etc. Their mechanism of doing this is to kill glia cells in the body. The brain must have cholesterol to function. The protective coating around our nerves (called myelin sheath) is cholesterol and glia cells make that myelin sheath coating.
The methods of resolving the damaged myelin sheath is to eat organic apples and take the supplement called Lion's Mane Mushroom. All PALS have damaged myelin sheath whether they took statin drugs or not.
September 2016
Steve Arscott book and Radical Remission book
We received an amazing book from a new PALS, Steve Arscott. He was diagnosed in 2013 with severe bulbar ALS and told he had three weeks to live. His research is amazing. He found a naturopath an hour and a half from his home in Ontario, Canada that used a special device called REBA that measures subtle levels of our physiology through brain wave frequency. He details the 30 different times he went for testing and what they found each time. With each new find, they would use homeopathy treatments to help resolve the issues found. This is found in chapter 8 of his book.
He has many, many online links in his book to where his studies led him. He has an amazing chart at the very last page of the book that details so clearly where ALS can come from. Not every PALS may have everything on the chart, but I am guessing that each have many of them. It may take a larger event to progress to ALS, or it may just take the accumulation of so many. Here is the link to his book. He seems to have covered everything.
<<An Alternative View of ALS by Steve Arscott.pdf>>
If you cannot open the book, email us and we will send it to you.
Another book we learned about this month is called Radical Remission by Kelly Turner, PhD. It is research on how some cancer patients have faced cancer and gotten past it and remained in remission for many, many years with no return of cancer. She found it shocking that doctors had no interest in finding out why their patients went into permanent remission, so she studied it because she felt it was something very important that was being ignored. She traveled the world and studied hundreds of cases and the natural practitioners that helped them heal. Though she found about 75 different factors, there were 9 key factors that seemed to show up almost every time. She has a chapter on each, with personal stories included. They are:
Radically changing your diet
Taking control of your health
Following your intuition
Using herbs and supplements
Releasing suppressed emotions
Increasing positive emotions
Embracing social support
Deepening your spiritual connection
Having strong reasons for living.
Now why would I suggest you read a book on cancer? Because all the same principles apply to ALS as apply to cancer. PALS get the same line from the doctor as cancer patients do, go home and die, you have x amount of time left. However, with cancer they can do lots and lots of treatments, often times nearly destroying you or even killing you in the process. The old standby of cut, poison, and burn does save many, but too often the old adage of “the cure is worse than the disease” applies. But at least it is something. Some radical remission subjects in the book used a combination of standard cancer treatment and the things listed above. Though Dr. Turner says in the book that she is not opposed to, and in fact even supports the standard treatments for cancer, she points out that there may be much more to healing.
Healing from ALS is not an easy chore. It takes a lot of work, a lot of research and requires significant changes in your lifestyle, physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. But healing really is possible. (Kim really did play four rounds of golf last week!)
Our prayer is that you can find the answers you need to heal.
Kay Cherry
October 2016
Healing of Bernardino Coelho with the help of his father, Dr. Coelho
Dear PALS and Caregivers,
A few months ago I was given a link to an article written by Dr. Coelho, the father of Bernardino Coelho, both from Portugal. Bernardo developed ALS and his father helped him find ways to stop the progression. This link is an article by Dr. Coelho and includes a link to Bernardo's video. One thing that the article points out in the psychological aspect of the disease. Both physical and emotional issues must be addressed before healing can be accomplished.
http://healingwithdrcraig.com/video-films-radio/medical-doctor-father-helps-son-improve-als/
Kim and I have both read and discussed the article. Kim wonders what they did to detox because the article really didn't explain that. The main issue is that there are things that can be done to heal the body. Continue to research and put your mind in the right place to accept healing, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Our prayers are with you to find the right answers for you.
Kay Cherry
November 2016
Mental Imaging, Your Cells Are Listening
A dear friend gave us a booklet of inspirational messages. We wish to share one of them with you. It does not speak specifically about ALS, but much of what was in these articles is so pertinent to healing.
Believe! Believe!! Believe!!! By Harry De Camp
I am a man who lives today in a state of amazement. For 66 years of my 69 years, I had only a nodding relationship with God; how extraordinary, then, that when I was dying, He would bother to reach down and heal me. And yet he did just that.
Even when I was told I had cancer of the bladder four years ago, my first thought was not that I should pray to God. In fact, I wasn't all that desperate; it didn't seem like the end of the world to me. Actually it was harder on my wife, Bess. Her mother had been a nurse, and Bess had been brought up hearing all the cancer horror stories. But I felt that somehow medicine was going to save me. I had confidence in my doctor, and I followed his instructions.
I eased up. I sold my insurance business to my son-in-law. Although I was in and out of the hospital several times, the cancer moved slowly. Life seemed fairly normal until February 1978 when I went to the hospital for exploratory surgery. When I returned from the recovery room, my doctor was there. "Harry", he said, "I consider myself a competent surgeon, but you need somebody much better than I am". For the first time, I was afraid.
But the doctor went on to say, "We're sending you to the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. It's the best in the world." The idea that one of the finest surgeons in the world was going to operate on me gave me hope.
I knew that when I went to New York that my bladder would have to be removed. As terrible as it was, I was prepared to live with the inconvenience of all kind of medical contraptions. I was ready for anything if only I could be rid of the cancer.
But back in the recovery room on the day of the operation, through a haze of pain, I learned the truth. The great surgeon had sewn me up without removing my bladder. I cried in great racking sobs: My cancer is inoperable! That afternoon, one of the surgeon's assistants came to talk to me.
"No lies", I said.
"Well….." he said, his brow furrowed with concentration, "the cancer has spread so extensively to the surrounding tissue that to remove it all would mean….." he trailed off lamely.
"How much time do I have left?" I whispered.
"We can't promise you anything: a year, a month, or even a day."
I swallowed and licked my parched lips, "Where do I go from here?"
"I don't know," he replied.
Now I was facing a reality I hadn't faced before. I was going to die. They gave me some pain killers as big as thumbnails, and a supply of sleeping pills. Bess, bless her, put on a brave show.
"Now, Harry, we'll beat it yet," she said, as she propped me up in my easy chair in our living room. "We'll try the chemotherapy. And there are all sorts of other theories….." Somebody sent us literature from California about cancer patients being injected with massive doses of Vitamin C. Bess pounced on it as if someone had thrown us a life preserver.
But I knew I was dying. Whenever I lay down, I felt a though I were smothering, so most of the time I sat in my easy chair and stared at meaningless images on the TV screen. I wondered if I could commit suicide and, if I did, what would be the best way? The smell of food made me ill. "Harry," Bess fumed. "I don't care if you're not hungry! EAT!" I waved her away. What was the use? I am a big man, but my weight plummeted steadily.
Occasionally, I thought about praying to God, but I really didn't know how. I knew God was there, but He was some mystical Being, far away. It didn't seem right that after I'd ignored Him all these years I should start begging now. The words I said seemed to bounce off the ceiling.
Then two things happened, one right after the other. The first was the card. It didn't seem much different from all the other get-well cards. Yet for some reason, I kept returning to it. A friend had scribbled a message beneath her name "With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
How I wanted that to be true! Again and again I'd take out the card and look at it. Suppose it were true…..How do you go about making contact with God? ….Isn't it too late in the game to think about going to church?.....Should I pray harder? …….I was so confused I didn't know what to do. Yet the phrase kept coming back to me……."All things are possible with God!"
Then I read an article about another cancer victim. She too, was sent home to die - just like me. But she refused to die. Instead she began to read and reread about the healings of Jesus in the New Testament. She prayed constantly. She went to God determined that He was going to heal her. "Most of the time," she said. "we knock on His door so timidly, and open it just a little crack. We really don't expect God to reply."
Wasn't that what I was doing? Wasn't I knocking timidly? Should I knock more boldly, like the woman in that story?
I also read about a seriously wounded soldier who recovered by creating mental pictures of himself as a healthy, whole individual. The soldier also went to the Lord with utter confidence. He trusted the words of Jesus Christ that "Therefore I say unto you, Whatsoever things you desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall receive them." (Mark 11:24)
For the next three days I spent all my waking hours reading and rereading those two articles. I read them a dozen--three dozen times. I saturated my consciousness until the details of what these two people had done became part of me. The thing that both of them had in common was a simple, childlike trust that God loved them and would heal them. I decided that I was going to believe the same way they did. Right there in our living room, while Bess was clattering about in the kitchen and the TV was blaring with the noise of a game show, I bowed my head.
"Dear Heavenly Father", I said with conviction. "I am knocking on the door. I am here before Thee to say that I know without any doubt in the world that You are going to heal me".
Don't ask me to explain, but in that one incredible moment, the door swung open. For the first time in my life, God was close to me. He was at my elbow, literally. He was there! And for the first time in prayer, I felt as if I was talking to Somebody, not just to myself! A deep joy stirred within me.
"Bess! Bess!" I called out. Bess came running. I wanted to tell her what had happened, but I didn't have the words yet.
"Yes, Harry? What's the matter?" "I'm hungry," I said.
She looked at me peculiarly. "Would you like a glass of juice?"
"No," I said, "I want food." At first she thought I was kidding. I hadn't asked for anything in over four weeks. So she kidded back. "Well, why don't I run out and get you a nice big submarine sandwich?" "Fine", I said with a grin.
And Bess did just that. She ran out and bought a sandwich of ham and cheese and tomato and lettuce and watched in astonishment as I ate every bit of it - with gusto. She was only a bit less surprised when I ate a full breakfast the next morning, after my first full night's sleep in bed in weeks, and then took a walk - just a short one.
For the first two days after I found God, I prayed, not in the old, stilted, self-conscious way, but in my new format FAITH way. I prayed as I walked. I prayed while I sat in my easy chair, and I prayed when I went to bed. I was having a non-stop conversation with God, in Whom I now believed and trusted with all my heart.
On the third day, like the soldier in the story*, I began to picture my healing with images just as clear as if they were coming in our TV screen. I could see an army of white blood cells, led by the Lord, sweeping down from my shoulders into my stomach, swirling around in my bladder, battling their way into my liver, my heart. Regiment after regiment they came, endlessly, the white corpuscles moving relentlessly on the cancer cells, moving in and devouring them! On and on they swept, down into my legs and feet and toes, then to the top of my body, mopping up stray cancer cells as they went, until, at last, the battle was over, and the Lord and I stood in triumph.
Day after day I replayed that battle scene in my mind. It made me feel terrific. I felt full of health. My energy returned dramatically. I walked, drove my car, played 18 holes of golf and walked all the way. I dutifully went through with my chemotherapy treatments, but more to please Bess and my doctor than myself.
Six months later, I went back to my original doctor for an examination. He seemed surprised to see me looking so healthy and well.
I tried to prepare him. "Look, Doc," I said, "You're not going to find a thing. Believe me. I'm all better."
Smiling indulgently he replied. "Well, Harry……let's take a look anyway, shall we?"
He performed several tests and found that the malignant mass behind the bladder had disappeared. Everything seemed to be normal. The doctor was astounded but, nevertheless, cautious.
"Harry", he said, "the only way we can prove conclusively that you're free of cancer is to do another exploratory. But you look so healthy we're not about to do that. We'll keep an eye on you, but it looks very good".
That was over a year ago, and today I feel fit as a fiddle. So I continue to live in a state of amazement. I am amazed at the love of the Lord. I am amazed at His closeness. I'm amazed that it's all so simple, while I've spent my life making it so complicated.
The Lord told us the way to be healed - simply, powerfully, in two words: "………….ONLY BELIEVE".
*There is a reference to the soldier in the above story. It comes from the true story of Lew Miller. The book he wrote is "Your Divine Connection", Celestial Arts Co., Millbrae, California. He tells of how he healed his World War II wounds using mental imaging, after months and months of surgeries and hospitalization.
Then I ran across an article called Your Cells Are Listening from Wake Up World. It explores how our cells listen to our instructions from our brain. So tell your cells that they are going to heal 100,000 time or more if necessary. Here is the link:
https://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/24/your-cells-are-listening-how-talking-to-your-body-can-help-you-heal/?utm_campaign=Wake+Up+World+e-Newsletter&utm_content=Latest+Headlines+inc.+The+Human+Aura+Observed+Through+Digital+Metadata&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse
Kim and I both believe that healing is not just the physical aspect but also the emotional and the spiritual. It is our sincere desire you find the answers you need to heal. We also believe that there is not one answer, that healing ALS is a multi-faceted task as we strive to heal each aspect of our emotional and physical health that is creating problems in our body.
December 2016
Kim's Five-Year Review
Kay has told me it is my turn to write an update for our website. This is a great month to do just that.
Today is the 22nd of November. It was five years ago today that we received that fatal diagnosis of ALS. I do not need to describe my feelings on that day. Most all of you that are reading this update are either PALS, or are very close to one, and have sat through the same visit with your neurologist. There is perhaps no way to say in a gentle way, “I am sorry. You really do have ALS. There is there no cure, nor is there an effective treatment for the disease. Do not waste your money on alternative therapies that give you false hope, and steal your money. Tough luck! Accept your fate and make the best of whatever time you have left.”
I have yet to talk to a PALS that walked away from that “visit” with anything but dread. I have had some bad days in my life, but few can top 22nd day of November, 2011.
Today, five years later, I stand as one that is triumphing over ALS. I am not yet completely healed. In fact, I am a quite a ways from it. But I have reversed the bigger bulbar issues that at one time seemed to be choking the life from me.
Those of you that have followed our site are familiar with my story. I did not instantly walk out of that fateful visit, knowing that I could outsmart ALS. It was a long process, but it started when I recognized and accepted the concept that this issue was not in the doctor’s hands. I had been dealt a nasty hand (poor pun because I am not a traditional gambler) but I still had the option as to how I was going to play the hand. No way was I ready to fold.
Our primary purpose with this website, and with our individual contact with hundreds of you, is to give you what none of our original doctors was able or willing to give us. That is the hope that comes from some unknow source that gives you not only the will power, but the strength to get up in the morning, ready to face another day with determination that today you are going to make progress in this war zone, against this relentless enemy.
I am still asked frequently, what exactly is it that enabled you to stop the progression of your ALS and then reverse it? My response is still that I am not really sure, but that I believe it is a combination of many things, most of which are listed on the Check List in the menu bar on our home page. But far and away, I feel the most important one thing that has led to my success is my early decision to take the control of my fight away from the doctors, however good their intentions were, and with the unfailing help and support of my sweetheart of 47 years yesterday, and to fight this monster head on.
There is no question that some of the components of our protocol are controversial, in particular, the oxidative therapies we use; ozone and hyperbaric therapies. However, the great majority of what we do makes complete common sense. And that is first, believe that all things are possible with God. Next, give the body the necessary tools to heal itself, and let it do the dirty work against ALS. Few of us really appreciate what a phenomenally magnificent, magical, and supreme creation this body we inhabit really is. And the most important nutrient we can give it are those of the mind and the spirit, or as the scriptures reference, the soul and the heart.
Kay and I move forward with hope and faith for a bright future. Knowing and coming to love so many of our fellow PALS and those that love them has truly been a blessing in our lives. And yes, I did celebrate my 5th anniversary with another round of golf.
God Speed to you all!
Kim