Journals / Re: Lex's Journal
« on: December 31, 2012, 04:08:51 am »My wife had a medical procedure recently that ended up with complications. This had me cooling my heels in the waiting room of our local hospital for several hours with all the uninsured kids with runny noses and the flu.
Of course I’m very smug in my knowledge that I’m well protected against such common ills as I’m doing all the right things. I’m eating the proper raw foods, taking large doses of Vitamin C every day, I’m taking large doses of Zinc daily (the active ingredient in Zicam), I’m taking large doses of selenium daily, and of course, I’m taking large doses of iodine – to the point that my skin has turned yellow.
Yup, I ended up with the common cold. Sore throat, runny nose, swollen sinuses, hacking cough – the whole nine yards. It’s been 5 or 6 years since I had a cold like this. I expect many of you are sure that this is some sort of detox reaction. I’m unconvinced. It looks like a common cold, feels like a common cold, and coughs like a common cold – that tells me that it is probably a common cold. I’ve also had the best medical doctors available (the ones attending to my wife in the hospital for the last 5 days) verify that it is indeed a common cold.
Anyway, so much for all the theories about perfect diet, Vitamin C, Zinc, and iodine protecting us from things like the cold and flu. I now have some personal experience to the contrary.
Lex