Apheresis Survey

Apheresis Survey

On my Facebook Group, Long Covid Apheresis Community USA, I recently conducted a small survey. Tom Bunker helped me create the it. We have 27 responses, with 3 people having taken the survey twice. Below please find the data & responses to this survey.

Some of the highlights include:

• 21 people have done H.E.L.P. Apheresis, 3 EBOO, 2 EBO2, 2 InusPheresis, & 1 LDL Apheresis.
• 18.5% got much better from their Apheresis Treatment, 33.3% got a little better, 22.2% stayed the same, 11.1% got a little worse, 7.4% got much worse, 1 said better for 10 week and then symptoms returned, and 1 said lungs much better (less breathing problems), but now suffering severe MCAS.
• 37% 1-10% better after their Apheresis Treatments, 18.5% 11-20% better, 7.4% 21-30% better, 3.7% 31-40% better, 3.7% 41-50% better, 3.7% 71-80% better, 7.4% 81-90% better, and 18.5% felt worse.
• Gains were long lasting in 51.9%.

As you can see that from these 24 people that have taken the survey, most have seen a benefit from their Apheresis Treatments, but some do feel worse. From the cases I am privy to, those that feel worse have for a “short term,” typically.

One major issue I foresee with the benefits sticking, or not, is that reinfection is such a common thing, in spite of what the testing says. One could make major headway with Apheresis, only to be reinfected. This makes me nervous with any place you have to fly back from while the Covid Infection Rate is high, rules are more lax, and the variant is highly infectious (like Ba.5 is). Additionally, each Apheresis has its strengths and weaknesses. For instance, H.E.L.P. Apheresis is tremendous at helping people who have clotting. If you have additional problems, it may work much better in conjunction with another treatment. Also, one can do a treatment that is doing something good, but it’s too strong at that moment or causes a herx-like reaction, so you feel worse. The Lymies know all about that. Timing, reinfection, and what issues you suffer from all matter a lot.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Comments from Survey Takers:

• Felt after first and third EBO2 I got reinfected. After 3rd for a few days felt much better, until Covid probably hit me again (felt it in my chest, etc.). After 4th EBO2, felt a moderate improvement. 300-400 CCs of mostly inflammatory proteins came out of me into the container. Was slightly yellowish, which may indicate some infection. My body always loves Ozone.
• Significantly lower ALT.
• No new infection since EBOO. Pleurisy pain is ongoing, Post Exertional Malaise worsened, Headaches worsened, shortness of breath only improved with beta blockers, hair loss is ongoing, headaches worsened, GI issues worsened but are currently stable.
• Have better circulation and a little less brain fog and a little more concentration.
• Symptoms went worse with every Apherese. HBOT made it even worse. After the 3 treatments I decided to do a break. But then i got reinfected. Now it’s worse than before the treatments.
• Fatigue and energy worsened some compared to when I finished my first round of 5 help sessions last year.
• Caught Omicron Feb. 2022, full body rash not experienced with Wuhan infection. Passed in 6 days, felt more tired. Back to pre-Omicron level of long haul IMO. Felt HELP apheresis worked, it just took time to see results. Also do not think it cleared virus, just improved me.
• Most significant improvement is that I need less sleep and feel more rested.
• Did 6 complete HELP apheresis, 2 failed due to problems with needle etc. Last treatment was 2 weeks ago, have had a few days I felt a little bit better, especially less chest pain but also very bad days when I was bed bound due to PEM. It’s too early to tell if there are more days when I feel a little bit better, still hoping for a delayed response.
• Rest and no pills would have been the best.
• My muscle pains eased slightly for like a week or so. Then came back. So overall the apheresis had nil impact on my health and was an expensive mistake.
• Overall I’ve seen very minimal improvements to my health over time, and I am still having major difficulties due to daily symptoms. I don’t know that anything other than bed rest has had any major impact on symptom improvement. Without sounding overly dramatic, I still cannot exercise, work, or even just exist anywhere near my previous ability.
• The HA removed toxins and molds from my blood which brought me back to pre covid health. It put the Lyme and Mold tox symptoms (what was causing Long haul covid) into remission for 10 weeks. The use of a newly purchased sauna released all the toxins in my body again and the ‘LHC’ returned. Since starting on the mold toxicity protocol in January I have no symptoms of mold tox (or LHC). Help apheresis was a learning tool for me and nothing more. The mold protocol has achieved better longer lasting results then the HA treatments. Total waste of money.
• I got Inuspheresis to help overall immunity. However, I was dealing with very aggressive giardia parasite and the symptoms came back strongly after inuspheresis as I hadn’t killed it properly. Then i had to take immuno suppressive drugs to kill it then epstein barr flare got so much worse. So because of this inuspheresis has been hard to monitor. I was having nerve pain in my face before it though which has gone.
• No improvements yet after 8 HELP apheresis sessions but hoping to do 5 more before returning home. Heart palpitations and MCAS flares are worse and more frequent since starting the apheresis. Also started clopidogrel and eliquis around the same time as apheresis, and taking extra alprazolam on treatment days. This is after the first two apheresis attempts were unsuccessful- the first one because of because Silke pulled giant clots out of my veins and said it would clog the machine if she were to hook me up (hence on blood thinners now) and the second one because my veins weren’t cooperating (hence taking extra alprazolam on treatment days now).
• Many symptoms were reduced or disappeared from doing the HELP Apheresis treatment, while others stayed the same. The symptoms that remain unchanged seem to me to be typical virus symptoms (fever, flu like feeling, swollen lymph nodes etc.). To me this indicates that we are dealing with a combination of persistent virus (or reactivated virus), autoantibodies and blood clots, and treating all three is important.
• After third apheresis it was like a flip off a switch and majority of symptoms disappeared. So I was tempted to go for a walk which I did. After first walk I felt amazing. So I went for another and crashed hard. I was hoping the last, fourth apheresis, would take me back to where I was after third one but that did not happen. So I regret doing the walk now but perhaps it would just happen later as I only had for Apheresis. I might try more sessions when I have funds and time from work.
• I think, HELP apheresis triggered my now severe MCAS, because the treatment is very exhausting for the body. Though my chest pain has almost gone. I think you have to be very careful if you suffer from fatigue.
• Big relapse after Help apheresis. I was feeling a little bit better each month and was back to about 75%, and after 2 treatments am now feeling like i did 9 months ago, when i was at my lowest, so probably to 45/50%. Supposedly its thé treatment making me tired, waiting and resting to see. Will fill out another survey in 3 weeks to inform.

Fluvoxamine & Tollovid Updates + Vedicinals 9

Fluvoxamine & Tollovid Updates + Vedicinals 9

Let’s get right into it.

Fluvoxamine – I’ve been on Fluvoxamine for almost 17 months now. Originally, I worked my way up slowly to 100mg (50mg/50mg) per day. I’m now on a dose of 50 mg (25mg/25mg) per day. At 100mg, I felt it was causing some neurological side effects, namely heart pounding, even though it was helping me immensely at the same time. At 50mg, I do not notice that so much. It’s still very helpful for my neck pain/inflammation and my brain inflammation/fog. At one point 50mg would not have been sufficient, but at this point, 2 years & 7 months into this, it is. Very happy I decided to take this. It’s prevented me a lot of grief, cognitive dysfunction, and probably neurological weakness along the way. I’ll be even happier when I can slowly wean off. I’ve tried a few times, but was not ready (head would inflame and cognitive dysfunction would come on).

Tollovid – For 4.5 months I’ve been taking Tollovid Max on and off, mostly on. It’s been largely taken by me at the full dose (3 4x a day). Throughout this period I’ve experimented with taking different doses, and not taking it at all. The last week or so I’ve been taking 3 2x a day, which is working well for me. There is a noticeable difference in brain power and energy when I’m on it, as opposed to when I’m off it for a few days. It’s been helpful for my Long Haul Covid as well as my Acute Cvoid when I was likely reinfected by BA.5, more than 2 months ago. It’s hard to say how long I will need to be on it. Reinfection really makes it difficult to judge. No noticeable side effects (other than stool discoloration), but I will keep my eye on things as some have discussed potential liver issues. They are unconfirmed, and were later resolved in the cases I’ve heard of. Again I think it can be hard to judge what’s causing what sometimes as reinfection and vaccination are such a large influences.

Vedicinals 9 – Just started Vedicinals 9 about a week ago. The Backstreet Boys Rock Your Body song comes to mind because … it rocked my body. At first, maybe for half a day, I noticed an energy boost from 25 ml. Then I took the 2nd dose, ughhh. Neuro, chest, weakness, and GI all flared or increased. Brain cognition was horrible. I tried to endure at the full dose 50 ml (25ml/25ml) per day, but after 2 days of that misery, I had to stop. It was hard to function at all. Next I took a 2 day rest before I decided to try half the dose (12.5mg/12.5mg) per day. That went better, but the side effects were still too much after 2 days of that. After I take a break I will likely try 1/4 the dose of the total typical daily dose. It feels like a herxheimer reaction to me, but I’m trying to get an answer on that. May have to incorporate some form of detoxing. Good news is that the side effects wear off mostly in a few days. I’ve experienced something that I felt was somewhat similar when I took very strong, concentrated herbs for Lyme and coinfections. Byron White Formulas, A-BIo in particular, gave me an outstanding, even worse than this, herx from just 1 drop. In theory, it’s a good thing, but you want a herx to be bearable and not overloading. Before I restart Vedicinals 9, I’m going to reach out to the company and ask them some more questions: regarding my reaction, some questionable ingredients, etc.

More updates to come in the future as long as Monkeypox or Polio doesn’t kill me!

Lesson Time: Theranos

Lesson Time: Theranos

The story of Theranos is an amazing one, and a good parallel to some things occurring today. It’s filled with lessons. These types of stories people should always remember, as they are not that rare (Enron, Bernie Madoff, and many other frauds committed by large companies and others). I hear many people say these days: how could you fool that many people, it’s been years we would know by now, trust the, there are too many people involved for them not to know or say anything, etc. etc. Theranos was a startup biotech health company formed in 2003 that claimed to use blood from a finger prick, as opposed to a blood draw from a vein, to perform hundreds of blood tests (1). Elizabeth Holmes was the CEO of that company. It operated for 13 years, until the masses caught on that it was all a fraud (2).

The first person schmoozed by Elizabeth Holmes was her Stanford Professor, who actually quit his job to work at Theranos. He called Elizabeth a genius (3). By 2006 the company had raised $40 million from investors, including almost $6 from Rupert Murdoch. His net worth is currently $21.7 billion and he’s the 71st richest person on Earth. She was great at schmoozing. Elizabeth then brought George Schultz, former Secretary of State, in to recruit these high level people to be on the board of Theranos (not limited to):

• Henry Kissinger: former Secretary of State
• Jim Mattis: 4 star general, former head of U.S. Central Command who later became Defense Secretary
• Bill Frisk: former U.S. Senator
• Sam Nunn: former U.S. Senator

They believed what they were told by Elizabeth and the company (4). So did investor Larry Ellison, net worth $97 billion, making him the 10th wealthiest person on Earth. Theranos used Larry Ellison when refusing to share financials with investors, by using his stature to say, why are you asking for the financials, you’re not brighter than Larry Ellison. Who are you (5)?

After raising money, the company began to add new scientists, such as Erika Cheung, who was originally star struck by Elizabeth Holmes the first time she met her (3). Erika, and her fellow scientists, would come to realize in time how secretive it was at the lab. The more Erika Cheung learned, the more she wondered why Theranos higher ups were being so secretive (6). Almost every day she told the upper brass the blood testing device was not working right. She would send emails to colleagues complaining of all this, until one day the COO of Theranos, Sunny Balwani, responded to them. He had not been CCed or BCCed in these emails. Erika found that concerning, but she also noticed things the scientists said in the lab privately with one another would be reiterated to them as well. She felt as if they were being treated as if they could potentially be traitors (7).

Still, not many were really the wiser to what was occuring at Theranos. Holmes at the time was lobbying to change the law so anyone can get easy access testing in Arizona, as the company had secured a deal to be present in Walgreens. She was doing press conferences with the Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey. Everyone just kept on assuming it was legitimate (8). What was really going on behind the curtain was that Theranos would collect the blood at Walgreens and send it to a lab in Palo Alto, CA because their blood testing device was so unreliable. In the lab they used modified 3rd party machines and diluted the blood. There were many instances they knew they made a mistake and they would not let the scientists tell patients to get a redraw because they didn’t want people to know the errors that were occurring (9).

Erika got pushback from everyone in the company as she went higher and higher up. They told her it wasn’t the technology’s fault. Elizabeth said so much as well. The fault was due to the employees and not the technology, she stated. Sunny said to Erika you need to decide if you want to work here and test patient samples without question. Erika quit. She started working there in 2013 and quit in 2014. How many scientists and people kept working for Theranos, even though they knew what they were doing was wrong and the company was lying (10)?

Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani fooled most everyone, including Walgreens, and the fooling would continue. Rupert Murdock invested another $100 million, The Walton Family, of which Rob, Jim, and Alice collectively have $212 billion in wealth, invested $150 million, and the DeVos Family, worth $5.4 billion, invested $100 million. This all brought Elizabeth’s net worth to $4.5 billion at the time and Theranos’ valuation to $9 billion at the time (11).

By summer of 2014 Holmes was everywhere. She was featured on the front page of Inc., Forbes, Fortune, and Bloomberg magazine. In 2015, she met with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the 2015 Clinton Global initiative where he interviewed her. She also received praise from now current U.S. President Joe Biden, saying Theranos’ laboratory was “the laboratory of there future” after being brought in and shown a fake laboratory. You read that right, they set up a fake laboratory and fooled Joe Biden. She was fooling everyone, including the best, brightest, and wealthiest left and right.

As this was going on, the company had a problem. People were beginning to speak up. Erika felt like she was crazy until she was aware other people were talking about Theranos issues (12). Sunny wrote texts to Elizabeth saying, I’ve worked this down to 5 people. “We will nail this mother f*****. (13)” After this takes place, Erika realizes a private investigator is tailing her all over town. One day a guy jumps out of the tinted window SUV and hands her a letter addressed to her at friend’s place, where she has been living. She was just staying there temporarily, no one could have known that address. The letter accuses her of defamation and discussing trade secrets. It threatens a lawsuit against her and David Boies, a high powered prominent lawyer working for Theranos, had signed it.

It goes from bad to worse for Theranos as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) proceeds to launch an attack. Holmes quickly gets on TV and says she’s shocked by the allegations in the WSJ article. She keeps lying, at least somewhat believing her own nonsense. She calls the WSJ Journalist a sexiest bully, and she plays the victim. She threatened the journalist and WSJ with litigation. Sunny also threatened the doctors that spoke to this journalist on record and tried to get them to recant. Holmes and Sunny were actually the real bullies (14).

Eventually, it didn’t end well for Holmes. She gets banned from running a lab for 2 years, but she says the company will not fold. She was wrong. Theranos eventually dissolve in 2018. Holmes and Sunny were indicted on wire fraud. Holmes is found guilty, even though she tried to blame many others at the trial, of 4 counts of defrauding investors. Holmes will be sentenced later in 2022. Sunny is awaiting trial.

One more insane detail about the Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes saga is that apparently she was using a fake deep voice the entire time. In a 2005 interview she’s heard using her normal voice briefly, until she remembers to use her fake deep voice. The lengths people will go to lie for their own greed and fame is astounding (15). Watch the American Greed episode on Theranos & Elizabeth Holmes if you need to see it to believe it.

IMPORTANT LESSONS:

• (1) When you hear something that’s too good to be true, it probably is.
• (2) Theranos fooled most everyone for 13 years and kept their fraudulence under wraps. The company was well known. It just proves you can fool many a long time until it’s reported widely by the media, or until the masses catch on and accept the change.
• (3) Don’t look at people as idols, especially scientists. This will muddy your ability to critically think as you will become enamored with someone or a technology or just an idea and be swallowed into the lie instead of realizing it.
• (4) Don’t blindly believe what you’re told. Researching fairly and honestly is important. How many people blindly believed Elizabeth Holmes for more than a decade without doing their due diligence to the best of their ability?
• (5) Always a big red flag is when authority is brought up instead of information, reasoning, etc. Don’t stand for it. Talk about ideas, facts, data, well reasoned opinion and make the person you’re arguing with do the same.
• (6) Trust your instincts. If there is a veil of secrecy around something and it doesn’t make sense as to why, there is probably something wrong.
• (7) If you’re being treated in an intimidating way to get you from speaking the truth, do something about it. It’s not always easy, but nothing worth doing ever is.
• (8) Don’t assume something is legitimate because smart people believe it. In this situation they were lies to and blindly believe the narrative, fooled by a con, causing more people to be fooled by association.
• (9) Big red flag, when profits and valuation matter more than the patients. You can’t do that in the health industry when someone’s health is at risk, but it’s not exactly uncommon. One reason why you can’t blabber “trust the science” so confidently because there are ulterior motivations for people and corporations.
• (10) Being a good foot soldier and never questioning anything, not what I’m about, nor Erika. Good for her! Why should she just shut up and continue to do what’s wrong (and really evil)? Unfortunately, most do not stand up to what’s wrong, and even for Erika, it took her a long time. … Lies will lead to the questioning of everything. An unintended consequence of our current times not yet fully realized I have no doubt.
• (11) This notion that you can’t fool a lot of people once an idea, belief, and groupthink takes hold is nonsensical. It’s easier than one would think. Elizabeth Holmes fooled billionaires left and right, the press, all her investors, prominent people like Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, etc. etc.. Everyone was enamored with her and her technology. Too blinded by the lights to see the truth.
• (12) It takes a while for people to speak up, and it takes a lot for them to do it. They risk a lot. Erika lost her job, got threatened, etc. She had to go against the grain, where the grain thought Elizabeth Holmes was amazing and her company Theranos has amazing technology. These people will even question themselves as if reality isn’t reality, like Erika did, because they feel so alone and on an island, while everyone else, or at least the majority, plus the media, believes something else that the mainstream believes is reality.
• (13) When someone who is lying feels threatened, they will come after you. Which is partly why so many are scared to speak up with the lies and wrong things they see.
• (14) Liars sometimes have convinced themselves of the lie they’re spouting. Sometimes they will also name call when backed into a corner, instead of discussing the facts or accusations. This is a red flag as well. Those who can’t enter into the conversation are probably hiding something or know they’re wrong. The ones pretending there is bullying by others are often the bullying/censoring types. We see a lot of bullying and censorship going on this day in age.
• (15) Many people and corporations will do whatever they can to obtain fame and profit. Always remember that, and don’t underestimate it.

Moderna vs. Pfizer – VAERS

Moderna vs. Pfizer – VAERS

Before a Covid Vaxxx sympathizer jumps out of the bushes to yell at me in an ole timey voice “you can’t use VAERS it’s self-reported data” let’s just nip that in the bud right away. You can’t cavalierly ignore VAERS in this instance and I’ll explain why.

This article is delving into Moderna vs. Pfizer VAERS Covid Vaccine Injury reports (& I’ve added Johnson & Johnson at the end). Since it’s such a large number of reports, wonder why, the amount of the Covid Vaccine Injury VAERS reports not related to the Covid Vaccines, but mistakenly reported, has no bearing because the ratio of true Covid Vaccine Injuries between manufacturers should stay basically the same. UT OH!

There is a major mathematical problem that you will see below and I believe I know why it’s occurring. This is really vital as this is not easy to brush off and it seems like more evidence suggesting a certain something is bad news bears. Math time first, my favorite and a vaxxx apologist’s least favorite since they’ve clearly stopped thinking: 

• Total VAERS Reports (2021) – 790,874
• Covid-19 VAERS Reports (2021) – 735,662 (93% of all reports)
• Unknown VAERS Reports (2021) – 31,533 (4%, which perhaps brings Covid-19 VAERS reports up to 97% of the reports, probably at least to 96%) 
• Moderna Covid VAERS Reports (2021) – 339,319
• Pfizer Covid VAERS Reports (2021) – 330,792

There have been 51.7% more Pfizer shots administered than Moderna of December 30, 2021 (the Covid Vaccination Campaign started 12/2020) which is 293.86 million Pfizer doses vs. 193.65 million Moderna doses. (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-vaccine-doses-by-manufacturer?country=~USA) BUT for some reason there are 2.5% more Moderna VAERS Covid Vaccine Injury reports in 2021, or 8,527 more reports. 

There were 330,792 Pfizer VAERS Covid Vaccine Injury reports, and let’s pretend Moderna shots caused the same amount of injuries (as a ratio to shots administered). There should be 217,988 Moderna VAERS Covid Vaccine Injury reports. 112,804 LESS than Pfizer. Instead there are 8,527 MORE. Why?

The most obvious reason is that mRNA Moderna doses are stronger vaccine doses than the mRNA Pfizer ones. Moderna shots are 100 micrograms (50 microgram boosters) and Pfizer’s are 30 micrograms. What is exactly occurring with an mRNA vaccine one might ask? Well the proteins made with mRNA instructions activate the immune system, teaching it to see the spike protein as foreign. The body then creates antibodies.

Moderna’s vaccine generates more than double the antibodies seen for Pfizer’s vaccine (closer to triple). (https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210901/moderna-vaccine-creates-more-antibodies-than-pfizer-vaccine-study) Furthermore, “at 14–119 days after the second dose, anti-spike ‘protein’ IgG levels were higher among controls fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine compared with those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among persons aged 18–64 years (median = 612 versus 340; p = 0.018) and ≥65 years (median = 792 versus 152; p<0.001). At ≥120 days, anti-spike IgG levels were also higher among controls fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine compared with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among persons aged 18–64 years (median = 267 versus 106; p = 0.006) and ≥65 years (median = 266 versus 57; p = 0.003).” (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7049a2.htm) Also, Moderna protects longer than Pfizer and has higher efficacy. This seems all great until you remember more people get injured by the Moderna Covid Vaccines by ratio, according to VAERS (and if you look at restrictions and recommendations SEVERAL countries have put on Moderma Covid Vaccines, which we really haven’t seen with Pfizer), than those who take the Pfizer Covid Vaccines. The answer I think lies above. Anti-spike IgG levels are higher in those vaccinated with Moderna and so are antibody levels. This makes sense seeing as how Moderna is more than 3x the strength of Pfizer. 

What am I suggesting? More spike protein, more problems. This data certainly seems to back that theory up. If not that, then what’s the reason Moderna Vaccines are injuring more people? mRNA degrades rapidly, so we are told, so it doesn’t seem to be that. Could it be the antibodies themselves? Doesn’t seem likely based on what we know about the injured and how their antibodies wane, but they remain sick despite that (Covid Long Haulers the same). My eyes are brought back to the spike protein, which is where more people’s eyes should be. If you have a better theory on what’s going on with Moderna vs. Pfizer VAERS data I’d love to hear it.

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Correction (8/1/22): There have been 51.7% more Pfizer shots administered than Moderna of December 30, 2021, not 52.8% like previously stated. Additional data was added to the mix and this percentage has bee changed now to reflect that.

Addition (8/1/22): Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccines accounted for 63,989 VAERS reports in 2021. 17,613,846 doses of J&J were administered by the end of 2021. The J&J vaccines use a different technology than Moderna & Pfizer, so I originally left them out, but when I discovered their VAERS report rate compared to Moderna & Pfizer, I felt compelled to add this. It’s not pretty. The Elephant Man is better looking. By the end of 2021, 193.65 million Moderna doses were given in the United States and there were 339,319 Covid Vaccine Moderna VAERS reports. Let’s pretend the same amount of J&J shots were provided as Moderna and see how many VAERS reports should have been generated. 703,507 VAERS reports if J&J & Moderna each were administered at 193.65 million doses! That would be 2.07x more reports per shot than Moderna! No wonder it got the axe. And don’t forget, VAERS represents an under reporting.

My Master Treatment List Rankings

My Master Treatment List Rankings

It took awhile, but it’s here. My master treatment list with rankings and additional information is “finished.” As finished as it can be until I try something else. With any luck though I won’t have to do one more new thing for Long Haul Covid. This is an extensive list with 150+ medications, supplements, treatments, etc.. If I remember anything else I’ve tried that’s not on here, I will add it, but as of now, all the important things are present. As a bonus, I created a tab for things I have not tried yet, but are of interest to me or other Long Haulers. You can see the list below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CXrfiD3Eb0E0nKiED1duDcWYrgyVw0A1R2VKgzN_MvU/edit?usp=sharing

Some of the most vital things I’ve done are, in no specific order, other than alphabetical because I’m a Virgo and it will annoy me otherwise:

1. Aspirin – helped with clotting.
2. Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractor – was useful for my head/neck inflammation.
3. Fluvoxamine – vital for my head/neck inflammation and brain fog.
4. Hyperbaric (Soft & Hard Chamber) – helpful for general inflammation, headaches, & neuro issues.
5. Ozone (IV) – saved me, brought me back to life when I felt I was going to die.
6. Prednisone – was tremendous important for my racing heart/heart inflammation.
7. Regeneron – beneficial for my long haul when I was at a road block. Much better after.
8. Tollovid – helped further with my long haul & also has been vital for when I get reinfected.

Covid Reinfection: Hard To Avoid, Be Prepared

Covid Reinfection: Hard To Avoid, Be Prepared

Covid reinfection is certainly a thing, as a Covid Long Hauler who has experienced it. It might be harder to avoid than a Covid Vaccine advertisement. They’re everywhere! Can’t watch the Mets without a reminder. Who exactly doesn’t know about them at this point? In this post I’m going to discuss what I do when I feel I’m reinfected and how I judge that I may be reinfected, outside of the weak testing available. 

Reinfection for me feels different dependent on the variant out at the time, but there are a few typical mainstay symptoms and they are: chest tightness/fullness (that can fluctuate in severity), headaches (especially in the beginning of the acute phase), head/neck inflammation, weak limbs (tied to brain stem and neck inflammation it seems), muscle twitching, scratchy throat (dead voice at times), extra neurological unrest (sort of like restless leg syndrome and pins and needles), burping/gas, dry eyes/mouth, fatigue, and an increase in some of the normal Covid Long Haul symptoms. These are mostly symptoms I rarely have, never have, or don’t experience to such severity with my Long Haul Covid, now 2+ years out. These acute symptoms usually last 2-4 weeks peaking around 7-10 days approximately. The duration seems to depend on the severity of the variant and disease (possibly due to viral load). Delta was by far my worst reinfection, and I believe I’ve had several. Delta hit my chest very hard.

Recently, I believe I had BA.4 or BA.5. It inflamed my head and neck and I felt it in my chest, along with other symptoms. Testing has not produced many results for me for whatever reason, so when I get the symptoms that I discussed above, I treat it as if I have Covid. To me doing the opposite would be much riskier and more harmful. I’ve had Covid before and know what it feels like. I’ve also had other things before and nothing has hit me like Covid hits me in the chest in particular. It’s unique. It’s also summer, not exactly Flu season. Playing the, I don’t have it unless it shows up in tests game is not a game I like to play, it’s failed me many times in the past and I’ve seen it fail many others. Plus there is further danger of re-exposure if I go try to get a PCR test at a clinic when 20% of the time or more PCR tests show false negatives (https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/96789). Furthermore, the tests are also timing dependent. Not worth it for me. What does getting the test really change? It might be beneficial for someone trying to get a script they couldn’t otherwise get or don’t have already, but that’s not my situation. 

When I get hit with a reinfection, I ramp up my arsenal. I increase my Tollovid uptake (helps noticeably), I take Ivermectin (doesn’t help me much it seems, but does not cause any side effects for me), Hyperbaric Oxygen, Ear Ozone, Powdered C, D, Zinc, slight increase in Aspirin and Nattokinase, keep on my Statins and Fluvoxamine, Rife and PEMF (frequency based treatments), strong Probiotics (Progurt, Seeking Health, etc.), nebulize Compounded Glutathione, Epsom Salt Baths, etc. This all helps me control how severely sick I get and how I feel during the acute stage as best I can. I have Paxlovid on hand in the event I need it and scope out Monoclonal Antibody places. 

Luckily I’ve been alright after my reinfections. That seems to be the case for most Covid Long Haulers. I suspect though the reinfections might cause some additional damage. What am I to do though? The Covid Vaccines have significantly harmed my Mom, Dad, Aunt, Godmother, friend, and my mom’s friend, just out of those close to me. Additionally, Covid Long Haulers feel worse about 26% of the time after their shots. It’s not a viable option. Thankfully though my subsequent infections have never been as bad as the initial and Long Haul Covid never restarted. 

Tollovid Q&A with Todos Medical

Tollovid Q&A with Todos Medical

1. Does Tollovid prevent viral replication systemically? Does it cross Blood Brain Barrier?

Our belief and observations are that it inhibits the 3CL protease systemically. We do not have BBB studies, however in instances with high 3CL content it is expected the BBB is “leaky” any many things get through. We have seen symptomatic benefits associated with reduction in 3CLpro in the brain, but cannot confirm this without radioactive co-location studies which are not really the best ways to go in this patient population, so we are relying on symptomatic benefit.

2. Has Tollovid been tested with Covid Long Haulers or acute patients? 

Tollovid has primarily been used to date in an acute setting of high 3CLpro content, however we are now seeing it used in cases of persistent 3CLpro content. We expect it to eliminate 3CLpro in either circumstance.

3. Is Tollovid considered similar to Paxlovid and thus a good option if you can’t get that when you have acute Covid?

The mechanism of action of Tollovid is the same as Paxlovid (although we target the receptor binding domain of the 3CLpro – the active site, whereas Pfizer does not).

4. Can Tollovid be taken long term? If it can be, how long and at what dose? Any toxicity or side effects with it? 

We have not observed any side effects with long term use of Tollovid, however we do not have formal studies so cannot confirm this. We have not found side effects other than soy allergy to the soy lecithin in the product.

5. What’s the difference in the Tollovid Daily and Max?

Max has much greater 3CLpro inhibition capabilities than Daily … approximately 5-10x stronger.

6. Any issue using Tollovid long term in terms of a reduction in effectiveness against Covid?

Doubtful that 3CLpro will mutate given the target is a derivative of SARS-CoV-2, and therefore no evolutionary pressures on it. This target has not mutated and is deemed ‘canonical’ because it appears variant. The biggest mutation risk is likely Molnupiravir.

7. Does Tollovid work on other viruses? Would it help with EBV, Herpes, etc.?

It inhibits the 3CLpro. You can see the areas in which 3CLpro is present. You can scroll down to the subviruses associated with it. Including Nidoviruses, Picornaviruses, and Caliciviridae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C-like_protease

8. Do you think taking Tollovid after a course of Paxlovid makes sense to combat the rebound effect many. myself included, face?

That may make sense as it appears there is sometimes significant residual 3CLpro following Paxlovid.

9. Are there any contraindications with Tollovid? 

None that I’m aware of.

10. Does Tollovid change the color of your stool (does it make it darker or black)? 

Yes, it makes the stool darker by virtue of the Gromwell Root. This is completely normal and no side effect. Gromwell is also used as a natural purple colorant.

11. What is the difference between Tollovid and Tollovir?

The 3CL protease inhibition mechanism is the same in all three [including Paxlovid] (although Tollovir and Tollovid target the active site of the 3CLpro). Tollovir has an enhanced key anti-cytokine/anti-inflammatory component that very much differentiates it from Tollovid/Paxlovid.

12. Have you noticed people having Herxheimer reactions to Tollovid? 

We haven’t had that specific diagnosis, but have heard of people having an initial ‘reaction’ that subsides within 24h followed by benefit. We are looking into this further.

13. What’s the recommended dose for Acute Covid and Long Haulers with Covid? 

The recommended acute dose (Tollovid Max 3 pill 4x a day) is recommended for people looking to dramatically reduce their 3CL pro content. How long someone has had 3CLpro in their system may be different than ‘how much’ and ‘where’ so we recommend going with the Max dosing to start and then based upon resolution transitioning (at whatever pace a person feels right for them) to the maintenance dose. 

14. People in Europe are asking me if and how they can get this. How can non Americans get Tollovid?

People have been ordering from Europe, and it gets through customs. Often, they charge a local duty based on the commercial invoice. Hope this helps.

Tollovid aka CovidRid?

Tollovid aka CovidRid?

Yes, the title for this article is lame, but don’t worry I know it is lame, so it’s ok. With that being said, for almost 3 weeks I’ve been on Tollovid. I’ve had a significant shift in my health for the better, but it’s not that simple. It never is. As I reduce the dose I’ve felt what seems like a rebound effect, which has been seen in some who take Paxlovid. (https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/opinions/paxlovid-rebound-covid-treatment-sepkowitz/index.html) It’s something similar to what I also have experienced with Paxlovid and Monoclonal Antibodies, Paxlovid especially. It’s not a negative in my mind, but it’s brought on some different symptoms that I haven’t experienced so strongly in a while. I’m going to provide more detail about all this, and what this rebound feels like below, but first let me explain what Tollovid is for those who don’t know.

Tollovid is a supplement made by Todos Medical. It’s main components are Gromwell Root and Lecithin. It is a 3CL protease inhibitor, similar to Paxlovid, thus it acts as an antiviral agent by stopping replication of Sars-Cov-2, and other Coronaviruses. It also helps with inflammation, circulation, and detoxification, amongst other things, but the 3CL protease inhibitor aspect is the most intriguing to me.

My Tollovid journey started about 20 days ago. For the first 14 days I took Tollovid Max 4x a day 3 pills at a time. That is the maximum dose and they suggest to take that for 5 days straight (seems to be the dosage used for those in an acute situation, but I am a Covid Long Hauler). This went very well. I have more brain power, energy, was in a better mood, and was much more active. My inflammation in my torso in particular decreased and my urine color changed for the better and stool became more normalized. The symptoms I had at the time were mitigated a lot. On top of that, I’ve also been coughing up a lot of phlegm. The Tollovid really kicked in in a couple of days and the noticed benefits continued. During this period I was amazing inspired to go through all my stuff, which was a lot, to organize and get rid of things. This was never a thought before taking Tollovid.

On to Phase 2, finding the correct reduced dose for me. I’m still in this phase and it’s complicated, and interesting. Day 15 I decided to drop to the recommended maintenance dose of 2 pills 2x a day which is 33% of the max dose. With this change I experienced what felt like a rebound, very similar to what I experienced the first day coming off of Paxlovid after taking it for 5 days straight. My symptoms shifted and came on strong, up and down throughout the day. With Paxlovid, I had a wild nervous system reaction, increased blood pressure, and had a very tough time for about 2 days, until it gradually dissipated after 7 days. The next few days, after day 15, I increased my dose to 3 pills 2x a day, 2-2-3 pills in a day, and now the past several days I’ve done 3 pills 3x a day, which seems to be working well for me for now. The symptoms I experienced were/are increased inflammation in the head (headaches, pain on side of head), chest, heart, nerves (extra weakness at times, some pins and needles), and joints in particular all worse from the baseline from before I started the Tollovid, but with a big up and down swing throughout the day. It was certainly not as severe as going off Paxlovid cold turkey and it is better now on day 20. The spots affected were the hot spots from the past 2 plus years with Covid, but weren’t exactly the main issues I had when I started the supplement. Phase 3 is how long do I have to take this for and what will be the true maintenance dose.

With Monoclonal Antibodies, which I used for my Long Haul Covid, the symptoms I was experiencing at the time quickly improved, two of which were chest inflammation and joint pain. My neuro symptoms came on strong for about a month, up and down (more up and down than normal). With Paxlovid, used for an Acute Covid Reinfection (and Long Haul Covid), it took away my chest inflammation very fast and helped with the acute symptoms overall. The day I came off I had an extreme rebound effect, that I explained above. That first day off was really difficult to get through. I basically went back to my Long Haul (LH) baseline, with a tiny bit of improvement in my LH, after a week off of the Paxlovid. With the Tollovid, my Long Haul Covid symptoms at the time were also helped quickly and continued to improve while taking the max dose. Once I reduced the dose, I felt what I assume was that dreaded rebound effect. Symptoms shifted and they increased in intensity from where they were baseline with a big up and down swing. They all acted similarly, but they don’t all do the same things, except for one thing that they do.

So what’s happening here? I believe all three of these things were working on persistent Covid-19 virus. What else explains these similar reactions? What is the cross-over between these 3 things other than they are working against the virus? mAbs are an infusion of antibodies which will help combat the virus. Paxlovid and Tollovid are 3CL protease inhibitors which prevent viral replication. Tollovid has various benefits, but do the other 2 have various benefits? To me this screams persistent virus, which I have believed all along. It’s hard to figure out exactly why I’ve had these reactions, meaning what is actually going on in the body to get that rebound, increased inflammation effect, but it is not uncommon with other viruses and medications. Tollovid does seem to give me a little herx right after I take it, another indication I have persistent virus. A herx is a die off reaction by the way. In the very least to me it indicates Covid can persist in some, and may be a big reason for Long Haul Covid. I’ll continue to take Tollovid and provide an update in the future.