Ivermectin Paste

Now this was an interesting tweet in which Ivermectin paste is recommended for the treatment of skin cancer. As he says, the paste is FDA approved for the treatment of Rosacea which is "a chronic skin condition that mainly affects the face, causing redness, flushing, and sometimes acne-like breakouts. It's a common condition, often appearing after middle age, and is more prevalent in fair-skinned individuals. While there's no cure, rosacea can be managed with various treatments and lifestyle changes."

However, the veterinary version referred to as a horse paste is stronger (1.87% versus 1%) and probably cheaper but care needs to be taken with the dosage. I was thinking that this paste could be useful in treating what I referred to as my protuberance (see posts titled An Odd Protuberance and Protuberance Gone). In the end, it went away of its own accord. I also have an area on my back that is quite sensitive and that I usually keep covered with a bandaid. This area might respond favorably to the application of this paste.

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Of course, Ivermectin in combination with Fenbendazole is recommended in the treatment of internal cancers but I'd not heard of Ivermectin paste. It's these sorts of treatments that I need to be familiar with as alternatives to recommendations by the Medical Mafia should I ever need them.

Here is an abstract from a comprehensive paper published about Ivermectin in 2011 (before it was demonised in the treatment of COVID a decade later):

Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of billions of people throughout the world. Originally introduced as a veterinary drug, it kills a wide range of internal and external parasites in commercial livestock and companion animals. It was quickly discovered to be ideal in combating two of the world’s most devastating and disfiguring diseases which have plagued the world’s poor throughout the tropics for centuries. It is now being used free-of-charge as the sole tool in campaigns to eliminate both diseases globally. It has also been used to successfully overcome several other human diseases and new uses for it are continually being found. This paper looks in depth at the events surrounding ivermectin’s passage from being a huge success in Animal Health into its widespread use in humans, a development which has led many to describe it as a “wonder” drug.

Back on the Band

For the first time in over a month I did my leg strengthening exercises using my make-shift stretch band. This has always been an important part of my very limited exercise regime but my health has been so fragile over the past month that I eshewed even that basic exercise. However, I felt strong enough to resume but I have to be circumspect and not overdo it. A couple of days ago I actually went for a walk around the block for the first time in well over a month. Afterwards I felt very tired but apart from the fatigue there were no consequences.

Of course it is still a mystery as to what was wrong with me. It may have been the sourdough bread and even if it wasn't, I don't want to risk a recrudescence of my earlier symptoms. Sourdough bread is definitely off the menu now and forever. If I do suffer a recurrence of my symptoms then the culprit is most likely BAM but I'm hoping that it's not. Meanwhile I can enjoy my good health and keep my fingers crossed.

My departure to Australia is looking more like mid-June now which is close to the June 22nd danger date that I predicted earlier in the year. Of course by that time the biting cold of a Melbourne winter may have taken its toll and I'll be sick as predicted. However, my departure is at least a month away so let's see what happens in the interim. Hopefully I can stay healthy.

Off Again

I guess it was a no brainer. Given The Voice in my December dream, the aspects in my natal chart and the predictions of Sabina and Ian, a trip to Australia was inevitable. A medical emergency here would be very costly and perhaps fatal whereas in Australia I have medical cover at the very least. I'll probably head off in late May.

I'm not looking forward to the cold and it's not lost on me that, given my experiences last winter in Melbourne, I could get very ill as a result of simply being back in that ice-cube of a house. That would be ironic of course if my relocating became the cause of my illness. It remains a possibility.

Currently my GIT has still not returned to normal even though I'm suffering no discomfort. I remain quite weak and even minimal physical activity tires me out. I'll get a blood test at the very least soon after I arrive which may or may not indicate something amiss. The SeHCAT test for BAM is also a possibility along with an ultrasound of my chest cavity to gauge the extent of my thymoma (if my self diagnosis proves true). Who knows? I may sit and do nothing instead.

The thought of interacting with the medical mafia certainly discourages me from taking any definitive action but at least I'll be better placed than I would be in Indonesia should some catastrophe overtake me. And who knows, it might. Anything is on the cards with Uranus on the loose. Certainly travel. Transiting Ceres and Neptune are conjunct my natal Mercury with Saturn fast approaching. I'm contemplating a departure date at the moment of Tuesday evening, May 20th.