Internet to the Rescue

 

The growth on my bottom eyelid had been causing me increasing trouble over the past weeks and months. Recently it the growth had become quite sensitive to the touch and contemplated seeking help at a hospital or skin care clinic. 

Fortunately I first sought help on the Internet and it was quick and easy to find. The best suggestion concerned the use of a compress made by adding grains of rice to a sock, tying it off and heating it in the microwave for about 30 seconds. The compress is then applied to the eye. I did this several times over a couple of days and miraculously the growth shrivelled and disappeared.

I shudder to think what might have happened to me had I sought "medical help" (those two words are almost an oxymoron nowadays). The experience was a valuable one in that it reminded me to attempt to heal myself first.

Magnetic Healing

It was interesting to read that a thymoma is considered a relatively indolent neoplasia. In my case, it does seem to have an indolent quality and is certainly slow moving or perhaps it's stopped growing. Maybe it's self-limiting. In saner times, I might have sought an ultrasound to probe its extent but any contact with hospitals nowadays is best avoided. 

I asked my inner physician today what could be done to treat it and the answer that came back was magnetism. That was interesting. I decided to do a little research. I was surprised to learn that magnetism is used as a therapy in mainstream medicine. See Figure 1.

Figure 1: source

Figure 1 shows that magnetic fields (pulsed and static) and ultrasound (high intensity focused ultrasound and low intensity focused ultrasound) can be used to treat cancers. Hyperthermia, DNA damage and apoptosis (the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development) are some of the effects of the magnetic fields. 

However, given that I don't think my thymoma is carcinogenic and that I'm actively avoiding hospitals, any therapy that is carried out will be with my own magnets at home. So what's the news on magnetic healing at home? This site has the following to say:

Magnetic field therapy uses different kinds of magnets on the body to help boost your overall health. It may also help treat certain conditions.

There are several types, including:

Static magnetic field therapy: In this, you touch a magnet to your skin somehow. You might wear a magnetic bracelet or other magnetized jewelry. It could be a bandage with a magnet in it, or you may wear a magnet as a shoe insole. You could also sleep on a special mattress pad with a magnet in it.

Electrically charged magnetic therapy (electromagnetic therapy): The magnets you use here have an electric charge. Treatment with electromagnetic therapy usually comes through an electric pulse.

Magnetic therapy with acupuncture: Magnets go on the same sections of your skin that an acupuncturist would probably focus on in an acupuncture session. You may hear these areas called your energy pathways or channels.

How It Works

Your body naturally has magnetic and electric fields. All your molecules have a small amount of magnetic energy in them. The thought behind magnetic field therapy is that certain problems happen because your magnetic fields are out of balance. If you put a magnetic field near your body, it's believed things will go back to normal.

Does It Work? 

There haven’t been many studies on magnetic field therapy. The ones that have been done don’t have enough data to draw solid conclusions. Though some clinical trials have shown potential for magnetic field therapy as a treatment for back pain, for the most part, there's no clear proof that it can treat any condition.

The site is very much mainstream medicine so there's not likely to be much support for this type of therapy. Here is an abstract from an article on another site discussing the uses of neodymium magnets:

The strong magnetic field properties of magnets have led to their use in many modern technologies, as well as in the fields of medicine and dentistry. Neodymium magnets are a powerful type of magnet that has been the subject of recent research. This review provides a brief explanation of the definition, history, and characteristics of rare earth magnets. In addition, a broad overview of results obtained in studies performed to date on the effects of magnets, and neodymium magnets in particular, on body systems, tissues, organs, diseases, and treatment is provided. Though they are used in the health sector in various diagnostic devices and as therapeutic tools, there is some potential for harmful effects, as well as the risk of accident. The research is still insufficient; however, neodymium magnets appear to hold great promise for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

These magnets can be bought easily online (see Figure 2):

Figure 2: source

There's no reason not to purchase one and try it out. The 40mm x 20mm size costs Rp218,400 which is about A$20. I should check first with my psychic healer in Medan who is overseeing the handling of my physical condition. If he approves, then I'll go ahead with it.

I don't know what's happened to my quoted text in this post. 

It's ended up italicised and enlarged for no reason that I can discern.

Manganese

In my previous post, I asked the question "what's wrong with my thymus?" and got the answer "you have a hollow heart and the I'm trying to fill up the gap that has been created". Last night, I thought I'd try again with another question, namely "what happened to my gall bladder?" I was lying in bed preparing for sleep and the question was only asked half-heartedly but an answer came back as quick as a flash: "manganese".

This came as something of a shock because this single word clearly didn't emerge from my unconscious because I've never really thought about manganese or even read anything much about it. It occurred to me that there might have been some sort of interaction between the manganese compounds in my body and the fluoridated water that I was drinking in Brisbane at the time my gall bladder problem arose (late July of 2016). I resolved to investigate the matter further in the morning.

And I did. It turns out that:

• gallstones are often found in people with “lower levels of Vitamin E, manganese, and the amino acid methionine.” 
  
  
  https://motherearthworks.com/healthy-living-learning-center/healthy-living-center-articles/relief-for-gallstone-sufferers/
  
  
• manganese “reacts with fluorine to give manganese(II) fluoride (MnF2) and manganese(III) fluoride (MnF3)”
  
  https://www.britannica.com/science/manganese
  
  
• “Manganese levels were determined in liver, kidney and bone (femur) of mice subjected for 16 weeks to 0 ppm (control), 10 ppm, 25 ppm, 50 ppm, 100 ppm and 200 ppm of fluoride in drinking water. Following fluoride ingestion, manganese levels were significantly reduced in liver (in 50, 100 and 200 ppm groups) and kidney (in 100 and 200 ppm groups). On the other hand, bone manganese levels were significantly elevated following ingestion of 25 ppm or more fluoride. The results suggest that excessive fluoride ingestion disturbs manganese metabolism.”
  
  
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048969782900717

Manganese does react with fluoride very readily and this information confirms what I'd already suspected: after twenty years in Asia, my body was not used to fluoridated water and reacted badly after a year of exposure to it. The lowered levels of manganese probably encouraged the growth of gallstones and eventually one obstructed the blood flow to my gall bladder, leading to the demise of that organ.

It's too late for my gall bladder but this ability to ask a question about a physical ailment and get an answer is intriguing. I've really only tried it two times now and I wondered if I can ask questions for other people and receive answers. I asked a question for a friend of mine who has small fibre neuropathy but who is also on antidepressants. I asked what would help his peripheral neuropathy and the answer came back "iodine" with an image of mixing bowl filled with a yellow powder. I did a little research as came back with:

• Peripheral Neuropathy: Iodine Deficiency can also damage the body's peripheral nerves. In this condition, one can face several issues, such as tingling in the hands or feet, sharp, stabbing pains, numbness in the hands or feet, thinning of the skin, drop in blood pressure and others. Source: https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/world-iodine-deficiency-day-some-common-consequences-of-hypothyroidism-2355177.html
  
  
• Some widely used psychoactive drugs, such as tricyclic antidepressants and antipsychotic phenothiazines exhibit iatrogenic effects on the thyroid. These side effects may arise from interactions at different steps of thyroid hormone biosynthesis. These drugs can induce a change in iodine capture by thyroid cells or can complex iodine, making it unavailable for thyroid hormone synthesis and thus decreasing thyroid hormone blood levels; they can also inhibit thyroid peroxidase activity and thus T3 and T4 synthesis or enhance deiodination of T4 to T3 or to Rt3 by stimulation of deiodinase activity. Moreover, tricyclic antidepressants interfere with the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis via the noradrenergic or serotonergic systems and might therefore decrease T4 or T3 blood levels, respectively. Phenothiazines can induce autoimmune hypothyroidism, as shown by an increase in the expression of the major histocompatibility complex antigen and by a production of antithyroglobulin or antithyroperoxidase antibodies. However, all these mechanisms are only speculative in humans, as they have only been demonstrated in vitro or in animal experiments. Clinically, thyroid function and affective disorders are closely linked. On one hand, the therapeutic response to antidepressants could be influenced by the thyroid status; on the other hand, the larger the thyroxin decrease induced by antidepressants, the better the therapeutic effect might be. Moreover, cotreatment with thyroid hormones and antidepressant drugs could allow either a decrease in the rate of treatment failure or a faster recovery from depression. As antipsychotic or antidepressant treatments are administered over long periods in humans, their thyroid toxic effects must be taken seriously. Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9571980/

It does seem that iodine may help him. I've sent him the second bullet point but did not mention how I came upon it. He is going to check with his neurologist about it so it will be interesting to hear if anything comes of it. As to what the mixing bowl filled with a yellow powder was all about I don't know. I did find such an iodine-related image (see Figure 1). However, it related to iodine trichloride that only has industrial uses.

Figure 1

I'll continue experimenting with this (perhaps) new found ability and see what comes of it.