For 12 years I've been dealing with hypertension. Doctors, both conventional and naturopathic, had initially termed it as the type called "essential," which is basically a euphemism reserved for hypertension where the cause cannot be determined.
Close to seven years ago, I was lucky enough to consult with a naturopathic doctor who told me to take a DMPS provoked challenge test, and he was able to determine that I have lead toxicity.
Unfortunately, I didn't follow his recommended protocol for detox, substituting Pectasol with another product, called HMD, for the oral chelating supplement. For this presumptuous action, with the benefit of hindsight I now realize I had fouled up.
I still have hypertension, and delayed by seven years my healing. During the time in between, I had to have three teeth pulled out, one being a root canal, two having periodontal pockets that could harbor anaerobic bacteria. It turns out the periodontal pockets were teeming with a colony of anaerobic bacteria, and I was glad they were done. Yet, my hope that the bacteria could be the vector for plaque leading to my hypertension was dashed. My hypertension stayed on, and I was left to look for other causes of my hypertension.
Since I wasn't able to go back to the US to test whether my lead toxicity has been resolved, I had assumed during this time that the HMD lead detox had worked. But I was to be proven wrong when this year, I used the Pectasol detox for 3 months, and found that my hypertension had gone down, although where it stands now, improved as it is, was where I started with seven years ago. In short, my being presumptive cost me the healing due me seven years ago.
I am now continuing a few more months of detox to further rid my system of lead toxicity. During this time though, I am learning a lot and want to use this log to keep notes as well as to establish whether a few thoughts (not necessarily theories, but more about me piecing these tidbits, if you will, together) I hold regarding my particular brand of hypertension do hold, and as such, could offer a way out for people suffering from hypertension in general, and for people suffering from lead toxicity specifically.
The thoughts (they're not original by the way) I have, are as follows:
1. That hypertension is the body's way of dealing with pathology within the body, and is its way of adapting to the stress within. To me, lowering blood pressure with drugs is mere window dressing, and merely a way to show the health insurance company that you have conformed to the normal blood pressure range. Meanwhile, the pathological condition festers and worsens over time. At best, the blood pressure medication will simply leave the condition to worsen by itself. At worse, the medication will actually worsen and deepen the condition, or effect grave collateral damage.
2. The body will produce more uric acid to protect itself, uric acid being an antioxidant. In order to produce uric acid, the tissue has to be in a state of hypoxia. The body has to constrict its blood vessels to create this condition. Constricting the blood vessels leads to a higher blood pressure. As such, a higher blood pressure can be seen as a good thing, not because there is a pathological condition, but because the body can adapt to the pathological condition, to cope with it. To take away the body's ability to adapt, thru drugs that simply lower the blood pressure, will take away the protection given the body by the presence of uric acid. People with cancer are often, if not always, deficient in uric acid. The hypersensitive condition serves as a marker, a warning sign, for real corrective action, beginning with true problem identification.
3. In order to maintain a hypoxic state, the body will be in a mode to maintain such state of being. As such, efforts to improve metabolism from the current state will fail. Improving carbon dioxide levels in the blood will be resisted, as this leads to better oxygenation, which is counter to a hypoxic state. Taking hormones such as thyroid, pregnenolone,and progesterone, and being exposed to red light, won't amount to much improvement as evidenced in increased temperature and pulse, as all these lead to better oxygenation, and once again, runs counter to maintaining a hypoxic state, in order to make uric acid continually available in copious amounts, to counter oxidative stress from pathology, as in my case, of lead toxicity producing reactive oxygen species and free radicals that are harmful to the body.
As I undergo the process of healing, I'll be posting my blood pressure, as well as some markers that would gauge my state of health. I'll start with serum CO2 (or bicarbonate), serum uric acid, serum albumin, albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR- a gauge of kidney health). I'll also include daily temperatures and pulse - waking up, 12pm, 5pm.
I expect that as I heal, the blood pressure will gradually go down, as my serums CO2 increases, uric acid decreases, albumin increases, and the ACR increases. My temperature and pulse should also increase.
When I am fully healed, I expect to improve my serum bicarbonate levels further, as my control pause (Buteyko) increase as I resume my Buteyko breathing exercises. I am also going to be able to use red light for therapy, as well as the use of the hormones thyroid, pregnenolone, progesterone, on a need basis, to improve my metabolism.
I would be updating my status weekly for my temperature and pulse every Monday. And for my blood markers, a monthly update would be in order.
Close to seven years ago, I was lucky enough to consult with a naturopathic doctor who told me to take a DMPS provoked challenge test, and he was able to determine that I have lead toxicity.
Unfortunately, I didn't follow his recommended protocol for detox, substituting Pectasol with another product, called HMD, for the oral chelating supplement. For this presumptuous action, with the benefit of hindsight I now realize I had fouled up.
I still have hypertension, and delayed by seven years my healing. During the time in between, I had to have three teeth pulled out, one being a root canal, two having periodontal pockets that could harbor anaerobic bacteria. It turns out the periodontal pockets were teeming with a colony of anaerobic bacteria, and I was glad they were done. Yet, my hope that the bacteria could be the vector for plaque leading to my hypertension was dashed. My hypertension stayed on, and I was left to look for other causes of my hypertension.
Since I wasn't able to go back to the US to test whether my lead toxicity has been resolved, I had assumed during this time that the HMD lead detox had worked. But I was to be proven wrong when this year, I used the Pectasol detox for 3 months, and found that my hypertension had gone down, although where it stands now, improved as it is, was where I started with seven years ago. In short, my being presumptive cost me the healing due me seven years ago.
I am now continuing a few more months of detox to further rid my system of lead toxicity. During this time though, I am learning a lot and want to use this log to keep notes as well as to establish whether a few thoughts (not necessarily theories, but more about me piecing these tidbits, if you will, together) I hold regarding my particular brand of hypertension do hold, and as such, could offer a way out for people suffering from hypertension in general, and for people suffering from lead toxicity specifically.
The thoughts (they're not original by the way) I have, are as follows:
1. That hypertension is the body's way of dealing with pathology within the body, and is its way of adapting to the stress within. To me, lowering blood pressure with drugs is mere window dressing, and merely a way to show the health insurance company that you have conformed to the normal blood pressure range. Meanwhile, the pathological condition festers and worsens over time. At best, the blood pressure medication will simply leave the condition to worsen by itself. At worse, the medication will actually worsen and deepen the condition, or effect grave collateral damage.
2. The body will produce more uric acid to protect itself, uric acid being an antioxidant. In order to produce uric acid, the tissue has to be in a state of hypoxia. The body has to constrict its blood vessels to create this condition. Constricting the blood vessels leads to a higher blood pressure. As such, a higher blood pressure can be seen as a good thing, not because there is a pathological condition, but because the body can adapt to the pathological condition, to cope with it. To take away the body's ability to adapt, thru drugs that simply lower the blood pressure, will take away the protection given the body by the presence of uric acid. People with cancer are often, if not always, deficient in uric acid. The hypersensitive condition serves as a marker, a warning sign, for real corrective action, beginning with true problem identification.
3. In order to maintain a hypoxic state, the body will be in a mode to maintain such state of being. As such, efforts to improve metabolism from the current state will fail. Improving carbon dioxide levels in the blood will be resisted, as this leads to better oxygenation, which is counter to a hypoxic state. Taking hormones such as thyroid, pregnenolone,and progesterone, and being exposed to red light, won't amount to much improvement as evidenced in increased temperature and pulse, as all these lead to better oxygenation, and once again, runs counter to maintaining a hypoxic state, in order to make uric acid continually available in copious amounts, to counter oxidative stress from pathology, as in my case, of lead toxicity producing reactive oxygen species and free radicals that are harmful to the body.
As I undergo the process of healing, I'll be posting my blood pressure, as well as some markers that would gauge my state of health. I'll start with serum CO2 (or bicarbonate), serum uric acid, serum albumin, albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR- a gauge of kidney health). I'll also include daily temperatures and pulse - waking up, 12pm, 5pm.
I expect that as I heal, the blood pressure will gradually go down, as my serums CO2 increases, uric acid decreases, albumin increases, and the ACR increases. My temperature and pulse should also increase.
When I am fully healed, I expect to improve my serum bicarbonate levels further, as my control pause (Buteyko) increase as I resume my Buteyko breathing exercises. I am also going to be able to use red light for therapy, as well as the use of the hormones thyroid, pregnenolone, progesterone, on a need basis, to improve my metabolism.
I would be updating my status weekly for my temperature and pulse every Monday. And for my blood markers, a monthly update would be in order.
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