Guest guest Posted November 14, 2001 Report Share Posted November 14, 2001 Dear Ones, My husband had diabetes for twenty-three years. He might have lived longer if he had not stopped taking his diabinase for one year, without telling me, because he thought it might cause heart disease. Later, he took Humilin injections in his abdomen. He burnt his legs because he lost feeling in them and used a heating pad. He got aneurysms in his retinas which would have caused blindness if they had ruptured. Luckly, his optometrist got him to have laser surgery in time to save his eyes. His sister got diabetes after he did. She lost one leg and then the other and was gone. We treated infected feet for five years and he had to wear white socks. Once he was in the hospital and got infected feet. They gave him two strong antibiotics at a time, intravenously, and it didn't work. They called in Dr. Footer,his podiatrist, who recommended Keflex and garamcin and he healed right up. Once he got cellulitis so bad we were afraid he was going to lose a foot. Luckily, we had three insurances, Medicare, Blue Cross Blue-Shield and Prudential. Dr. Footer gave him fifty-five hyperbaric (oxygen chamber) treatments and he lost only a little piece fo one toe. After that, the last year of his life, he had no further infected feet. Blessings on you all. LOve. MArge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2001 Report Share Posted November 14, 2001 Marge! You may like to check out Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation therapy. It's a 60 yr. old treatment, which predates antibiotics, and has an impressive success rate with many infections. There are so few physicians using it! It may be useful in saving limbs where infection or gangrene may be involved. I've been doing this therapy myself for another type of infection (fairly resistant so far), and know it's safe. Only 5% of blood is run through a tube, exposed to U.V. light, then back into the vein. There's a fair amount of information on the Net, which is worth a look. There's people with Hepatitis C, who are using it. It was used back in the 40's for septic abortions, polio, and various other infections. I recall reading that it saved someone from requiring an amputation. check out: http://dispatch.mail-list.com/archives/hbv_research/msg00307.html as an example. Steve kombuchamarj wrote: > Dear Ones, > > My husband had diabetes for twenty-three years. He might have lived > longer if he had not stopped taking his diabinase for one year, > without > telling me, because he thought it might cause heart disease. Later, he > > took Humilin injections in his abdomen. > > He burnt his legs because he lost feeling in them and used a heating > pad. > > He got aneurysms in his retinas which would have caused blindness if > they had ruptured. Luckly, his optometrist got him to have laser > surgery > in time to save his eyes. > > His sister got diabetes after he did. She lost one leg and then the > other and was gone. > > We treated infected feet for five years and he had to wear white > socks. > Once he was in the hospital and got infected feet. They gave him two > strong antibiotics at a time, intravenously, and it didn't work. They > called in Dr. Footer,his podiatrist, who recommended Keflex and > garamcin and he healed right up. > > Once he got cellulitis so bad we were afraid he was going to lose a > foot. Luckily, we had three insurances, Medicare, Blue Cross > Blue-Shield > and Prudential. > > Dr. Footer gave him fifty-five hyperbaric (oxygen chamber) treatments > and he lost only a little piece fo one toe. After that, the last year > of > his life, he had no further infected feet. > > Blessings on you all. LOve. MArge. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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