question from a newbie

[Guest guest]

Hi Ron,

I just started here, but you really have to have your meds checked as you

change your diet your meds will need to be adjusted also. So Please keep that in

mind......

Caryl

 

Hi everybody,

I am a 59 year old male living in Florida. In 1999 bacteria got

in my blood at a dentist visit and destroyed the mitral valve in my

heart. They had to do emergency open heart surgery and repair the valve

with an annuloplasty ring. In 2003 I had a major heart attack in the

lower anterior descending artery and have been disabled ever since.

I've been trying for the last month to improve my diet and exercise and

get back into shape again. Each week I get a little closer to raw and I

must say I enjoy the fruit, vegetables and green smoothies. This week

I only had cooked food twice. Here is my question. I was expecting a

pretty bad de-tox experience after 59 years of eating meat, potatoes,

gravy, dairy products, sugar, salt, etc. but it's been a little worse

than I thought. The headaches, muscle tiredness and generally feeling

blah have been joined by constant sinus infections. Right now I feel

like I'm sitting in a barrel when I talk to someone. Has anyone else

had this experience? Could it possibly be worse because of all the

heart medications I am on? I'm sure that adds a lot to the toxins in my

body. I'll keep the group posted as to how I'm doing....Ron

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Hugs,

Caryl

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

I am a 59 year old male living in Florida. In 1999 bacteria got

in my blood at a dentist visit and destroyed the mitral valve in my

heart. They had to do emergency open heart surgery and repair the valve

with an annuloplasty ring. In 2003 I had a major heart attack in the

lower anterior descending artery and have been disabled ever since.

I've been trying for the last month to improve my diet and exercise and

get back into shape again. Each week I get a little closer to raw and I

must say I enjoy the fruit, vegetables and green smoothies. This week

I only had cooked food twice. Here is my question. I was expecting a

pretty bad de-tox experience after 59 years of eating meat, potatoes,

gravy, dairy products, sugar, salt, etc. but it's been a little worse

than I thought. The headaches, muscle tiredness and generally feeling

blah have been joined by constant sinus infections. Right now I feel

like I'm sitting in a barrel when I talk to someone. Has anyone else

had this experience? Could it possibly be worse because of all the

heart medications I am on? I'm sure that adds a lot to the toxins in my

body. I'll keep the group posted as to how I'm doing....Ron

[Guest guest]

Your sinus infection has caused swelling that has closed your

eustachian tubes which caused things to sound like this. The eustachian

tubes sometimes close when you go up and down on an airplane, same

symptoms. This will go away when the sinus infection goes away, the

swelling goes down and the tubes will reopen. If you are on lots of

medications you might want to find a doctor who understands and

supports the changes your body will experience as you go raw to help

you manage your medications. If you are able to go to the Tree of Life

in AZ, they have physicians there who would know how to support your

system while you are going raw. My guess is that you would be able to

decrease your heart meds eventually, but ,please don't try this without

expert medical advice.

 

Also, what are you doing to help pull the toxins out of your body?

There are lots of ways you can do this other than a cleanse which I

personally think might be too much for your condition. You can use a

sauna, take a bath in a tub with 2 cups of Epsom Salts, do enemas once

or twice a day, get a lymphatic massage, use a hot tub, do skin

brushing being sure to always brush toward your heart and get

hydrocolon therapy, colonics. I am sure there are other ways to help

your body dump these toxins that are coming out because of your eating

raw but this is what I can think of right now. It is a good thing to

be getting rid of them. It would be even better if you didn't have to

suffer these consequences.

 

Oh, you could also go to an native american sweat ceremony and use wood

vinegar patches from Japan on your feet.

 

Tammy

On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:42 PM, ronschlauch1947 wrote:

 

> Hi everybody,

>      I am a 59 year old male living in Florida.  In 1999 bacteria got

> in my blood at a dentist visit and destroyed the mitral valve in my

> heart. They had to do emergency open heart surgery and repair the

> valve

> with an annuloplasty ring.  In 2003 I had a major heart attack in the

> lower anterior descending artery and have been disabled ever since. 

> I've been trying for the last month to improve my diet and exercise

> and

> get back into shape again. Each week I get a little closer to raw and

> I

> must say I enjoy the fruit, vegetables and green smoothies.  This week

> I only had cooked food twice. Here is my question. I was expecting a

> pretty bad de-tox experience after 59 years of eating meat, potatoes,

> gravy, dairy products, sugar, salt, etc. but it's been a little worse

> than I thought. The headaches, muscle tiredness and generally feeling

> blah have been joined by constant sinus infections. Right now I feel

> like I'm sitting in a barrel when I talk to someone. Has anyone else

> had this experience? Could it possibly be worse because of all the

> heart medications I am on? I'm sure that adds a lot to the toxins in

> my

> body. I'll keep the group posted as to how I'm doing....Ron

>