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Been diagnosed with cancer - again
    #22171951 - 08/31/15 11:21 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Hey guys so yeah its been a wild few months. I was re-diagnosed with testicular cancer a few months ago. About 3 years ago I had surgery to remove one testicle that had 60% seminoma. They determined that there was no spread and just wanted to monitor me for several years afterwards.

A few months ago I got my checkup CT/PET scans and they noticed abnormalities in my retroperitoneal lymph nodes. They are larger than normal and showing increased sugar metabolism which is indicative of recurrent cancer. It is too close to my aorta to do a needle biopsy, so my doc is putting me on chemotherapy starting sometime in the next few weeks.  They are hopeful that I should recover as a result of the treatments, and I am keeping my fingers crossed, though dont want to be too confident to where im not doing everything i can during treatment. I just got married and havent really spent time thinking about this, due to all the wedding planning. We havent told anyone because we wanted the wedding to be free from anxiety about that for everyone. Now I am planning on telling my family, which is very hard. I am scared about all of this, but dont want anyone to be scared for me. I need to figure out how to tell people.

I am also hoping for advice from people, as during chemotherapy I am going to likely get a vaporizor and a medical marijuana card to help maintain an appetite. In the past I have gotten very paranoid on weed, like schizophrenic paranoid, so I am hoping someone can point me to the least paranoid strain possible. I know indica is pretty low intensity, is there a strain among that that might be useable?

Blah I dont know what else to say.... um I know there are tons of people out there who are going through so much worse than what I will be, and I dont want to try and overshadow anyone else with my problems. Just looking for some advice, or maybe open up a conversation with people who have gone through the same in one way or another.


Thanks, and cheers :sun:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22172125 - 09/01/15 12:17 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

wow that's too bad man. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

It's good you've got a spouse to help you out during times like this.
As far as you're intent on MJ, I too get paranoid and almost schizophrenic-like when smoking.  I can say that my mood going into effects much of my mood during it.

If I feel that I'm doing something wrong then that seems to perpetuate itself for a good part of the day after smoking.  I can say that daily use, a couple of times a day drastically takes my paranoia down.  Maybe this will be the same for you. If you need it there's nothing to be paranoid about, so try to think about it this way during use.

Indica is a body buzz and "low" intensity may not be the proper wording, as for me it seems more intense and often become lazy.  I do like it and I do find more of an appetite as well. Sativa is ur other option other than a "hybrid".  I like sativa because it keeps my spirits up and motivates me to keep on going or get something important done.  Hybrid is the other and well it comes with varied effects.  Too much use of any of them will result in lethargic activity or a build-up of tolerance with no affect.

If I were you, I would try both.  Try the sativa dominant in the mornings and don't smoke very much, just enough to keep your spirits up.  Then as the day progresses I would progress into the Indica dominant strains as the day becomes more relaxing.

You may receive different advice, just keep in mind it affects everyone different.  You seem to be more like me, where as many of my friends became very social or others would often go to sleep or sit around watching movies.

I hope I am not out of my bounds here. Forgive me if I am.
I am not a doctor, but I hope I have helped you.

Another note of good advice: stay out of the cold and stay out of the rain.  Take care of yourself.

You can beat this!
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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: confuzzed]
    #22172173 - 09/01/15 12:42 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

you'll get through this. sometimes it's the toughest trials in life that help us grow the most as people. i'm sure you will also find an outpouring of love from the people who care about you most.
as for the medical weed--hindu kush would be a good strain for no paranoia. i get kinda tripped out on weed too and that's the most relaxing strain i've ever had. it's pure indica.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: resonant111]
    #22172513 - 09/01/15 04:37 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Hybrids are best imo.  Sativa dominant for daytime, indica for night.  As someone who's prone to psychosis, heavy indicas are the ones to avoid.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22172566 - 09/01/15 05:40 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Sending powerful Rastaman Vibrations your way. 

Indicas are your friend, I'd avoid Sativa for now.  Late harvest indicas. Perhaps even low THC strains. 

Best wishes stay strong.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #22172617 - 09/01/15 06:09 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Isn't there already a cure for cancer?

Reduce your sugars intake to zero, increase your body's pH levels, start a hemp oil regimen, and microdose cubes. Take no other drugs/medications.

Chemo kills.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Hobozen]
    #22175852 - 09/01/15 09:08 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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As someone who's prone to psychosis, heavy indicas are the ones to avoid.




ehh i highly disagree on this. when weed amplifies paranoid thoughts its usually pure sativa...i had some pretty sketched out "racing thought" trips on strains like super silver haze and durban poison.

with indicas like hindu kush it's been nothing but just pure relaxation. indicas are way less trippy and way more medically therapeutic in my experience.

not saying i don't like sativas (sometimes i like a good mindfuck lol)...it's just that in the case of the OP, i think indica would be way better for his condition.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Arctic W. Fox] * 1
    #22176099 - 09/01/15 09:56 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Isn't there already a cure for cancer?

Reduce your sugars intake to zero, increase your body's pH levels, start a hemp oil regimen, and microdose cubes. Take no other drugs/medications.

Chemo kills.




You forgot detoxify current toxin build ups:thumbup:
Allows the body a more direct focus on other unwanted issues such as cancers.

Basically detox allows ur natural cell killers enhanced activity towards irregular cell formation such as tumors. Our bodies are constantly removing cancerous like cells all on its own.

Good luck :thumbup:
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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: resonant111]
    #22176145 - 09/01/15 10:06 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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As someone who's prone to psychosis, heavy indicas are the ones to avoid.




ehh i highly disagree on this. when weed amplifies paranoid thoughts its usually pure sativa...i had some pretty sketched out "racing thought" trips on strains like super silver haze and durban poison.

with indicas like hindu kush it's been nothing but just pure relaxation. indicas are way less trippy and way more medically therapeutic in my experience.

not saying i don't like sativas (sometimes i like a good mindfuck lol)...it's just that in the case of the OP, i think indica would be way better for his condition.




sativas can get pretty overstimulating and anxious for me, but the indicas slow my sense of time down, sometimes so much that i'll start dreaming awake.  i can get deep into spacey delusional & paranoid thought patterns.  with sativas, none of that deep stuff happens, just surface stuff, like anxiety, nervous effects.  but i'm mostly referring to the pure indicas.  something like blueberry, that's 20% sativa, is pretty chill.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Hobozen]
    #22176343 - 09/01/15 10:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I don't know if there is a play in the playbook for this life situation but you'll figure it out.  Thanks for letting us know, it can't be easy.  I would imagine being scared is the natural reaction to this type of news.  I hope this treatment kicks the cancers ass:thumbup:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Cognitive_Shift] * 1
    #22176754 - 09/02/15 01:26 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Thank you all for your encouragement and advice, much appreciated as always :smile:

I will get through this, we will get through this. Like said above, its a journey of life and I am prepared to do what I need. Much love everybody, I will certainly keep you updated :heart:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22178401 - 09/02/15 02:19 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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mick said:
Thank you all for your encouragement and advice, much appreciated as always :smile:

I will get through this, we will get through this. Like said above, its a journey of life and I am prepared to do what I need. Much love everybody, I will certainly keep you updated :heart:




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Just remember, find your own niche with the MJ...
People tend to not understand its affect may be different for someone else...

Just like I can drink tequila and love life, however pour me whiskey and I will want to kick your ass and argue about everything<<<< must be the Irish :laugh:

It's a bad example, but only one I could think of :rofl:
Keep us posted!
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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Arctic W. Fox]
    #22178947 - 09/02/15 04:33 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

sorry to hear this bud. I had a scare a few months back so I know the kind of terror that ensues, but it was also a great opportunity for personal growth and sorting out the things that matter in life. I wish you the best brother :hug:

Don't lose hope though. There are like a billion photochemicals and supplements that have demonstrated selective tumor killing properties. It's no guarantee but may be worth a look. You might consider an anti-inflammatory styled diet/looking for gut dysbiosis too. I've never read about the effects of the diet on cancer but rogue inflammation is a pretty universal disease promoter. I'm currently on AIP for an autoimmune issue with some decent success so it may help.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22179115 - 09/02/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

best of luck with this mick! :smile:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: deff]
    #22557519 - 11/21/15 09:36 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Hey everyone. Been a while since ive updated on this. Have been going through chemotherapy, currently taking cisplatin, and etopiside, which are two chemo agents. just finished my second round this week. have approx 2 more rounds until we reassess.

Its fucking hard, and I applaud anyone who has gotten through this. It feels worst right after and then with time and sleep you slowly get past the nausea. have used some high CBD marijuana for the nausea which helps but still gets me in a weird high space, which i dunno.. i dunno whats worse being high or feeling like total shit haha. guess its not that bad. I have talked with other people going through the same thing and they all seem to say to just stay positive.

Its really difficult to keep that mentality going, but I have found it helps. Just trying to focus on the good parts of my life. Football has been really helpful, and has given me a lot to focus my attention on. Just wanted to check in. theres a lot more I could write, but im not really sure what or who it would benefit right now. If you ever come across this thread and are going through something similar please message me and ill fill you in on whatever i can that will help.

Cheers and hopefully see you on the healthier side of all this soon. :heart::sun:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22557767 - 11/21/15 10:33 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

I am curious if you noticed any symptoms.

Sending good vibes your way brother.

Hope you and your loved ones have many more happy years together.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Lucis]
    #22558998 - 11/22/15 10:36 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Damn bro I am sorry to hear about this! My brother is over 10 years in remission and it is still a scary thought that it could come back. He too had

testicular cancer and lost a ball. Stay strong and stay away from the sativa strains bro. You can get some indica strains that are high in cbd or just take

some straight cbd oil that doesn't have any psychoactives. Best wishes go out to you and your wife.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22559171 - 11/22/15 11:18 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

So sorry it came back, but here's hoping you can beat it again. Much love, my friend. :heart:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Lucis]
    #22576395 - 11/26/15 12:58 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Thank you friends for the good vibes. Much needed and helpful at this moment :crazy:


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I am curious if you noticed any symptoms.





yeah my symptoms have been pain at the needle site where i get the iv bags. Gonna ask for a fake vein for treatments 3 & 4, just to spare my veins from any more damage. I might have something called thrombosis (or close to it) as a result of this. Am hoping its not permanent, but right now both my wrists feel sprained

ringing in my ears, called tinitus, and nasuea. worst of all atm is the fucking constipation. I need to shit so bad but am just sitting like a duck on the toilet. Tomorrow if nothing happens I am on a mission for a thanksgiving anema and it will be sweet hehe.

Well back to bed, Cheers everyone and have a wonderful day tomorrow. Enjoy all that delicious Thanksgiving grub :laugh:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22577114 - 11/26/15 07:36 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

You might check out Phoenix Tears or Rick Simpson oil.  Instead of smoked cannabis or vaped...  You get a higher concentration of THC which smoking or vaping doesn't come close to delivering into your system.  ...From what I understand.

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    #22577915 - 11/26/15 11:39 AM (8 years, 2 months ago)

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You might check out Phoenix Tears or Rick Simpson oil.  Instead of smoked cannabis or vaped...  You get a higher concentration of THC which smoking or vaping doesn't come close to delivering into your system.  ...From what I understand.

:peace::heart:




Yeah that stuff is potent. When i went through my cancer scare I bought some and could barely use it i would be hallucinating so hard :lol: Most recommend building a big tolerance to the effects though.


Pulling for you Mick :hug: You have a beautiful heart my friend. Hope it sticks around for a good long while


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: JacksonMetaller]
    #22578337 - 11/26/15 01:16 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Or even try High cbd edibles or was if you need more cbd man. we make em pretty easy at my work so if your in a med or legal state you should be able to get similar shit. The high cbd edibles are great, ingestion is actually the most effectiv method of getting cbd into your system to man. best wishes to you. I have cancer written all throughout my genetic code so I've seen a lot of family members go through this. Best wishs to you and your loved ones, and if my 70 year old grandmother just beat it I'm sure you'll whipe the floor with it.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Mescalean]
    #22583825 - 11/27/15 07:47 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Thank you all, so much :smile:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: ManianFH]
    #22604622 - 12/02/15 03:19 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Wow, Mick....just saw your thread...strength to ya man...chemo sucks...just had my dad go through with it ....was very hard on him physically. I'm kinda with you on the medical weed though...I never liked the effects of it.
You may want to take a look at chaga, cordyceps, turkey tail, and reishi mushrooms. There have been studies done on some of their cancer fighting and chemo easing abilities (chaga)I have been making my own tinctures of chaga and reishi to treat my RA ...with success...been using them about two years now and was able to get off of some fucked up RA drugs....methotrexate is one, which is actually a chemo drug. Anyway, google these mushrooms and their qualities...there is quite a lot of good info out there.
I would be happy to send you some of the tincture I made if you like...of course...free. Just im me if you want and give me your address.
PS...I'll be rooting for KC now too, as long as they're not playing Baltimore.:sunny::peace:


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22606811 - 12/02/15 11:13 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Haha thanks man :0.. whats funny is we actually play each other this year, which like never happens. Ill be rooting for the Ravens too in other games ;p, but well save this chatter for the best shroomery thread.

Thanks for the suggestions, I am open to anything and will check that out. My bud works at a dispensary and just hooked me up with some pure CBD oils and whathaveyou. Gonna give those a try and see how they work. The Rick Simpson Oil is what I really wanted but its like $6000 for all the doses I would need.

Gonna try and spend a couple hundred on pure CBD oil to get past the nausea, and hopefully that works :smile:. Cheers brother!


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22607509 - 12/03/15 06:07 AM (8 years, 1 month ago)

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The Rick Simpson Oil is what I really wanted but its like $6000 for all the doses I would need.





Wowsers! Is that referring to the 60 gram in 60 days or whatever? My friend makes some and I believe it's cheaper to do it yourself if you're capable, but by how much i don't know. He said it worked on some of his family members with cancer :shrug: I don't think it's the holy grail, but taming inflammation is really the big thing and cannabis has a knack for that. But it's certainly not the only thing that helps and i like Thayendanegea's suggestions as well

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Wow, Mick....just saw your thread...strength to ya man...chemo sucks...just had my dad go through with it ....was very hard on him physically. I'm kinda with you on the medical weed though...I never liked the effects of it.
You may want to take a look at chaga, cordyceps, turkey tail, and reishi mushrooms. There have been studies done on some of their cancer fighting and chemo easing abilities (chaga)I have been making my own tinctures of chaga and reishi to treat my RA ...with success...been using them about two years now and was able to get off of some fucked up RA drugs....methotrexate is one, which is actually a chemo drug. Anyway, google these mushrooms and their qualities...there is quite a lot of good info out there.
I would be happy to send you some of the tincture I made if you like...of course...free. Just im me if you want and give me your address.
PS...I'll be rooting for KC now too, as long as they're not playing Baltimore.:sunny::peace:




RA as in rheumatoid arthritis? Have you tried an AIP diet? I have an autoimmune disorder that's a sort of chronic form of Guillaine Barre Syndrome and AIP reduced my symptoms by like 80% (might help you too mick if you're up for an extreme change :lol:). Never went on any meds or anything aside from some antimicrobials and probiotics currently to try and get over that last 20%. Shits miserable man and I'm glad you're taking care of it well. I looked into those mushrooms heavily when i thought i had cancer but didn't have the understanding of physiology that i have now. May have to look back into it.

Key words though, microbiome. Keep those fuckers tamed. They're linked to pretty much every disease either directly or indirectly. Cannabis is great and all, but if you really want to get something at it's source, those are the guys to go after.


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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: JacksonMetaller]
    #22608266 - 12/03/15 10:55 AM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Yes...Rheumatoid arthritis ...ans, yes, it sucks. I stay on a high fruit/ raw vegetable diet along with the reishi/ chaga extracts taken 2 droppers full several times a day and have had great success...like you, symptoms are down about 80%...I still stay in touch with my rheumatologist and get blood tested every 3 months...she is aware of my mushroom therapy, although not completely on board with it. However, she can't deny that my blood has looked excellent since I began this regiment and got off of her methotrexate plan...plus, I rarely get sick anymore...where I used to be on antibiotics all the time.
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Re: Been diagnosed with cancer - again [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #22608925 - 12/03/15 01:45 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

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Yes...Rheumatoid arthritis ...ans, yes, it sucks. I stay on a high fruit/ raw vegetable diet along with the reishi/ chaga extracts taken 2 droppers full several times a day and have had great success...like you, symptoms are down about 80%...I still stay in touch with my rheumatologist and get blood tested every 3 months...she is aware of my mushroom therapy, although not completely on board with it. However, she can't deny that my blood has looked excellent since I began this regiment and got off of her methotrexate plan...plus, I rarely get sick anymore...where I used to be on antibiotics all the time.
What is AIP diet?




Amazing how ignorant these doctors can be. I swear they don't even understand disease sometimes :rolleyes: AIP stands for AutoImmune Protocol.

The short-long explanation is this... Basically ever cell in the human body is covered in special kinds of sugars called sialic acids. The arrangement of these sialic acids give the cell its identity and aid in cell-cell recognition. This is important for proper development as well as basic tissue homeostasis to ensure that all cells are in the proper location and interacting appropriately with their neighboring cells. Well, bacteria like to coat their outer membranes in sialic acids that they scavenge from their host in order to confuse the immune system. By doing this the immune system recognizes the bacteria as human tissue so to speak and doesn't attack it. But of course, it "knows better". It has autoreactive T-cells that remain inactive until they detect abnormal concentrations of these human-like antigens. This way it avoids attacking hosts tissue on a day to day basis, but in the case of life-threatening infection it can still target the bacteria.

Now, most bacteria we encounter exist in our digestive tract and oral cavities. Historically speaking humans ate a huge variety of complex whole foods providing various substrates for these bacteria to consume. This led to high diversity among these microbes as they carved out highly specialized niches and indeed modern day hunter-gatherer populations have the highest microbial diversity of any known population. Such diversity keeps the concentration of each population low and maintains this tolerance in auto-reactive T cells. However, in modern day scenarios we have reduced the diversity of our food drastically. The typical western diet looks like corn, soy, wheat, potatoes, tomatoes, and crappy meat. Furthermore we take in high numbers of individual substrates at the expense of others through modern day food processing and further disturb the ecology of our microbiome through antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, etc. So essentially what happens is that as diversity is lost, and populations begin to grow unchecked, they get picked up by the immune system which initiates an inflammatory response. This inflammatory response causes collateral damage to the intestinal barrier. In normal infections this would be self-limiting, but because these are established populations this damage to the intestinal barrier is chronic and is known as "intestinal hyperpermeability". Since the barrier is the primary immune defense, this permeability allows abnormal concentrations of bacterial antigens to flow freely into the lymph tissue causing further inflammation and barrier degradation in a catalytic cycle. To make matters worse, many foods that we commonly eat such as grains, legumes, nightshade vegetables, etc contain compounds that may directly compromise the integrity of the intestinal barrier causing further translocation of bacterial antigens into the lymph tissue.

So what ends up happening is this inflammation can become systemic leading to insulin resistance, lipid disorders, and as these T-cells become activated they may harm specific human tissues due to the molecular mimicry between bacterial sialic acid structures and human sialic acid structures. So in my case there are bacteria in my gut (presumably E. coli) which have surface structures similar to sialic acids on my nerves. Because these bacteria have grown wildly out of proportion they have elicited an immune attack against them with antibodies that attack both the bacteria and my nerves. I also bring this up to Mick because this sort of chronic low grade inflammation has been implicated as an important part of cancer formation and metastases. Basically immune cells generate free radicals which are meant to harm pathogens but also cause DNA damage. At the same time the immune system is trying to repair the collateral damage to the tissues and so it secretes growth factors which stimulate cell proliferation and blood vessel formation. As the DNA damage in cells increase they become less able to appropriately respond to these signals and so over time they can become "cancerous" as the immune system directs them to grow and divide, supplies them with blood vessels, degrades the extra cellular matrix, and mobilizes them to different areas of the body. At the same time, the normal immune function of eliminating faulty cells becomes compromised by the distorted inflammatory environment and the cancer goes by undetected.

Sorry that was so long... But basically AIP is a diet based on the integration of contemporary sciences with evolutionary evidence to eliminate foods which promote this process while promoting foods that encourage a healthy gut flora and proper intestinal barrier function. It's not a silver bullet. Some things are easier to prevent than fix. For example I've been on AIP 6 months and still have massive amounts of E coli because they are resilient little fucks. But I went from barely being able to walk to having a little achiness in my legs now and then so I can't imagine how much worse it was before. And my metabolic markers are drastically improved. Of course, do what works for you, but I found this to be the most sensible diet when i really got into the science of it so it might be worth a try just to see if you can get that extra 20% :grin: But if you hear a lot about the microbiome project, this is an overly simplistic explanation of why it's so interesting. It is a complete paradigm shift in which most diseases are able to be reduced to relatively common origins (a doctor would shoot me for saying that :lol: but again they thought cymbalta was the answer...). And RA specifically has been linked to various microbes


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    #22609315 - 12/03/15 03:36 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks for that well thought out , awesome response.....what type of foods are on this diet?...Is this also called "leaky gut syndrome"? I have heard of that....which is why I started my raw fruits/ vegetable diet.


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    #22609598 - 12/03/15 04:56 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah leaky gut is one aspect of it. Ie what I referred to as intestinal hyperpermeability. The foods are basically Paleo derived though modified. For example while tubers are totally cool, a lot of people find they do better without potatoes since they belong to the nightshade family which contain glycoalkaloids that intercalate into the cell membranes of the gut epithelium and cause perforations. People take on the diet with various leniencies, though in the strictest sense it looks like: fruits, veggies, tubers, wild game/grassfedbeef/organ meat, fish, insects if you're adventurous. Grains/legumes/nightshades are pretty universally eliminated and then dairy, eggs, and nuts are generally eliminated initially. There are plenty of lay blogs and books on the matter. I come from a biochem background so I like to research myself, but before I knew what I was looking for I really enjoyed Sarah Ballantynes "Paleo Approach". It's a little hokey looking but she had a background as a PhD (studying sepsis I believe? Which is essentially the acute form of this process) and does a good job of explaining the concepts to lay folk while also capturing enough detail to help you really understand the process. She focuses more on "leaky gut" than the microbial aspects so I don't know if anyone out there is a better resource. That was my only experience aside from reading random articles here and there while looking for inspiration


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    #22612051 - 12/04/15 08:29 AM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks!!


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    #22632592 - 12/08/15 11:48 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Best wishes to you Mick. Stay positive and strong!!! I hope the CBD oil works out for you. I can definitely relate with getting into a weird, uncomfortable headpsace with MJ. Maybe if you build up a tolerance with the oil and edibles then that will become more mellow.

Look into getting organic ginger from grocery store and you can peel/eat or juice it to help with nausea. Also has anti inflammatory properties.

There has been alot of research with those mushrooms mentioned, (Reishi, Chaga, turkey tail). There is a shroomerite who makes double extracts of those 3 with his wife, I will PM you about them. They may be able to provide some for you, they are very kind people.


Also look into  growing broccoli sprouts (sulforaphane). This seems to be another tool you can have to help you.

You have what it takes, best of luck to your current treatment. We are here for you, with love:heart:


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    #22644496 - 12/11/15 10:00 PM (8 years, 1 month ago)

Sorry to hear about the health issue Mick. I wish you all the best. :thumbup:


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