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| | June 23, 1999Not doing antibiotic treatment...I won't be doing the antibiotic treatment. Mainly because it evidently won't produce enough positive results, if any. I'll put here, (in part) the letter from Lindner to Pomeroy regarding my culture results, May 19, 1999 "Sensitivity testing was done as usual. Trace sensitivity was seen with penicillin, ciprofloxacin, perhaps isoniazid, chlorquin and cloxacillin. Bacterial growth was stimulated by cefixime, clarithromycin and cysteine.
It does suggest that resistance could potentially be manipulated. Unfortunately, I do not yet know how to manipulate the growth conditions to produce useful sensitivity.
It is unclear whether there is enough sensitivity to produce a useful result. Keep in mind that elimination of the bacterium is not an option with available therapy."
I wrote Dr. Lindner asking a few things, here's the questions and his response. Dear Dr. Lindner, I received the letter (May 19, 1999) that was sent to Dr. Pomeroy from PATHOBIOTEK. My question is this If the bacterium is resistant to all the antibiotics that were listed, is the bacterium associated with MS or is the bacterium another strain NOT associated with MS? If so, what bacterium is in my blood? His answer: The bacterium we are looking at is associated with MS in the sense that levels always rise when there are exacerbations and decrease with improvement. This is not equivalent to proof that the bacterium causes MS,but is evidence in favor of that. At this point we have not identified any strain differences that separate MS patients from others. We may not have found the right thing to look for yet, or there may be no strain difference;the disease could be the result not of the bacterium but rather of how the patient responds to it. We have a fairly exact identification of the bacterium at this point, but I am not allowed to release it yet for reasons of patent protection.
And what might that bacterium be associated with? His Answer: In addition to MS, we are also seeing a strong association with the so-called chronic fatigue syndrome. What else it might be associated with, we don't know yet. We can speculate, but we haven't done the testing.
I'm not understanding why this bacterium is resistant, when other MS patients it is not. First of all, your bacterial isolate is not completely resistant, although the sensitivity seen may be too weak to be useful at this point. The only way to know that would be to put you on a course of treatment for a while and see what happens. Antibiotic resistance is present in the majority of patients - that is why we have to run the sensitivities. It is only a minority that have shown a good response. A response does not equal cure; we can reduce the level of the bacteria sometimes, and that may allow some healing to take place, but we can't completely eliminate them from anyone. There may be some good news coming. I have seen an effect in one patient that suggests that we may be able to manipulate the antibiotic sensitivity and make the bacteria sensitive to things that they would normally be resistant to. I'll know in a month or two whether that will work.
That leads me to speculate that I may have another disease all together! His Answer: Always something to consider. The diagnosis of MS is based on clinical symptoms, MRI scans, etc. There is no laboratory test that can tell us for sure whether a patient has MS or not. I don't know your full clinical history, so I don't know how characteristic your symptoms and course are. If they aren't typical, other possibilities should certainly be considered. Luther E. Lindner M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, TAMU. lindner@tamu.edu. Ph (409) 845-7260 home (409) 693-3940.
So, after all that, I've decided not to do the antibiotic treatment. I'll be looking into another avenue dealing with RifeBare technology. This will also give my body a little time to recuperate from all the drugs I've bombarded it with this past year! It's non evasive, No danger involved and interesting! It's come about from the doctor I mentioned, Royal Robert Rife M.D.. here's some information regarding Rife. Here's a newspaper article from San Diego Tribune 1938! While investigating this and looking for a machine close by, I found one in my hometown, which is owned my one of my old babysitters! Along with Royal Robert Rife, we'll have lots to talk about... |
