Quote Originally Posted by mrdevious
I'm very sorry to hear about this Tallulah, chronic suffering can really wear at a person. I hope you don't mind my asking, but what exactly is lupus, what does it do?

I noticed you said she's allergic to wheat, dairy, soy, and gluten. Gluten is actually the component of wheat that people are allergic to (myself included), so we can break that down to wheat, soy, and dairy. As I discovered lately, the intolerance to dairy (lactose actually) I had all my life is completely gone. This is simply because I stopped eating the gluten/wheat which allowed my intestinal celei (sp?) to repair, eliminating the lactose intolerance. The soy I don't know about, but if it makes you feel any better she's most likely just allergic to gluten and soy.

From what I read there, it seems your mom's body is having trouble producing enzhymes and other regulatory hormones (possibly). She may want to consider getting her pancreas checked out, but I'm no doctor either.

There are a few things I can suggest healthwise though, things doctors will innevitably have overlooked (some of the information below is based on more recent research).

1. The most obvious; have you offered her cannabis as a medication? Vaporization would be preferrable of course, her body is under enough strain as it is without the added tar in her lungs.

2. I've been reading some fascinating information about Vitamin-C lately, and you'd be surprised what this little miracle called ascorbic acid can do for you. I know because I've been following the program myself. Vitamin-C can fend off or even cure a large number of ailments, is a powerful anti-viral at large doses, and is very effective in maintaining overall health. You can buy it really cheaply in chewable tablets. The following information is meant to be used as extra VC intake on top of your regular diet. You don't really have to worry about accidentially taking too much since it's incredibly non-toxic. I'll also include some other nutritional information which is very valuable.

- Take one vitamin-E capsul daily. Vitamin-E doubles the staying time of Vitamin-C and prevents the formation of free radicals, as well as acting protectively against the spread of cancer. Not to mention that it's just good for your skin.

- Taking 2,000mg Vitamin-C at once can have a very uplifting effect, a sort of energetic "high". It increases mental clarity and physical energy. I do this about once a day and it works every time within about 20-30 minutes.

- The average person should take 3,000-4,000mg Vitamin-C a day just for regular health maintenance. Start at 2,000mg a day and work your way up another 2,000 or so every day.

- When you're sick with a cold or flu, you should take 8,000mg a day. 24,000mg in a day is pretty much a guaranteed cure, but 8,000 is still very effective. The reason you may not want to go higher is because such high doses can (occasionally) have a diaretic effect.... though it hasn't been the case for me.

- A Vitamin-A and Vitamin-C combo can be very effective in shrinking tumors and fighting off cancer. The best way to get vitamin-A is probably through eating raw carrots, since they contain all 8 types of carotenoids that make up the vitamin-A spectrum. An intravenous injection of these is optimal, since very high doses are needed. However, that's only high doses of Vitamin-C. Vitamin-A is relatively non-toxic, but can definately cause toxicity (even to death) if used in considerably higher-than-normal doses.


Now I don't know if what your mom has is cancer, but it sounds like it from the way you describe it. What I do know is that Vitamin-C is most effective at treating lukemia at 25-30 grams a day, and can have remarkable effects. This is, however, a dosage based once again on intravenous administration (I don't know where you'd go to get that).

I hope this information helps your mother, seriously give it a try and do some research yourself if you feel uncomfortable with the "large" doses (or so the FDA would have us think). I take 6,000-8,000mg a day for the past several months and have had nothing but good come of it. I've read that people have used WAY larger doses for 30 years and lived under optimal health. Here are some sites that advocate the information I've given you.

Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C

DoctorYourself.com - Vitamin C Therapeutics

The Vitamin C Foundation

Vitamin C: Your Ultimate Health Insurance
I really appreciate your input, my mom has Lupus though, not cancer. All of the things she suffers from is from lupus.

I also feel I learned somewhere that chemotherapy can cause allergies to things, like her wheat, soy, dairy and gluten allergy.

I really can't explain lupus, as it is a very complicated disease...however I can give you a link to wikipedia which explains it very well Lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

...my mom has been doing the vitamin thing and supplement thing like crazy..
...but thats the thing about lupus, sometimes things affect you in very different ways.

This disease is such a mystery that I feel I am absolutly hopeless...no one knows how to treat this disease, and no one knows what causes it.

All I know is that I'm gettin' really worried....
...and losing some sleep, as you can see.

She has been in an out of every doctor imagineable for years..and each one tells her something completly different.

changed her lifestyle many times to accomodate and make her maybe better...but it just seems that shes not every getting any better...

...It is a disease that can go into remission, and hers did once before...but it's been awhile...and I wish I could do something for her....I wish there was an answer.
TallulahGreen Reviewed by TallulahGreen on . I love my mom.... My mom was diagnosed with Lupus around 5 years ago. She struggled for awhile and did all kinds of different methods of prescriptions to make her feel better, one being prednisone...and another was chemo therapy once a week. The doctors basically gave her the run around while she was being diagnosed..saying she had rhuematoid arthritis..then it was fibromayalgia...then it was lymes disease...Finally they found out Lupus. So for a few years she was on these drugs to make herself feel Rating: 5