Posted By Dazednconfused (Bfe, Ar.) on 04/25/2012

Scenario goes as follows(sorry if too long): Husband is 51, had gall-bladder removal in 2010, during the surgery it was discovered he had cirrhosis, and almost died in the hospital following the surgery, contracted a Staph infection, then SPB. What a nightmare. Fast foward 2 years. Routine labwork continued to show elevated liver enzymes, the doctor finally decided to get him checked for Hep. C, he is positive, and has genotype 1A; no insurance, and possibly decades worth of damage to his liver due to this disease, and now, no gall bladder! Which as I understand it, puts just that much more stress on his already compromised liver. He was holding his own, barely, when the pitted edema and ascites started a few weeks ago. I have read about the Serrapeptase on this site which has been used successfully(?)for ascites, and would like ANY updates on the peeps who have tried this for themselves or others. Is it a conducive treatment for a compromised liver, 60, 000 units of anything at this point may be too much? Also I would like to know how much of the H2O2 to start off with, and how much ACV to give also, and at what intervals, as I have read here that one counter-acts with the other? I have read so many posts on here and I am just getting myself more confused and am quickly becoming a nervous wreck and discouraged just watching him get sicker and more swollen.

He is NOT to the point of getting 'tapped' yet, and if even he were, like I said, we have no insurance, and no money. Reason number one for doctor not offering ANY kind of treatment plan;more or less, told him to go home and die!!! He did not even schedule him back in 6 months for future bloodwork, just wrote him a script for Aldectone b/c he KNEW it would come to this. So compassionate these doctors are! He gets $200 disability a month, and I am currently unemployed and going stir crazy. Too much time on my hands, all I do is read/research, and worry even more! TMI on the web! What to trust, what not to believe, etc. , is driving me crazy!

I need people and feedback from those who are going through this, or have gone through this, and had a good outcome with treatment plan, or even just managing to stay alive with the least amount of symptoms and are managing thier disease. I have also read and believe a lot about the alkaline water and your body's pH balance, this seems to be the easiest to do, ph test strips give accurate, cheap, and quick results as to the progress being made; and the most conclusive evidence since my own mother who had fatty liver disease is still kicking strong after 12 years and having already been through this treatment, can answer questions I have first hand. However, even sea salt is NOT recommended by ANY AMA docors, and would totally advise AGAINST this option, exspecially for someone with ascites and edema already present; and my husband has been brainwashed by the AMA, and will not even drink the recommended daily amount of water, let alone ingest the sea salt!! But my mother changed her pH to alkaline by using this protocol, which is actually the late Dr. Batmanghelidj protocol from his research on the "Water Cure", and dehydration being the cause of MANY diseases. Has anyone heard of this before? It goes against the grain of traditional medicine, and definately against AMA treatment for ascites and edema, and is way too cheap of a cure for this TRUTH to get around! However, as mentioned, my husband will not even TRY this due to his doctor scaring him with the old sodium myth and it causing edema. I feel the worse that can happen at this point is that he may swell up more? maybe not. I have also read where edema is the body's way of SAVING sodium b/c it IS dehydrated, and edema is an outward manifestation of this.

Anyhow, TMI I know, and I apologize, but if anyone has any positive feedback I would love to hear it. I am not playing doctor here, and would not dream of doing so with someone else's health, my own, yes; however, the doctors have left him on the wayside, and I am just trying to pick up the broken pieces of my life and hopefully ease my husband into the great beyond with the LEAST amount of pain and suffering to all! If this post can help anyone in the future, I feel it will all be worth it! We can only evovle through education and knowledge, and anyone's health is of the UPMOST importance to me. I will give out my email if anyone can/wants to help me personally, just give a shout out. Thank you all, you have been a great help to raise the conscieseness of like minded people who VALUE their health and not BELIEVE everything the conventional doctors would tell you, if they even can. And by some of the posts that I have read here, the docs really don't have a clue about some things. Thanks EC and members.

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