tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3435221644393299603..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Friday HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-75392828671950870792017-02-10T14:05:49.830-06:002017-02-10T14:05:49.830-06:00C.,
(1) Thanks for pointing out the error. I fixe...C.,<br /><br />(1) Thanks for pointing out the error. I fixed the link.<br /><br />(2) I have heard about the idea that the problems with the microbiome could account for some autoimmune disorders. I find the idea plausible, but don't know enough to comment one way or the other. Another related idea that I find plausible is that many allergies are caused by children being raised without enough exposure to dirt, and thus having poorly-"trained" immune systems.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-51604623234401741612017-02-10T13:20:17.523-06:002017-02-10T13:20:17.523-06:00Hi Gus,
Your link to the article about Gorusch li...Hi Gus,<br /><br />Your link to the article about Gorusch links back to your own article's header.<br /><br />In regard to the MD with Castleman's Disease; there is a theory out there that these<br />immune system derangements might be because of the lack of a properly mediated microbiome. An interesting book on that topic and its import for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is <i>The Human Superorganism</i> by Rodney Dietert.<br /><br />I know that I suffered from what was diagnosed as an auto-immune disease for 30 years and all the expensive drugs and therapy sufficed only to slow down the disease. I took a chance on an 'off label use' of what is now designated 'a medical food' and was literally cured overnight. I've been symptom-free for going on 42 months now. <br /><br />If Orrin Hatch (not one of my favorite senators, but I have to give the man his due) had not successfully fought against FDA control of various 'supplements' 10 years ago, I would not have been able to get this without a prescription and my off-label use of it would have constituted a federal felony. <br /><br />I'm not a vindictive sort and don't believe in karma, but having suffered from something that dominated my life for 3 decades, my earnest wish is that every one of these bureaucrats who think that they have the divine right to dictate what medical treatments are to be made available to those suffering from these conditions, be afflicted by the same diseases that they forbid the treatment of by regulatory fiat. Perhaps that would educate them in a completely non-evadable way about the atrocities that they perpetrate as they go about 'just doing their jobs'. <br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com