First successful test of Steve Carr's protocol? (Outside of family members) February 22, 2020 04:39AM |
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Steve,
Latest chart. I overshot the 64 ng/ml serum VitD (~160nmol/L) target and went to 68 (~170nmol/L)! And did it rather quickly too! I took the test 2 days earlier then my projections would have indicated me achieving the target of 64. I have ceased taking D until it drops to 64. Not sure how fast that drop will take. Hoping you have some insight into that time line.
Saved the best news till now - 3 DAYS with no arrhythmias! NONE at least that I can feel. Seven months of increasingly stronger ectopic beats that by Nov were constant 24/7... are GONE.
I am still hesitant to call victory, but it sure is looking very positive.
Thank you Steve for all your assistance no matter how this turns out.
Latest serum tests show
Sodium 138
Potassium 3.7
Calcium 9.0
Vit D 68 (went from 61 to 68 in the last 5 days) Letting it drop now to 64 and then begin maintenance dose.
A few charts plotting my progress. I keep close watch on my critical indices when I am changing meds / vitamins / minerals / diet.
Even watching it very closely I overshot my Vitamin D target this week. I will retest in a few weeks and when down to 64 will begin a Vit D 5000IU daily regimen during the rest of the winter, then a little less come summer. The intent is to stay in the 62-64 range. [The approx natural blood plateau level reached by anyone with heavy sun exposure -- ie the natural "solar saturation" level enjoyed by almost all of the millions of ancestors that each living individual has.]
The arrhythmias began in early Aug 2019 and were quite steady and severe by Dec 2019.
Calcium intake is averaging just under 500mg daily. Never over 500mg. Sometimes as low as 200mg. [Actually, from the detailed daily chart he has supplied me, which I would like to have posted, I calculate his average daily Ca intake as 346mg/day for the last ten days, which would be by far the most relevant intake-days to his current outcome.] 9 - 9.5mg/dL is my Ca blood test target range. If I drop below 9 I will raise my calcium intake.
I put this chart in to show how my Co2 levels dropped to the mid 20's from the low 30's. I had been averaging 31-33 on a consistent basis... too high. O2 levels have increased from 93% - 95% to 98% - 99%.
Even with increased sodium intake levels, my serum levels have stabilized at 138
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Your posts are very interesting. I have been doing something similar, though for other reasons. I see the target for vitamin D is 64–do you know of any potential problems if it is higher? Mine is around 80. My calcium is about 9. As far as whether or how this has affected heart rhythms, I don’t know as I take a low dose of flecainide daily—but I haven’t had any breakthroughs in over a year and the last one was associated with a flu-like illness and/or a severely leaking mitral valve, which has now been fixed.Quote
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As far as I know, since I provided info on this Forum over the last month or so, a handful of others are on the way to giving it a try -- with varying degrees of thoroughness.
Re: First successful test of Steve Carr's protocol? (Outside of family members) February 22, 2020 02:02PM |
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At my last appointment, I asked my EP about lowering my flecaide dose but she wasn’t keen, feeling that once you start getting breakthroughs it is harder to re-establish steady NSR. Comments?
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George : possibly your reference to ng/dL (versus ng/ml) is a rare and minor typo by you, because this would indicate a very low serum level -- which I think isn't your intent?
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No diet etc would bring me out of AFIB. I was in Persistent AFIB and only a ECV Would put me back in NSR. It was always temporary but I totally believe that Anxiety,Stress etc would push me back into AFIB.
Good Luck to everyone experimenting. Personally, that is not me. Specialist in the medical field spend years learning at the greatest Universities in the world. Anyway, different strokes for different folks. Please be smart. 🙂
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No diet etc would bring me out of AFIB. I was in Persistent AFIB and only a ECV Would put me back in NSR. It was always temporary but I totally believe that Anxiety,Stress etc would push me back into AFIB.
Good Luck to everyone experimenting. Personally, that is not me. Specialist in the medical field spend years learning at the greatest Universities in the world. Anyway, different strokes for different folks. Please be smart. 🙂
There is an element of luck to all of this. How early in the progression when you try experimenting is another factor. Different as may work for different people and nothing short of a Tier 1 ablation may work for others. If things aren't working, then waiting to get an ablation also doesn't make sense. You can experiment for a bit, but there is a point an ablation is warranted and waiting longer can exacerbate the problem.
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I am interested to know more about this test subject. Is he in the VMLAF category? (Vagally-Mediated Lone AFIBer). Hans made multiple references to this subcategory of AFIBers that are much more amenable to natural treatment.
From my perspective, the Medical profession isn't necessarily smarter than they were 20 years ago in that the competence of Nurses, Technicians and other supporting medical staff has gone downhill, this being coupled with increased Cannibis usage. Unfortunately for many of us, they sought to simplify the treatment of AFIB, eliminating the LAF subcategory, thus making treatment protocols easier for the Doctors and supporting staff to administer.
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Re: First successful test of Steve Carr's protocol? (Outside of family members) February 28, 2020 09:38PM |
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Personally, I think it is going to turn out that, like my father, my son and me, people do not need to add potassium (unless they have another significant underlying pathology) once they optimise their serum VitD around the natural solar-saturation level enjoyed by millions of their ancestors and optimise their daily Ca-intake around the levels similarly enjoyed by their millions of ancestors who lived prior to dairying becoming widespread in Europe only one or two thousand years ago.
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