always sick...

[saintsfan]

hey guys

I'm not sure where really to post this, but hopefully this part of this particular forum turns out to be the right place

over the past few years I've had pretty much every problem under the sun, essentially I just have a weak immune system, but no specific problem. I've had constant colds and soar throats, recurrent tonsilitis, shingles, quinzy, and abcess on my leg, conjunctivitis... the list goes on. It pretty much seems as soon as I recover from one thing I get another.

Most recently I have just recovered from tonsilitis (having them out on the 1st of december) I have recently come down with what is most likely a prostate infection (waiting on urine test to confirm). Have been reading on the internet and it is pretty depressing stuff. It is most common in men over 50 (I am recently turned 18) and usually takes at least a few months to dissappear, sometimes years.

Personally I am really struggling to cope, the constant illnesses are really taking their toll and the fact that this new one lasts for months has me pretty much in tears. Coupled with the fact I have 2 more final exams coming up and my car recently breaking down I'm not feeling too good really. I just don't understand why I'm always getting sick? And at such a young age, what will I be like when I'm older?

I pray regularly and often when I am sick, mostly along the lines of starting by praying forgiveness for sins, then that I'll overcome said illness. Usually this seems to help within days but when I am constantly getting sick again after beating one thing, I wonder if it actually is working? The thing is I am not a very practising christian. My faith is absolute, don't get me wrong there, I have no doubt that god is real. But I don't really connect with any particular interperetation of the the bible (e.g any particular denomination) so I don't very rarely go to church and pretty much only pray when I need something, mostly to get better. It all seems pretty selfish, I mean will god really listen to my prayers if I am not devout and only really pray when I want to get better?

So yeah that is basically my very long story. I don't feel comfortable talking to my family, friends, girlfriend or a pastor about it so I thought I'd put the anonymnity of the internet to good use! If anyone takes the time to read and respond I'd be very grateful, be it to offer some advice on overcoming my current illness or on whether I am praying in vain or not or anything really

cheers, saintsfan

 

[RuthD]

I'm sorry that you are getting all of these illnesses. I have had one after another with chronic pain. I know how down a person can get from these things. Jesus is there and I have found that trying to get to know Jesus real good has helped saved my sanity. May the good Lord bless you and heal you.

 

[skylark1]

hey guys

I'm not sure where really to post this, but hopefully this part of this particular forum turns out to be the right place

over the past few years I've had pretty much every problem under the sun, essentially I just have a weak immune system, but no specific problem. I've had constant colds and soar throats, recurrent tonsilitis, shingles, quinzy, and abcess on my leg, conjunctivitis... the list goes on. It pretty much seems as soon as I recover from one thing I get another.

Most recently I have just recovered from tonsilitis (having them out on the 1st of december) I have recently come down with what is most likely a prostate infection (waiting on urine test to confirm). Have been reading on the internet and it is pretty depressing stuff. It is most common in men over 50 (I am recently turned 18) and usually takes at least a few months to dissappear, sometimes years.

Personally I am really struggling to cope, the constant illnesses are really taking their toll and the fact that this new one lasts for months has me pretty much in tears. Coupled with the fact I have 2 more final exams coming up and my car recently breaking down I'm not feeling too good really. I just don't understand why I'm always getting sick? And at such a young age, what will I be like when I'm older?

I pray regularly and often when I am sick, mostly along the lines of starting by praying forgiveness for sins, then that I'll overcome said illness. Usually this seems to help within days but when I am constantly getting sick again after beating one thing, I wonder if it actually is working? The thing is I am not a very practising christian. My faith is absolute, don't get me wrong there, I have no doubt that god is real. But I don't really connect with any particular interperetation of the the bible (e.g any particular denomination) so I don't very rarely go to church and pretty much only pray when I need something, mostly to get better. It all seems pretty selfish, I mean will god really listen to my prayers if I am not devout and only really pray when I want to get better?

So yeah that is basically my very long story. I don't feel comfortable talking to my family, friends, girlfriend or a pastor about it so I thought I'd put the anonymnity of the internet to good use! If anyone takes the time to read and respond I'd be very grateful, be it to offer some advice on overcoming my current illness or on whether I am praying in vain or not or anything really

cheers, saintsfan

Hi Saintsfan,

I am sorry that you have been going through such a hard time.

Some things that might help is to make sure that you are eating a very healthy diet, that includes a lot of vegetables and fruits that are rich in vitamins A, and C (especially dark leafy greens, carrots, sweet potatoes, and broccoli), whole grains, yogurt, and also eliminating junk food, processed food, and soda pop, from your diet. Taking multi-vitamins, additional vitamin C, drink plenty of water, getting enough rest, exercise, and relax (stress also weakens your immune system).

I wish you the best, and pray that your health improves!

 

[Observer]

That would be really stressful, I'm sorry you're having so many issues.

When someone has a chronic immune problem with no obvious cause, the 2 major things you look at are diet and stress levels.

Sometimes we expect our bodies to perform really well even if we're not giving them everything they need... also some people appear more sensitive to nutritional deficiencies, it shows in chronic infections and poor immunity.

The other thing is stress. Stress has a major major impact on immunity. The hormone cortisol can become elevated in stress.. that goes for physical and emotional stress. Cortisol suppresses the immune system.

 

[Bobinator]

I know what you mean and can relate somewhat.

A few of points-

1. Much of what we suffer comes from what we eat and drink. The body needs balance. It needs nutrition from whole raw vegetable and fruits. Quit eating at fast food joints. Garbage in, garbage out!

2. Your body needs a clean colon and liver in order to stay healthy. Take colon cleanses and do protocols to cleanse both.

3. Increase your body's pH. Ideal is 7.365 pH. Anything lower than 7.0 is acidic. Drink lots of filtered water with a pinch of earth salt- Himalayan or unprocessed sea salt. General rule of thumb is a liter of clean water for every 60 Ibs. of body weight. You can also make what they call "unique water" or "living water", which consist of 125 mg baking soda and 650 mg magnesium chloride per liter of distilled or reverse osmosis water. Adding a little more is okay. You can get magnesium chloride at a health food store.

4. Key nutrients to take- 5,000+ I.U's VitD/day, 1,500-6,000 mg VitC/day, 12.5 mg Iodine/day (Lugols Iodine Solution is good) and magnesium chloride (Google and Youtube Dr. Mark Sircus on the importance of magnesium chloride). These will help boost your immune system and is very effective against colds and flu's. My unsolicited advice- "Don't take flu shots!" They're useless unless you like injecting mercury into your body. VitD is way more effective.

There's a bunch of homeopathic remedies out there for specific ailments, but these are basics for good heath.

As for the spiritual side, your health can be affected by the presence of spirits around you and in your home. I would pray to cleanse your environment. I can't get into this right now, but I can respond to specific questions. Past sins and involvement in various types of sinful activity can open the door for poor health.

 

[elephunky]

I personally would suggest that you take a look at your daily diet. Do some research on building up your immune system and alter your diet as appropriate. Also remember to drink lots of water, the body needs water to flush things out.

Also, sometimes physical sickness can come in when we are going through stressful periods, are psychologically upset, emotionally distraught etc so you may want to look at that also.

 

[Aaron_Walker]

Hi saintsfan! I'm sorry you've been going through so much. I can relate to it, to some extent.

My health started to go south in 2011. All of a sudden, I started to have various symptoms, including skin conditions, GI issues, lightheadedness, weight loss... Doctors haven't been of much help and in the end the diagnosis was inconclusive. What they've been able to do is some damage control, but I still don't feel entirely well. In the meantime, I've managed to regain weight and I generally feel better. I'm still learning what foods to avoid, as I definitely have some sensitivities. Also, now I feel able to cycle again, which is really important to me. Although, some days my energy is so low, I can do nothing much but just lie around, wondering what's going on.

I've found a lot of strength in reading the Bible and drawing on my faith to sustain me throughout that period. Also in reading as much as I could about all these conditions and trying to change certain habits, dietary and other. It's important to have some feeling that the situation is not entirely beyond your control, that there are things you can do to change things for the better. The worst thing about my health issues was the initial feeling of powerlessness. I never want to go back to that.

 

[PROPHECYKID]

hey guys

I'm not sure where really to post this, but hopefully this part of this particular forum turns out to be the right place

over the past few years I've had pretty much every problem under the sun, essentially I just have a weak immune system, but no specific problem. I've had constant colds and soar throats, recurrent tonsilitis, shingles, quinzy, and abcess on my leg, conjunctivitis... the list goes on. It pretty much seems as soon as I recover from one thing I get another.

Most recently I have just recovered from tonsilitis (having them out on the 1st of december) I have recently come down with what is most likely a prostate infection (waiting on urine test to confirm). Have been reading on the internet and it is pretty depressing stuff. It is most common in men over 50 (I am recently turned 18) and usually takes at least a few months to dissappear, sometimes years.

Personally I am really struggling to cope, the constant illnesses are really taking their toll and the fact that this new one lasts for months has me pretty much in tears. Coupled with the fact I have 2 more final exams coming up and my car recently breaking down I'm not feeling too good really. I just don't understand why I'm always getting sick? And at such a young age, what will I be like when I'm older?

I pray regularly and often when I am sick, mostly along the lines of starting by praying forgiveness for sins, then that I'll overcome said illness. Usually this seems to help within days but when I am constantly getting sick again after beating one thing, I wonder if it actually is working? The thing is I am not a very practising christian. My faith is absolute, don't get me wrong there, I have no doubt that god is real. But I don't really connect with any particular interperetation of the the bible (e.g any particular denomination) so I don't very rarely go to church and pretty much only pray when I need something, mostly to get better. It all seems pretty selfish, I mean will god really listen to my prayers if I am not devout and only really pray when I want to get better?

So yeah that is basically my very long story. I don't feel comfortable talking to my family, friends, girlfriend or a pastor about it so I thought I'd put the anonymnity of the internet to good use! If anyone takes the time to read and respond I'd be very grateful, be it to offer some advice on overcoming my current illness or on whether I am praying in vain or not or anything really

cheers, saintsfan

Research the work of Dr Joel Wallach and Peter Glidden. Youtube them. I suspect your body is suffering from a mineral deficiency. These guys can point you in the right direction.

 

[Senator Cheese]

Research the work of Dr Joel Wallach and Peter Glidden. Youtube them. I suspect your body is suffering from a mineral deficiency. These guys can point you in the right direction.

It's best to stay away from YouTube or Online Diagnoses. I find that they are wrong more often than not - and while mineral deficiencies can cause some of the described symptoms, they are very rare (aside from iron deficiency) and easy to spot.

As for you, saintsfan, I can only say that I hope that you will get better soon. If you feel that your physical health is deteriorating, then talk to your doctor about it. Tell him that you feel off, that you have trouble keeping your mind focused and that you're worried about the recurrent infections.

As someone else already said, diet and stress are two very important factors in health that you can directly influence. Stay away from some alternative diets and just try to eat healthy.

Many, many diseases can cause unspecific symptoms like the ones you described. To make sure that the most common causes have been checked, be sure to get a Blood Count, TSH (thyroid test), Vitamins D3, Ferritin and Folate. These will cover blood disorders, hypo- and hyperthyroidism and will also check basic reabsorbtion problems as, for example, coeliac's disease (which can also be asymptomatic) might cause.
Also, if it is brought up, don't categorically deny that psychological stress might be the culprit. Kindly insist that all organic causes are first checked, though.

For the Prostatitis, I hope you're not getting too paranoid about it. Prostatitis is very common - about one in every ten get it. And it's not uncommon to have one at a young age, either. Sucks, but you'll get through it.

As for your faith, well, that is something I am not an expert on, but I can only tell you that the same goes for me. I don't think God will judge us for that. After all, character is more important than works!

Get well soon! Talk to your doctor! And keep that chin up!

 

[Senator Cheese]

Aaand.. I now just realized this thread was gravedug.

 

[ayaanu86]

Please keep a check on the Water you drink and also ,

Having clean and safe water is essential, because it is possible to be attacked by microscopic microbes or viruses that live in contaminated water.
Water Softeners is one of the best waya utilized to detoxify the water.

It can help in lessening the level of magnesium, calcium, and other ions in unprocessed water. It lowers the level of toxic metal ions including lead as well as copper.

 

[brinny]

Research the work of Dr Joel Wallach and Peter Glidden. Youtube them. I suspect your body is suffering from a mineral deficiency. These guys can point you in the right direction.

Thank you.

 

[Bobinator]

Please keep a check on the Water you drink and also ,

Having clean and safe water is essential, because it is possible to be attacked by microscopic microbes or viruses that live in contaminated water.
Water Softeners is one of the best waya utilized to detoxify the water.

It can help in lessening the level of magnesium, calcium, and other ions in unprocessed water. It lowers the level of toxic metal ions including lead as well as copper.

I'm gonna have to disagree here a bit. According to Dr. Mark Sircus, a leading expert in magnesium, most of us are dangerously deficient. His recommended cure for many ailments, including heart disease and cancers, etc, is lots of magnesium chloride, some baking soda and iodine in our drinking water. I believe 650 mg of magnesium/day is recommended. Magnesium is an amazing mineral and is the superglue for putting calcium back into our bones. Calcium without magnesium is toxic to our bodies and gets deposited in all the wrong places, especially our brain and arteries.

There are many reasons a person gets sick a lot. I would start with taking at least 5,000 I.U.'s of vitamin D, 12.5 mg of iodine/day (min.), drinking 1 liter water/60 Ibs. of body weight/day and making sure you're having thorough bowel movements every day. You can also take mega doses of Vitamin C, like maybe 3,000 - 6,000 mg/day. Right now, I'm studying liposomal vitamin C, which many people are claiming wonderful results from.

Another consideration is whether you have spirits (either demons or ghosts) in your home or attached to you. These cause chronic illnesses too, especially for young children.