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Hi David. I have been diagnosed with Intermediate Risk SMM. 3 months ago. I am 70 years old, Height 165 cms and I weigh 72 Kgs. 2 months ago, I started doing Alternative treatments to prevent Multiple Myeloma.
I did 10 Treatments of Xenon and Krypton treatments to boost blood cells health as well as a good diet with lots of vegetables, soup and lots of white fish fillet and white chicken and fruits and almond, almond milk etc.
I am also eating iron foods including wheat, fish, cracked wheat, spy beans, chick peas, broccoli etc. After starting the diet and treatment within 4 weeks, my body changed and started removing all toxins.
My liver and kidneys started working hard to remove the toxins. Integrative doctor gave me anti oxidant supplements and vitamins and other supplements to remove bacteria and help blood flow.
Also, he gave me anti inflammatory supplements. Somehow I became slightly anemic. My iron levels are normal but ferrin saturation is at 12% one below 13% which is normal. I also started to have some inflammation and go to toilet and urinate a lot.
I am now taking Iron tablets, Vitamin C Liposomal, curcumin 1000 mg a day to start with and still doing the diet. My integrative therapist noticed a 50% improvement in my immune system and my blood cells however the membrane cells are not strong enough still.
I asked him if I should do vitamin C IV Injections at 60 grams at another clinic as he does not do that treatment. He advised me that it may or may not work, and it may increase your paraprotein serum levels and plasma cell count.
3 months ago, my plasma cells were at 39%. Serum protein at 24 g/l. Now after 2 months treatments and diet, my serum protein went up to 26 g/l.
I spoke to my Haemotologist, he said it goes slightly up and down. It is not an issue.
I have a few very important questions for you:
1. What do you think the cause of my liver and kidneys weakening and iron deficiency. Is it diet related or system changes related?
2. Does low level iron Ferrin saturation cause serum papaprotein to increase?
3. Is it true that Vitamin C IV Injections at 60 Grams high dose Or higher can make my condition worse and cause Paraprotein levels to go up due to toxicity?
4. If dont have very strong blood cell membranes, can they NOT handle high doses of vitamin C? My understanding is that Vitamin C toxicity can improve the weaker cells too.
What are your thoughts?
Please help. Thank you. Mike
HI Mike-
1. What do you think the cause of my liver and kidneys weakening and iron deficiency. Is it diet related or system changes related?
A common symptom of SMM is kidney involvement. MM proteins can gum up the kidney. Another common symptom if anemia. Anemia could cause your hemoglobin to drop causing iron deficiency.
Your liver issue could have several causes. I’d have to study your diagnostic results. I’m not sure what you mean by diet or system changes?
2. Does low level iron Ferrin saturation cause serum papaprotein to increase?
Not strictly. The multiplication of plasma cells (SMM) can both increase your paraproteins levels as well as cause anemia and iron deficiency.
3. Is it true that Vitamin C IV Injections at 60 Grams high dose Or higher can make my condition worse and cause Paraprotein levels to go up due to toxicity?
I can’t say that IVC will “make you worse.” But I can say that IVC has been shown to by cytotoxic to MM in vitro, in vivo and in humans.
4. If dont have very strong blood cell membranes, can they NOT handle high doses of vitamin C? My understanding is that Vitamin C toxicity can improve the weaker cells too.
I don’t know enough about IVC to be able to answer this question.
I am a long-term MM survivor. I believe that your anti-MM lifestyle can slow/stop progression to frank MM and that if you do progress you will have prehabilitated fully.
Good luck,
David Emerson
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