The Hammer - Vistide and Dr. Peterson

[Cort]

Dr. Peterson noted a remarkable case of a patient who was in horrible, horrible shape - not as bad as Mike Dessin - but still just horrible shape - who recovered completely on Vistide. (COMPLETELY) It appears to be able to fight off those herpesviruses that cause so much trouble in one subset of patients.

But a friend of mine calls Vistide a chemotherapeutic like agent; its expensive and it, like many of the antivirals, can be hard on the body. Dr Peterson wants him to do Vistide next and he's balking right now.

Any experiences with Vistide?

[hvs]

I'm expecting to begin Vistide infusions very soon and will report on my experience.

[Cort]

That's great to hear - it's so hard to find other's experiences on drugs like this. That one case was really compelling - the guy was just in terrible shape - now he's back to doing carpentry. Good luck on the Vistide! :D

[Cort]

Great to hear Ross. All these antivirals seem to have the potential to cause dramatic side effects but as I recall no one on Montoya's trial experienced anything untoward either.

I do have some more questions. Was it the CMV and HHV6 titers that got him to get you on Vistide? Spinal tap results? Had you tried valtrex or any other antivirals? I wonder if this is his antiviral of first choice now? Does he have you on any other immune enhancing supplements?

It sounds like you've made substantial progress - sleeping, of course is a big deal and I equate cognition and the ability to deal with mental stressors as a bigger factor in quality of life than the ability to withstand physical stress (as nice as that would be!). The ability to exercise really does seem to be that final hurdle.

Hope you get to it. Good luck and thanks for all the info. (Love your avatar by the way!)

[Tony]

Great to hear from a Peterson patient...:) Thanks Ross, very informative and well worth reading. I wish you more improvement.

Cheers, Tony...:)

[Cort]

It is great to hear from a Dr. Peterson patient because we're so interested in going on over there. Thanks again.

I love that 'Valtrex is like Cool-Aid compared to Vistide' - that's great. As I remember Dr. Peterson has tried alot of alternative immune products with his Incline Village-like group and stated they just don't work well for them.

It sounds like it's helped with orthostatic problems? They're a real bear for alot of people; very tricky to treat it seems.

[Jody]

Ross,

I've been admiring your avatar as well.

But, I'm not sure what I'm seeing, wings yes, and ... it looks like ... a heart maybe? I can't tell.

[Jody]

It's a clear crisp beautiful picture.

Perhaps there's a bit less definition in what I'm seeing than what you see? Perhaps there's a bit less definition around the heart itself, because I couldn't have said for sure that that's what it was. The shape is perhaps a bit shaded ...

Either way, Ross, it's a beautiful.

[KC22]

Hi Ross,

I am very interested in your treatments. I see you have CMV and Vistide helped. Do you have any other pathogens??

I have tested postive for EBV, CMV, and HHV6. I also have a very high antibody titer to mycoplasma pneumoniae, over 1600. I work with Dr. Lerner and he has me on valtrex, valcyte and doxycycline. Did you ever take valcyte?? My hhv6 numbers has been coming down, but not CMV, it's exactly where it was when I started, 16 months ago. I believe the valcyte is for the CMV.

I have tried a series of alternative methods, too: nutritional IV's, accupuncture, neural therapy, prolotheraphy and homepathics. They made me feel better for awhile, but never held... Also, very expensive..

Any ideas???? Thanks!!!

[Jody]

Well, it's beautiful, Ross, whatever it is. :D And now that you have confirmed it's a heart .. I can see that it is a heart. And in fact, I asked you if it was a heart originally, so ... there. :)

I see you have written Sufi heart. And I'm wondering if there is maybe a story of some kind behind this soaring heart .....

Is that photo you mentioned, the one on your Profile?