Posts by Scott Allen10

Carl Hayes2 said:Does anyone happen to know which days and at what times the medical commission meets over in Boise or the Suburban area? Thanks in advance!

Honestly, I think your best bet is just giving the office a quick call to check their schedule, because even though this is about health stuff, chatting about it here probably isn't really what this sub is for... locking this one down now.

Austin Williams20 said:so I’m calling them out right here

Man, there’s so much going on here... I mean, who can actually give you any real advice when you drop a question like that on Reddit? Like, what can you even take seriously when the vibe is this chaotic? ☕....

Honestly, looking at what you're dealing with, I don't think worrying about your finger through the night is going to change much—there's not a whole lot you can do from your couch right now. Those symptoms sound like they could just be some nasty swelling from the trauma, so an amputation isn't a foregone conclusion by any means. But look, you really need to get a straight answer from a surgeon tomorrow morning instead of trying to figure it all out on the internet.

I mean, honestly, why on earth would anyone even bother paying for that?

shoot me a DM about that...

urbanorca said:Awesome, thanks everyone!

@Samuel Morgan40, I can't just sit here and stay silent about these studies. GlaxoSmithKline spent years pushing Avandia, even though they lied through their teeth—we're talking around 200,000 deaths in the US alone because of that drug. They think 90% of these studies aren't even accurate, according to research by John Ioannidis. Big Pharma knows exactly what they're doing. Just look at the US recently banning three obesity drugs that were actually approved after massive clinical trials. How does that happen?

@amberhawk, I've changed my mind. LDN is nothing. Just forget the whole thing, please.

🤷...alright then, I guess we'll go ahead and close this one out...

Patrick Long44 said:I’ve gotta head over to the clinic to grab a sample, and I'm wondering how much stuff I actually need to put in this little container. Like, should I fill it all the way up, and if so, how much is enough?

Honestly, just bring everything you can to the lab, man. You don't even really need that tiny little cup they give you—just bring as much as possible.☕

Kimberly White63 said:Oops 😳

That's totally on me, honestly, since I was scrolling through this thread backwards from the bottom instead of reading it in order. 🙂

🙂....

Jonathan Miller7 said:I'm looking for the actual study that compares people who fasted for 24 hours against those who ate normally during that same window. I want to see what the measurable differences actually are, because there's gotta be some.

Look, if you're hunting for those specific stats, you're gonna have to go out and find them yourself. From what I can tell—unless my eyes are playing tricks on me from staring at this screen all day—you're actually the one who brought up that whole "fasting from 8 to 8" thing in the first place.
Bottom line is, we aren't really talking about nutrition science here, but we definitely haven't been diving into the specifics of 24-hour fasts either. Since you're the only one pushing this angle, you might as well do the legwork and dig up the data you're looking for.

Anyway, this whole "detox" talk? Total garbage.☕

It’s honestly pretty tough to call things like this on a random online forum, you know? Best of luck with everything!

Man, seriously... you should probably take this kind of question over to an alternative health forum instead. We don't really do that "detox" stuff here; it's more about sticking to a solid diet and hitting the gym. Those "cleansing" trends just seem to attract all those alternative wellness fanatics, and honestly, I'm not looking to deal with that whole philosophy in this group.🙂

Thomas Thompson12 said:First off, sorry if there’s already a thread like this... I couldn't seem to find one.
Does anyone know where I can get my vitamin and mineral levels checked through actual blood work? I really don't want to mess around with any of those handheld devices—I've heard the readings are wildly inaccurate and honestly just total garbage... if you'll excuse the language.
I'm based in Indianapolis, so if there's a private clinic chain—maybe something like Mayo Clinic or similar—that offers this, please let me know! It's pretty urgent because I've been dealing with some major health issues, yet all my previous tests have come back perfectly "normal." There's a strong chance I might have some Vitamin A toxicity, which is why I need a full panel of vitamins and minerals...
Thanks in advance!

Man, look at that bolded part above... those claims just don't make any sense at all. Just take a breath and give us a little more detail, okay? Like, which doctor did you see, what exactly did they tell you, and where on earth did this idea about "vitamin poisoning" even come from?

Angela Wright said:Basically, Lupocet and Tylenol are pretty much the exact same thing—just paracetamol from different brands—whereas aspirin can actually cause stomach bleeding or nosebleeds if you go overboard with it.
Anyway, you can take stuff like Lupocet or Tylenol every couple of hours when you've got a fever until it breaks, so you aren't really going to hurt yourself too bad with those. If you ask me, aspirin is definitely the riskier option.
How much have you taken lately, how often, and what’s actually hurting right now?

😬....I feel like I've been constantly disagreeing with you lately...😍....

But honestly, that underlined part really caught my attention... paracetamol is actually a super harsh drug... let's just leave it at that for now, and maybe we can dive into the details some other time...

I remember this one time we had a guy come in who’d just gone on a heavy bender, and he was hit with this insane, overwhelming thirst from whatever he'd been using. I’m being dead serious here—the dude ended up chugging something like 15 to 20 gallons of water. It completely wrecked his system; his metabolism just bottomed out, he went into shock from the cold, and well... he didn't make it.
man, that's rough...

neontinker5 said:It’s not like some major chest surgery where they’re sawing through your ribs or anything, but they do make those three little incisions with a scalpel to stretch the skin back so they can get the sheaths in. Honestly, though, when you're doing it "live"—which was my case since I didn't really feel the local anesthesia kick in properly—it hurts like hell, especially since there's so much muscle in that area, and then they have to slide the catheter through the vein... while it was traveling up toward my heart and wiggling around in there, it didn't exactly hurt, but man, it felt super weird.

Speaking from the perspective of someone who’s actually been through a coronary angiogram, you pretty much nailed the experience...
Just a few quick thoughts:
- These interventions are done percutaneously. Basically, they puncture the blood vessel and thread a guidewire through it, followed by a dilator, then the sheath, and then everything else goes through there. Usually, there's no scalpel cutting involved unless they need to slightly widen the puncture site to make it easier for the dilator or sheath to slide in.
- That vessel isn't a vein; it's an artery, which they use to go "upstream" through the aorta to reach the openings of the coronary arteries.
- You couldn't feel the wire passing through the aorta. Like you said, it was probably just that unsettling sensation of knowing something is crawling around inside your body...
- The local anesthesia probably wasn't applied well enough or in quite a high enough dose.

As for general anesthesia, that's really not standard practice for PTCA procedures.

urbanorca said:Scott Allen10, look, I just want to help people. I’ve spent ages digging into this, and I truly believe LDN could be a game-changer for so many folks.

It honestly breaks my heart to see people—especially the younger ones—dealing with autoimmune diseases. They end up in the hospital twice a year, and you have a 25-year-old girl telling you, "I'm done with everything, I'd rather just kill myself." Meanwhile, there's actually something out there, like LDN, that would most likely help her get her life back on track.

And yet, you’re standing there blocking people from getting the help they need. To me, that’s just messed up.

Angela Wright, I don't know much about that specific law, and yeah, I guess it's the same deal in other places like the UK. But think about it: someone is seriously ill, standard meds aren't doing a damn thing, but an alternative actually works. Now, because of some rule, they're supposed to just follow the law and refuse what actually helps? While their quality of life hits rock bottom or they literally die?

So they'd rather just die because they have to follow the rules? That's pure stupidity if you ask me. I read on one forum that half the people taking LDN in the UK are getting it through mail order, essentially bypassing the system. But let's be real—is any court actually going to have the guts to prosecute a sick person for trying to survive?

I don't get why everyone has stopped reading up and researching how useful LDN can be. Why is everyone so incredibly negative all of a sudden?

Dammit... are you seriously trying to bait me with stuff like this?

Just because you spent some time digging into this doesn't mean you get to run an ad campaign right here! Especially not pushing some medical stuff through random online webshops with prices attached!
And honestly, the way you're blindly tossing this treatment around like it's nothing—it's totally out of line for a forum like this.
jadesailor14 hit the nail on the head when she said you're on thin ice. Personally, I'd say you're walking a tightrope over a canyon. Just because you did some reading doesn't give you the authority to act like this L-whatever is some magic cure-all for every living soul on earth...

And then you have the nerve to call me out, saying I'm "preventing help" and that it's "terrible" for me... man, please...🙂....don't even go there with me.

If anyone actually cares about what you're peddling, they can just shoot you a private message... but if you keep bringing up Big Pharma or, worse, trying to hawk this stuff publicly... you're getting banned. No warnings, no exceptions, regardless of how long you've been around here.☕

feralharbor89 said:Hey there, Scott Allen10!
I have to say, I am genuinely surprised by this. Up until now, I’ve always seen you as someone who possesses both deep knowledge and true wisdom.
It is common knowledge among anyone who spends any time studying fungi that even just touching such a nasty mushroom—which explains why he tossed out those porcini they were sharing the basket with—can be enough to cause poisoning.
I really hope he made it to the doctor!

Man, what can I say... I don't know the first thing about mushrooms or how that specific detail works...🤷...

😍...so yeah, feel free to go ahead and label me as just your average, run-of-the-mill moderator from now on...😍....just a basic, everyday moderator.......

urbanorca said:Bravo, gentlemen. As usual, what does some old fool living abroad know compared to us? I mean, clearly, we know way more than American TV networks, Ivy League universities, doctors, or actual patients, right? He’s just talking nonsense, but look—I wasn't just talking about MS; I said LDN helps a whole host of different conditions. To me, it’s a massive win that people have actually reached out to thank me. Even if I’ve only helped ten sick people in the States, that’s a huge deal.

On another note, I’ve had plenty of bad experiences with this country. My daughter Anna and I have been running the website www.visit-america.co.uk for twelve years now. In that time, we’ve brought about 100,000 tourists to the US and answered roughly 25,000 questions in English. We haven't seen a single cent from the government, yet we get all these replies from people here acting like they're so important, or claiming we're somehow messing with the local tourism industry. But whatever, I won't drone on about it.

As for Jane, I wish her the best, though some of her responses really caught me off guard.

One question for everyone: if my posts aren't actually useful, why am I wasting my time? I've put over 20 hours into research so far. So, please, give it to me straight.

Look, my advice is that we can totally debate a specific treatment and how well it works (I mean, where else would we?)—we can talk stats, side effects, what it’s used for, or who should avoid it...
But you can't just walk in here and claim some substance is the Holy Grail that has no competition and shouldn't be questioned by anyone. Every once in a while, some author or group pops up with the exact same script. It’s always the same vibe: "this is amazing," "here's a study to prove it," and "shame on you if you don't believe us."
If that narrative starts drifting into "evil Big Pharma" blocking a "miracle cure" from reaching the masses... then I'm out. I've dealt with that kind of approach plenty of times, and I really don't want this forum turning into a space for those kinds of topics.

I truly value everything you've shared and the effort you put into your posts... I hope you know I really mean that... but please don't mistake my sincerity for an endorsement of the stuff I mentioned above.

I’ve only got a little bit of patience left for this whole topic... the pattern is always the same—some "prophet" shows up claiming they've found a "miracle," then someone makes a perfectly reasonable observation, and suddenly the "prophet" starts ranting about the evil Big Pharma industry and dragging up these supposed "healing stories" to back themselves up. It just goes around in circles like that...
all good
this is just the first round of that exact same playbook... if things start spinning the same way for round two, I'm dropping a PDF with all the evidence the very second it happens...

Karen Bishop40 said:I was out foraging in the woods yesterday. Found two little mushrooms—didn't realize what they were at the time!—so I picked them up and brought them home.
I haven't eaten any mushrooms yet—turns out I had to toss some porcinis!😢I was feeling okay, but then I woke up around 2 or 3 in the morning with some nasty stomach cramps. Ended up having to make a "beeline" for the bathroom three or four times!😁

Is it possible I actually got food poisoning, or am I just overthinking a total coincidence? 😠😠
I need a quick answer before I head to the hospital and make a total fool of myself!🙏

I don't get it... if you didn't eat them, how could you have been poisoned?....🤷...

...☕....hm...