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It is time to target and simplify the strategies that will begin you on your way to recovery!

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When the works are gummed up and you can not absorb the nutrients needed to feed your cells, they die.

It’s not rocket science, but is the basic principles within Biology and Microbiology and we have several articles in both the “Understanding Your Health” and “Detox Protocols, Essentials For Recovery” section of our website.

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According to about 1/3 of the readers communicating with us at the Healing Grapevine, they either caught ‘something’ from a friend, bed bugs or scabies in a hotel room, a family member with an itchy strange rash, or even the garden.

This ‘something’ then developed into a nightmare consisting of strange skin rashes, non-healing lesions, biting and stinging sensations, and much much more. Click Morgellons symptoms to read the full reports on the symptoms associated with Morgellons.

However, despite the popular belief of many individuals who are suffering from Morgellons and say, “Yes, Morgellons is contagious“, there are many health care professionals and scientists with evidence specifically outlining the hyper-toxic conditions within our bodies as the true culprit and most significant factor to this disease.

Trisha Springstead just returned from a weekend seminar on environmental medicine in Atlanta, GA and happily reports that our community has a new champion for scientifically researching the direct correlation between the toxins in our world, food, and water and disease conditions like Morgellons, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the newest recognized syndrome one on the block called Brain Fog!

The group behind the Metametrix Labs who sponsored the event are documenting all the VOCs, PCBs, BPAs, etc that are showing up in our cellular terrain and directly leading to our diseases.

It is time to throw away the old text books when it comes to answering the question of is this contagious, is it genetic, and will another form of a chemical medicine be effective for treating these issues?

From the Healing Grapevine, the answer is KEEP ON FLUSHING!

Several weeks ago I had a dinner with one of our loyal readers of the Healing Grapevine and it was a real pleasure to connect.
I’m going to give him the fictitious name of Joe.

Joe and I conversed for hours and covered all kinds of topics. One of the things that we kept coming back to was why he was still experiencing the creepy crawly activity on the skin.

He has been utilizing all the detox principles available and following advice from all the sources since he contracted Morgellons 2 years ago, and yet he is not fully recovered. I forget the value he put on it…let’s say he is 85-90% better but he still feels the sensation of a body bug movement. And he still fears that he may be contagious based on his previous experiences when friends had contracted the Morgellons symptoms after spending time with him. (On that note, I was not concerned and came away from the evening with just my normal scratch and itch moments. I am confident that the recovery techniques I have learned will always keep me safe and healthy.)

I had to laugh when at some point he said…’you are scratching; you’ve scratched your head 6 times and your shoulder 3, but you haven’t scratched your nose yet’.
God I so remember when every single sensation on my skin was “THAT”, and then as I was recovering, I remember how amazing it was to recognize that an itch is just an itch and not some freaky body bug, agro-bacterium, or advanced nano material trying to wrap me in plastic or hatch it’s next generation.

Today, I go through my day scratching a lot if I happen to pay attention and that brings up the point that we do become hyper sensitive and need to be sure we are using products on our skin and eating foods that are not aggravating BUT are promoting healing.

Not only do we have to detox and clean the skin and entire system, we must feed and nourish it properly to help it rebuild. It is imperative to employ both strategies!

So back to the point of this story…
As we got toward the end of the evening, we ordered a glass of wine. I have drank alcohol on and off my whole life, but this moment in the evening brought up the recommendations from the alternative communities that state when you are actively employing a detox and recover program, you should NOT drink alcohol. Joe was admitting this was one of the things he had not completely followed.

So what if this is the one last trigger that keeps his system too acidic and therefore continues to invite the problems?
What if he stopped drinking alcohol to help himself recover? What if this is all that is left to correct?

What an amazing idea…we already know alcohol is damaging to our system in large quantities, and in the hyper sensitive individuals dealing with toxicity of any kind, even small amounts is counter productive.

During my recovery period I had no desire to drink even one glass of wine with a meal.
In fact, becoming alcohol intolerant is one of the tip-offs in a clinical analysis for Morgellons as well as many other chronic diseases.

If you just think about the pH measures in tests like the Kangen water video we did that shows the wide range of pH in different beverages, it is obvious to see that drinking high acid drinks promotes poor health and weaker systems. (You can copy and paste this URL into your browser to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2WjeWFD1w)

So if this is still one of those things you are doing and you are not yet fully recovered then I encourage you to do this:
Stop drinking alcohol, all soda and carbonated drinks, coffee, and bottled juices.

Start drinking fresh squeezed juices (mostly veggies) and a liquid mineral supplement and the rest of the time, drink your water.
Water and lime, water and lemon, Willard water, but do not drink alkalized water that is created higher than a 7 pH…just drink water!

I sign off with a normal scratch to the top of my head and wish you all a fabulous day!
Ramona and The Healing Grapevine Team

Daniel Chao, MD, David Cave, MD, PhD University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA have released a paper to the American Medical Association reporting their evidence that Morgellons disease has an organic basis suggesting this is a systemic disease.

Well, it’s about fricking time!!!

It appears the link to the paper is already down…so this makes validating this very difficult. But as a researcher and blogger, I know there is great power in sharing information. There is so much mis-information out there that is skewing the impression and opinion of so many that I feel it important to pass this along without being able to validate.

Note: The picture to the left is not associated with this case study, but in fact with one of our own HGV readers and case studies.

An excerpt from the report:
Case report: A 65 year old white female presents to us with an unexplained iron deficiency anemia. She had a history of systemic lupus and a 2 year history of severe skin ulcerations. The ulcers contained fragments of black material. She had been seen by multiple specialists who told her that the lesions were self-inflicted and that she should get psychiatric care. Physical exam was of note for numerous papules with erythematous, ulcerated centers measuring 2 to 12 mm located on the trunk, back, upper and lower limbs and outer ear canal.

The ulcers were notable for sharply angulated corners and clearly demarcated edges. She had extensive scarring on her arms and legs. Her labs were notable for a hemoglobin of 9.1 g/dL with MCV 83.3, serum albumin 3.4, and ESR 32. ANA was negative. She had recently completed a course of intravenous iron. A video capsule was performed. This showed denuded villous patches in the jejunem, which were unusual for their sharply angulated appearance, similar to her skin lesions. Small bowel biopsies were normal. Skin biopsy showed hemorrhage and non-specific inflammation. Histology of the black debris from her ulcers suggested vegetable matter. Repeat capsule examination 6 months later showed spontaneous resolution of the denuded patches. Occlusion treatment on one limb led to some improvement.

Discussion: This patient demonstrated cutaneous ulceration consistent with Morgellon’s syndrome, but she had co-existing evidence for systemic disease with iron deficiency, low albumin and small bowel villous changes consistent with a mild enteritis. This is the first time that evidence for systemic disease has been demonstrated in association with what has previously been considered a disorder limited to the skin. Further investigations are warranted in a larger patient population.

End excerpt.

In the paper they compare Morgellons and the issue of the medical community to diagnosis Morgellons as a psychosomatic disorder, with the same scenario challenging individuals from 1930 to 1960 that were diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis as being psychosomatic as well.

The team at the Healing Grapevine will take this as major points for ‘our side’ for the battle to erase the idea that Morgellons is just another name for Delusional Parasitosis.

Click here to read more about the Morgellons Symptoms associated with this highly controversial condition.

Thank you and keep the faith that recovery is possible no matter what the condition!
The Healing Grapevine Team

Morgellons Treatments, both the political and medical hot topics, are discussed in our latest article addressing the issues behind treating Morgellons.

“The Healing Grapevine Team is 100% confident that FULL recovery is possible, no matter what the health challenge; however, some fundamental realities must be addressed specifically for the Morgellons community…

…Problem #2 Many individuals have been battling this condition without professional guidance for decades. A lot of money has been wasted on experimental protocols.
Solution #2 Research and develop case studies from the individuals that have successfully recovered their lives back from Morgellons.
Solution #2(a) Pursue the legal channels available and follow court cases that have already been won (or lost) and discover how to effectively communicate any individual’s case.

Problem #7 Consumption and exposure to plastics, BPAs (bisphenol A), etc. from bottled waters, microwaving and storing food in plastic containers, modified food starch additives, and contact with printed store receipts. (1)
Solution #7 Stop drinking bottled water, using a microwave to cook (at least stop cooking and storing food in plastic), read labels and stop consuming modified food starch (cheerios, most gummy candies, sauces and salad dressings to name a few) and have the clerk put receipts in your bag. ”

Click to read more from our article, Morgellons Treatment.

Release the Toxins, Recover the Light!
The Healing Grapevine Team

Remediating parasites and ‘body bugs’ from the skin environment, as well as household environment, is one of the greatest challenges for the folks in the Morgellons community. For those who suffer from the presentation of the body bugs, they live in an emotionally maddening world of biting, stinging, creepy crawly sensations.

One of our readers has graciously shared her personal story of successfully recovering her family and home from their nightmare that started after a stay in a hotel room that was apparently infested with some type of collembola, body bug invasion.

Please read the full story of Morgellons and Detoxing Your House.

We are always researching and reporting protocols that will bring recovery for us all.
We live in a toxic world and we must learn how to safely, without further chemical exposure, take care of ourselves.

Thanks and have a fabulous day,
The Healing Grapevine Team

On Aug 12 I wrote a post titled, “Is this rash on my leg Morgellons Again?”

I had just returned from the Madison WI area with 3 mosquito bites on my lower leg and within 24 hours began the maddening itch along the calf. Several inches away from the bite sites is an area going through a morphing of rash stages and I can definitely report today, this is just like the first time I came into contact with ‘not sure what’ that presented into Morgellons in July 2008.

Here is the photo from Sept 15, more than 4 weeks later (the picture is not very clear):

At this point I had a weepy rash spreading along my shin bone as shown where it is the darkest red. I was applying a salt solution and FIR therapy which would dry it immediately but at some point the weepy discharge would come again. It was definitely still spreading.

After consulting with Trisha from espbotanicals.com and two new team members here at HGV, Bengt and Arnel from anuwater.com, I have been on their recommended protocol which is a long term strategy to correct my internal bio-terrain. By doing so, I will re-build my immune system to a whole other level that is not so easily compromised by the re-exposure from 3 friggin mosie bites!

This photo was taken yesterday. I realize it would be best to have pro quality photos to show what is happening, so forgive me

The weeping red spot has not oozed in over a week, and it has definitely stopped spreading around toward the calf. YEAH!

Another day gone by and this is definitely drying up AND healing. There is nothing under or in the skin (if you know what I mean), it is flaking off the top at this point and I can see pink, new skin texture underneath the scabs.

The recovery strategy from Trisha, Arnel, and Bengt are braiding together a wellness philosophy based on correcting the internal bio-terrain of our physical body. We must remove the toxins, fungi, sophisticated colonies of viral and bacterial loads (bio film) and re-build from the ground up. Balanced hydration and re-mineralization are huge factors for our body’s immune system to work properly.

An excerpt from one of the science papers for ANUwater:
The French physiologist Claude Bernard is considered the “Father of Physiology”. He developed the concepts of the “milieu interne” (the internal environment of the extracellular fluids of the body), where its constancy determines the cell’s function and integrity. This ultimately determines the body’s tendency towards health or illness. Bernard originated much of the current physiological thought regarding the extracellular fluids. The American physiologist, Walter Cannon further developed the concept of homeostasis, where the body as a whole contains numerous cooperating regulatory systems that enforce equilibrium of its internal environment.

All life-sustaining information needed by cells is supplied via the extracellular fluid to the appropriate cell membrane receptors. The extracellular fluid contains ionized water, supporting cellular metabolism and polarity. Similar to the human life form enclosed in skin, the cell is enclosed in a membrane, with a constant temperature, bathed in fluid similar to the original content of seawater. Our internal biology depends upon ionized mineral salts for physiological functions; restoring mineral balance is key to establishing the balance of the internal environment—the biological terrain.

The ANU product is not sold to individuals without some type of trained, professional guidance. We are working to build this network and provide folks this support.

Please come to one of our contact forms to ask specific questions or give me feedback.

Release the Toxins, Recover the Light!
Thank you,
Ramona and the Healing Grapevine Team

We have just published two new articles on the Healing Grapevine.

Morgellons Symptoms: Body Bugs Part One and Two

We are grateful to our readership for sharing their personal details on the daily struggles they are enduring from possibly one of the most mind bending set of symptoms associated with Morgellons disease.

We also want to thank Trisha Springstead for sharing a news video from Fox News Television in Florida that interviewed her 2 years ago and tells the story of a couple of women living with body bugs.

Trisha has just informed us that the St. Pete Times contacted her to do another story covering the growing spread of this condition that Trisha prefers to call a hyper-toxic condition.

She is determined to take the scary voodoo out of this disease and has begun explaining the many toxic variables contributing to the suffering for those in this community.

The most difficult challenge is the lack of acknowledgment from the Medical world that there is anything actually ‘there’ causing the skin rashes, lesions, bites, stings and crawly sensations. For many, they are regarded as crazy or hypochondriacs and quickly escorted from the doctors office.

Lucky for us, Trisha is a tenacious soul and is doing everything in her power to network with health care professionals that are both willing and able to document and develop recovery protocols based on non-toxic strategies that will target correcting our immune system by properly restoring our internal bio terrain system.

Yes it is true…
Truth is Stranger than fiction.

The Healing Grapevine

Hot off the press is our latest article titled, The Delusion About Delusional Parasitosis and it is really a very interesting idea instigated by the growing letters written from many in the Morgellons community who are wondering how to navigate forward with doctors and not get labeled as delusional.

Delusional Parasitosis is a very real threat to our health and safety, not because we are crazy, but because we are not!

The fact is, once a diagnosis for mental illness is labeled for an individual, it will categorized and follow them for the rest of their life.

For the growing numbers of individuals who are self-diagnosing Morgellons, this history can show up from a juvenile’s record for attempted suicide or drug overdose. This often leads concerned parents to have their unhappy teenager ‘monitored’ for their mental health before release from the hospital and it will make the possibility of turning their Morgellons condition today into the stigma of “Delusional Parasitosis”.

From there, the chances of getting any real medical help is gone and the family members are often quick to concur with the doctor.

So what do we do?

Read this article and enlighten yourself on Martha Mitchell. It will be through using our network that we can find the help we need, but it must done with Unity; not by the squabbling that has become common in the chat rooms and forums.

For the most part, we are on our own; but if we keep empowering ourselves and unify our resources, we can document and repeat the successes that many have already had. There are many pieces to this complex puzzle and it will take due diligence to bring them together.

I end this post by asking, are you symptom free? If not, do you want real solutions?

Pass this on and encourage everyone to ask…are you symptom free and how did you do it? That’s what I want to hear about.

Have an excellent day,
Ramona and the Healing Grapevine

The mood and climate around the Morgellons network is definitely one of frustration and disappointment.

Many have been desperately seeking answers to a ‘mysterious skin disease’ that has been plaguing some for than 20 years.

The political climate within the medical community, both conventional and alternative, has stepped up a whole other level and it is not good news for anyone expecting the knight in shining armor to show up and hand us a magic pill for cure.

Over the last 8 months, we have watched and learned a lot about the HIDDEN AGENDAS surrounding our ability to get well:

1. there are professional alignments between Drs and Scientists with Institutions and Companies that make them sign NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreements) so they are literally silenced from speaking the truth
2. there are state medical boards stepping in and demanding doctors do not treat the condition called “Morgellons”
3. the CDC itself handed it’s own investigation over to the military
4. This group of sufferers continue to rely on the internet for any answers and unfortunately there is A LOT of dis-information being circulated.

The point here is to understand the ‘Game’ but do not be distracted by the ‘Blame’.

We will not recover if we continue wasting time arguing and accusing, we must stay focused on what it will take to become well.

Needless to say, our entire health care system is in quite a pickle. We must move ahead and educate because self responsibility is the KEY WE ALL HOLD for how we want our lives to look and feel.

We encourage everyone that cares about their health and their future to start researching for yourself.

Become a discriminating buyer, have faith in your recovery but ask questions every step of the way.

Participate, Activate, Educate YOURSELF.

The consensus in our network is to use a detox program and clean out the multitude of toxins and GMO pathogens that are being identified with this condition.

Begin with the understanding that all disease is supported by a “hyper toxic” environment. We live in a “hyper toxic world”. We are literally inviting trouble in when we our cellular system is too fragile and broken to do it’s job.

When our cells are functioning properly, they will clean out all foreign invaders with greater ease. There is even research that if your immune system is fully corrected and charged up, you can be exposed to the most harmful of pathogens and not be affected!

This must be followed with a lifestyle change that supports the re-building of our system so that it effectively ‘wards off’ invaders of any kind.

Do you believe me? Whether you do or you don’t…you are correct (re-worded from quote by the auto industry genius Henry Ford).

But please, read for yourself…here are just a few places to start:

Dr Kehler http://joewritesslow.blogspot.com/2009/06/morgellons-mercury-article.html

Dr Martin and stealth viruses (has a lot of controversy around him…so read intelligently)

Dr Ron Cusson http://www.essencesea.com/About_Us.html

Dr Jeffrey Smith http://www.seedsofdeception.com/documentFiles/144.pdf

Ray Peat http://raypeat.com/articles/

Bruce Lipton http://www.brucelipton.com/

Good cellular function info http://205.186.141.185/blog/wp-content/uploads/AnuWhitePaper.pdf

Really liked this article’s overview (wished I’d written it!):   http://www.healingourchildren.net/cause_of_disease.htm

From the Team at the Healing Grapevine, we wish you a fabulous day!