Notice: This is not medical advice from me to you. This was medical advice from a physician to a specific person (me) for a specific issue at a specific time.
In the Winter of 2021-2022, and on day 17 of my first tangle with Covid symptoms, I had a telemedicine appointment with a doctor who is part of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCCA). Based on the timing of the symptoms, it could have been either the Delta variant or the Omicron variant. I’m thinking Delta.
My complaints were:
- difficulty in breathing due to some problem in the lungs [but still good oxygen saturation percentage in the blood]
- fatigue
- malaise
- brain fog
- mild coughing
First, the doctor assured me that I would get well and return to normal eventually. He made recommendations for speeding up my recovery.
Second, despite the fact that he is a huge proponent of both HCQ and IVM, he insisted that neither HCQ nor IVM would be of any assistance to me at my late stage—seventeen days after covid symptoms began. He did prescribe both HCQ and IVM for me, said I could take either right now if I really wanted to, set expectations very low that either would help at this point and made it clear that he was recommending HCQ or IVM for me for either prophylactic avoidance of future strains of Sars-Cov-2 and/or for the immediate, reactive treatment of some future Sars infection. He insisted that HCQ and IVM work best in the first three days of an acute infection as their mechanisms interfere with the cell-to-cell transmission of the virus. Once the virus has entered most of the body’s cells, it’s sort of too late for HCQ and IVM to work their magic.
Third, in his judgment, my “long haul covid symptoms” were most probably caused by micro-thrombi—very small blood clots created in the lungs, brain, liver, etc., by the spike proteins and the resultant immune response of the cytokine storm. He assured me that these clots would not of the size that could result in a stroke. But my body was probably working hard to deal with the problem of all these thousands of little blood clots. The brain fog could even be caused by these little blood clots in the brain. My immune systems were causing additional inflammation in the lungs (and brain and elsewhere) to attempt to break down and slowly remove the blood clots. Even though I had attempted to treat my Sars infection in the early stage with Quercetin, Zinc, Vitamin D, and antioxidants, it seems that I wasn’t giving myself the dosages I really needed. He appreciates Quercetin as a low-powered alternative to HCQ and IVM but he said one needs to take way more zinc with Quercetin than is needed with HCQ or IVM. So I may have been making the mistake of taking about 1/5th the dosage/frequency of zinc that I should have been taking. And I may have been taking about 1/4th of the dosage/frequency of vitamin-D that I should have been taking. I was pulling my punches. Sigh. I also made the mistake of waiting until day 7 or so to try some IVM in the form of “horse paste.” My dosages were too small and too late. I should have started in on that on day 1, 2, or 3. But since I didn’t react to my infection quickly enough and forcefully enough, I was left with the damages of a proportionally large cytokine storm. That was his theory.
Fourth, he made recommendations for me to speed up the recovery from the cytokine storm and micro-thrombi. (Incidentally, some or all of these same recommendations could also be applicable to those who suffered adverse reactions from the “vaccines” that induced spike proteins, cytokine storm, and blood clots.)
NAC (n-acetyl cysteine)
Take 600mg 2x/day (or 3x/day if preferred) for four weeks
He recommended I get it from a local compounding pharmacy.
He said this will help to clear out stuff from the lungs. It converts to glutathione which is often prescribed by doctors for patients with cystic fibrosis and for patients who have overdosed on Tylenol. It is one of the strongest antioxidants.
[Note: NAC is *not* to be confused with Acetyl L-Carnitine, which shows up when searching Amazon.com for NAC.]
PEA (palmitoylethanolamide)
1,200 mg per day. Should help my breathing by decreasing pulmonary fibrosis. It is also neuroprotective (helping with brain fog) and anti-inflammatory. If taken earlier it would have helped to prevent the cytokine storm. Good for acute and chronic symptoms. Order from https://peacure.com/shop. [I did not end up trying the PEA.]
Proteolytic enzyme therapy
These protein-digesting enzymes have to be ingested while there is no food in the stomach. If taken with food the enzymes will start to digest the food in the stomach. So take them either one hour before a meal or take them three hours after a meal. When taken on a truly empty stomach, these enzymes will get into the blood stream, get circulated by the bloodstream, and they will use their enzyme action on the blood clots and help deal with the inflammation as well. He recommended one or more of the following proteolytic enzyme options for me:
- Nattokinase – made from soy/annato
- Lumbrokinase – some mega HEB stores have it on shelves
- Natto-Serrazime (Nattokinase with Serrapeptidase) from “Designs For Health” store on Amazon.com.
[I ended up purchasing the Natto-Serrazime.]
“Take 1 capsule 3 x a day or 4 times a day. Take them either one hour before a meal or 3 hours after a meal. Do this for four weeks.”
Liposomal Glutathione
In either spray or squirt form. Recommended ordering from “Designs For Health” store on Amazon.com. Take 1 to 2 pumps per day. This anti-oxidant is made in the body and it very neuroprotective and is a good anti-inflammatory. If you can breathe it into the lungs as a nebulized mist, that could be even better.
[I cheaped out and purchased some powered glutathione instead.]
Additional Mindstorms
He recommended that I continue with Vitamin C and Vitamin D.
He was willing to give me a prescription for Singulair/Montelukast (“Zyrtec on steroids”) and said that it could help with the lung/breathing problem. He wasn’t too keen on it, however. I said no thanks. He suggested prescription Fluvoxamine for the brain-fog but warned that it could have a sedative effect. He wasn’t pushing it. I said no thanks. He recommended Melatonin for its strong antioxidant properties but warned that it gives some people hang-overs. Interestingly, someone recently suggested here that melatonin is a more powerful antioxidant than glutathione.
Post-script: Did these help me recover?
Six weeks after my onset of covid symptoms, I feel like I have made an almost full recovery. I’ll say 97% normal. Not bad! There is still some slight difficulty in getting the feeling of a full breath. But it’s not slowing me down anymore and is of no concern to me anymore. My physical and mental energy levels seem normal now. The brain fog is negligible. For four weeks I was pretty religious about high doses of Natto-Serrazime, NAC, Glutathione, Vitamin-D3 (15,000 IU/day), Vitamin-D2 from mushrooms (1,000 IU/day), Vitamin-C, Vitamin K, Melatonin, Turmeric-Curcumin, “Green Superfood,” Selenium, 81mg/day of aspirin, and Magnesium. Meanwhile I also maintained a low-inflammation, low-sugar, low-carbohydrate, low-glycemic index diet in the paleo/primal category (and nearing but not quite ever reaching the keto / ketovore / carnivore diet category). In retrospect, do I think the supplements help speed up my recovery? Maybe. Maybe not. I don’t think it is possible to make a firm judgment about this. I do feel comfortable saying they certainly didn’t hurt or hinder the process. They didn’t cause any additional ill effects. And I did recover. My guess is that they helped at least a little. I’d use this combination again in the future.
What I plan to do differently for my next SARs infection
I’m planning to do a few more things differently in the future.
First, I plan to not rely strictly on my natural immunity. I’m very glad that I now have a very significant level of natural immunity to the Sars-cov-2 virus now. This is my first line of defense going forward. It is good to grapple with pathogens to keep the natural immune systems exercised. Now my immune system is at least partially trained to fight off future strains of Sars-cov-2 in the future. I think in some ways natural immunity to a virus is especially effective against future strains for a year or two but in another way it’s also a life-long advantage against future strains. But having suffered with long-haul covid symptoms, I’m still a little concerned about infections with future strains of Sars-cov-2, Sars-cov-3, and other weaponized, genetically altered viral chimeras the evil and insane lords of the earth decide to produce next in their biolabs and release into the public in the attempt to control us with terror and fear. I’d like to avoid a month of fatigue and brain-fog in the future.
Second, I’m not even slightly tempted to take any “vaccinations” that supposedly protect from Sars-Cov-2. Far from it. After several months of watching this grand vaccination experiment, I am now fully convinced that natural immunity is far more effective than any of the artificial attempts at creating immunity. The artificial immunity attempts have been dismal failures so far. Instead of offering protection against future strains they seem to make their victims more prone to being infected by future strains. So I’m definitely *not* going to place an iota of hope into any of the experimental mRNA injections that produce spike proteins like Sars does. I see zero advantage in those so far and plenty of potential downsides. Not worth the risks at all.
Third, I’m going to make it a habit to be extra religious about my Vitamin-D level. Before I contracted Sars-cov-2, I had bloodwork done and my doctor confirmed that I did not have a vitamin D deficiency by their standards. This helped give me a false sense of confidence. Going forward, instead of taking 1,000 IU of Vit-D3 per day, I’m going to be taking 10,000 or perhaps even 20,000 IU/day. And then every time I start feeling sick with anything, I will probably bump the level up to 50,000 IU/day for a week or two. Add Vitamin-K and Zinc once in a while too. It’s important to get your Vitamin D levels up BEFORE the viral infections begin.
Fourth, whenever I start to feel sick with a viral infection–cold, flu, covid, whatever–I’m going to immediately start taking high doses of zinc and Vitamin-C. I’ll probably be taking zinc and Vit-C at normal recommended levels proactively before infection. I’ll just aim for four times the recommended levels reactively on the day I start to realize I’m infected. Also on day one, I’ll also probably take some quercetin (the poor man’s lightweight HCQ alternative and part of the Zalenco protocols for low-risk covid sufferers), black elderberry (sambucus), garlic, olive leaf extract, turmeric-curcumin, green chiretta, grapefruit rind bitter tea, and other supplements that have either known anti-viral and/or strong antioxidant properties.
Fifth, going forward, I will be keeping a couple bottles of prescription IVM and HCQ in my fridge. I plan on taking both in the future when I feel like I’m getting an infection from a rhinovirus, adenovirus, or coronavirus. I’m not going to take IVM or HCQ proactively as a prophylactic like my FLCCCA physician does and recommends. That does seem like a good idea for people who are especially vulnerable to covid. But I’m not that worried for myself about future SARs infections. I recovered from it once and can expect to recover from it again. So my plan is to take IVM and HCQ either on the first day or possibly even the second day of feeling viral infection symptoms. That way I’m letting my immune system get some good exercise, enriching my natural immunity, and still nipping the infection in the bud before all my cells of all my organs get infected. Thus the spike protein load should end up being relatively low (relative to my Winter 2021-2022 experience) and I’ll avoid the long-haul covid symptoms in the future. I’ll plan on taking IVM and HCQ for two days. If you catch it early, sometimes two days worth is all you need to end the problem, so I hear. If the symptoms are not subdued within those two days, I’ll take them for a total of five days at most. IVM and HCQ seem to be the “big guns.” I’m not sure if there is any advantage in taking IVM or HCQ after day six of covid symptoms.
Sixth, if the viral infection that may be producing a high spike protein load, and if the IVM/HCQ aren’t stopping the virus transmission quickly, I’ll probably start popping some antihistamines (to reduce the inflammation from histamine response over-reactions), 81mg/day Aspirin (to hopefully reduce micro-blood clots), NAC, and Natto-Serazime. If the breathing symptoms became worse, I’d ask my physician for recommendations and be open to prescription steroids and immune system suppressants.
Seventh, if it seems like covid, I would be quick to look into monoclonal antibody infusion therapy. If I can get it for free, I’d do it. It’s important to do this in the first five days of infection. The sooner the better. In theory, with IVM and/or HCQ, this shouldn’t be necessary. But I’ll keep it in mind and be quick to look into it next time.
References & Resources
Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin: A synergistic combination for Covid-19 chemoprophylaxis and treatment? – June 2020
Report on increase in disease conditions in DoD from Whistleblowers
