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Kudos to Doctor Tipperman

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

In a previous post, I detailed my experience with cataract surgery, lens implants, and the ruinous results I was left with. I also said that I would provide an update if anything changed, so here it is.

After visits with several other eye doctors, I was referred to a Dr. Tipperman, who is a Will’s Eye Hospital associate, and who specializes in removing and inserting intraocular lens implants. I went to see Dr. Tipperman at one of his branch offices in Philadelpha, and within 10 minutes, he determined why my left implant was causing me so much trouble. It so happens that the implant ( a Technis multifocal) installed by the original surgeon was not centered in my eye correctly, and I was always looking through the line in the bifocal of the lens. He offered to realign the lens, or explant it and install a new lens of my choice.

I chose to have a toric lens implanted. A toric lens is one which corrects for far vision, and astigmatism (it has a spherical and a cylinder correction but no near vision correction). Dr. Tipperman set up a schedule for the surgery on my left eye, and offered to contact the lens manufacturer to ask that the lens be donated to save me the $1800 cost of the lens.

The surgery itself was uneventful. I was awake during the procedure, which only took a few minutes. Dr. Tipperman inserted the new lens underneath the old one, and then cut the old one into pieces with very tiny scissors and removed it. During my checkup the next day, he found that my intraocular pressure had increased quite a bit, and so he drained a little fluid from my eye to relieve it. I had no further trouble with it, and the next day had very good distant vision in my left eye.

At my 3 week checkup, I made an appointment to have my right lens explanted and a new toric lens installed. Again, the surgery was uneventful, and the outcome was even better than with the left eye. It is now 3 weeks since I had the surgery in my right eye, and my far vision is nearly perfect. Of course, I need reading glasses for near work, but I do not have any of the ghosting, starburst, multiple images, and pain which plagued me after my first set of surgeries.

The difference in the quality of care I received is truly amazing. Dr. Tipperman has given me my vision back.

If you want to watch the kind of surgery I had with Dr. Tipperman, you can watch him do a similar surgery with a different patient. WARNING: NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH!

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Flying Pig Flu

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

I have been following the news about Swine Flu all week, and I have to ask myself, whats this all about? It seems that this flu might have been engineered in a laboratory, as it is a combination of swine, avian and human flu strains. Its hard to imagine how such could happen in nature.

Some reports from Mexico said the death rate was 2 out of 10, 20%, and the news made this sound very high and alarming. Well, thats what sells news isn’t it?

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 200,000 Americans contract flu each year, and on average, 36,000 people die of flu and its complications. So, lets see, less than a hundred confirmed cases of this Swine Flu, and normal flu cases are 200,000. 20% death rate reported, and average is 18% for ordinary flu strains.

Maybe we are overreacting a little. But the bigger question is: “Why is our attention diverted to this flu, and what else is going on that we are not supposed to see?

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Colloidal Silver (Silver Nanoparticles) Banned as a Pesticide

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Who would have thought that a washing machine would bring down the scrutiny of the EPA regarding silver nano-particles?  That is what happened though with Samsung’s Silver Wash machine which was claimed to inhibit bacteria in clothing by its ionic silver technology.

It seems that the Environmental Protection Agency has decided that Silver Nanoparticles are pesticides and need to be regulated.  This is another blow to health freedom, intended or not.

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic “nanoparticles” of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday.

The decision — which will affect the marketing of high-tech odor-destroying shoe liners, food-storage containers, air fresheners, washing machines and a wide range of other products that contain tiny bacteria-killing particles of silver — marks a significant reversal in federal policy. It also creates an unexpected regulatory hurdle for the burgeoning field of nanotechnology, which involves the creation of materials just a few ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair.1

So while the FDA’s stance is that Colloidal Silver is ineffective, the EPA’s stance is that it is too effective, and might wipe out all the beneficial bacteria in the environment.   It is interesting that the EPA does not seem to care about the tons of antibiotics that get flushed away and pissed down peoples toilets every year, or chlorine which is another substance that kills beneficial bacteria, but it is allowed in our water supply.  This seems terribly inconsistent to me. That is, unless there is another hidden agenda.  Perhaps the government does not want citizens to be able to take care of themselves in the event of a pandemic disease outbreak.

According to the EPA, CS generators may not be sold without approval after March 21, 2008.   The EPA website describes the rule as follows:

Any person distributing or selling such equipment on or before the date of publication of this notice may continue the distribution or sale of such equipment for 6 months from the date of publication of the notice (March 21, 2008).

You may be affected by this action if you sell or distribute ion-generating equipment that uses electrodes to emit chemical substances for pesticidal purposes. Potentially affected equipment include but are not limited to, washing machines containing electrodes that emit silver, copper, or zinc ions and ion generators used in swimming pools to kill algae and as an adjunct to the chlorination process.2

Obviously, CS generators fall under this description.  Interestingly though, the EPA’s definition extends only to metal ions.  Metallic (non ionic) CS seems not to be covered by this rule yet3.  It is hard to understand how silver metal could be banned, as it is naturally occurring in nature, albeit not usually in nano-particle form.

Since CS generators are still available for purchase, the EPA has apparently not taken any action against the manufacturers yet.  However just as the FDA has attacked CS producers, it is reasonable to expect the EPA to do likewise.

At some point, providing information about making CS at home may become illegal.  If so, the instructions about building your own, which is incredibly easy, will disappear from the internet.

In times past, I would have recommended writing your Senators and Representatives about this issue, but alas, in view of the governments responsiveness on issues much more important, I feel that it is a useless waste of time.  (You probably know what I mean.)

1) Rick Weiss, Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, November 23, 2006; Page A01

2) Pesticide Registration: Clarification for Ion-generating Equipment

3) An ion is simply an atom that has lost or gained one or more electrons giving it an electrical charge.  This electrical charge changes the atoms reactivity and properties.

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2012 and the Mayans

Friday, January 9th, 2009

This week seems to be armageddon week on The History Channel, and a common theme is the end of the Mayan calendar at December 21, 2012, 11:11am GMT.

The Mayans used several different calendars for different purposes, but the one being talked about is called the Long Count Calendar which basically divides a 5125 year period into several smaller units. The 5125 year cycle is about 1/5th of the time it takes for the earth to precess one time on its axis; that is, the time to transit all 13 of the Zodiac signs. (Yes, there are 13)1.

Each 5125 years represented an Age of mankind and was built up of smaller units.

A Uinal was a period of 20 days.
18 Uinals made up a Tun or period of 360 days.
20 Tuns were known as a Katun, and was approximately 20 years.
20 Katuns were known as a Baktun, or a period of approximately 394 years.
And finally, 13 Baktuns constituted a Mayan Age of 5125 years.

Now, in our calendar, the year ends on December 31, but that doesn’t mean the world ends just because our calendar does. We simply start over on January 1. Likewise, the end of the Mayan calendar does not mean the sun will not rise on December 22, 2012. The calendar will start over. (There are a lot of myths concerning the end of the age however).

One of the problems with the Mayan calendar was that of correlating it to our modern calendar. That was solved when there was a celestial event consisting of a total eclipse of the sun which was recorded by the Mayans and corresponds to our calendar date of July 6, 790AD. This fixes the relationship between the two calendars such that this current Mayan Age began on August 13, 3114BC.

If the Mayans were correct in equating 5125 years as an identifiable ‘Age’, then history should reflect this as true.

Jose Arguelles wrote:

“August 13, 3113 BC is as precise and accurate as one can get for a beginning of history: the first Egyptian dynasty is dated to ca 3100 BC; the first ‘city,’ Uruk, in Mesopotamia, also ca 3100 BC; the Hindu Kali Yuga, 3102 BC; and most interestingly, the division of time into 24 hours of 60 minutes each and each minute into 60 seconds [and the division of the circle into 360 degrees], also around 3100 BC, in Sumeria. If the beginning of history was so accurately placed, then must not the end of history, December 21, 2012 also be as accurate?”

Notice the discrepancy of one year from 3114 to 3113? This has been a common error stemming from the fact that there was no year zero. 3114 BC is actually the year -3113, but no matter, his observation is accurate.

If the Mayans are right, we should see some evidence that historical periods are reflected in the structure of Mayan timekeeping. Tortuga.com has a good graphic to illustrate the relationship of historical periods to the Mayan calendar.

While I do not know for sure what will happen on Dec 21, 2012; I do know from simple observations that the world is changing fast. Some think we will have a monumental instantaneous lifting of our consciousness, while others think we will be destroyed. Perhaps both are true.

1) The Real Zodiac

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Record Low Temperatures — More global warming?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

I just found this site with a listing of the record low temperatures for 2008.  I had no idea that so many records were broken on the low side this year.  I do know that here in the Pocono Mountains of  Pennsylvania that it is no colder or warmer now than last year according to my heating bills, but so far this winter we have had more precipitation than normal.

Iceagenow.com proposes that ice ages start because precipitation increases, not because it is colder.  Once snow cover starts to build up, the white surface will reflect the sun’s radiant heat back out into space and cool the Earth.  Global precipitation has increased by about 20% since the middle of the last century, and many glaciers are actually expanding.

Got long johns?

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Global Warming: Cult?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Once again, the UN IPCC global warming cult is meeting to try to decide how to convince us that we are responsible for global warming. At the same time, 650 international scientists are challenging the IPCC’s claims. There are now 12 times more scientists refuting the man-made global warming hypothesis than originally supported the report. Nevertheless, the UN continues to try to legislate our energy use and to send us back into the dark ages.

There is one thing for certain though: the climate is changing. In fact, the climate is always changing. The geological records and ice cores are strong testament to that fact. According to the geological record, the earth has two stable temperature phases, a cold one of about 12 degrees centigrade, and a hot one of about 22 degrees. Presently, the earth is in its cold phase. Knowing this, it is reasonable to assume that at some time, the earth will switch again to its hot phase. Its also reasonable that humankind was not the cause of the temperature fluctuations in the past, and therefore is probably not the reason for any real or imagined temperature changes in the present.

Carbon dioxide has been named the chief green-house gas, but in the past there has been no relationship between CO2 and the temperature of the earth as read by the geological record. CO2 is a gas which is very necessary to life, as all life depends on plants, and plants breathe CO2 just like we breathe oxygen. In fact, greenhouse operators normally supplement CO2 in their greenhouses to increase crop yields. Its very possible that the slight increase in manmade CO2 has been a factor in increased world wide crop yields over the last few decades.

Further, astronomers have noted that all of the planets in our solar system have shown planetary warming in the past decades, from the melting of Mercury’s polar cap to the increase in the atmosphere of Pluto. Man does not drive Hummers on other planets; and it is ridiculous to think that a solar system wide process heating up other planets and moons would not also include Earth.

It seems to me that global warming has become a new religious cult with Al Gore as its high priest; and governments across the world are signing on so as to have another excuse to further regulate the populace.

For more information, I recommend Global Warming: A Chilling Perspective and The Paleopmap Project climate data.

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Lymerix, HLA-DR4, and arthritis

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I am hoping someone who knows about the relationship between the Lymes vaccine, tissue type DR4, and arthritis will read this and contact me.

I took the three Lymerix shots in 1999 after living in a tick infested region.  My neighbors children all contracted Lymes, and several neighborhood dogs also were stricken.  I myself was bitten at least four times by deer ticks that I know of, and probably several more that I don’t.  For this reason, I took the vaccine.

About a year later, I started having pain in my hands, knees, and hips.  I was tested for rheumatoid arthritis, and was found negative.  I was also tested for Lymes disease itself, and that test was also negative.  

As time progressed, so did the pain in my joints; slowly at first, but increasing as time went by.  3 years after the shots, I had to give up riding my motorcycle because the pain in my fingers made it way less than pleasurable.  I had to sell my two story home because I could not go up and down the steps.  I had to give up my profession because it required climbing, lifting, and strength in my hands.

My cardiologist told me about several articles which implicated the Lymes vaccine with arthritis in patients who had the tissue type HLA-DR4.  So, I had myself tested, and like %30 of the population, I had this tissue type.  Unfortuneatly, no one seems to know what to do about it.

I am now to the point where I cannot open a soda bottle, put my socks on myself, take care of my property, and a thousand other things most of us take for granted and do without thinking how much it is going to hurt.

The only thing which gives me any relief at all seems to be gold nanoparticles, (colloidal gold).  I have tried everything I know of, including glucosamine/chondroitin, CMO, raisins soaked in gin, OTC pain relievers, hot wax treatments, physical therapy, and DMSO.  None of these helped, and the destruction of my joints goes unchecked.

If you know of any way to reverse the effects of Lymerix, please contact me using the Send A Comment link on this webpage.

Thanks…

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