help alternative to antibiotics

[grandma of 4]

help i have just had a lump removed from my leg and it is a squamous cell carcinoma.The wound site has become infected and the Drs have given me antibiotics but they give me diahorria and make me feel lethargic has anyone any suggestions for an alternative that i can use to combat this infection . I told the Dr but she said to perserve with them other than that i am in good health :mallet:I am allergic to pencillins thanks for your help

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Hi Grandma:D from the other Grandma.

You probably picked up some community nasty from the surgery when they did it. So, .. how big is the area? Where abouts on the leg is it? Thigh? Shin? Behind the knee? Where?

Again, the key to wound healing is the body. In terms of the wound, clean it out with a saline solution. for the skin immunity to work best, it needs the ph of sea-water... Then mix a bit of sodium ascorbate with manuka honey, put some on the wound, then slather the rest on some paranet; put glad wrap on the back of the paranet, and either bandage or whatever that in place.

Have you any idea what your body ph is?

http://www.zealandpublishing.co.nz/pH%20testing%20kit.html

Given that it was squamous cell carcinoma, I suspect that your ph might be around 5.0 whereas you want it around 7.0, but I could be wrong. Only one way to find out.

To being the ph level up, you might need to deal with some mineral deficiency issues, and vitamin D issues. But lets see first...

Given that you have carcinoma issues, I'd recommend that you look at this supplement:

http://www.zealandpublishing.co.nz/CAA_capsules.html

and read this book: http://www.zealandpublishing.co.nz/Cancer%20book.html

Can you ask your doctor for a vitamin D test? I'm thinking you might have low levels?

Regardless of what your doc says is "normal" if your levels are less than 50-80 ng/mL you need to take around 4,000 IU's a day over the winter.

You need to be taking vitamin C, lots of vegetables and fruit, AND you need to be eating lots of garlic. If no-one likes your breath, offer them some to eat so that they won't notice... ;)

[grandma of 4]

thanks for your reply am following up on your suggestions.
the area is 40mm by 40mm and it is on the thigh just above the knee
asked for a blood test for vit D deficiency raised a few eyebrows but did get one will post results when they come in. have been taking multi vits as a supplement for about 3 months .the last of the stitches came out today told the nurse i can dress it at home myself she said ok i can since i know what i am doing gave me a few saline solutions

[3monkeys]

hows is going Mum. Should ring you and ask but since I am here. Might borrow some of your honey for T-mans ear.

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

yes, let us know please.... :D If it gets really bad, I can always offer information on my favorite cure for diabetic ulcers that don't heal.

Maggots.

some good medical studies on them now too. Just that the docs are a bit squeemish, coz of the link with flies, and we all remember the posters on how dangerous flies are don't we ;)

[grandma of 4]

the manuka honey sodium ascorbate treatment has worked wound is looking really clean thanks .
Dont think i could have used Maggots:eek:
Vit D results came in at 64 doc said level was alright have been supplementing with 1000 IU daily also vit c

[3monkeys]

Mummys got bad vitamin Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (imagine me singing it). haha. Joking.

Anyway, glad the treatment worked Ma. I have been putting SA mixed in with Weleda Rash Releif cream (cause Mum didnt send me the honey ;) ) on T's ear and its clearing ip beautifully. In 2 nights. I didnt realise it would work so well from the outside.

I would have loved to see you put maggots on your leg. I would have got spewed on for that........

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

I'm glad you've been supplementing. Hopefully your levels will stay stable and not drop further....

Maggot treatment is absolutely fantastic, because maggots have a sort of antibiotic in their "saliva". They only eat necrotic tissue and won't touch healthy tissue. They are used in some hospitals, because maggots can go where surgery can't, and can clean up wounds that antibiotics don't.

So, when you feel slightly less nauseous on the idea, do a google search. You might be really surprised.

I first heard about maggot treatment from WWI vets from Europe who used it on their wounds in Flanders during the war. They used to hide away from the medics, because everyone with leg wounds who went to the medic tents, would end up minus their infected legs. So the soldiers who didn't like that idea, used to leave the wounds open, encouraging maggots and then using cotton lint, bind it up for a few days.

Apart from the fact that it tickles, they told me that maggot cleaned wounds healed fantastically. It was very rare for any of those old codgers to land in hospital with any type of skin abscess or anything, because they all continued to use maggots where the need arose, until they died, or ... I guess... lost their memory.

[Mr. Beyondtheory]

Amazing story about the Maggots Ms Inca Alligator. I have heard too that some hospitals are using maggots. What a great low-tech solution.

Pity they don't think to use other methods too that really work, such as goldenseal, the bioptron light machine (which can heal chronic bedsores in hospitals), and of course homeopathic remedies.

I believe in Auckland hospital they have resorted to using manuka honey in some cases of antibiotic resistent infections.