Heart problems - advice appreciated

[Miracle]

Update, since my heart problem seemed to be related to Iron Overload, I have posted my latest update on that thread. Hemochromatosis and Autoimmune Conditions

 

[Miracle]

Update: Went to a recommended acupuncturist in the area today. Her first guess was the the heart issue was related to a virus and subsequent inflammation. She specifically mentioned that she has been seeing many young men having heart issues with high levels of strep in their stool samples. Initially, I didn't mention it to her because I sort of forgot but I have had a hot swollen throat. The dentist I saw a few weeks ago mentioned it, the urgent care doctor I saw mentioned it, I noticed it myself, but I just wrote it off for no good reason. A poor assumption error on my behalf to think an intermittent sore throat to be irrelevant. After doing some acupuncture she had me order a RUPA Health GI-Map Stool sample kit for her to analyze. Wait and see on that I suppose, but in the meantime I'll breakout the anti-viral warchest. Colloidal silver, mega-dose Vit C, Ivermectin with meals, iodine, infrared sauna, b-complex, digestive enzymes, nattokinase, mushrooms, apple cider vinegar, probiotics, zinc... and diet wise I've mainly been eating slow cooked smoked ham hock and rice.

So hopefully the acupuncturist is onto something as my heart issues have persisted. It has become less intense, but nonetheless still quite concerning. Unfortunately, about every other night my heart issues significantly disrupts my sleep, so naturally, my energy levels have been pretty low lately. Despite all that, I am functioning just fine going about life so that is something to be thankful for.

 

[BHelmet]

Did you ever look into your heart-related emotional issues? All I am hearing is bio-physical stuff. Yes, the bio-mechanical stuff is an important manifestation but it walks hand-in-hand with the psycho-spiritual-emotional. I really think you gotta look at it all and if you don’t, you’re missing a big lesson and may not (won’t) find the complete answer.

 

[Miracle]

Did you ever look into your heart-related emotional issues? All I am hearing is bio-physical stuff. Yes, the bio-mechanical stuff is an important manifestation but it walks hand-in-hand with the psycho-spiritual-emotional. I really think you gotta look at it all and if you don’t, you’re missing a big lesson and may not (won’t) find the complete answer.

On the emotional side, I think my previous two posts summed it up. I have negative thought loops that I battle from time to time, but I'm not concerned about them much.

From the emotional viewpoint, I am also at a bit at a loss to explain the sudden onset of atrial fibrillation. My major negative thought loops are primarily financial: "I will never be wealthy enough to own a home, afford a wife and children, and otherwise pursue an ideal life of a free man." But even then, I am doing significantly better in life than ever before. I do not at all feel torn apart by how the world is falling apart and how its symptoms effect my life. Yeh it sucks, but we've all been forewarned and forearmed to mitigate the negative emotional turmoil. I'd tentatively say I almost find solace in the world falling apart in the near future as the current status quo is so undesirable. I'm generally a pretty happy person, my stress levels are the lowest they have ever been in my life, and I do not feel dominated at all by anger, jealously, bitterness, loneliness or other negative emotions associated with the heart. I guess I could be blocking out some deep emotional issue but whatever that may be, I cannot see it right now.

Iamthatis had a nice analogy and suggested an I Ching to see if anything came up:

Well, that more or less speaks directly to what has been on my mind and your tree metaphor appears quite apt. I'm keeping my head above water with my current job but not by much, so I've been thinking a lot about getting a new or 2nd job with the general goal of just preparing for imminent financial collapse. I didn't really feel particularly frantic about it, but I guess I should remain still and focus on my inner world.

And, I'd stand by those statements now. I just don't feel torn up at all in my inner world right now. Is my inner world perfect? No. Are there stones to be over turned to give light to icky things? Sure, there almost always will be. But, do I feel like in the grand scheme of things I am on my path and slowly but surely doing the Work? Yes, and that is enough for emotional health most of the time. Could this be one of those moments where that is not enough and a super-effort is needed? Could be, but I'd think I'd at least have some inkling of an emotional state or negative thought loop to be prevalent. I just don't have anything bothering me right now.

As the C's have said, there are times when Being needs to catch up with Doing.

But back to the question. If there is a lesson to be found here, I'd guess it has to do more with increasing my vigilance. Personally, I'd say with confidence that I have been on a strong upswing this past year in terms of doing the work. A lot of pieces in my life have come together in a nice way. With growth comes suffering, and attack especially if your guard is not up. In this instance, my guard was not up on my health at all.

Frankly, I'm just young, dumb, and brazen sometimes. I have honed my diet & lifestyle routine over the years, and a few years ago I frequently visited an applied kinesiologist with great results, but until this heart issue came up, I hadn't been to a single western doctor in ten years or done any blood work. Not a very bright idea to put it mildly. I should have absolutely known better that I could not rely on my youthfulness to push me through all of my health issues forever. More to the point, this heart issue has been the wake up call that I needed to pay more intelligent attention to my health. I can no longer write problems off like I literally just did:

Initially, I didn't mention it to her because I sort of forgot but I have had a hot swollen throat. The dentist I saw a few weeks ago mentioned it, the urgent care doctor I saw mentioned it, I noticed it myself, but I just wrote it off for no good reason. A poor assumption error on my behalf to think an intermittent sore throat to be irrelevant.

So yeh, no more skim reading the more dedicate health threads and no more, "I'm young, whatever" attitude. We live in extraordinary times, health is a primary source of attack, and I will/have been advancing a more concerned attitude towards my health.

 

[Breo]

I sort of forgot but I have had a hot swollen throat. The dentist I saw a few weeks ago mentioned it, the urgent care doctor I saw mentioned it, I noticed it myself, but I just wrote it off for no good reason.

As some viral species survive within the cervical lymphnodes (throat and neck), gargling and mouthwashes might be effective.
I know of Lugols Iodine or propolis, cistus incantus to be working well: a few drops in a cup of water (depending on what you take well).
You could search for more posts on the forum on additional gargling and mouthwash methods.

 

[iamthatis]

On the emotional side, I think my previous two posts summed it up. I have negative thought loops that I battle from time to time, but I'm not concerned about them much.



Iamthatis had a nice analogy and suggested an I Ching to see if anything came up:



And, I'd stand by those statements now. I just don't feel torn up at all in my inner world right now. Is my inner world perfect? No. Are there stones to be over turned to give light to icky things? Sure, there almost always will be. But, do I feel like in the grand scheme of things I am on my path and slowly but surely doing the Work? Yes, and that is enough for emotional health most of the time. Could this be one of those moments where that is not enough and a super-effort is needed? Could be, but I'd think I'd at least have some inkling of an emotional state or negative thought loop to be prevalent. I just don't have anything bothering me right now.



But back to the question. If there is a lesson to be found here, I'd guess it has to do more with increasing my vigilance. Personally, I'd say with confidence that I have been on a strong upswing this past year in terms of doing the work. A lot of pieces in my life have come together in a nice way. With growth comes suffering, and attack especially if your guard is not up. In this instance, my guard was not up on my health at all.

Frankly, I'm just young, dumb, and brazen sometimes. I have honed my diet & lifestyle routine over the years, and a few years ago I frequently visited an applied kinesiologist with great results, but until this heart issue came up, I hadn't been to a single western doctor in ten years or done any blood work. Not a very bright idea to put it mildly. I should have absolutely known better that I could not rely on my youthfulness to push me through all of my health issues forever. More to the point, this heart issue has been the wake up call that I needed to pay more intelligent attention to my health. I can no longer write problems off like I literally just did:



So yeh, no more skim reading the more dedicate health threads and no more, "I'm young, whatever" attitude. We live in extraordinary times, health is a primary source of attack, and I will/have been advancing a more concerned attitude towards my health.

It's interesting, I've been thinking about this lately - I've been really consistent with diet, supplements, prayer, and all kinds of recommended 'fun and games' for a while now. There's a quiet part of me that's like, 'Okay, so where's the payoff? I keep on getting these weird symptoms, it's just one after another. When do I start to feel better?'

But then, maybe that was my hope, and also my illusion. I'm not so certain that feeling better healing or whatever is the goal anymore. Not sure what the goal is, or at least I'm not so sure how to articulate it, but perhaps it could be said that the goal is to continue to follow through with good discipline just because it's the right thing to do, being prepared for a miracle and also for a tragedy as the result.

Following through with good discipline basically means changing our DNA, and improving our connection with the information field. And as little as I understand that, I get the sense that it's not small potatoes! To put it in psychological terms, one could equate the information field with the vast hidden realm of all archetypes and all possibilities - the Unconscious - which is sort of like the invisible sphere of unlimited potential of our Self that our body and our ego are embedded within and moving through. It's like getting drawn into a deeper relationship with All and Everything in our own little corner of it which we call our life story. And plot twists abound when up-regulating the DNA, I think.

Maybe it's kind of an obvious point, but it was an eye-opener when I had the thought recently that all the protocols maybe aren't really supposed to help me feel better. That is possible, yes, and a good thing to want, but maybe the main thing is that the various health and spiritual protocols offered by the forum are designed to unearth what's been buried so it can be dealt with in this lifetime. In particular hurtful karmic residue being discovered, from earlier in this life, and past lives. Sort of like how the HBOT can heal the brain to an extent that one suddenly comes into contact with traumatic memories in the neural network that were covered over by synaptic pathways of avoidance.

I'm not trying to be too bleak in the sense that the reward for suffering is more suffering, but I gotta be honest, sometimes that's how it seems. And I'm with you in that there's a sense of calm when looking at things that way, even if it's sad. The truth often has that affect IMO. There is joy in release, too, and joy in a new understanding that clicks together, or even just roaming around in another plot twist experience with the intent of solving the puzzle, finding the save crystal, then on to the next one.

Anyways, all the best with your heart. Good luck with the puzzle!

 

[Miracle]

Just an itty bitty update. My heart issue has drastically reduced in intensity and frequency. I've continued to see my acupuncturist who has been excellent, I was on the prayer board for a bit, and have kept up with my anti-viral protocol. I was able to get a workout in this weekend, and my sleep has returned to mostly normal to the point that I am waking up fairly refreshed.

 

[Miracle]

Got my stool sample results back. In short, tested high for morganella, staph, and strep which the acupuncturist said was pretty common for people with heart/chest issues. Most everything else tested within the normal range. Positive news, tested negative for parasites, fungus and yeast! Per her recommendation, I'll go on a herbal cleanse of some sort using common herbs and take a specific probiotic. I haven't got the specifics on that yet but with this information in hand, and considering I'm feeling almost normal again, I'm ecstatic!

A few snips of the results:






For anybody curious, I did the GI Map Test from Rupa.

 

[meadow_wind]

In short, tested high for morganella, staph, and strep which the acupuncturist said was pretty common for people with heart/chest issues.

The link between gut colonization and heart issues is interesting. I didn't know about this; it makes me curious to investigate it.