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A pretty long time ago, I met a nice artist on Twitter & we chatted & I looked at her works of art & she looked at my works of art & when I visited her Bio page she wrote about her husband who had served in Vietnam & had been exposed to Agent Orange...
...& then I decided that I was going to look into the subject...because I had some time, & was curious & because sometimes a fresh eye can solve a problem...
I burrowed deeply into the subject & came up with a pile of complicated connections & loose ties...
I published answers that I came up with on my previous blog, in a meandering & difficult to understand blog post... Then I put it aside, because time provides perspective on research... Plus it was enough for now...
I thought I'd write a short summation of some of my thoughts on Agent Orange as I see it today...
These short thoughts I am going to offer as remedy, rather than focussing on cause & causal relations...
So here goes...
1)cheapest remedy: the anti-psychotic family that resembles lead in the body- sometimes called lithium, zyprexa, or whatever they call it now... This category is a cheap solution... A public fix... Lead counteracts zinc in the thyroid... It settles down the inbalance... You can get a prescription for lithium from a doctor- often a psychiatrist... Spend the dollar at the drug store on a pill splitter... Whatever the prescription is, cut the pill in half, then half again... Doctors usually overdose these things, which just screws you up worse... Take the lowest possible amount, only when you are feeling jittery... Just enough to take away the jangles, not more... Just enough to get to sleep, not anesthetize you... This stuff gathers in your system, so stop taking it after a while... If you don't, you get tardive dyskinesia, which is not fun... Anyway, this is not my favorite solution...Oops, I forgot to say this... Lepidolite is a bead form of lithium that you can buy on ebay as jewellery or raw beads does the same thing as oral lithium with fewer side effects, cheaper & you can take it off if you get too drowsy... Every untreated "bipolar" person should have a lepidolite bead bracelet handy...(btw, most bipolar is just bad anemia & can be remedied by treating it that way)...Anyways, a lepidolite beaded bracelet is a better way to get your lithium... & you don't need a doctor to get one!
2)Iron... Iron is a better option... A really safe way to get iron is to Not take it orally...It is easy to overdose on oral iron...Your poo turns black... It is dangerous... You may not know this but if you wear a bracelet or a necklace or an anklet against your skin that is made of iron, your body will accept that...
Iron in jewellery form is called pyrite... Sometimes people call it marcasite... You can get a pyrite bracelet, male or female style, on etsy.com for under 20 dollars... Pick something that fits & that isn't terrible looking, & wear it all the time... Sleep in it... Shower in it... Don't take it off... You will start to feel better almost immediately... Iron balances out manganese... High manganese levels cause kookiness... The iron will balance out the kooky thoughts... You will feel more solid in your thinking... This is a medium level costing remedy, & is a pretty good option...
3)B12... B12 is great for repairing damaged tissues... Like whiplash damage, or back pain damage... B12 is great... Again, oral B12 is not my first choice... Here is another thing that you can get that will let your body absorb B12 well... Copal Amber comes in bead form & you can also buy copal amber as necklace or bracelet... For severe back pain, buy two copal amber necklaces, join them together as one, & wear the copal amber beads around your waist... You won't believe how the back pain disappears... You can also wear this before having to do heavy lifting as a protection... You can wear a copal amber bead necklace around your neck for healing up your whiplash... Don't take it off... You will notice the pain right away coming back again... B12 is terrific for people who have been exposed to Agent Orange... It soothes the neurons, the nerve cells misfiring & causing neuropathies, it calms the nerve endings... I like the whole idea of a bracelet or necklace or waist chain because the person doesn't have to remember to take a pill, it is a one time cost, & it is hard to overdose... If you feel you are getting too much of anything, just take off the jewellery... Copal Amber occurs naturally in Riga, Lithuania too... So it is way cheaper if you get it from there... There are people on ebay from those countries selling copal amber jewellery for cheap... Like 25 dollars maybe, sometimes including shipping... Buy the fresh ugly looking cheaper stuff- it is new & from the beach & will have more B12 in it than a fancy tooled piece...
Last thoughts: Agent Orange, thalidomide, nicotine, ginger(in high doses), ginseng(high doses), zinc(high doses), leprosy,bipolar, pesticides, all seem to share common traits... I'd probably add cannabis to that list for the zinc...
To a lesser extent autism, Alzheimer's, ADD, ADHD, Asperger's, maybe Parkinson's... Although high mercury content is more an issue in these... But related... (btw, mercury can easily be counteracted by something as simple as taking Epsom Salt baths- Epsom Salts are magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulfate is what you need to counteract mercury...* anecdote* putting some epsom salts into a little shea butter & rubbing under your toenails will get rid of any fungal infection there* toenail fungus is related to mercury excess...)!
Ok, that is all... I thought I'd follow-up because my older blog keeps getting comments from interested people & it turns out this topic, Agent Orange, is still pretty topical...
This is the best I can do for now... As a layperson... An artist who likes to sit around & look at things & wonder about them...
I am a self-employed visual artist by trade... That is all... Good luck & God Bless... Sari Grove
Art thoughts:
Was watching this new version of 90210, eating a new invention called fish tacos (new to me), loving the fish tacos as I dipped in sour cream & a hot tomato sauce, & after a difficult shoot for a music video (the tv show), the agent for the talent says to the guy who had the recording studio space, he says (happily) ' The first rule of this business...(long pause) Keep the artist happy' ...
The music video shoot was almost marred by the appearance of a girlfriend to the recording studio guy- who marched her way through to try to get some free publicity for herself from the musician in the form of a bit part in his music video as a dancer... Turns out he had heard of this girl & she had a bad rep as someone who had stolen some other musician's songs a while back...
Long story short, the recording studio guy got rid of the girl, the shoot went great, & the musician went home with a giant bag of candy corn, as it turns out his favorite food on set... Then the money quote...
This may be silly, but how often do galleries forget about keeping the artist happy...
The idiots who fired Marilyn Monroe... The idiots who fired Charlie Sheen...
If you have a real artist on set, keep them happy... If they are popping pills, or drinking too much or their wife dumps them, help the artist... Fix it... Make the artist happy again...keep the artist happy...
The artist makes the art & there ain't no-thin' without the art...
Why couldn't the producers write Charlie out of a few episodes & send him on a cruise... Why couldn't they tell him 'Hey we are here for you, you bled for us, & we remember'... He's the artist... If Marilyn Monroe was having problems, why wouldn't they spend the time & the energy to help her? Keep her happy?
She was worth millions, still is... So is Charlie Sheen... Neither are replaceable...
The first rule of this business...Keep the artist happy...
How many art galleries have forgotten to do that? How many art gallery owners think that it's all about the sales & marketing & the artist is disposable...Replaceable...?
I'm not a huge fan of 90210, only because everyone seems so tiny... I mean in stature... I tend to relate to tall people better, & somehow there aren't many in Beverly Hills... I guess it's hard to fit a tall person into a camera shot... Is that a dumb reason? probably... But at 5'10" I see the world from a different place than someone who sees it at 5'2"... I see no need for high heeled shoes for example... Totally useless item to me... I'm going to stop now... Maybe the show will get better & I will watch... But I love that quote... So true & so forgotten... For that I will watch again...
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love it.
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