Quote from Deleted user on August 15, 2024, 7:32 pm

Hi All,

This is reposted here with permission from a friend who posted earlier on Garrett's blog LYL.  Will call him Mikey. 

Thank you.

 

My story, and my thanks to Grant Genereux and Garrett Smith.

During the pandemic, I seemed to develop some very strange symptoms. Confusion, dizziness, detachment from reality, almost schizophrenic symptoms. I'd get episodes where I feel like I'd faint. They'd last anywhere from 1 minute to 1 hour. I'd feel like I'd collapse and would have to sit or lie down immediately. I remember having to pull over from my car as I'd feel like I'd pass out. Sometimes I'd need a family member to get a taxi to my location and drive me home. It was very scary. This was multiple times a day. It slowly got worse and I started to struggle getting through the day. I went to multiple doctors, MRI scans, blood tests, and they said I was just anxious over the lockdown, and that it's okay to be anxious. Gaslighters. I had the worst health imaginable for around 2 years. The label of what I had was "long covid", as it came shortly after "contracting this virus", and the first thought you'd most likely have is, it's probably the vaccine, or even the virus... but no. It's something you would never guess.

I had multiple lipomas all over my body slowly increasing from when I was 12. Now, Most likely 50 significant ones, mildly painful, with many more tiny hidden away... I've spent my whole life looking at what the root cause is, making notes, testing theories. I'm not a doctor but I've come to learn a lot over the last 20 years, I'm now 34. Eventually out of desperation I went for this treatment called Aqualyx, an injection filled with deoxycholic acid (a bile acid) into each lipoma. About an hour after the horrid procedure, a feeling grew that something was wrong with my body. Slowly, I could barely breath, oxygen wasn't working for me, vision was clouded, I was completely detached from reality, I was about to go. It felt like I was extremely low in sugar, that was just the feeling. Extreme anxiety, dizziness, barely enough strength to stand. I genuinely felt like I was about to die. I was in central London and was terrified. I got a taxi home and collapsed onto the bed, somehow holding myself together for the journey. This was the very first instance of me now having chronic health issues. How could this be? How does melting lipomas cause such severe issues, that will linger on and off over the next 2 years? (Spoiler alert, this "treatment" did jackshit).

Only now do I realise what happened. These were balls of stored Vitamin A, that was now metabolised dispersed into my blood stream as retinoic acid. I did have health issues before this instance though nothing severe, and some weird unexplained issues. Acne, never being able to gain muscle, autistic qualities, nervousness, weak bones, retina detachment issues, sleep paralysis (can actually be pretty cool), hearing things, now and then feeling like I was falling out of nowhere, intense anger issues that would come over me out of nowhere, not being able to articulate very well, but never severely bed ridden.

In my worst moments, I was so weak that I could barely move. And I mean this. I was at one point, holding onto my pee, because I could only afford enough strength to go to the bathroom once. And it was only my pride that stopped me peeing sitting down. I would almost faint standing up, breathing slow and shallow to stop this happening. I'd eat lying down on my side, barely strong enough to chew. At my better days, I was still awful and battled a lot of dizziness. Forget brain fog, what I also had was complete derealisation. I would look at my family members and almost not know who they were. I was dizzy for 1.5 years straight without any relief. I'd even have dreams where I was dizzy, how cruel that sleep couldn't give me a break. My legs were so weak and almost had to think about how to walk. It felt like my weakness was more neurological than muscular, whether it was or not, I don't know. I was convinced I had ALS and was terrified reading stories thinking I was on my way to develop this. I always thought I was born wrong, that my genetic make up was wrong. I could never reverse what was happening to me, whatever this was. I wanted to kill myself at one point but was too scared to. If I ever breathed in deep just once, I was so lightheaded I thought I'd faint, and a deep breath would set me back a few hours. I was simply terrified at all times. Severe anxiety but mainly due to how sick I was. I was anxious due to my sickness, not sick due to anxiety, even though the anxiety made it worse. The amount of times I had to tell people this felt endless. No one believed me. I was just exaggerating, and just wasn't a strong person. I had to just get over it, whatever this was. To this day I'm surprised how much the human body can take.

I would eat loads of vegetables to be healthy. Broccoli, red onions, ginger, garlic, turmeric, eggs (especially the yolk), sweet potato, salmon. Anything brightly coloured as this is what people tell me. They must be right, and the science is convincing. I'd eat as much nutrition as I possibly could. My goal was to get as much of every nutrient as possible. All my toxicity came from eating "healthy food". No Accutane, no VA or copper pills. No keto, no vegan, no carnivore. Nothing actually extreme. I never ate organ meat only until the very end and very tiny amounts. Just a very bad combination of the wrong foods, and lots of things that would stop detox. I've come to realise I've been toxic since birth. Born jaundice, has typical autistic qualities as a boy. Very scrawny with a small skull. Impossible to build muscle. I'd have the worst acne as a teenager. My mum has osteoporosis and my grandma had gallbladder issues (now this makes sense). Why was I cursed, and so unlucky? I tried herbs, medicinal mushrooms, pretty much every supplement you can think of. I took a disgusting amount of supplements during my life and they were never ever essential minerals or vitamins. Always some kind of magic pill.

I kept praying for relief almost knowing it would never come (never been so glad to be wrong).

I at one point read that Vitamin A is essential to the epithelium. I've always had leaky gut. I had a lot of weird sensations that felt my blood vessels were leaking, I'd feel trickling running down my leg but on the inside. Even in my brain. The really smart people on the internet tell me that retinol gets destroyed very easily, and most people are deficient. I'd have to get this through liver and not overcook it. This was the answer to all my problems and this is what was going to heal me I told myself. What is so strange that is made me so much better for a moment (this also now makes so much sense). Yet something felt very wrong. I felt very energized that it didn't feel normal. I felt drugged. Once this liver effect wore off, I felt worse than before. I needed more. I then had more. I must have done this only twice in small doses, and after the 2nd time I genuinely thought I was going to die. I could barely breathe and oxygen wasn't working again. I was on reddit looking on a nutrition page, when I saw a comment saying that you don't need any Vitamin A. This triggered a memory, as I'm sure I've heard this before and really could not understand how this even made sense. I questioned this comment, and then asked for proof. I wasn't calling him out like the other comments, I was very curious, and because of this he sent me Grant's book, and a Dr Smith video. That's where it all changed.

Sometimes I feel so sad I had to go through this, how low a human could sink. An animal would have been put down, and at times I wished that I would die in my sleep. Yet any time the sadness of these thoughts creep in, I come to the realisation just how incredibly lucky I am to know the truth. This random person saved me by sending me to Grant's second book, and Dr Smith's work. My jaw hit the floor when I read it. Every single thing made sense, and fit perfectly to what was going on with me. My first thought was "I need to sue Grant Genereux as this man has somehow written a biography on my life without my consent", and "why was it typed on a pdf document?".

That ache that I've had underneath my ribs on my right hand side for the past 10 years IS my liver, and is not just a chronic ache like the smart doctors say. No it is not my genes, no this is not normal, no this is not just how life is. When I was a child, even my pet rabbits died at such a young age of kidney failure, and I couldn't understand why it was always the same thing at the same time (about 1.5 years). When I read the fact that rabbits can convert 100% of beta carotene to Vitamin A, this really hit me. I used to overfeed them with brightly coloured vegetables. I am so lucky, as the very thing that is wrong with me, that is causing my sickness, is the very organ that can regenerate. How LUCKY I am that it was this, and to find Grant and Garrett. It's been 1 year 6 months to this day, and it is genuinely insane how far I've come. Thank you so much for all the information you've provided, you have no idea the impact it's had on my life. Grant's work is priceless, and Garrett's advice on exactly how to tackle toxicity is genius. I needed both. Trying to do this myself without Garrett's advice would have ruined me for sure. The extras he provides are really important and explains why so many are failing.

I am so thankful for these two, and not to forget the random reddit user. Not just telling me Vitamin A was toxic, but showed me proof when I asked for it. Sometimes I look at this person's comments and just cannot believe how much he is downvoted and ridiculed. These people saved me from the depths. They have no idea how much of an impact they've had on me. If you are not a Grant or a Garrett, be that reddit user, and tell people. As this random person perhaps had the greatest impact on me? Be patient, don't be a smart ass, send the correct info and educate with compassion. Understand that people don't understand. Move on when you feel like you've done enough.

It's almost a joke how many symptoms I used to have. There's probably more that I've forgotten:
Dizziness gone
Brain fog 90% gone
Derealisation gone
Intracranial pressue - severe all the time to mild 30% of the time
Blood circulation, terrible to slightly below average
Depression, severe to pretty much gone.
Anxiety greatly improved.
Sudden panic (like adrenaline panic), gone.
Muscle strength improved.
Hard swollen belly, greatly improved, little bloating.
Hair loss - I used to take medication, so naturally it got worse, but my hair now is better than what it used to be at one point.
Pain in my liver area - went from constant strong dull ache, to a feeling that it needed to be stretched. Hard to describe but this area feels "looser". It's not 100% gone.
Yellow eyes - got worse and then better.
Intense anger - got worse then improved, pretty much gone.
Weakness, pretty much gone. Just the feeling of being unfit now.
Eyesight - Extreme sensitivity to light, greatly improved. Night time blindness is a bit up and down. I get these black spots in my vision that is also a bit up and down.
More sensitive to some foods like high sulphur and spice, but overall sensitivities are far far less.
No added lipomas. The ones I have no longer hurt, as some of them used to, and they feel a lot softer. They don't stick out as much and are far less obvious (I really hope to let everyone know they've gone in the future, but also know after reading Grant's progress, this'll take time. I'm personally extremely happy with the improvement)
Extreme sensitivity to supplements. It took 2 weeks for me to handle magnesium, 4 months to handle zinc, 9 months to handle molybdenum, 1.5 years to handle selenium (around a 50% dose every other day at the moment - before a microdose would make me bedridden for 24-48 hours).
Obsessive thinking - a lot better.
Laziness - a lot better.
Sleep - I've naturally been a good sleeper. After starting this new way of living, at one point it got a lot worse and for the first time had insomnia. This then went away.
An inability to yawn (this was weird) - but gone.
Coordination and balance - actually scary how bad it used to be and now greatly improved.
Complete mental/emotional numbness - 80% gone.
Nerve pain. If I stretched my arms out I'd feel my nerves pulling. Gone
Concentration - severely bad, like ADHD, to below average at the moment.
Sensation of blood trickling down my arms and legs. Gone but interestingly comes back if I take Vitamin K. Calcification perhaps protecting me from VA?
POTS, wasn't very often initially but now gone.
Reflux - sometimes acid, sometimes bile. 90% gone.
Exercise intolerance - severe to medium.

Want to be clear, any time I backtrack, the symptoms above can go a bit worse. Any time I push detox too far, I'll get some new symptoms that'll go within a day when I stop.

How I wish the people who think they have long covid would understand the truth, about Vitamin A, toxicity in general, and toxic bile. I've tried telling some of them, explaining it best I can, but it does no good a lot of the time. I am so thankful that for whatever reason, I was a bit different and saw the truth. Go on reddit, and the subreddit 'covidlonghaulers' or 'cfs' for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Read the stories people post there. It's heart-breaking. Even though they're wrong about so much, it's not their fault really. They're human beings and have essentially been made to suffer because of certain people.

It's been 1 and a half years and for the first time in my life, I have so much confidence in my health, and my future health. I can't change people, but at least I can implement some good ideas into my family's lives. Reduce some toxicity here and there, introduce some good things. Even my dog is benefitting from this. I want people to heal, as I've suffered and understand the pain. Maybe I need to lead by example. Maybe people need to say, "what's your secret?" and then they'd believe me when I tell them. This is what motivates me to continue and be strict with diet. I want to give something back. For now I hope this small token of a testimonial is okay. And a big thank you to every single person who has commented and replied to any questions I've had in the past. You have also been so important to my healing process.

If you ever think following Dr Smith's advice is complicated, being sick is even more complicated. If you think Grant's diet is restrictive, try having chronic health issues and being a prisoner to your own body (like really, his diet should be renamed to the "freedom diet" if anything). Stay disciplined and consistent. This is more powerful than any supplement.

Much love.
Updated Today, August 15