Matthew's Medical Fund

In 2014 my son was hospitalized twice for mycoplasma pneumonia.  Both times  he nearly died. Doctors trying to rule out leukemia and other cancers found spirochetes in his blood instead. Further testing revealed Typhus, Borrelia, Bartonella, and Babesia, a parasitic infection of the red blood cells with a symtpoms profile similar to that of Malaria. All these bacteria and pathogens were in a little boy already sick with chronic strep, staph, and mycoplasma in a body that could not fight disease or combat pathogens or handle molds or other allergens.

He was SO sick even though he was born healthy. We lost him within three weeks of his MMR appointment and other shots on that day.  His body did not process the vaccines and for years we did not know why. It was an undiagnosed thiocyanate deficiency - yes there is a test for that - do it BEFORE you vaccinate.  

The deficiency only takes two weeks to reverse by eating foods rich in the precusor for thiocyanate production, amygdalin. Thiocyanate is the only antioxidant, in microbiology and biochemistry, that fuels the neutrophils and powers them for phagocytosis and other important jobs like processing vaccines and cellular repair while we sleep and removing heavy metals.  It started disappearing from the food supply and different formulas, baby foods and other foods when innovations in agriculture made GM GMOs possible.

Companies deleted the gene for amygdalin from food crops and feed starting in the 1970s to improve their flavor and appearance. Beriberi happened for similar reasons. Companies improved brown rice, made it white, tastier, with a longer shelf life, and stripped it of its B1 thiamin too. Millions were crippled and died.

Taking out amygdalin to make things sweeter and seedless also makes them anti nutrition.  It forces the body to rely on finite stores of thiocyanate in the liver every time the neutrophils are called upon to do any of their important jobs. The more demand placed on the neutrophils, the faster those stores deplete. If you have the precursor in your diet, you replenish those stores of this crucial antioxidant through your diet and the thiocyanate cycle, a metabolic process that happens in side us all.

The kids who decline into Autism without vaccines, usually do so after a serious viral illness that depletes their thiocyanate stores and leaves their bodies open to multiple infections afterwards and with only poorly fueled malnourished white blood cells to fight them.  

It is a game of catch up after that as the body continues to produce white blood cells daily, and doctors count them routinely, but without a thiocyanate blood test there is no measure of how well they FUNCTION, and that is so important too. Unless a person eats amygdalin rich foods in amounts sufficient to reverse an essential nutrient deficiency, the deficiency cannot be reversed, the white blood cells malfunction because they are starving in a body that is well fed. When they attempt phagocytosis they simply oxidize instead.

Amygdalin is a form of cyanide. So finding out that a cyanide deficiency was at the heart of Mathew's Autism PANDAS struggles was quite stunning. Thiocyanate deficiency and amygdalin deficiency are linked to many researched illnesses though. I have attached links to all the researched studies at the end of this appeal in order to help other families with sick loved ones. Sickle Cell Anemia is just a disease of cyanide deficiency for example, and that is only one example.  One of
Matthew's doctors wanted him tested for cystic fibrosis. All the symptoms faded away after reversing the thiocyanate deficiency though, and there are TWO studies in the links at the end that explain why that happens.

This antioxidant deficiency disables the neutrophils and therefore enables many diseases, all cancers, and it undermines the efficacy of diagnostic testing as well as the safety of vaccination when those neutrophils starve inside a body that does not.

Reversing the deficiency was life changing for Matthew. It meant that antibiotics finally worked and so did the protocol, designed by a retired subcellular microbiologist named Will Wiegman, for Lyme in the CSF. Now we have a son who is back with us again, interactive, and aware, and who really tries to communicate. There are big developmental delays though and he remains sickly - with what we are not sure.  Stephen Buhner once told me that mycoplasma devastates a body, and a great deal of rebuilding and healing needs to happen even after the infections are successfully eliminated. Mr. Wiegman, the microbiologist who created the low dose antibiotics protocol that saved Matthew's life echoed the recommendation to get some expert help after the protocol eliminated the infectious diseases. Lyme in the CSF for multiple years has many neurological consequences but according to Mr. Wiegman brains can heal too. The right nutrition and certain supplements can hasten the recovery and close the gap after so many lost years of development and learning.

That is the point of this Funding Wish. We think Matt's recovery holds the key for many other kids too, on and off the Autism Spectrum,a nd with many diseases and disorders, not just PANDAS and chronic Lyme.

We will share what we learn, just as we have in the past. The money will be used to work with an excellent Integrative Medicine Doctor to look for strategies for rebuilding a body and an immune system after more than seven years of disabling critical illness, frequent hospital stays, and poor absorption of key nutrients. If one deficiency, a severe thiocyanate one, can so radically disable a child, then other deficiencies can certainly derail a full recovery. That is our logic, and the sorts of tests a good Integrative Medicine doctor runs, and how he reads them, will hopefully help other families with kids just like Matt. The money is for blood work and other tests, expert help, recommended supplements, travel expenses, and follow up care.

Thank you so much for even considering helping Matthew and this family.  Mackie has spent his entire childhood fighting for his life, and he is finally winning we hope. After years of blood draws, specialist appointments, surgeries and meds, he is climbing from the hole. He will take all his new friends with him when he does. His name means "Gift from G-d".  We hope that all his pain has not been for nothing, and that his life will feel like a gift to him, not a curse.

It is the sincere wish of his whole family that his recovery will bless many other families who also have sick loved ones.  Whether you wish to donate or not, please scan the posted research links included in case there is anything in them that can help someone else.  Undiagnosed thiocyante deficiency caused by an engineered amygdalin one is a very big player in many things making many people ill at this time. xoxo

Amygdalin/Thiocyanate Links: Showing metabocard for Amygdalin HMDB 35030 http://www.hmdb.ca/metabolites/HMDB...

When WBC's self-oxidize themselves this happens, not just induced Autism. Types of Hypersensitivity – A concept map for Advanced Pathophysiology
http://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us/rid=1J6...

Combined inhibitory effect of fluoride and hypothiocyanite on the viability and glucose metabolism of Streptococcus mutans, serotype c. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

The inhibition of streptococci by lactoperoxidase, thiocyanate and hydrogen peroxide. The oxidation of thiocyanate and the nature of the inhibitory compound http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Mode of Action of Lactoperoxidase as Related to Its Antimicrobial Activity: A Review
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Enhancement of Respiratory Mucosal Antiviral Defenses by the Oxidation of… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Peroxidase-Thiocyanate-Peroxide Antibacterial System Does Not Damage DNA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Evidence for the involvement of thiocyanate in the inhibition of Candida… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

"This review summarizes present knowledge on the mode of action of lactoperoxidase which can be extended to the mammalian peroxidases mode of action and on the specific interaction of LPO with thiocyanate and iodide, together or alone, with implications on its antimicrobial activity."
From here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

High plasma thiocyanate levels modulate protein damage induced by… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin inhibits renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease https://www.researchgate.net/public...

The antioxidant role of thiocyanate in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis and other inflammation-related diseases
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/48/...

Inhibition of dental plaque acid production by the salivary… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Apoptosis induction of Persicae Semen extract in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin analogs for the treatment of psoriasis https://www.researchgate.net/public...

Advanced research on anti-tumor effects of amygdalin http://www.cancerjournal.net/articl...

Amygdalin inhibits genes related to cell cycle in SNU-C4 human colon cancer cells http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Amygdalin blocks bladder cancer cell growth in vitro by diminishing cyclin A and cdk2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin influences bladder cancer cell adhesion and invasion in vitro. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin induces apoptosis through regulation of Bax and Bcl-2 expressions in human DU145 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Biochemical mechanisms and therapeutic potential of pseudohalide thiocyanate in human health. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Cyanide Detoxifying Enzyme: Rhodanese http://benthamscience.com/journals/...

The lactoperoxidase system links anion transport to host defense in cystic fibrosis. - PubMed – NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Anti-Sickling Effect of Dietary Thiocyanate in Prophylactic Control of Sickle Cell Anemia…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

High plasma thiocyanate levels are associated with enhanced… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin inhibits angiogenesis in the cultured endothelial cells of diabetic rats…
http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.a...

Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation Identifies Amygdalin as a Potent… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

Biochemical mechanisms and therapeutic potential of pseudohalide thiocyanate in… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

Amygdalin isolated from Semen Persicae (Tao Ren) extracts induces the… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...

Anti-proliferative effect of horehound leaf and wild cherry bark extracts on human…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...

The Lyme in the CSF protocol that saved Matt
The treatment: Will Wiegman Protocol - http://www.lymeneteurope.org/forum/...

The Lyme disease Spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi induces inflammation and apoptosis in cells from dorsal root ganglia is the focus of the research. Significant for those with PANDAS symptoms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PANDA...

Other odd symptoms of disruption of bodily functions in Lyme Disease may be easily explained as inflammation in the Dorsal Root Ganglia of the spinal cord disrupting signals in both the Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

This explains why the protocol uses Minocycline instead of Doxycycline. The last paragraph specifically addresses Minocycline's excellent CNS penetration capability in the same concentration as the rest of the body. (Tinidazole also does this.)
http://www.emedexpert.com/compare-m...

This paper by Dr. Eva Sapi - Bacterial Biofilms and Lyme Disease - discusses the way Doxy creates 3 times as many spirochetes as it kills by allowing them to excrete up to 12 (average of 3) primitive egg sacs as they die.
https://www.dovepress.com/evaluatio...

Importance of Neutrophils to the entire Cellular Repair and Immune Systems including the Mucosal Immune System and the Respiratory Immune System:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/i...

We all have lyme borrelia in us  - almost all of us - since it is as old as the Ice Man 
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../DNA-scans-reveal-5-300-year-old-mummified-Iceman-brow...

We all have cancer cells and bacteria and viruses and pathogens inside of us. Our immune systems are bombarded with toxins and allergens and mold on a daily basis. Our neutrophils guard the gate and police the firewall of our immune system via the LPO and LPTO systems studied in microbiology.  Our firewall is the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, throat, and mucosal linings. A severe thiocyante deficiency that disables our neutrophils also leaves our firewall poorly defended. It is a simple blood test, and it takes only two weeks to reverse the deficiency if you're found to have one.

It is the severe thiocyanate deficiency created by the engineeered absence of thiocyanate's only precursor, amygdalin, from nearly all patented food crops and animal feed today that allows pathogens to divide freely and become enough of a problem to make safe vaccines unsafe for many, and all of us sick eventually when the finite stores of this antioxidant in our livers are gone. Reverse the deficiency. Refuse foods that are anti nutrition and disable white blood cells function over time, and good luck.