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May 15 2008 post: Sherlock’s April test results turned out a bit better than mine, which is super duper. For instance her M-spike went from 2.5 down to 2.37. Ok, that’s not a huge decrease, but almost all of her other values did well, too. We compared our results over the phone and concluded that the EGCG did a good job. For both of us.

An example: her total protein, which was lower than mine, is now within normal range; mine is just slightly above normal. Excellent!

A curious thing that made us laugh: even though we took the exact same substances (even the same brands!) at the same dosage/time of day, some of my values went up while hers went down (or vice versa). For instance, her white blood cells dropped below the normal range whereas mine climbed back up into the normal range. Her haemoglobin and B2M went up a bit, mine went down (I should point out that all of these values are within the normal range). Her LDH went down a bit, mine went up a bit (still way within the range, though). Etc. Goes to show that we are different!

Anyway, in conclusion, we feel very positive about our EGCG experiment.

 

We are both still strolling along the stability path.

March 18 2008 post: these refer to her February 26 blood and urine tests. Like yours truly, Sherlock also took a bit of a thwack from our two months on Biocurcumax. Here are a few of her numbers, as follows:
 
Good news.
  • Her blood viscosity dropped a few more points, from 44 to 40 (but in the past it’s been as high as 98!). She told me this is the lowest it’s been in years.
  • B2M went from 1.9 to 1.7. Good.
  • CRP is less than 1 mg/L. WOWIE. Excellent, Sherlock!
  • Her serum iron level went up, and is now well within the normal range. Go figure.
Bad stuff.
  • Her total protein went up, from 8.4 to 9.0. She has had higher results, though, in her pre-curcumin past.
  • Total IgG went from 28.5 to 30.0, not a huge jump.
  • Her IgM, which is higher than mine, dropped a bit, from 0.23 to 0.19.
  • M-spike went from 2.24 to 2.5. I see that in her pre-curcumin era it was higher, at times.
  • Monoclonal component jumped in her case, too: from 26.7 to 27.8. 

January 27 2008 (see below for clarification) : “I’ll just say how I took my curcumin capsules (8 gr./d). I took them all together (I follow a personal theory of the ‘atomic bomb’), late in the afternoon or late at night. I’ve not been very regular in the way I took them because I work out of town and sometimes is really difficolt for me to get hot milk and melt there 16 capsules of curcumin. So I used different systems, according to the situation:

- capsules melted into hot milk
- capsules taken drinking hot milk
- capsules taken drinking cold milk (not so often)
- capsules taken with just water

sometimes my stomach was empty, somethimes was full.
When I melted the capsules into hot milk I added either some olive oil, or some butter or some chocolate. Most of the time I did not add anything. My protocol also included 1.5 gr of quercetin and 1 gr. of fish oil every day. That’s all. I’m very happy that curcumin worked even if I changed the method of assumption according to my daily schedule. I think the most important thing has been to take all the 8 gr. together. My body knew that once a day a big dose of curcumin was going to cause apoptosis where it was needed.”

January 25 2008 post: Sherlock got her test results today; they refer to the tests we took on the 8th of January:

First, a bit of background: 1. she had never taken curcumin before and 2. she tested curcumin (C3 Complex) with bioperine capsules (Doctor’s Best). I don’t remember every single detail about how she took the curcumin capsules, but, as I recall, she melted them in hot milk, adding a bit of chocolate to improve the taste. I will post more specifics next week.

Okay, now for a few numbers: her IgG decreased from 34.8 to 28,5 g/L (normal range: 7-16 g/L). That’s an 18% decrease from her previous tests (29th of October 2007). Nothing to sneeze at, for sure! This is her first IgG decrease since February of 2007; indeed, percentage-wise, she told me, it’s the biggest decrease she has had since 2002! Fantabulous!

Her M-spike went from 2,62 down to 2,24. It is now the lowest it has ever been since she started testing it in 2005.

She is absolutely thrilled, as you can imagine, and so am I, needless to say. When we spoke, I could hear the joy in her voice. Evvai, Sherlock! Sei grande!