First Written in July 2011
I WAS DESPERATE! From the words of Andrew Saul: "The very sick person may work harder to heal than almost anyone, and desperate people are often the most motivated of all."
In winter of 2011, my son got sick with a common cold. Then it worsened into chest infection. He had lots of coughing fits which worsened at night time. So, we took him to our local doctor. The doctor gave him antibiotics but it didn't make things better. The doctor gave him a stronger antibiotic. There wasn't any improvement there really. Then, after three (3) days of taking the antibiotic, he developed some red rashes all over his body. It turned out that he had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic given to him. The doctor gave him meds for his allergies but not for his chest infection. I stopped taking him to the doctors but instead prayed for guidance and was prompted to make my own research.
At first I researched for a coughing fit remedy. I discovered turmeric milk. It's quite magic. It helped made my son sleep better at night. It was really good but not the best cure at that time. However, it was better than nothing so we kept to it.
I noticed that during the month, I had been looking after three (3) sick kids (getting sick one after the other). A few times they coughed at me, vomited on me or sneezed at me. With all that, I never got sick (except for a sniffle, a few sneezing and a slight headache). It was quite new to me because in the previous years, I easily get a cold, especially when I would be looking after my sick kids. It always ended up me getting sick. Not this time!
I tried to think what was different this year and I realized that while the kids were sick, I did my best to take my vitamin C everyday. Some days when I didn't feel too good, I would take higher doses of Vitamin C. All I knew was that vitamin C was good for me so it would help me not to get sick as everybody else had been conditioned to think. I can't afford to be sick with everyone else around me is sick because I had to look after them.
But what was it with the C? I was inspired to do a research. As I read things about Vitamin C, I noticed the name of Linus Pauling always coming up. So I made my research on the man. I learned that Pauling is one of only two people awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields (the Chemistry and Peace prizes), the other being Marie Curie (the Chemistry and Physics prizes). He is also the only person awarded two unshared Nobel prizes.
He published a book tackling on the wonders of vitamin C and a lot of people have said good things about it. One guy I read said he hasn't had a serious cold or flu in 15 years after following Pauling's advice. One guy mentioned having male members of his family never being able to reach 60. He was 69 and he hasn't had a cold in about 25 years. Another man mentioned about how his mother's allergies of 20 years disappeared after taking Pauling's advice. There were countless other testimonies about the wonders of C.
Another notable man I read about was Frederick Robert Klenner, M.D. who reportedly was the one who inspired Linus Pauling. He was a medical researcher and doctor in general practice in Reidsville, North Carolina. It was reported that Dr. Klenner had successful treatment of many cases of viral pneumonia using massive doses of vitamin C.
I also learned that he gave large doses of vitamin C to 300 pregnant women with no complications and no miscarriages. The infants under his care were the healthiest in the region he served. I think they were called the "Vitamin C babies."
Going back to own my story...
So, after much prayer and after reading all those facts and testimonies, I decided to be the doctor for my son who was 7 years old at that time and suffering from chest infection and coughing fits. He had been sick for days from the second of the month to the 24th. Around the 24th, I gave him 2,000 mg of vitamin C a day. He was okay and was able to go back to school. However, at night time, he would have some mild coughing fits again.
I thought if I gave him more Vitamin C he might be much better. However I was scared of overdose so I researched on vitamin C overdose in children. I read about a one year old infant getting 20,000 mg a day and was completely well in 48 hours. See this link...
Evening of the 30th my son had some coughing fits again. I was a bit scared to give him mega-doses and make him the guinea pig but I was quite desperate so I started giving him vitamin C, 1,000 mg every 2 hours. The next day, his condition improved. 2 days later, he was so much better. He probably only coughed about 5 times in 24 hours, a few times just to clear his throat. But no more coughing fits at all.
Now, I'm a big believer of Vitamin C!
Note: I have read that it is advisable to lower the dose instead of abruptly stopping the intake of vitamin C, so please take note of that.
Update: 31 July 2011
About a week ago, my little James (2 1/2 years old) was sick with cough and cold and I decided to add vitamin C to his formula milk. Guess what happened? He got better! No doctors!
My husband had a bad cold, he took 1,000 milligrams of C every hour that he was awake, he was good in 2 days.
Two days ago I had been eating ice cream and drank lots of cold drinks. We were on holidays and on our way home yesterday, I felt this lump on my throat and felt like I was going to have cough and cold the next day. So what I did was I took 7,000 milligrams of vitamin C. I already had 2,000 milligrams in the morning so that made it to 9,000 milligrams for the day. When I woke up in the morning, it was like magic. The lump was almost gone. I just had to take some more this morning and now, it's gone! Amazing!
Update: 8 June 2012
My 2nd boy developed some rashes at his back. Just to solicit advise of what it was, I took him to the doctor. I asked her what it was and she just told me that it was a kind of viral rash. I asked her many times but it was apparent, she didn't know what it was exactly. It looked like some kind of measles to me. A friend of mine suggested it was roseola. Anyway, I didn't buy the doctors prescription because it had some chemicals that I thought were harmful for my son. Instead, I used 5,000 mg of Vitamin for my son because from my research, I've learned that Vitamin C can help those with measles. Anyway, the next day, his rashes just cleared.
Update: December 2014
For more than 3 years now, our family haven't been to the doctors for cough, colds or flu related illness. We normally go, usually more visits around winter especially with young kids but since using our Formula (Vitamin C, Turmeric and Garlic), we have had a stress-free and worry-free winters.
Update: 7 March 2020
I woke up with a fever, a sore throat and a chill. I'm scared of chills I've only had 2 chills in my entire life and I feel that when I have it something is really bad with me. The first time that I had it was around Oct 1992. That time, I ended up in the hospital diagnosed with dengue fever or hemorrhagic fever. The second time was in Nov 2008 when I had a precipitate labour at the hospital while giving birth to one of my kids. So this illness I had was really bad and I can feel it getting stronger as the hours passed. I believe it was the dreaded virus of the time. I took vitamin C every hour for 22 hours. I was so tired that on the last 2 hours, I didn't wake up anymore but just kept on sleeping. In the morning, I did the same thing, take my vitamin C. This went on for 3 days. I also took vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, turmeric, garlic and oregano oil. After that, all was well with me.
Further readings:
Dr. Frederick Robert Klenner, M.D.
On Persuading People To Be More Healthy
Where we get our Vitamin C:
Swanson Vitamin C - Fundamental free-radical protection, potent 1000 mg of vitamin C nourishment in each capsule, with rose hips to enhance effectiveness
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Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and I am not qualified to prescribe anything to anybody. The above narrative is just from my and my family's own experience.