Scott Marsland, I truly LOVE seeing when you have a new Substack column out!!! I love the artwork, the photos from your past, the stories, and the VITAL information you convey.
I am in the process of becoming a patient at the Leading Edge Clinic.
I didn’t take any Covid shots but I believe I was shed on multiple times during Covid —i didn’t take one Covid test or wear masks either. I had allergies before 5 months ago when all of a sudden I’m allergic and anaphylactic to my known allergies and more. Rushed to the ER 5x and 4 epipens later —Docs say MCAS brought on by mold exposure in my home. We moved. And I am healing… slowly. Seeing a nutrition therapist and taking whole food supplements BUT how strange it is to have itchy buzzy reactions to air outside and massive sensitivity to EMF. I can’t be in a large group of people with out feeling like I have to GOOOOO. The uncomfortable feelings and anxiety is through the roof. I’m glad you mentioned why the epi pens come in a 2 pack! I will pair them up instead of singling them into my life and vehicles! Smart! Also I am going to print table 12 because the medical community keeps missing my allergies and prescribe or try to put things in or on me that I’m highly allergic too. I have to have to implants put in soon and last time I was on nitrous since MCAS diagnosis I felt funny not the normal funny from it. Itchy. Irritated and anxious. I thought to that MCAS emerged during Covid and wondered how I got poisoned!! Thank you for this post. Great insight
Thank you for reading! I'm glad to hear that you are healing, and that this Substack was useful for you. MCAS certainly predated the pandemic, but spike protein poured gasoline on a little fire. Dr Afrin was working away in obscurity since 2008, sleuthing out MCAS as a hematologist who received all the weirdo, puzzling, outlier referrals. His book "Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics of Chronic Illness and Medical Complexity" is a riveting read for geeky laypeople and NPs such as myself.
I’m in dentistry. Procaine is not commonly used. Lidocaine is the most commonly used dental anesthetic. Even when I went through school 30 years ago, novocaine, the trade name for generic procaine, was on its way out. We were back-then-taught that it was rarely used anymore because of side effects and lidocaine is the most common. That was true 30 years ago when I was taught it and lidocaine is still the most common anesthetic in my experience today. Just updating you from inside the dental field :-)
Thank you Jessica. As you see, Lidocaine is on Table 12 also. I must be in the backwoods LOL! I deeply appreciate you weighing in as a dentist. None of my patients developed anaphylaxis while in the dentist’s chair. In all of my patients, these events have occurred days if not weeks after what I would consider the instigating event. The concern is accumulating insults.
And there are other short acting anesthetics that every office I’ve ever been in has access to. In 30 years I have never seen anaphylaxis in response to dental injected anesthetic and I give a lot of injections. I have practiced primarily in the west coast and Colorado.
A common theme that you’ll see in my writing is that people who had expertise before November 2019, if they have not updated their knowledge base to include a sophisticated understanding of spikopathy and its potential consequences, are no longer expert. What we have seen in the previous 30 years is not predictive of what we are seeing now.
Another great article, Scott! My brother has alpha gal and I immediately forwarded this to him. He has been bitten by a lone star tick here in Texas, twice! He is an avid hunter and spends lots of time out in the Texas hill country during dove and deer hunting season. When he got COVID a couple of years ago I provided him with Ivermectin. Later he told me he thought it really reduced his alpha gal symptoms and brought his titers down. In fact he posted about it on an Alpha Gal FB page and closed with "I just finished a rib eye!". He definitely needs to carry Table 12 in his wallet. I sent him an article I ran across about Ivermectin-laced corn being put out to control the lone-star tick population. Might be something to this!
Love the pictures you share. I spent most of my nursing career working in EDs as well. Wonderful story about the life-flight crew providing care and great teaching.. I really appreciate when you share your ED experiences.
I always keep my eyes peeled for 'Lightning Bug". Be well, Hillary
Thank you for reading and your consistently thoughtful comments Hillary. That is super-interesting information re: your brother, Alpha gal Syndrome and IVM.
And should we all be on low histamine food regimes? Dr Campbell has a quite lengthy utube video on low histamine information with an interview with another doctor- don’t remember her name.
Thanks for reading Olivia. The physician Dr Campbell interviewed is our beloved colleague Dr Tina Peers whose medical license is under attack in the UK, because of her courageous stands during the pandemic. She has become an expert in her own right in relation to MCAS, and is well aware of the adverse impact of the COVID shots. One thing I've observed in life is that diets are hard for human beings to maintain, and the low histamine diet is no exception. What exactly constitutes a low-histamine diet can be confusing, because there is overlapping and sometimes conflicting information on the big old internet. I like and refer patients to Dr Peers' website as a starting point. https://www.drtinapeers.com
Dr Afrin is my fallen hero, whose innumerable publications on MCAS are excellent sources if you learn best by reading. If you learn best from watching videos, Tina is funnier, more charming, and a lot more engaging.
Love your attention to detail! Am wishing for a conversation ( adult professional style = à la Dr. Tess Lawrie’s “ A Better Way” growth & development encouragement for today’s doctors IMHO) between you and Dr. Afrin …..
Yes, he is a Giant AND you may be a David…not to bring him down but to tease out more of what is real. Those “17 years until new medical learnings become accepted/mainstream “ has me frustrated.
This is very informative and useful. A friend of mine had some genetic testing done several years ago that gave her insight into which drugs she metabolizes well vs. badly, in different categories. She keeps that list with her, the way I'm keeping this one with our medical files.
Also, you know that in Philly, you can just park anywhere, right? Like on the sidewalk, median, etc.? But that was a great parallel parking job. Worthy of Brooklyn, where you actually will get ticketed if you're one millimeter out of line.
Thank you for reading. During the reign of Mayor Rizzo, residents of South Philly certainly could park anywhere! I'll stick with Philly though, the big little city it is. BTW, the reason I took that photo was because I knew the owner of the Mercedes coupe behind me, a lawyer who would just as soon sue me as look at me. No touchy, no scratchy, no suey.
Great information! Thank you very much! I have the MTHFR gene from both parents- inflammatory gene and shot injuries and also long covid. According to statistics 20-40% of the population has the MTHFR inflammatory gene 🧬. A study about how many shot injured and / or long covid patients have an inflammatory genetic disorder would yield quite interesting results- I would 🤔 think
Scott - you got me nervous about my upcoming oral surgery, posted a question to the clinic about my risk.
Just completed your book survey and checked them all as they are all interesting, I'm busy with a permaculture class through the end of January, so I could not be an active participant till then. Would follow along though, the idea sounds interesting.
Scott Marsland, I truly LOVE seeing when you have a new Substack column out!!! I love the artwork, the photos from your past, the stories, and the VITAL information you convey.
I am in the process of becoming a patient at the Leading Edge Clinic.
Xoxo 😘
I didn’t take any Covid shots but I believe I was shed on multiple times during Covid —i didn’t take one Covid test or wear masks either. I had allergies before 5 months ago when all of a sudden I’m allergic and anaphylactic to my known allergies and more. Rushed to the ER 5x and 4 epipens later —Docs say MCAS brought on by mold exposure in my home. We moved. And I am healing… slowly. Seeing a nutrition therapist and taking whole food supplements BUT how strange it is to have itchy buzzy reactions to air outside and massive sensitivity to EMF. I can’t be in a large group of people with out feeling like I have to GOOOOO. The uncomfortable feelings and anxiety is through the roof. I’m glad you mentioned why the epi pens come in a 2 pack! I will pair them up instead of singling them into my life and vehicles! Smart! Also I am going to print table 12 because the medical community keeps missing my allergies and prescribe or try to put things in or on me that I’m highly allergic too. I have to have to implants put in soon and last time I was on nitrous since MCAS diagnosis I felt funny not the normal funny from it. Itchy. Irritated and anxious. I thought to that MCAS emerged during Covid and wondered how I got poisoned!! Thank you for this post. Great insight
Thank you for reading! I'm glad to hear that you are healing, and that this Substack was useful for you. MCAS certainly predated the pandemic, but spike protein poured gasoline on a little fire. Dr Afrin was working away in obscurity since 2008, sleuthing out MCAS as a hematologist who received all the weirdo, puzzling, outlier referrals. His book "Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics of Chronic Illness and Medical Complexity" is a riveting read for geeky laypeople and NPs such as myself.
I’m in dentistry. Procaine is not commonly used. Lidocaine is the most commonly used dental anesthetic. Even when I went through school 30 years ago, novocaine, the trade name for generic procaine, was on its way out. We were back-then-taught that it was rarely used anymore because of side effects and lidocaine is the most common. That was true 30 years ago when I was taught it and lidocaine is still the most common anesthetic in my experience today. Just updating you from inside the dental field :-)
Thank you Jessica. As you see, Lidocaine is on Table 12 also. I must be in the backwoods LOL! I deeply appreciate you weighing in as a dentist. None of my patients developed anaphylaxis while in the dentist’s chair. In all of my patients, these events have occurred days if not weeks after what I would consider the instigating event. The concern is accumulating insults.
Somewhere on pub med is an article on a bee sting that caused anaphylaxis 2wks later.
Wow!
And there are other short acting anesthetics that every office I’ve ever been in has access to. In 30 years I have never seen anaphylaxis in response to dental injected anesthetic and I give a lot of injections. I have practiced primarily in the west coast and Colorado.
A common theme that you’ll see in my writing is that people who had expertise before November 2019, if they have not updated their knowledge base to include a sophisticated understanding of spikopathy and its potential consequences, are no longer expert. What we have seen in the previous 30 years is not predictive of what we are seeing now.
Another great article, Scott! My brother has alpha gal and I immediately forwarded this to him. He has been bitten by a lone star tick here in Texas, twice! He is an avid hunter and spends lots of time out in the Texas hill country during dove and deer hunting season. When he got COVID a couple of years ago I provided him with Ivermectin. Later he told me he thought it really reduced his alpha gal symptoms and brought his titers down. In fact he posted about it on an Alpha Gal FB page and closed with "I just finished a rib eye!". He definitely needs to carry Table 12 in his wallet. I sent him an article I ran across about Ivermectin-laced corn being put out to control the lone-star tick population. Might be something to this!
Love the pictures you share. I spent most of my nursing career working in EDs as well. Wonderful story about the life-flight crew providing care and great teaching.. I really appreciate when you share your ED experiences.
I always keep my eyes peeled for 'Lightning Bug". Be well, Hillary
Thank you for reading and your consistently thoughtful comments Hillary. That is super-interesting information re: your brother, Alpha gal Syndrome and IVM.
And should we all be on low histamine food regimes? Dr Campbell has a quite lengthy utube video on low histamine information with an interview with another doctor- don’t remember her name.
Thanks for reading Olivia. The physician Dr Campbell interviewed is our beloved colleague Dr Tina Peers whose medical license is under attack in the UK, because of her courageous stands during the pandemic. She has become an expert in her own right in relation to MCAS, and is well aware of the adverse impact of the COVID shots. One thing I've observed in life is that diets are hard for human beings to maintain, and the low histamine diet is no exception. What exactly constitutes a low-histamine diet can be confusing, because there is overlapping and sometimes conflicting information on the big old internet. I like and refer patients to Dr Peers' website as a starting point. https://www.drtinapeers.com
Dr Afrin is my fallen hero, whose innumerable publications on MCAS are excellent sources if you learn best by reading. If you learn best from watching videos, Tina is funnier, more charming, and a lot more engaging.
Thank you very much for the excellent information!
Love your attention to detail! Am wishing for a conversation ( adult professional style = à la Dr. Tess Lawrie’s “ A Better Way” growth & development encouragement for today’s doctors IMHO) between you and Dr. Afrin …..
Yes, he is a Giant AND you may be a David…not to bring him down but to tease out more of what is real. Those “17 years until new medical learnings become accepted/mainstream “ has me frustrated.
I’ve learned to be ready for those conversations when the opportunity presents itself.
This is very informative and useful. A friend of mine had some genetic testing done several years ago that gave her insight into which drugs she metabolizes well vs. badly, in different categories. She keeps that list with her, the way I'm keeping this one with our medical files.
Also, you know that in Philly, you can just park anywhere, right? Like on the sidewalk, median, etc.? But that was a great parallel parking job. Worthy of Brooklyn, where you actually will get ticketed if you're one millimeter out of line.
Thank you for reading. During the reign of Mayor Rizzo, residents of South Philly certainly could park anywhere! I'll stick with Philly though, the big little city it is. BTW, the reason I took that photo was because I knew the owner of the Mercedes coupe behind me, a lawyer who would just as soon sue me as look at me. No touchy, no scratchy, no suey.
Great information! Thank you very much! I have the MTHFR gene from both parents- inflammatory gene and shot injuries and also long covid. According to statistics 20-40% of the population has the MTHFR inflammatory gene 🧬. A study about how many shot injured and / or long covid patients have an inflammatory genetic disorder would yield quite interesting results- I would 🤔 think
Scott - you got me nervous about my upcoming oral surgery, posted a question to the clinic about my risk.
Just completed your book survey and checked them all as they are all interesting, I'm busy with a permaculture class through the end of January, so I could not be an active participant till then. Would follow along though, the idea sounds interesting.
Thanks Bob
Thanks for your reply Bob. For obvious HIPAA compliance reasons, we'll reach back via secure channels during clinic hours after the Labor Day weekend.
It’s excellent and well worth the time to watch it!!