Introduction
The following is a true account of one man’s battle against Covid-19 and the ‘friend’ that aided his recovery. This is not a medical paper, nor is it an advert of any kind and there is nothing to buy or pay for. All it will cost is the time you take to read this unique story of one man’s battle against an invisible enemy.
Eric is not a doctor and any medical training he has is limited to the basic training he received prior to working offshore. He is an engineer and is responsible for developing a new pump system, that is now used globally, so he looks at problems and breaks them down into understandable chunks.
Eric’s ‘new friend’ is a common place medicinal aid, found in many UK households for the treatment of cuts, grazes and sore throats and has a trade name derived from Trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl, although this is no longer used in its composition.
Eric’s story in his own words.
1st to the 23rd of April 2020
Although I have an underlying heart condition, I consider myself to be a young 70-year-old. Even so, I contracted the Corona virus on the on the 1st April 2020 from a close business associate. Over the next five days it ravaged my body starting with a sore throat, high temperature, thumping head, dry cough and an unpleasant taste in my mouth.
Sweats, fever and a racing heart beat followed for hours at a time and just as you thought it was all over and I was getting better and on the road to recovery, it would start all over again. Only this time with more severity leaving me so much weaker than before.
By the 6th of April I began to think that my heart could no longer take the punishment that this invisible enemy was putting me through. That night I felt that the virus was affecting my lungs, giving me severe chest pains. I was in bed by 6 pm, with a high temperature, red hot fever, a thumping heart rate and an excruciating pain at the top of my left lung.
My wife was, understandably, worried and running all night with ice cubes and cold flannels to try and bring my temperature down. I decided if I were the same in the morning I would have to go to the hospital. My personal fight with the virus was all over and the virus had won.
That night I could not sleep and struggled through to the kitchen; the pain at the top of my left lung was excruciating and that dirty dry taste at the back of the throat was yet again present. My wife offered me some, of what was to become my new best friend, antiseptic liquid to gargle, in the hope to clear my throat. What happened next was nothing short of spectacular.
I felt a strange reaction at the back of my throat, followed by the weirdest sensation and feeling which went through my whole body, as though someone had thrown a switch. Almost immediately my temperature started to come down dramatically and the pain in my lung started to subside; my heart rate started to get back to normal and all within 1fifteen to twenty minutes. I felt as though my new friend had killed off millions of Virus bacteria, all at the same time, and all off my virus symptoms vanished completely, apart from a slight recovery pain in my left lung. Exhausted I went to bed and slept well the rest of that night with no sign of any virus symptoms.
In the morning I got up and was not sure what had taken place the night before and suspected that it would all start over again very soon and all I could expect was just a little respite.
Next morning, feeling as though I had fought three rounds with Tyson Fury, I was not sure what had happened the previous night, and while I was feeling extremely weak my heart rate was back to normal. My temperature was normal and there was no sign of fever, it was as if the virus had totally disappeared along with all the symptoms. The night before was like one big bad dream and I am still a little unsure of what took place, all I can say without any doubt as far as I’m concerned is that my new friend gave the Covid 19 Virus a beating.
I was so impressed with my new friend, and so scared the virus would return, I started a routine of gargling at the back of my throat every four hours. After being clear of the virus all day, with no sign of any symptoms, I was still worried that the Corona Virus would return. There had been no sign of it since the previous event but that evening sadly it all came back with a vengeance and more severity. My temperature shot up , my head started pounding and the pain in my lung was unbearable and my heart rate went through the roof and I was really struggling. I went into the kitchen and reached for my new best friend and gargled but not really believing the previous night’s work could be repeated so easily.
I was wrong – It was totally amazing as my new friend kicked in yet again and every bit as good as it had the night before with all of my symptoms vanishing within 20 minutes after using it just, unbelievable!
This would be the pattern for the next week or so, clear days then renewed attacks. The symptoms varied as different parts of my body seemed to come under attack but with my new best friend bye my side my body was able to handle the onslaught.
After being clear of the symptoms of the virus from the seventeenth of April up until the twenty third I was feeling quietly confident the virus had gone. Unfortunately this was not the case, I was plagued for the next 6 days with the virus symptoms coming and going, although not as strong as before; light attacks which the my new friend handled with simple gargling.
However, on the thirtieth of April the symptoms came back in strength, only this time affecting my right lung instead of my left, my lung was now on fire and producing mucus fluid which left me constantly coughing up. I went to my bed in the hope to manage the situation and get things back to normal. I started my gargling routine to get control of my temperature which was higher than normal but had totally lost control of my right lung as the symptoms were getting stronger with each attack.
I topped up a cup of my new friend and started gargling again, allowing the smallest and finest amount to slide right to the back of my throat. I then took a small amount of water and swallowed into my digestive system. It was like going back to major event on the seventh, with a shiver running the full length of my body and all symptoms immediately vanishing, including the severe attack on my lung and with the mucus also drying up. It felt like a tower block collapsing in my lower digestive system, as my whole inside creaked and groaned right down to my lower intestines, like an internal explosion. All symptoms vanished immediately – Fever, Lung pain & the Mucus dried up.
I can say without doubt from the 26th the Corona Virus had returned for a second attempt at me as it was just like a mirror image of all previous symptoms. Identical to the first round of attacks starting with the cough and headaches. The brutal virus had returned and followed the same pattern with the routine and symptoms as before. It passed through my body but as a shadow of its previous self.
My body seemed to handle it through its different phases, each much easier than before, as I felt I had some kind of control over my body and the virus attacking it by gargling with my new friend.
Knowing, first hand, the severity of the symptoms this virus brings with it I believe, one hundred percent, I believe had I gone into the hospital on the seventh of April, with the heart condition and the onset of pneumonia, I would not have made it through to the other side.
5th May
I have now had the Corona Virus fifty-six days and I believe it has run its course twice through my body like a mirror image with identical symptoms as the first time but a weaker version. I now feel I am on the road to recover after my body has fought the virus off.
Living with this virus for past fifty-six days, and using of my new friend, I feel I have a better understanding of the events that took place.
18th June
After seventy-six days I finally feel the virus has eventually gone, and I have not experienced any side effects from using my new friend in this manner.
TO SUMMARISE
I felt at one point it was all over for me and I accepted that I would have to go into hospital for help, as I had lost my personal fight with the Corona virus. I feel if it were not for that extraordinary event on the night of the sixth to the seventh of April, due to the intervention of my new friend, I would no longer be typing this log.
For me, it seems that at the stage I was at, and before I think the virus entered my lungs, my new friend took control of my immune systems, preventing the onset of pneumonia. This, for me, giving the rest of my body and immune system the chance to fight off the Corona Virus.
I have written to various bodies, medical and government, who all say they cannot support me because there is no clinical proof that this works. However, I am so convinced that it was my new friend, that brought me to the road to recovery, I am giving away, free of charge, a free bottle of my new friend to the first 500 people that apply just in the hope that it can also help someone else.
THIS IS NOT A GIMMICK JUST MY WAY OF HOPING TO HELP ANYONE ELSE IN THE SAME POSITION.
GARGLING ROUTINE
- One 25ml of my new friend and the same amount of boiled or cold water in a cup, you should have around 50-60ml combined (Good Whisky size nip). Let it cool to tepid temperature then gargle at the back of your throat for 15 to 30 seconds per time, 3 gargles per session.
- I leave the tiniest amount of residue in my mouth letting it slide to the back of my throat and into my digestive system. I then take the smallest amount of water and drink it down after every gargle.
- I now only gargle anytime I have these symptoms – Lung pain or irritation, High temperature, Fever and Headache .
- If the symptoms flare up at any time during the day or night I reach for my new friend and gargle. I now only gargle when I feel these symptoms starting to return
- For more fearsome and persistent attacks I keep gargling until they clear and I allow the smallest amount of my new friend to slide to the back of my throat and I then drink the smallest amount of water to wash it down. I repeat this until all the symptoms clear.