I have more information on this topic now:
On the subject of Lyme: I'm still waiting for my IgeneX results, but that test is wholly inadequate in many instances - false-negatives. So here is my DIY plan instead:
- I'll be attempting to image the Lyme-causing agent, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in my own blood using dark-field microscopy. Before using wet oil-immersion, I'll try dry-magnification at 800x, 960x, and MAYBE 1200x - but I doubt that last one would work properly.
- It may be difficult to catch the organism for many reasons: spirochetes coil up into a cyst form for self-preservation (in presence of threat (antibiotics / immune system / etc)), this organism likes to hide deep within tissues and intracellularly
- If I cannot catch it extracellularly, my best bet is to take multiple samples and just WAIT for the organism to emerge from red or white blood cells. According to anecdotal reports, this may happen in 1-8 hours = perfect application for time-lapse photography I'd say. - The Borrelia organism is capable of transforming from spirochete into cyst form (which is more difficult to identify) within 15 minutes - it'd be great to capture the transformation.
- It may be better if I could use just the buffy-coat fraction of the blood. I may have to pay for an IV blood draw. I'd do it myself, but I do not have the sterile equipment (risk is too great w/o proper equipment), which is tightly regulated. It's actually very easy to do.
http://lymerick.net/videomicroscopy.htm - somewhat of a guide here on this diagnostic process. If you have a fluorescent setup, apparently that could be useful for antigen staining. Phase contrast would also be useful. I do not have either, but when I become more comfortable with the process, I could likely gain access to this equipment and perhaps even an electron microscope.
- Note that I'm actually undertaking this experiment not just to detect Spirochetes, but any pathogens or abnormalities. I'm just using spirochetes as a starting point, however I've been reading through general histology as well obviously, the majority of which applies to stained brightfield processes - and there IS an applicable stain for spirochetes - I'm just not convinced it's the best method.
On the Subject of Rife: - The following assumes that Rife and his colleagues were honest in their claims (which I cannot verify):
- I now believe that we actually don't know what Rife really did.
- The clue is that Rife's RF plasma tube machine designed to eradicate pathogens is based on the same tech as his Rife microscope, which was claimed to be able to resolve live biological samples at well beyond current optic limits (claimed at 17k to 60K magnification, current optic limits are about 1500x) by combining wavelengths of light in some fashion specific to each organism. As such, to resolve images of specific pathogens, he required a "tuning" time of up to 1-day. No one really knows how his tech worked, but those who worked with claimed that it did work.
- Of course the electron microscope is able to magnify even more, but not on LIVE samples - the process renders samples dead. Rife claimed to be able to see the pathogens, including viruses (which are smaller than bacteria), responding to his Machine.
- The heterodyning of light (and sound, for the Rife machine) frequencies is probably involved in both of Rife's inventions...they are a pair. It seems that to fully understand one, you must at least understand the majority of the other. THUS: while some of the current devices on the market may work somewhat, I don't believe they are fully replicating what was intended.
- John Bedini:
http://johnbedini.net/john34/rife.html - relays his theory concerning the Rife technology. Tom Bearden also has a lengthy explanation of the tech on his site. Bedini even claims to have reconstructed a version of the Rife microscope (and to have successfully killed some pathogens using his variation of the Rife-Machine tech), magnifying over 3000x - which is past current optical limits. I'm very interested in his claimed re-inventions, but I need to concentrate on my situation first.