My name is Dave Scrivens. I have been certified in lymphology for 20 years now. I have written articles for Vitality Magazine, Yoga Magazine, The Well Being Journal of America, the Canadian National ME/FM association. In a previous life, I was one of the original engineers of the Canadian internet. Part of a team.

I like lymphology as it is my natural immune system weapon.

Things I have had in my life time are prostate cancer 8 years ago, obesity at age 33 til age 40, then I lost 65 lbs in 3 months. Currently the underlying cause of THESE two health issues, the prostate cancer being verified in my medical records, is something called lymphatic filariasis.

I have had this lymphatic system disease for at least 20 years now. I have kept it at bay with lymphology and body detox. But it caught up with me 40 months ago due to a heavy work load, other factors. Many trips to the hospital revealed nothing. Recently, after a virtual call with the top doctor for the Appletree medical clinic in Ottawa we figured out what this disease I have is. My doctor said, finally, it all makes sense.

So currently, I am waiting on an appointment with and infectious disease control specialist at the TOH in Ottawa, On. 30 days now.

My doctors notes read the following...

Supposedly I am supposed to interface with the IDC specialist, talk about the lymphatic system, suggest how a disease can move in this system, head to toe, quite quickly in the body. How it can cause a lot of problems in the human body. How, by mobilizing the lymphatic system with rebounders, a body detox like a lymphologist can do, undressing how body detox affects everything doing the right combination of body detox and also not doing too much as this disease is really self defeating in the human body. How by having a "clean" lymphatic system the cells in my body are way healthier as the lymph fluid is also clean and therefore cellular feeding gives food to the cells without a lot of "dirty" mixed in with the food as the lymphatic system also cleans the human body. If your body is dirty and needs a detox, this fluid is dirty which means your cellular structure does NOT have good and proper access to good nutrition. It gets some.

This video shows the condition of my body 40 months ago. There is also an update regarding my condition...

UPDATE, Jan 2025...

I had my appointment with the IDC specialist. Part of my whole issue it seems is I find the hospital to be arrogant, needing to be right regarding their diagnosis if they are not they can be sued. So this being said when I walked into the IDC specialist, end of 2024 she was not particularly interested in my whole body condition, as I told her I hurt all over. She was interested in the right foot that all the extensive records list, minus all the other conditions that the hospital says DOES NOT exist in my body, like my headaches, my red skin they keep calling allergic eczema until now as it now does not appear allergic eczema like (I get no skin breakouts now), my sore bones and aches and pains, night sweats, congestion, I feel like a PERSON WITH FM, as this is the exact same thing they did to FM patients 20 years ago. Told them it was all in their head. I do not think, for 1, my headaches are imaginary. Nor brain fog. But they are hell bent on getting a diagnosis that makes them right.

Lets make it simple with this update... I went into the IDC specialist at the Civic/TOH in Ottawa. SHE, looked at my right foot, never mind ANYTHING ELSE I was complaining about... She checked the circulation, she said the red skin on the low ankle and leg now looks wonderful with a smile (I disagree as the right foot is red and has darker skin in the ankle low leg, in the back of the leg). Anyway there is no way the hospital could be wrong on this one, and Dr. Nott needed to make things right. So all was "perfect" with the leg and foot.

THE PROBLEM IS I CANNOT BEND THE TOES ON MY RIGHT FOOT. I CANNOT FLEX MY HEAL AND ANKLE CORRECTLY. IT HURTS WHEN I WALK ON IT FOR A DISTANCE.

SO AGAIN, I HAVE TO DISAGREE THAT MY FOOT IS NOT INFECTED.

AGAIN, SINCE MY RIGHT BUTTOCK BLEW UP 3 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE LEFT (RIGHT LEG PROBLEMS) WITHIN DAYS OF SEEING DR. NOTT AND I TOLD HER THIS BUT SHE DISREGARDED IT...

PARDON ME, BUT WHAT KIND OF FN (FRIGGING) IDC SPECIALIST IS THIS? SHE DID NOT EVEN CHECK THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE ANKLE, HEEL, FOOT OR TOES.... SHE DID NOT ASK ME TO FLEX THEM OR MOVE THEM IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. SO SHE WENT AGAIN BY THE HOSPITALS DIAGNOSIS AND DID VERY LITTLE OF HER OWN, EVEN THOUGH I POINTED A BUNCH OF STUFF OUT TO HER REGARDING MY RIGHT HIP AND RIGHT LEG... THE WHOLE LEG, HIP, KNEE, LOW LEG, ANKLE, FOOT, TOES...

AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PUTTING THAT DOCTORS NAME IN LIGHTS HERE. HER NOTES CLEARLY SHOW SHE DID NOT CHECK THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW LEG, JOINT, FOOT, TOES. HER NOTES DO NOT INDICATE ANYTHING I MENTIONED ABOUT MY RIGHT HIP AND THE INFECTION THAT SHOWED WITH MY RIGHT BUTTOCK BEING 3 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE LEFT.

As well "other" doctors outside the hospital continue to see the foot as "being infected" But the hospital is god, and they tell you this. So it does not matter about other doctors outside the hospital. I waked in to the hospital on Dec. 11, 2024 my right low leg was all ulcered, black starting to ooze from some of the sores, as well as red in the low leg, ankle and foot and I complained about it being infected. The doctor said: Oh... That is your allergic eczema. But he took a swab to check for bacteria for whatever reason. 3 days later the hospital called ME and told me to come back in, I have a Strep Group A infection as this is what the bacterial culture test showed. I need antibiotics. I think that is what I said on Dec. 11, 2024. What is THIS??

Does this sound like you in regards to some medical conditions you have had or had? Sorry if this is a bit of a rant, but again, 40 months at the hands of the hospital with repeated bungles, a couple listed above. The hospital refuses to give the extensive as your blood circulatory system, the system which supports your immune system, the lymphatic system ANY sort of merit. They sill REFUSE to do lymphatic system testing on this separate whole body system, and the separate fluid it also has, separate from the blood system.

Anyway, this is the latest update in my health history from Nov. 2024 until now. Some of the other things that have improved with myself treating this with some aid from my naturopathic doctor.

I can hold my functions now. I am no longer running to the facilities for no. 1 or no. 2. I do not wet my briefs as now have only a small bit of infection in the mid-section and pelvis, legs. Instead of being 1/2 black in the low scrotum and then red in the rest of the mid-section, red between the legs too and red in the bladder, I have lost any sign of minor black skin and only have minor to slightly minor red skin in the scrotum.

I have way more energy and the hard, heavy callous that was on the bottom of my feet, to go along with the sores, and also the bubbles under the skin of my hands and the bumps below the skin on them too, is disappearing.

More to come as the hospital has basically sabotaged my claim with ODSP. So their inaction has basically made it seem like I can work, I do not get the proper support for being way sick, have not got it over 40 months, I have been burnt down financially, to the penny. So more reasons for the hospital to disregard things. They could be responsible.

I have holistic certifications in anatomy and physiology, yoga.

I have seen a small amount of people for disease, gave them interesting thoughts to think about and let them decide if they wanted to proceed. All I do is give holistic knowledge, educational knowledge on the lymphatic system, as a lymphologist. If the client seems to like what I suggest, we move forward to conquer their disease. I give people informational and educational knowledge on the lymphatic system from my experiences as a lymphologist as well as being certified in it for 20 years.

I am also one of the original engineers or architects of the Canadian Internet. Part of a team which built the original Canadian Internet.

I have 2 engineering certifications from Algonquin College.

Thanks,

Dave Scrivens.