Hello Everyone - Few Protocol Questions

[jinstewart]

Hello Swole Source crew.

I think it was only a matter of time before I got drawn to the protocol. I must admit I'm very interested in stepping aboard.

In the CHAOS of the early months of PFS I had an abortive attempt at things, but I was nowhere near the mindset anyone would need to succeed and so much was wrong. The suffering was all "new" to me and I chased some of the quicker fixes while my life collapsed. Awful time. None of us should have to face what we faced and fuck Merck for this.

Luckily enough, through fumbling around and/or passage of time some things have gotten better. Sleep I have recovered 100% (and I am VERY lucky) and morning wood is a semi-regular thing now, as well as some small but ACTUAL sexual improvements. I also began to "enjoy" hobbies to a large extent and have some "motivation" return. I won't keep on in vague terms about indistinct improvements in mental capacity and capability but these have been significant I must say; some of the "sparkle" of life came back, opened my eyes more than a bit.

I could not quite tell you WHAT drew me to the idea, but earlier in the year I got the compulsion to try and acclimate to cold showers. Somehow this stuck, and to this day even facing the UK winter I am still doing it. I really wouldn't stop with those and of course I recalled this being a core part of the protocol, the idea always nagging at me was that I should be doing something about that.

So I think it's probably time to start. I miss gym SO much (used to be a bodybuilder and Thai boxer) and the grumbling joints have (mercifully) reached a baseline where I think exercise applied sensibly is do-able.

Right I could waffle on on for hours about PFS but you folks all know the score, and I'd be genuinely pleased to take my place amongst you all as we go along and beat this. The more I read the more I think this is what I should be doing.

I do have a few questions, hopefully simple.

1 - We do a fast (>7 days) then juice feast (>7 days) then herb rotation alongside diet et al to begin the protocol proper. That right?

2 - If you had to start with 7 herbs initially, what would they be? I recall CD once replied to this very question but I can't find it.

Thank you all. I may be a name some have seen about and I miss my Hackstasis boys and girls much and hope you're all doing good. I'm looking forward to cracking on with this and I hope you'll have me here. You'll all see my recovery post up one day I can guarantee that.