2y Update on Results
It had quite dramatic results on most everyone I did the procedure on.
My father and mother, ie, my father's now like a human being. He can think, walk, run, drive, etc., while before it was certain that cachexia had gotten the better of him for life and he'd never be a functional person anymore (it seemed). After it, he slowly went from undead to living. His humor's still sh*t, but I'm doing experimental medicine, not miracles.
As for my mother, the back problems and issues with foods and acidity/etc just vanished a couple of weeks+ after the procedure. She reported a few other minor improvements that came as surprises: her body fixed old problems, nuisances and such. She could eat pork and drink wine at night after that, and never had to take one Malox plus pill again. I can't remember all she said - it was a long time ago and she came up with new discoveries of things that improved from time to time.
I've done 2 of these on myself and one on my gf.
Second time I did it on myself, it was a really hot day, I wasn't careful about keeping anything sterile, took too darn long to take the bags into refrigeration, and, as a plus, the maid put a darn hot pan of feijoada beside the blood bags in the fridge, which, I'm sure, none of it was good. End result, when I finally returned the blood to my veins, I felt getting REAL sick REAL fast and felt like I was going to kick it for sure if I didn't do anything ASAP - it was so awful that I paid many times over for that f#ck fest of stupidity. I quickly took two glasses of water with enough H2O2 to kill any blood pathogens. It took a while, but it did do the trick and I lived to tell the tale. I didn't notice improvements on myself - but, truth be told, I tweak so many things with my diet, do other procedures, use devices, and supplement galore that I don't even know the baseline to know what's happening or not.
With my GF it was less eventful, with the exception of what happens to everybody the 1st time: they think they're fine and dandy after I take 2 full bags of blood from them and try to go to the bathroom or whatever even if I politely tell 'em they better not, only to find themselves suddenly and horribly going lose and limp like ragdolls (I'm close behind them to hold them and take them to a bed and lift their legs up). They feel terrible and faint, only to return a while after I bring their legs up - and then they heed my warnings better. Note to self: not be a dick and effectively prohibit people from getting up after the procedure is done prior, and tell them that they MUST remain with their legs up during the entire procedure, or they'll have it. Actually, that's precisely what I've done with in my mother's case, and she was great - until the time she decided to momentarily get up anyway because she was doing great for a couple of hours, no biggie. She was VERY gradual, as I asked: 5mins laying down with legs on same level, 5 laying down with legs on the floor, 5 sitting down... and in the sitting part it was awful and she felt terrible - so she had to lift her legs back up and endure some moments of dire discomfort. 1.2L is a really large amount of blood, but less than that would make the procedure CONSIDERABLY less effective, as we're dealing with dilution of proteins in the blood. (1.2L x1 is MUCH more effective than 600ml x2).
Gf report's fresher in my mind (I just asked her): skin improving, a lot less candida, all common viruses she dealt with vanished, she appeared and felt more youthful, her hair grew a lot faster, she got no flu the whole year after that (while before it was common and to be expected), her stubborn sinusitis improved dramatically (she used to deal with it all the time - now's just SO darn rare and weak of a problem), and she got no more kidney stones (which she used to have every year roughly on the same period)... She originally did to get slimmer (a thing women are crazy about whether they need it or not, and she's the latter). Unhappily, she did lose some weight without altering anything else, as she wanted.
I think the active element of this process is removing Interleukin-10. I am not currently inclined to try this, but were I to do so I would check the required micronutrients for creating new RBCs and WBCs. If you keep an eye on bilirubin levels and MCV you can see if there is a problem with the creation of new cells. (bilirubin goes up if you have a material number of new RBCs that fail) I am currently working on improving this by also getting a reticulocyte count in order to monitor the process.
I am stopping my weekly blood tests in August because I am travelling around a lot and it is a) not really practical or reliable to do blood tests where I will be and b) I will be varying my diet in unpredictable ways which will make drawing and conclusions really difficult. However, in September I will do some more work on the question of improving RBC quality.
Whole blood nutrients: Iron, B Vits (12, 9, 6...), A, Copper, C, E, Zinc, Selenium.... I honestly just skip all the minutiae and have the person eat my world famous liver meatelet (liquefy liver on blender, add spices and fry as an omelet. It's been known to enchant even those who dislike liver. 
Hydrogen peroxide? I was referring to hydrogen water, i.e. water infused with hydrogen gas. There's a large body of research relating its antioxidant properties (not that antioxidants are always a good thing, but would probably be helpful under stressful circumstances such as TPE).
The ketogenic diet (and probably the carnivore diet) decreases flow-mediated dilation (FMD). In other words, it constricts the blood vessels. It also increases viscosity due to the high concentration of fat and protein (as compared to a high-carb diet and especially a juice diet). It's been pointed out that, despite this, it actually enhances oxygen transport. That's all well and good for chronic disease prevention, but in the case of TPE, it's all about minimizing blood viscosity (within safe limits, obviously) so you can finish the process as quickly as possible. And yes, my therapy team made it abundantly clear to me that the ideal plasma for these purposes looks more like urine and less like milk. (Again, this is specifically in reference to TPE. General health maintenance is another question, and I'm not one of those ignoramuses who thinks that protein and saturated fat are always bad, regardless of dietary context, even though I'm basically a vegan who avoids animal protein like the plague.)
Perhaps you can get an imgur account to post your photos, and link them here. Looking forward to more details, good or bad. Best of luck!
Yes, hydrogen is truly wonderful, I'm very well aware. It would help. I used H²O² water as I needed for the whole procedure to be comfortable and safe, as it augments blood oxygenation and sterilizes it from within. You mentioned a carnivore's blood having a lot more fat. That's exactly what seemed to me when I saw my own plasma. I'm sure blood viscosity is extremely important in classic TPE, but I'm not sure it's that important in the way I do things. I'll shortly do it again in myself and my gf, and I'll double check, but all I need is for the blood to go into the bad and then separate while in the decanting phase. I didn't see much of a difference when doing it on myself, even though it might have taken longer. You would NOT believe how better my health, looks and fitness level got after I changed to carnivore. When I cheat on my diet, all hell breaks lose. Been a vegan for years and truly commend you on being open minded about other dietary options.
this is awesome. Are you going to post pics? Try imgur for pics
Thanks, Phoebus. It really is. 
I guess I have kept some helpful, interesting pics on it, but I'm not sure how to post them in here. (Oh. I see. It accepts only URLs.)
How did it go for your father¿
Pretty well, as described above, Max! Thanks for asking. If you got any specific question, do please ask.
Now, next level's Trapanation, the ultimate, permanent, natural nootropic procedure of ancient tribal leaders and wisemen. I've been looking on it for years now, even before I entered medschool. The acquaintance I mentioned prior that has a home made centrifuge on his home lab desperately wants me to do it on him too. It just won't be easy to do it on myself, on my own, I think. But nothing that enough responsible preparation can't solve.
Edited by Seganfredo, 05 July 2024 - 05:00 AM.
