Yep, I didn't read it thoroughly, I replied in haste with wrong information done with poorly executed research.

>"How do you go about treating an antibiotic resistant TB infection you've acquired?"

I am not a doctor, but I found out 20 years ago the University of Oregon had done research on bacteria and showed that anti-bacterial soap did no better than regular soap at killing bacteria.

What this tells me is there is some logical problems with our general perspective on health and bacteria. There was a time when the medical industry believed "bad air" (miasma) was the cause of disease. And before that some other explanation.

There was a time when doctors recommended certain brands of cigarettes and leaded gasoline additives was considered safe enough to eat. To believe that we understand everything about disease today (even in face of the fact that we are losing the battle against it) is the height of hubris.

Do I have my own experience and beliefs about fighting sickness and disease? Yes, but I am learning to not bother discussing it online, the attacks for daring to question the established authorities is exhausting.

I was sick constantly as a child, ear aches, migraines, severe athletes foot, pink eye, sore throats, flu, diarrhoea, intolerable gas pains, delusional sleep episodes, pnuemonia (sick 3 months one summer), colds every winter, tooth decay. When I got older, all I did was change my diet. And I haven't been sick in twenty years. (to be accurate I was sick a few times when I didn't sleep for days and lived off coffee, but this was my choice)

My kids are almost never sick. They get a runny nose when they don't dress properly, or don't get enough sleep. All my friends kids are out of school every winter with flu and colds, vomiting and horrible coughs.

One simple rule I live by, don't put crap in my body, or my kids' bodies. (or at least as much as I can manage) No magic there. I've only taken one child to the emergency room for being sick, she had a fever and since I so rarely dealt with sickness, I didn't know what it was. The nurse recognized it while we were in the waiting room, I could have just gone home right then.

What would I do if I got TB? I'd remove every single obstacle in my body's immune system to fight it off.In fact, that is pretty much what all medicine does anyways (look up how vaccines work, they don't kill anything, and if antibiotics don't work, what choice do you have?), and try and provide my body with anything that is missing that it needs (nutrition perhaps? don't know...). No doctor would argue about these basic concepts. In fact the doctor told me I could have just put my daughter in a cold bath to deal with fever, would have been just as effective as bringing her into the hospital. All they gave her was tylenol and advil. (rotating doses) Fever broke in minutes.

Look up recent "discoveries" about effective hand washing, even soap isn't effective, but scrubbing with water is. Just water and scrubbing kills bacteria better than antibiotic hand soap, and antibiotics are failing. There's some missing knowledge, and maybe some old knowledge that's been lost that needs to be found again.

Edit: Most people who die from TB (quick look on google) seem to have auto-immune disease (ie, immune system doesn't work), I think with modern nutrition and cleanliness in society TB isn't even an issue anymore. If your immune system doesn't work, then my very first comment applies, create your own custom immune system is maybe your last resort. (ie, hacked viruses) But I am a total ignoramus, all I have are google searches to base my opinion on. I am not a doctor, nor a scientist to prove anything.