Hairsuit's PFS journey----

[hairsuit]

that too. but cortisol is known to increase potassium like that. and lower calcium absorption

@Boris @Helen I literally have taken 1 maybe 1.5 cialis pills. I never took full dose. I quartered the pills and took 1 ever couple weeks for a time. Again, just to help preserve my marriage. If was popping cialis like crazy, that’s one thing, but I’ve never even taken a full pill.

 

[hairsuit]

I cant tell like that.

I see that after you took hydrogen that happend.

what body hair are you using anyway?

@Helen using leg hair and chest hair.

 

[Admiral]

Thus who ever takes copper, you can always check your estrogen, , if its high, it is ok, if it is low, never take copper

that is my opinion, may be I dont understand the program

Fast oxidizers always get recommended copper. Not sure they always have high or low E. I practically have no E and I am on copper for a while now.

That said. I thought hydrogen water only made potassium and sodium rise, while not affecting the ca/p ratio, which determines if you are slow or fast. Hence I kept going on.

 

[brix]

Fast oxidizers always get recommended copper. Not sure they always have high or low E. I practically have no E and I am on copper for a while now.

That said. I thought hydrogen water only made potassium and sodium rise, while not affecting the ca/p ratio, which determines if you are slow or fast. Hence I kept going on.

Pretty sure copper raises ca/p ratio, hence why fast gets copper always.

 

[RebelWithACause]

You live you learn. Mistakes are bound to happen. Get back on the horse and whatever you do commit to it. GL man

 

[Ingeno]

Thus who ever takes copper, you can always check your estrogen, , if its high, it is ok, if it is low, never take copper

that is my opinion, may be I dont understand the program

Then why would they give copper + vitamin E, which destroys estrogen. Several people reported low estrogen symptoms with vitamin E from TEI.

 

[RebelWithACause]

Tei is a cure.

There a handful of testimonies from people getting cured from various illnesses on YouTube.

You literally can't take anything but tei. You have to use scalp hair and from the same spot for each test. Follow the recommended diet

I agree. People are too quick to dismiss TEI. They keep going on, off, do weird stuff in between etc.

You cannot judge the program if you have not done it correctly. Period.

CDSNUTS is a great program because it gives you a PATH. Maybe not all elements contribute to healing but you can have confidence in that you are doing the right thing. Since CDSNUTS got fixed by this. So you can follow his footsteps. A lot of people need assurance that something is going to work 100%. I personally do not. I am willing to try TEI because I had issues before PFS that I want to fix as well.

TEI is not at the point of cdsnuts protocol yet. Although we have Goose which inspired me to do it. And I hope to contribute to it as well since I have seen great improvement after only 1 cycle. I need at least 2 or 3 cycles under my belt to be able to give a good judgement.

I do think you have to have a boundary to how far you will go but judging a program without doing the program the way it is meant to be is nonsense.

You have to start thinking and become more aware of what you are doing. I notice a lot of PFS guys just do random shit and do not listen at all to any advice. I was the same. Could be copper toxicity or something else. But it is a repeating pattern. People do not listen and are extremely scatter brain.

You need to become more aware of what you are doing and not close your eyes and hope for the best.

 

[hairsuit]

I agree. People are too quick to dismiss TEI. They keep going on, off, do weird stuff in between etc.

You cannot judge the program if you have not done it correctly. Period.

CDSNUTS is a great program because it gives you a PATH. Maybe not all elements contribute to healing but you can have confidence in that you are doing the right thing. Since CDSNUTS got fixed by this. So you can follow his footsteps. A lot of people need assurance that something is going to work 100%. I personally do not. I am willing to try TEI because I had issues before PFS that I want to fix as well.

TEI is not at the point of cdsnuts protocol yet. Although we have Goose which inspired me to do it. And I hope to contribute to it as well since I have seen great improvement after only 1 cycle. I need at least 2 or 3 cycles under my belt to be able to give a good judgement.

I do think you have to have a boundary to how far you will go but judging a program without doing the program the way it is meant to be is nonsense.

You have to start thinking and become more aware of what you are doing. I notice a lot of PFS guys just do random shit and do not listen at all to any advice. I was the same. Could be copper toxicity or something else. But it is a repeating pattern. People do not listen and are extremely scatter brain.

You need to become more aware of what you are doing and not close your eyes and hope for the best.

In my experience, it would seem that 2-3 cycles is not enough. I’ve done that and haven’t noticed positive movement since probably around October. I felt benefit for the first several months I did it, then it seemed to taper off. All I’m saying is that I’m not exactly sure it is the end all be all cure. I hope it is. It would be great if it is, but at this point, we have only @Goose12 who is close to cured from it. A bunch of us have been doing it for quite some time, without those same results. I have not mixed protocols. I haven’t tried anything else to address this but TEI with flushes and coffee enemas. So on one hand, some of us are saying, “ It’s TEI and TEI only that can be done”. On the other hand, the other side saying, “TEI is just one part of an all around program we need to fix this”. That’s where it gets confusing. When we don’t have consensus. But, I realize we are all guinea pigs trying to figure it out as we go.

 

[Admiral]

If Helen is right and hydrogen water wrongfully made us a fast oxidizer, the programs gave us copper and so we remained fast oxidizers. Hence no progression after the first cycle .

I took a break of 21 days and retested. We’ll see what comes out, but I should have waited a while longer, I think

 

[RebelWithACause]

In my experience, it would seem that 2-3 cycles is not enough. I’ve done that and haven’t noticed positive movement since probably around October. I felt benefit for the first several months I did it, then it seemed to taper off. All I’m saying is that I’m not exactly sure it is the end all be all cure. I hope it is. It would be great if it is, but at this point, we have only @Goose12 who is close to cured from it. A bunch of us have been doing it for quite some time, without those same results. I have not mixed protocols. I haven’t tried anything else to address this but TEI with flushes and coffee enemas. So on one hand, some of us are saying, “ It’s TEI and TEI only that can be done”. On the other hand, the other side saying, “TEI is just one part of an all around program we need to fix this”. That’s where it gets confusing. When we don’t have consensus. But, I realize we are all guinea pigs trying to figure it out as we go.

You did not do 2 or 3 correct cycles without mistakes, right? Then you cannot say you did 2-3 cycles of the program.

When you take something that is wrong you will get worse. Just because you are following TEI's (wrong) recommendations does not mean you will get better. That is why it is important to not fuck with random supplements or medication. Every time to deviate from the program it has the possibility to make things take longer or not work at all if you do it too often.

This is what I am saying you need to become more aware of what you are doing. It is hard with brainfog but necessary. No one can help you in that department. You need to keep your mind calm and focus on what you are doing.

Bruschi has also not done 1 clean TEI cycle as far as I know. He is doing something different. How can he give a good judgement on the program? He can't.

People need to stop confusing eachother and have some patience. Instead of writing off the program you stay on it for 2 cycles and do it perfectly. Then you can make a fair judgement. Otherwise all this shit is for NOTHING. Because no one actually did the program. Everybody just did random shit.

It is exactly the same with cdsnuts. People do their own thing next to the program or leave things out and they wonder why it does not work.

Have some discipline. A mistake can happen, then you learn from it and you continue and the next time you do it better. So now you made a mistake. Get a retest make sure you do not take crap before it and get on the cycle.

I do think people can be CRITICAL on the TEI approach but not until you have done 2-3 clean cycles.

 

[TubZy]

In my experience, it would seem that 2-3 cycles is not enough. I’ve done that and haven’t noticed positive movement since probably around October. I felt benefit for the first several months I did it, then it seemed to taper off. All I’m saying is that I’m not exactly sure it is the end all be all cure. I hope it is. It would be great if it is, but at this point, we have only @Goose12 who is close to cured from it. A bunch of us have been doing it for quite some time, without those same results. I have not mixed protocols. I haven’t tried anything else to address this but TEI with flushes and coffee enemas. So on one hand, some of us are saying, “ It’s TEI and TEI only that can be done”. On the other hand, the other side saying, “TEI is just one part of an all around program we need to fix this”. That’s where it gets confusing. When we don’t have consensus. But, I realize we are all guinea pigs trying to figure it out as we go.

I think the biggest flaw is that you didn't use scalp hair though besides the fact that other supplements were also used IMO so there is multiple factors here in regards to why some of the results could have tapered off. So none of us will really know if it worked or not based on what we have see. The best and cleanest log we have is Goose and he has improved greatly and done the protocol the right way so far..But ld say the biggest potential benefit with TEI is there a is a very good chance you will keep your hair while still improving from PFS. Anything else you use at the moment to help fix your PFS besides TEI you can kiss your hair goodbye, just look at all the recovered from PFS most obvious is CDnuts, they all lost their hair as soon as they felt better again. I'm mainly saying that since I believe you mentioned you can't use scalp hair sample since you treat and keep your hair in perfect shape, so there is pros and cons to which ever route you do choose.

 

[bruschi11]

I think the biggest flaw is that you didn't use scalp hair though besides the fact that other supplements were also used IMO so there is multiple factors here in regards to why some of the results could have tapered off. So none of us will really know if it worked or not based on what we have see. The best and cleanest log we have is Goose and he has improved greatly and done the protocol the right way so far..But ld say the biggest potential benefit with TEI is there a is a very good chance you will keep your hair while still improving from PFS. Anything else you use at the moment to help fix your PFS besides TEI you can kiss your hair goodbye, just look at all the recovered from PFS most obvious is CDnuts, they all lost their hair as soon as they felt better again. I'm mainly saying that since I believe you mentioned you can't use scalp hair sample since you treat and keep your hair in perfect shape, so there is pros and cons to which ever route you do choose.

I think hydrogen was really tough for him. Coming from guy who has pretty much lost over half a calendar year because I drank that stuff so much just like @hairsuit lol.

I think it just screwed up our hair tests so bad.

Also, let’s not forget the success guys like @Grambo @tonysoprano and most importantly @Raincoast have done on htma programs.

I went back and read @Raincoast program the other day. He didn’t follow it perfectly as they asked and ventured off with the knowledge he gained from the testing.

I’m kind of on a similar program now to him with help of practitioner. Minerals at night, methylation supps in day. I like that.

We gotta realize here that we are using an evolving science. And it’s up to us to keep all controls in check.

Let’s also not forget, TEI isn’t a cure. The word cure is insane. A cure is something you take for a few days, weeks and an ailment goes away. TEI is a TREATMENT!

Treatments fail. Look @Slayo he didn’t feel a thing on TEI.

TEI is basically a mathematical, scientific way of treating the human body to make that respective human body the strongest it can possibly be itself at removing the bad in it, and allowing the good to prevail (nutritional balance, good bacteria ).

TEI doesn’t fix pfs. It fixes the body which in time can fix pfs itself. Pfs is an imbalance. Body naturally doesnt like imbalances and removes them if it is healthy. That is the objective with tei.. giving the body the strength to fix itself.

Certainly as @Helen has said at times, tei can give you some bad directions. I have low estrogen in blood and low copper in hair. Per Helen and my practitioner, I’m copper toxic and should not touch copper. TEI gave me copper wrongly. They didn’t have blood tests though so they wouldn’t know.

TEI can be wrong. We need to realize that as well. They don’t have our blood tests they don’t have everything they need at hand to fix us.

 

[RebelWithACause]

I think hydrogen was really tough for him. Coming from guy who has pretty much lost over half a calendar year because I drank that stuff so much just like @hairsuit lol.

I think it just screwed up our hair tests so bad.

Also, let’s not forget the success guys like @Grambo @tonysoprano and most importantly @Raincoast have done on htma programs.

I went back and read @Raincoast program the other day. He didn’t follow it perfectly as they asked and ventured off with the knowledge he gained from the testing.

I’m kind of on a similar program now to him with help of practitioner. Minerals at night, methylation supps in day. I like that.

We gotta realize here that we are using an evolving science. And it’s up to us to keep all controls in check.

Let’s also not forget, TEI isn’t a cure. The word cure is insane. A cure is something you take for a few days, weeks and an ailment goes away. TEI is a TREATMENT!

Treatments fail. Look @Slayo he didn’t feel a thing on TEI.

TEI is basically a mathematical, scientific way of treating the human body to make that respective human body the strongest it can possibly be itself at removing the bad in it, and allowing the good to prevail (nutritional balance, good bacteria ).

TEI doesn’t fix pfs. It fixes the body which in time can fix pfs itself. Pfs is an imbalance. Body naturally doesnt like imbalances and removes them if it is healthy. That is the objective with tei.. giving the body the strength to fix itself.

Certainly as @Helen has said at times, tei can give you some bad directions. I have low estrogen in blood and low copper in hair. Per Helen and my practitioner, I’m copper toxic and should not touch copper. TEI gave me copper wrongly. They didn’t have blood tests though so they wouldn’t know.

TEI can be wrong. We need to realize that as well. They don’t have our blood tests they don’t have everything they need at hand to fix us.

The problem I have with it is that people are talking about it as if they have done 2-3 cycle of TEI correctly. People take the supplements half-assed, send the wrong hair, take supplements in between. All this crazy shit and then talk about it as if they have any experience on it.

They do a wrong cycle (send pubic hair, take supplements, take hormones) and then judge the program from that.

tonysoprano's cycle was wrong as well. He is currently doing it right.

Until we have multiple people actually doing the program we can say if it works or not. Same for the other protocols.

From the beginning Helen said we need multiple cycles. Paraphrasing: 1 cycle does not do anything. The first cycle can be wrong. etc. Eventhough I have seen improvement on the first cycle.

So all this talk is just talk. That is why I think people need to have patience, do the program and then make a judgement out of it.

It is stupid to talk about it as if we have many guys doing it right. There has only been one guy who has been consistent and logged it and that is Goose.

I don't want this to turn into a useless discussion.

IMO TEI needs time. We are currently in the middle of it.

If you cannot handle the uncertainty get off it. If you cannot stay on the program get off it. If you cannot stop yourself from taking random shit get off it. Simple as that. And then try something else that fits you.

I want to see some clean trials so we can move in the right direction.

 

[hairsuit]

Ok

The problem I have with it is that people are talking about it as if they have done 2-3 cycle of TEI correctly. People take the supplements half-assed, send the wrong hair, take supplements in between. All this crazy shit and then talk about it as if they have any experience on it.

They do a wrong cycle (send pubic hair, take supplements, take hormones) and then judge the program from that.

tonysoprano's cycle was wrong as well. He is currently doing it right.

Until we have multiple people actually doing the program we can say if it works or not. Same for the other protocols.

From the beginning Helen said we need multiple cycles. Paraphrasing: 1 cycle does not do anything. The first cycle can be wrong. etc. Eventhough I have seen improvement on the first cycle.

So all this talk is just talk. That is why I think people need to have patience, do the program and then make a judgement out of it.

It is stupid to talk about it as if we have many guys doing it right. There has only been one guy who has been consistent and logged it and that is Goose.

I don't want this to turn into a useless discussion.

IMO TEI needs time. We are currently in the middle of it.

If you cannot handle the uncertainty get off it. If you cannot stay on the program get off it. If you cannot stop yourself from taking random shit get off it. Simple as that. And then try something else that fits you.

I want to see some clean trials so we can move in the right direction.

okay...... But you’re also implying that this thing is soooo delicate that you cannot waver. If it’s as delicate as you say, then it’s unattainable. I’m not talking about this as an “expert”. Never claimed to be. Okay, so let’s say while you were taking TEI, you you got a real bad infection and needed a short cycle of antibiotics to prevent it from dangerously going systemic. You’d take it, right? Now, to think that that would erase all of your gains would be crazy. And if that were the case, then this is almost an unattainable protocol. Life WILL happen. I wasn’t trying other “supplements”. I wasn’t doing a cycle of randro, and then some Ella, and then some of cdnuts herbs....... nothing. I took a medication, for a week..... one week out of the over 6 mos that I have been on some sort of HTMA, because I had to, or go into surgery and get three screws placed in my hip..... you decide what you would do. I am fanatical about taking the supplements consistently, and not skipping.
Now, @Boris you may be right about scalp hair? But we have the practitioner telling us it will not matter all that much to use clean body hair. You and I have retested every month or two since doing this. Again, short of shaving our heads, there’s no way we can do that with scalp hair, and HTMA becomes an unrealistic protocol for a lot of people. I just can’t believe that this program is as fragile as we are making it out to be. If it were, we would blow right through our desired oxidizer rates with the supplements we are taking. Instead HTMA seems to be like turning the titanic. And you may stay on supplements you don’t need longer than you need them, but since the body takes so long to change, it doesn’t affect it THAT negatively. How else could they give you a three month dosage time frame?

 

[Ingeno]

@hairsuit you got some valid points. If it is really that fragile then it is almost like gambling, just like all the other trials we are having, albeit an expensive gamble.

I really believe in the science behind TEI, but it is the high chance of wrong readings and incorrect supplements advice that I am very worried about.

 

[MNK99]

-I believe waiting 3 weeks or even 4-6 weeks if really concerned. And taking nothing and prioritizing definitely not taking hormonal drugs, in between stopping one treatment, and getting testing for another (such as in this case, TEI), can remedy a lot of inaccuracies. Also, just sticking to TEI while on it, and 3 times 90 d cycles.
-If it is completely unmanageable, then other things must be considered.
-I am no perfect example, and will get retested soon. I didn't use conditioner, shampoo, nor other products (such as styling) like 6 days.
-I am waiting another couple weeks plus, because of recent things.
-My first cycle was pretty good. It worked on other issues besides PFS, quite significantly (to my surprise).
-STILL, if not waiting long enough, I could be at risk of getting inaccurate results. -Also, using scalp hair prevents such things (and cutting from the right area).
-Not to imply that it will definitely work for remaining issues related to PFS, nor otherwise. Also not to imply it will definitely work for everyone.

-The next is more speculative.
-While I may not have waited perfect times the first time, I also made sure to quit whatever I was taking and also most of what I was taking wasn't even for PFS.
--ESPECIALLY since Helen was like: "WTF you're on so much shyt. THE FUCK MAN!!". Tripped me out, and I accepted that fine, I'll try taking nothing.
--Looking back probably great advice in that regard for the most part.

-And they were irregular. And probably chelated/ or rendered less bad due to water fasting, and also: continual simplified electrolyte protocol.
-Again, I was doing a lot. If 12 months are looked at, I probably tried 5-6 protocols plus most of CD's. However, I ran some simultaneously. (Obviously fasting was separated).
-JUST IN CASE, I was LUCKY, in terms of not getting completely screwed up by TEI the first time. I will wait longer this time to get the test. (more time away from any hormonal treatment and more time away from any substance, or similar).

 

[hairsuit]

@hairsuit you got some valid points. If it is really that fragile then it is almost like gambling, just like all the other trials we are having, albeit an expensive gamble.

I really believe in the science behind TEI, but it is the high chance of wrong readings and incorrect supplements advice that I am very worried about.

I believe in TEI as well. And trust me, I really thought I was on my way to being fixed. Then it just hit a wall, and I feel like I have been stuck there for months. That’s when it becomes an expensive proposition.

 

[TubZy]

Ok

okay...... But you’re also implying that this thing is soooo delicate that you cannot waver. If it’s as delicate as you say, then it’s unattainable. I’m not talking about this as an “expert”. Never claimed to be. Okay, so let’s say while you were taking TEI, you you got a real bad infection and needed a short cycle of antibiotics to prevent it from dangerously going systemic. You’d take it, right? Now, to think that that would erase all of your gains would be crazy. And if that were the case, then this is almost an unattainable protocol. Life WILL happen. I wasn’t trying other “supplements”. I wasn’t doing a cycle of randro, and then some Ella, and then some of cdnuts herbs....... nothing. I took a medication, for a week..... one week out of the over 6 mos that I have been on some sort of HTMA, because I had to, or go into surgery and get three screws placed in my hip..... you decide what you would do. I am fanatical about taking the supplements consistently, and not skipping.
Now, @Boris you may be right about scalp hair? But we have the practitioner telling us it will not matter all that much to use clean body hair. You and I have retested every month or two since doing this. Again, short of shaving our heads, there’s no way we can do that with scalp hair, and HTMA becomes an unrealistic protocol for a lot of people. I just can’t believe that this program is as fragile as we are making it out to be. If it were, we would blow right through our desired oxidizer rates with the supplements we are taking. Instead HTMA seems to be like turning the titanic. And you may stay on supplements you don’t need longer than you need them, but since the body takes so long to change, it doesn’t affect it THAT negatively. How else could they give you a three month dosage time frame?

My main issue is that you used hydrogen water (same as me) and we know for a fact that it can screw up the hair test as I got my results back and so did @bruschi11 . So that could either just set you back or caused one suggestions altogether. Regarding take a scalp hair sample, I think I figured out an easy way now. You just take the sample from like the bottom back of your head like 1 inch above where you neck hair line is. You don't need that much hair just snip it and go for a haircut that day or the next day and just get it short on the sides and you won't even notice it. And if you hair is treated I doubt that part of your scalp hair is treat I mean it is almost virtually on your neck since it is so low on the back of your head.

I do agree that how fragile it is. It is annoying and I expressed that to @Helen because TEI says doesn't list things while other things like Helen does and it seems to do TEI you are like walking on eggshells. Like TEI on their paperwork doesn't really say much about how cautious to be and even says you can take drugs will being on the program. Of course, this will not balance since all it will be doing it offsetting what the drug is doing to you. For example, I asked helen about even swimming in the ocean and he said that can alter the hair test and other simple stuff like a dead sea salt bath for your feet once a week can alter it. Like stupid stuff, I know it gets annoying how now every little things messes with it. But I'm hoping as time goes on as you get more balanced that things that won't really affect it anymore since you been on the program so long and pushed yourself in the right direction.

 

[hairsuit]

My main issue is that you used hydrogen water (same as me) and we know for a fact that it can screw up the hair test as I got my results back and so did @bruschi11 . So that could either just set you back or caused one suggestions altogether. Regarding take a scalp hair sample, I think I figured out an easy way now. You just take the sample from like the bottom back of your head like 1 inch above where you neck hair line is. You don't need that much hair just snip it and go for a haircut that day or the next day and just get it short on the sides and you won't even notice it. And if you hair is treated I doubt that part of your scalp hair is treat I mean it is almost virtually on your neck since it is so low on the back of your head.

I do agree that how fragile it is. It is annoying and I expressed that to @Helen because TEI says doesn't list things while other things like Helen does and it seems to do TEI you are like walking on eggshells. Like TEI on their paperwork doesn't really say much about how cautious to be and even says you can take drugs will being on the program. Of course, this will not balance since all it will be doing it offsetting what the drug is doing to you. For example, I asked helen about even swimming in the ocean and he said that can alter the hair test and other simple stuff like a dead sea salt bath for your feet once a week can alter it. Like stupid stuff, I know it gets annoying how now every little things messes with it. But I'm hoping as time goes on as you get more balanced that things that won't really affect it anymore since you been on the program so long and pushed yourself in the right direction.

Oh for sure, the Hydrogen water had a huge affect on us. But that was all the way back in May/June. Don’t you think that by now, it would have undone. That damage? Who knows. Maybe not.

 

[RebelWithACause]

Ok

okay...... But you’re also implying that this thing is soooo delicate that you cannot waver. If it’s as delicate as you say, then it’s unattainable. I’m not talking about this as an “expert”. Never claimed to be. Okay, so let’s say while you were taking TEI, you you got a real bad infection and needed a short cycle of antibiotics to prevent it from dangerously going systemic. You’d take it, right? Now, to think that that would erase all of your gains would be crazy. And if that were the case, then this is almost an unattainable protocol. Life WILL happen. I wasn’t trying other “supplements”. I wasn’t doing a cycle of randro, and then some Ella, and then some of cdnuts herbs....... nothing. I took a medication, for a week..... one week out of the over 6 mos that I have been on some sort of HTMA, because I had to, or go into surgery and get three screws placed in my hip..... you decide what you would do. I am fanatical about taking the supplements consistently, and not skipping.
Now, @Boris you may be right about scalp hair? But we have the practitioner telling us it will not matter all that much to use clean body hair. You and I have retested every month or two since doing this. Again, short of shaving our heads, there’s no way we can do that with scalp hair, and HTMA becomes an unrealistic protocol for a lot of people. I just can’t believe that this program is as fragile as we are making it out to be. If it were, we would blow right through our desired oxidizer rates with the supplements we are taking. Instead HTMA seems to be like turning the titanic. And you may stay on supplements you don’t need longer than you need them, but since the body takes so long to change, it doesn’t affect it THAT negatively. How else could they give you a three month dosage time frame?

I don't think you erase your progress you just take an offroad every time you take something that influences the hairtest a lot is what I assume.

In the end I think it is about the big picture. That is why you need to do more than 1 cycle. Not every cycle is going to be perfect reading. But in the long term you move to the right direction.

I think with TEI they look at extremities in your hair test. How you react to food but also the supplements they give. Then next round they have a bit more information on what is going on in your body. If your body starts pushing out a lot of copper all of a sudden they know something is going on with estrogen receptor and start to fix it. I THINK IT WORKS LIKE THIS.

Anyways I understand your frustration/concern. I think both ARL and TEI have an amateuristic approach the way they sell it and the way they handle things. Especially if you rely on a program like this. Which we do. No reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. But caution is needed as we see.