Introducing myself - treating Lyme naturally

Hi Y'all!  (That is what we say in the south:)  My name is Carolyn.  I currently live in Mississippi with my wonderful husband.  I posted for the first time last night under the ACT question.  However, I thought I should make an introduction before writing further.  I am not sure how long I have had Lyme.  I began having random symptoms during college and in grad school, I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis.  I blindly trusted my urologist and endured painful procedures and took expensive medication.  Unfortunately, this did not help me and that particular physician was condescending towards me.  I eventually began intensely researching and found the world of holistic healing/natural medicine.  I do not completely discount Western medicine, however realized for most of my issues, Western medicine was not the path for me.  I ended up seeing a Chinese medicine Doctor who specialized in IC.  This was helpful, however in the spring of 2008, I had shingles.  After that, it seemed like my body started falling apart and symptoms increasingly became worse.  I began intensely researching again and began reading about Lyme.  It was like reading about me!!  My Chinese Medicine Doctor encouraged me to seek a LLMD.  After considerable research and reading about other's experiences, I went to the Hansa Center.  It was a great experience and I learned so much about my illness and my body.  Unfortunately after doing some treatments for a couple months, some "layers" of the onion (my body) began to be peeled back and symptoms emerged that we believe my body had previously just adjusted to.  After battling with my autonomic nervous system for a few months, my Doctor referred me to a dentist who will fit me for a mouth orthotic called oral system balancing.  I have read posts on here about others who have had great success with this.  I am seeing a Naturopath Physician close by since Hansa is so far away in Kansas.  Since I have only been dx clinically and with bio-resonance scanning, I am also in the process of getting the blood test at Igenex.  To me, it will just help support my current diagnosis.  If for some reason it returns negative, it will be frustrating, however I still believe I have Lyme.  I also have a Western medicine physician who I see to just rule out other issues.  I have had ultrasounds, blood work, and an MRI.  He is very non Lyme literate.  He means well but just tries to give me medication that masks the root issue.  My latest interest in healing has been ACT (advanced cell training).  Feel free to read what I wrote on the recent post about ACT.  I am in the middle of my journey just like most of us.  I am not yet "recommending" ACT or anything really.  My hope is to be able to share my journey in hopes that it could possibly help someone else.  I have read posts on here for quite a while and it has been helpful to me to learn about other's journeys....whether I agree or disagree with their path towards healing.  I believe it is so important that each person fervently research options that fits with their values.  Although growing up I was taught, "Just follow the Doctors orders" and they know best, sadly I have found out that is not necessarily true.  It has honestly been scary for me that this has so often not been true for me.  Even some wonderful, well-meaning Doctors have led me and others I know down bad paths.  Through all of my experiences, I no longer blindly follow Doctors.  I read, research, ask questions, etc.  I respect and understand that other's may not agree with my path and that is okay.  Like I mentioned in my post on ACT, my hope is to possibly be helpful to others by sharing my experiences rather than instigate negativity.  If that happens, I will most likely go back to observing from afar and that makes me sad because I think we can all learn from each other.  I keep in contact with someone I met at Hansa and it has been so helpful to talk about what is working/not working for each of us.  I am hoping interacting on healingwell can be a similar experience:)

What is "oral system balancing"? I've slept with orthotic splints for years due to TMJ and clenching. I no longer have problems with TMJ but my bite's off and will need braces or invisaline. Another thing that I keep putting off!