Oh ick

Hi All!
I just started a new herb for my Bartonella infection, and I also got the present of a herx to go with it! Aaaaaaack!!!

I've been fortunate in that it hasn't been too bad, just a couple of migraines, increased pain -mainly in my legs- and that lovely exhaustion most of us deal with at some point. I've been detoxing and am feeling a bit better now.

I discovered something though - what I have been calling bone pain I now believe is just nerve pain, rather than it originating from the bone. With my daughter's (who's a Biologist) help we tracked down a few more things. We read where the nerves in the legs (and other places of course) actually wrap around the bone creating a net of sorts. I now believe that it's that 'net' of nerves that surrounds my tibia (shin bone) and my femur (thigh bone) that is causing the majority of my leg pain. I just I would share that interesting tid bit with anyone else that doesn't already know!!

Anyway, I also wanted to say that I had been feeling quite good the last two weeks!! My body has gotten into it's new routine - now that I can be active again - and was doing quite well!! I know that what I am going through now is only temporary, and I will soon be back to making people wonder what I'm up to again in a few days!!

I'm sorry that I just kind of dropped off the radar, but I also figured if any group of people would understand, it would be this group!!!
Thanks so much!!!

Trav

Thanks Razzle!!

I thought it was bone pain for years now, so when I discovered that it most likely was nerve pain that can made me think it's bone pain, I thought I would share this. It makes more sense to me to have this kind of nerve pain rather than it being bone pain - I had none of the right issues with my bones for it to truly be bone pain.

Really? Wow! I know for me it has been quite the ride so far! I've been herxing since the day I started it! Although at least I feel like I'm on the downhill side of it now - fortunately! I've been feeling so much better now that my Lyme infection is under better control, that I forgot how icky I used to feel every day!

If y ou don't mind - what dose are you taking? I brew my own tea each day, do you? I use three cups of water to three grams of herb, steep in boiling water for 10 minutes, cool and drink 1 cup twice a day right now, but am supposed to build up to three times a day asap.

Would you mind also sharing with me what symptoms may be flaring for you - if any- when you started this? My sweats went turbo on me, general achiness, increased pain levels slowed brain function - kinda like I'm experiencing depersonalization all over again - bummer!

It can get quite difficult to know which infection causes which pain. Lyme Disease can be the cause of a lot of different types of pain, but so can Bart, Babs and other TBI's.

It is quite possible that you do have co-infections, just not the strains that are being tested for. Bartonella has over 20 different strains identified, Babesia has quite a few strains identified as well, and Lyme has over 100 different strains identified!!! Ans that doesn't count who knows how many strains that they haven't identified as of yet.

It would be in your best interest to check many different articles for symptoms of the different tick-borne infections - see if you have any of those symptoms, then talk with you doc.

These infections are supposed to be diagnosed by a clinical evaluation. Any doc that strictly relies on blood tests to determine what infections you may have is going against what the recommendations are from ILADS and the CDC.