Cured or Remission?

I posted something like this before... But this time I even include the poll!!! So I highly encourage everyone to vote.

Some people think it is never cured and the best that can be done is the immune system recovered, treat the aggressive growers, and kind of put it to sleep.

Others think if there are bacteria left then that means the infection is under treated and needs to be treated until the patient feels well.

And others think every bug can't be beat and it will always persist in the brain so we have to be careful of our lifestyle making sure to keep stress down, eating healthy, taking care of ourselves, and paying attention to our bodies.

Either way this is no easy infection to endure or treat but I think we should try and look at the truth of what happens with it.

Cured - it's a bacteria - something will kill it (eventually)


I gotta believe it can be cured.

I agree with Traveler, although I don't want to, I would rather believe the truth than lie to myself. Lyme is indeed a bacteria, but it is not a typical one. Just think once you get the chicken pox, it never leaves you, you always test positive. For some people it comes out again as shingles later on in life, and for others it doesn't. So its the same situation with lyme. What you have to believe is, you will not be that person who will suffer from lyme again, and that you indeed will beat it into remission for the rest of your life!!

Chapelle... So does that mean you had a change of mind on this? I remember before you said you were going to get rid of it and believed if it comes back that means it wasn't treated properly.

How are your children and husband doing with it? I remember you saying your whole family had it, how are they doing?

Traveler - I believe your side too and I realize we should know the truth. But I still want to believe i should treat it to be gone for good.

So when you say it could potentially relapse at any time, what kinds of lifestyle changes do you think are necessary to retain a remission? And in your experience, what do you think are prime causes of relapses? Am I going to be able to drink beers again lol? Or how about coffee and caffeine? You said you already went through some stress and yet did not relapse, so I am wondering what kind of stress you are referring to?

As for me, I believe that the diet changes (little to no processed foods), drinking plenty of water to keep toxins flushed, being sure to get enough exercise, and keeping an eye on other bodily functions will all help us to avoid a relapse. That includes taking measures to avoid another tick attachment/insect bite. Healthy immune systems and a body that has no other stressors can beat these infections if they happen. My husband and children are my examples.

The stress that I have had since healing from Lyme includes:
Having my father-in-law live with us the last 3 months of his life with Alzheimer's - what an intense and blessed experience.

The day my FIL passed, we had twin goats born, which meant 5 feedings a day and milking the mamma twice a day by myself as hubby was busy dealing with funeral arrangements/bereaved family members and family coming in to stay with us for the funeral.

While that was on-going, my brother had kicked my Mom out of the home she helped him to buy, so she moved cross country (by herself) and I had to rent a place for her to live. She arrived two days after the funeral. Then I was to watch over her, taking her grocery shopping each week and having her here on a regular basis. Now that may not seem too stressful, but for a mother and daughter that have never got along well (even when I was a child) it was pretty stressful. She never bothered to learn about my infections or why I needed to rest even after I had healed from the infections.

Then my mom chose to move from Arkansas to Calif to be with her sister. I was the only one she had there that knew how to load a moving van. I was also the only one who was capable of unloading the moving van once we got there - I had one 'almost' helper (they slammed the couch against the wall - with my fingers in between the wall and couch).

By the time I made it back to my home in Arkansas - my adrenals were crashing again and taking my thyroid down with it. I also have intestinal allergies that are worse now than they have ever been - all due to the stress -

BUT I still have no symptoms of tick-borne infections!!! Woo hoo!!! Happy dance time!!!!!!

So I believe that we can have Lyme be gone for good - but we do have to take extra good care of ourselves, and take plenty of precautions to avoid exposure.

Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place! It's a terrible situation in my opinion to test positive and not have symptoms. Personally, I would treat herbally, but I understand those that wish to wait for symptoms. What if it's just that the immune system is handling the infection? No ones knows yet is those in this situation will develop issues later or not!

At the very least I would suggest that he do things to build his immune system, and all the things that we should do once we heal: eat little to no processed foods, exercise, drink plenty of water each day and so on. Even a little detoxing once or twice a year would be a good idea in my opinion.

I know, that's the thing - I think his immune system is fighting it off well. We may just have him retested in the fall and see what happens.