A couple questions about supplements and detox

Hey there!
Happy to say that I've been feeling a bit better after three weeks of bad flare ups and non-stop anxiety. But now I've got flu-ish symptoms so I'm thinking I definitely need to start doing detox baths at this point (I had to put it off earlier because we had an issue with our bathtub).

I had a couple questions, though. First one being that I noticed some people were using colloidal silver as one of their supplements for treatment. I know silver is anti-bacterial/infective (after surgery a while they gave me bandages made with silver), but can anyone explain what it does when ingested for lyme disease and if anyone has any experiences with taking it? I found some in a tincture in the natural health store here, and it's just the silver and purified water so I could probably use it without having a reaction (I'm allergic and sensitive to sooo many things), so I was tempted to get it but wanted to hear more about it and experiences first if possible.

The second thing I want to ask is about the hydrogen peroxide in the baths. I have eczema and in general just very sensitive skin, has anyone experienced dryness/skin reactions with the peroxide? I'm thinking that maybe I could start off with just doing half a bottle first, instead of a full one, and see how I do. Would that be a good idea? My body is like a delicate flower, haha. It doesn't like to be pushed into new things.

Another thing I wanted to ask, is if anyone knows a recommended LLND in Canada? Specifically BC/Alberta area. My GP mentioned that I should look in Alberta for one because they've likely dealt with more patients with lyme than here. My mom (she's a chartered herbalist) is looking back through her school books to figure out more about lyme and co-infections as well so she can help treat me, but we both agree that it would be nice to consult with a LLND who's worked with multiple patients before.

If anyone can provide some insight on any of this, that would be great! :) Thanks!

Hi Ellip!

I tried silver before Jernigan botanicals and it didn't do anything for me. But everyone is different.

I'm not a doctor but I don't think the hydrogen peroxide will bother your eczema. I must be strange (Traveler, don't say anything!) because my skin feels softer after taking a detox bath, I still don't know the scientific reasons why..

Hope this helps!
Denise

Traveler and Girlie, thank you! I will send both of you e-mails. :)

Deejavu, interesting that you end up with soft skin! Haha, I'm sure everyone is just different. Some people have skin that reacts really positively to a lot of different things. :)

And yeah, sayyadina, I think that'll be what I do, too. I can do epsom salt baths with about 1-2 cups of salts and I do pretty all right. I used to do them a lot before I was feeling so sick, maybe that was one of the things stopping my flare ups from happening so much! I think I'll keep trying to do just 1-2 cups of epsom salts and slowly add in the peroxide like you did.

I've been trying to find a foot bath, but I can't find one anywhere in town! at this rate I'm just gonna buy a bucket, haha. I was hoping to find one of the nicer ones though. I figure if I'm going to be spending all this money on treatment anyway, I may as well make it as enjoyable as I can, haha.

Oh! I was also going to ask if anyone has tried acupuncture? Silly brain fog. I always forget these things.

There's a lady in town here that does physio and acupuncture. It's a bit pricey for me, but I think I want to try it out on anyway. My dad saw her a long time ago for physio and said she was really good. I made an appointment for Tuesday. I read somewhere that acupuncture seems promising for reducing pain from LD. I haven't had a LOT of pain, but lately I have been getting quite a bit of swelling and I there is definitely some lingering pain and anxiety left, so I was hoping it might help address that. Anyone with experiences?? :)

So, I have another question about the detox bathing:

I go to run a bath just now, and I noticed (not that this is a surprise) that my water is yellow. This is typical for the bathroom and I hadn't really concerned myself with it before, but wondering if it was important given that I am trying to *rid* toxins from my body, I should google it.
Apparently it's caused by rust, which isn't surprising because the pipes in this house would be a bit on the old side.

Do I have to worry about the iron/rust thing with the yellow water, if I'm detoxing? I feel like that may be a legitimate thing to be concerned about.

ellip said...
Oh! I was also going to ask if anyone has tried acupuncture? Silly brain fog. I always forget these things.

There's a lady in town here that does physio and acupuncture. It's a bit pricey for me, but I think I want to try it out on anyway. My dad saw her a long time ago for physio and said she was really good. I made an appointment for Tuesday. I read somewhere that acupuncture seems promising for reducing pain from LD. I haven't had a LOT of pain, but lately I have been getting quite a bit of swelling and I there is definitely some lingering pain and anxiety left, so I was hoping it might help address that. Anyone with experiences?? :)

I used acupuncture extensively through out my treatments - it was the only thing that controlled my pain levels, my intestinal cramping, and the migraines and headaches that I would get from Babesia!!

I would not use that yellow water for detox baths!

Maybe fill a generic dishwashing tub with water from a Fawcett that doesn't give yellow water and use that for foot soaks...

Or just do dry skin brushing and other stuff for detox...

Thanks for the heads up about the bath water! I thought it was probably not the best thing to detox in, so I skipped it. I did a long foot soak tonight in lots of epsom salts and a brush and I actually feel MUCH better. I have some knee swelling/pain but that's typical and it's not bad, pretty mild. I had the WORST brain fog in a long time today, I was trying to shop with my mother and I was forgetting things in the middle of thinking them and having to go back and forth between stores because I kept forgetting what I was doing, and I spent the whole day feeling like I could fall asleep at any moment but also feeling so uncomfortable at the same time. It's late at night right now but I amazingly have so much energy and I'm much more aware after the long foot soak, and my fever that I've had persisting the last few days is GONE.
I am very excited about this. My mom doesn't want me to start feeling *too* good though, because she wants me to go and do my autoimmune bloodwork while I'm still having issues (pretty sure it's an ANA, HLA, and CDC).
The roommate is going to talk to his dad about the bathroom water colour, he's pretty sure it must be rusty pipes, apparently the water heater is fairly new so that's likely fine. We've been having pipe issues for a long time though (he thinks it might have something to do with next door renovating their bathroom-- we live in the downstairs suite of the same building).

KaLoRi, thanks for the clay tip! I wonder if I have some of that kicking around.. I know I have some kind of clay for facial skin treatment, it might be the same kind, but I'll have to check.
Also, is it a rumor about it turning skin blue? Personally, I wouldn't really be that put off by being a little smurf-ee, haha. But I read on a couple LLND's sites the other day saying the same thing, that it can turn the skin blue if you overuse.

Yeah I never turned blue from taking the silver and I took it for a while. I don't think I took it for more than a year though. My mom kept telling me I wouldn't turn blue and that the guy who turned blue had made the colloidal silver himself, but I just didn't feel like taking the silver anymore anyway.

I think I'm still a little interested in silver, but I want to talk to a LLND about it first. I read on one clinics page that it can be effective for some people, most effective in IV form because apparently the amount of silver is much lower in quantity that way and just goes right into the blood system so you have less chance of stomach issues and gets to the brain easily to help with neurological symptoms. But you need to do a full heavy metals work up first, and then continue to do the heavy metal check every few weeks, and they recommend keeping in good contact with your LLND during the treatment.

I think I'm most interested because I have so many plant allergies, but no metal allergies, so it seems a little less scary, haha.