Posted 3/6/2015 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
Just back from my appointment with my practitioner, and we are ready to begin the "induction" phase of my treatment! I came home with 7 prescription orders. Three of these are antibiotics (omnicef, azithromycin, minocin, and flagyl) and the rest are for sleep, pain, and muscle cramps (I only plan the latter if I get desperate, but she insists that the body won't heal if it's not sleeping or if it's constantly in pain, which I get, so here's where my old all-natural hippy ways may get stretched a bit!). I also have several herbs at the ready as well to help with herxing and detoxing, and a monster bag of epsom salts, hydrogen peroxide, and herbs for daily baths and foot soaks. It'll be like living at a spa (not!).
She has me following a protocol that moves in "rounds" or "cycles". I will begin the first 3-week round on Monday, as it's easier to keep track of on the Monday-Wednesday-Friday pulsing schedule. Every third week, I'll be off meds altogether. She is starting me off on what she says are "baby" doses, but in reality, we know better. At the end of the first week (and every 3 weeks thereafter), I'll head to Lab Corps and have "safety labs," to make sure my body is handling everything well.
I will also be going to another local doctor a few times in the next few weeks to receive magnesium infusions....
We are taking everything in stride.... although truth be told, I'm super duper, stubbornly determined to go to the beach at the end of the month as planned, no matter what. I will have just ended my first "off" week, so hopefully, I'll be feeling pretty good.... and will begin my second round while we're there. Call us crazy, but we've even scheduled a little kayaking tour, and the woman said she'd tow me if need be! Squeee!
In other news, I took my daughter to our family doctor yesterday to have some bloodwork done. While she's a pretty healthy kid, there's not been a day in her life when she hasn't complained of being tired several times a day.... and this whole Lyme thing has had us wondering. So she had some blood taken (poor girl didn't like that), in order to investigate her iron levels and do a thorough thyroid workup... and of course, we requested a Western Blot. We feel very blessed that our family doctor seems to be on board with all of this... she even said that even though "they" (the CDC) keep telling them (the docs) that there is no Lyme in North Carolina, she is seeing more and more cases. She's not ALL there yet, but the good news is that eyes are opening. Slowly but surely.
Thanks for listening, witnessing.... onward!!!!