I just tested positive for babesia

Hey good friends. I haven't been on for a while because ive been really spaced out and not sure what I've been up to really.

I didn't have any response to Dr J's lyme treatment so 4 weeks ago they added in Malarone, Artimsinin and Enula. I also started up Buhner's protocol again. I had what i planned on being my last phone consult with Dr M today but he told me that my last blood stain showed 2 or more medium to large protozoa parasites in each red cell, which he says is a lot apparently. So, he wants me to take Albendazole. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I've had a little die off since upping the doses of Buhner herbs but nothing crazy. I know I'm still fresh into the protocol but i hope to all that is holy that babesia is the main driver here. Plus you guys were right, i do have it.

Dr M said Albendazole doesn't have any drug interactions so I'd like to just add it in to the existing protocol but i need to research it first.

So, onward toward parasites for me now

Hey that's great, always nice to get some lab confirmation. If babs is main driver you are in good hands, I'd pursue Dr J protocol without adding in extra pharma (unless you check with him). He is thorough when it comes to treating that infection.

I've taken albendazole. Was somewhat effective but I found ivermectin to be much moreso.

Aerose91 said...
Im on Dr J's protocol- Malarone, Artimsinin & Enula. Do they add more in later? I don't have my next follow up with them till May as of now.

I wasn't planning on combining the two, i was going to have this visit with Dr M my last one but i wanted to see what he found in the blood smear so, now im not sure what to do. I would run it by Dr J before adding anything else, though. Do they add more anti-parasitics after this first round? I wasn't sure if they go straight to bartonella next

I’m thinking he started you on malarone to “test the waters”
You have some severe symptoms, right?
If you do alright on the malarone - I’m thinking you’ll be on Mepron after

The Persisters/bart protocol is further down the road from what I’ve seen with many others plus my own experience.

I did double dose Mepron protocol for 5 months - then onto Persisters with Alinia in its own for one week.

I never did get ivermectin or Albenzadole

Aerose,

Glad you got some lab confirmation on babesia. I haven’t tried any pharma drugs yet but the doc is prescribing them - pretty much the Klinghardt protocol. I was on Mimosa pudica for 2 months and pretty miserable after a few weeks. Have taken a break for about a week to detox more and add an anti-viral protocol.

Not sure if I have babesia or just intestinal parasites, but I definitely am having die-off symptoms from both Mimosa pudica and the Microbe Formulas Biotox binder (fulvic acid).

I hope you get some improvement soon.

sebreg said...
Ok awesome, I figured you were being careful and would check with Dr J. I think Dr J puts some of his patients on ivermectin? But no matter what he should eventually rotate into different babesia treatments, including the dapsone/daraprim protocol which is pretty heavy-duty. Girlie does he use that on most of his patients? I imagine he does this initial phase of babesia treatment to get pathogen load under control, soften the load, and then he goes in with more aggressive treatments. That seems to be his strategy.

How are you doing with the malarone? is it causing any flaring in symptoms?

Sorry - I just saw this now. I haven’t been prescribed Ivermectin.
Just Alinia.

I don’t think all patients end up on the Dapsone/Daraprim/Rifabutin etc protocol.

I don’t know how he decides who tho.
Maybe for the people who have already shown they have some “persistence “ to bart.

I think his Persister protocol is more for bart than Babs. But I would think the daraprim would hit any leftover Babesia “stragglers” that may not have been obliterated with the double dose of Mepron et al.

Aerose,

I was just thinking about you and wondering how you are doing since starting the babesia and protozoa treatment. Hope you are okay.