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Posted 9/2/2020 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
For me Lyme and infections has been a wasting disease, it's slowly but surely eating away like termites. Aside from losing bottom line weight on the scale. I've also noticed that there is a difference of distribution of the type of weight that I have. I seem to be missing that fat layer that used to reside between the skin and the veins. Blue veins are definitely more visible throughout my body. Eyes appear to be much more sunken into the skull even though the eyeballs themselves are probably more swollen.
My assumption is the infections are eating up the lipids but my body is probably also using them for energy to fight the infections so it's a double over usage.
My question is has anybody been able to come up with strategies or individual foods to gain healthy mass.
Psychologically it's a big hurdle because in the past I felt sick but didn't look sick now I look sick and I'm starting to avoid the mirror to maintain a positive mental state. Thanks
Posted 9/2/2020 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
one must address absorption in gut and stop insults to the nerve endings to halt the wasting. growing back adipose and connective tissue has been challenging. royal jelly has the highest amount of acetylcholine which can grow back tails in lizards or legs on octopi, has been helpful. l planterium helped get my N.o. levels up so my bp was enough. i haven't tried injecting stems yet ocer the wasting sites as the price is high. as for peptides or hormones maybe if i could get some hgh but the peps messed up a friends immune sx so ... bartonella and mycoplasma treatment is a must!+ may be a lifelong adventure for our types
Posted 9/2/2020 10:13 PM (GMT 0)
I lots a lot of weight...this happened very quickly before I was diagnosed. I was skinny and my muscle tone was gone.

That was in April, 2013. I was diagnosed and started treatment in July/August 2014...and I don't think I put any weight back on until 2015 and it was very slow going.
Since then, I have maintained my weight and have better muscle tone as well.
Posted 9/5/2020 2:33 AM (GMT 0)
Girlie- I remember we had this conversation a while back. Not sure if you remember but I thought it was babesia that was usually the culprit with regards to weight loss. You disagreed and said you gained it back before treatment for babs.

Now I think it's Bart that causes this at least for me. That seems to be my dominant infection but never realized it back then. I've knocked down the Lyme with SOT and have to work on Bart now.

Brandiwine- I just saw someone post recently on Fb that they gained like a pound a day taking creatine after losing so much weight from Lyme and co's. I haven't tried it but maybe it would be worth trying for you.
Posted 9/5/2020 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
“ Girlie- I remember we had this conversation a while back. Not sure if you remember but I thought it was babesia that was usually the culprit with regards to weight loss. You disagreed and said you gained it back before treatment for babs.“

Well I did start gaining weight in 2015 - I think Fall of 2015.
I started treating bart (first time) in August 2015.
I self treated Babesia in 2017.
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