Weakness in arm and legs

when i started treatment i could not hold a gallon jug or walk without assistance. the general rule of treatment is for every year one has been sick it takes one month of heavy duty treatment. for me it was about 35 months ... trick is one in our condition has to treat hard enough to get pathogens off of nerves without causing any more nerve damage with dead bacteria lps . dr david martz goes into detail about this treatment
paradox.

are you on iv antibiotics? what supportive therapies have you tried ? after a year of bartonella/borrelia treatment the patricia kane protocol helped my nerve health and restored some strength. i just bought a new motorcycle and have been doing manual labor again . keep hope , it does get better

Ran74 said...
I have been treating for Lyme, bartonella and babesia for 3 months. My left side started out very weak but now my right arm is beginning to get weaker. Is this something that will eventually get better in time?

These infections seem to cause a lack of circulation. Then your muscles, nerves and even tendons are basically starving for nutrients. And its been documented that Lyme can, to some extent, "calcify" tendons and muscle areas if nothing is done to counter act it.

To slow this downward spiral and speed up healing you need to improve the circulation by learning how to use a foam fitness roller and a LaCross ball on tight areas. You-tube has this info as well as Nerve Glide home exercises.

Learning this saved me thousands of dollars (years of income) since I was then able to work. I could not even use a computer or stand for more than 10 minutes before doing the above, was very near "unemployable".

Note: I had this for decades,. Did not treat til daily functioning became difficult. Worked on my gut on my own for several years (including Candida), then with a functional MD/ LLMD (found leaky gut) before ABX. Then I only treated with ABX for 14 months off and on stretched out to 1.5 - 2 years. Was about 75% improved when I stopped ABX. Then up to 90% improved a few years later (and mid 50's age). Timed involved depends on the person and whats done. I had muscle, tendon and nerve damage that takes a lot of time to repair. Past injures that would not heal when ill have much improved, but I had to work on them.

I still do fitness rolling many days but I was very athletic so that's pretty normal to do. I can now (again) peddle bikes, ski, hike, canoe, snowmobile, resume gym workouts ....anything but play my guitar (the damage in wrist nerves was bad and there is scar tissue. None of that was possible 8-10 years ago.
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Ran74 said...
Thank you, astroman. I will get a foam roller. I am willing to try anything that will help. I appreciate your input.

The shorter, compact 2 foot ones are just fine. When you "graduate" from the softer ones, then try a denser foam.

For small deep areas a roller wont go "in". Thats where a LaCross ball works- can start with a tennis ball till you get the hang of it. I bought a TheraCane too (lots of learning with that). .

I also Used DMSO topically and now use Solemons Seal tincture topically on areas that I still work on, its actually noticeable. These are better than the typical muscle creams, other than Penetrex (many natural ingredients together). .

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Girlie said...
A partner’s thumb works well!

And they cant "hitch hike" away after that either.

“I started doxy the end of September until my results came back mid-October. Then I started atovaquone and azithromycin. In December, I started rifampin and took that for a month. My LLMD has stopped all antibiotics for
now “

That’s only 3 to 4 months of treatment?
That really isn’t enough time unless it’s an acute infection - ie a recent infection.
If it’s an acute infection - treat until symptoms are gone plus another few weeks.
If it’s an older infection - you need to treat for many months (and likely a year or longer) - and again treat until symptoms are gone. Bartonella (Rifampin) needs a lot more than a month of treatment.

My Bartonella treatment was at least 6 months (after several months on babesia treatment) and then I went on a maintenance program - and am now finally weaning off the abx.

This program I’m on started in 2018

Hi, well…I’m my doc’s defense, my Bart test came back IND, so her feeling was to treat with rifampin for a month as a precautionary measure before moving onto disulfiram.