Spinal Tap Anyone?

My experience might not help. I was first diagnosed and given doxcycline. Then a year later, when I obviously to me still had the disease, it took a spinal tap to allow for the intravenous antibiotics - one month prescribed. At the end of that, I begged for continued treatment because I still felt horrid. Three months later, doctors allowed one month more of IV antibiotics, but told me no more ever again. Needless to say, I still have lyme. Now I depend on supplements to make it through the days.

I haven't figured out if it's a matter of not being cured, or having to live with the damages -- damages which increase in intensity over time. I really think they (bacteria) build some sort of symbiotic relationship with the body and just stay there. Maybe if someone is treated while the intruders are only in the blood stream, they can be killed. When they develop their cystic forms that resists antibiotics and when they develop the little foot appendage that drills into the walls of individual cells, treatment has to be long term. If you don't get that, you live with trouble.

I take too many supplements to list individually - just lots of vitamins, herbal antibiotics, magnesium and other minerals. I take some of the amino acids that the body is supposed to produce itself, but needs more to survive lyme bacteria - lysine, CoQ10 for instance. Sometimes - when I can't find a supplement, I'm not taking it for awhile, so none are consistent. But I think that mixing them up is a good thing -- especially with the herbals -- to keep the bacteria off balance.

THANKS FOR THE INF EVERYONE!!!
Have a good day,
HH

Bucci,

Thx. I don't intend on SP. Just that I read somewhere about it.

Byeeee.

Thx. Carrie,

Interesting! Much information is based on symptoms I've been hearing. I've tested for MS three times and finally have pos. for Lyme.

ABX. treatment now---

Have a super nice day! Snowy here in Ohio, but soooooooooooooooo pretty!
Got a wedding to attend at 5P

Spinal tap=NO!

Gary

True, most who have gotten it did it before they got an LLMD who knew that a spinal tap is worthless to dx Lyme disease. Rarely, if ever, will a LLMD suggest a person get a spinal tap to be tested for Lyme disease. There may be rare occasions where it might be necessary, I don't know. But generally, the only doctors who do spinal taps to test for Lyme disease are those who have no clue about it.

The best option (as you well know by now) is to go to a LLMD and let him/her test and treat you. Igenex is the best lab for testing for Lyme. The sooner the treatment begins, the better your chances are of beating this evil, demonic disease.

Gary