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Posted 1/19/2012 1:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all !!!  :-)

Quick update:   I am now off ABX again after a mini relapse which required another month of Flagyl + Biaxin.   Feeling good again.  Hope it lasts! 

Now for my question: Over the past year and a half, Lyme pain has sent me in for multiple MRI scans--- ankle, shoulder, knee, neck.  Nothing is ever found that can explain the pain I had.  However......a few days after getting the MRI's, my pain would either disappear never to return, or I would feel significantly better.

I never put two and two together, but now I'm wondering if the electromagnetic properties of the MRI just MIGHT have something to do with my feeling better afterwards. 

It is known that electromagnetic therapy is good for the treatment of pain and other things....so.....I'd like to know if anyone here who has gotten MRI's, has ever felt better afterwards?  

When I went in for my last MRI on my knee, I asked the MRI technician that very question. Her response was that YES.....people do tell her they feel better afterwards.   Hmmmm! 

I've done some research since....and have found that there is no place one can go in the U.S. for electromagnetic therapy that has the strength of an MRI machine.....unless you are a horse!  The equine veterinary community has found great success in treating horses with MRI-like therapy.  

Anyway....I guess this all brings me to the possible significance of the Doug Coil machine which I am currently researching.

Thoughts/experiences anyone? 

Also....a hearty WELCOME to all the new members.   Hope you will find great success in treating Lyme!  yeah

   

Posted 1/20/2012 3:55 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Cat111 - so glad to hear you're off abx! Must be a wonderful relief!

I've always noticed that after any kind of test, my symptoms tend to lessen. I can't remember if that's been the case with MRIs (the last few I had were for memory problems and a torn ligament, so those two things sort of stuck around for a while)...but I do noticed this with ultrasounds an awful lot - which wouldn't really be the same phenomemon.

I always just assumed it was like once I got concrete proof that there was no need to worry, my body was able to take in that information and say, "Okay, false alarm, I don't need to hurt anymore!" It's definitely an interesting theory though!
Posted 1/20/2012 4:30 AM (GMT 0)
wow....thats amazing......but i remember something that happened along time ago....there is a place in the mountains of nc thats called gravity mountain or something like that...but there is so much magnetic pull in this cave that when u walk in...u actaully lean almost to the ground without falling it was really neat....but i remember *was sick with lyme but havnt been diagnosed yet* feeling a little sick after standint in there for a few minutes and feeling "off"...but i remember feeling later on that night i felt "looser"...umm like someone had "oiled my joints"....and i remember telling my husband i felt a little "tipsy" but a good tipsy....it was weird....but that was like 10 yrs ago...but it definitly affected me in a good way
Posted 1/20/2012 4:58 AM (GMT 0)
It's amazing how the strangest things have such a positive or negative impact on us without even knowing what or why or how! Makes me want to run around doing every random thing I can think of hoping it'll spark something in the way of recovery!

Everything affects us in some way - the weirdest things have helped me! Bee stings - always felt better for weeks at a time after a bee sting (to this day whenever I see a bee, I cringe a little and flail my arms around hoping to get stung - of course while reflexively trying not to get stung at the same time!). Getting angry - I guess the adrenaline or something - always helps my symptoms (which is awkward because being angry is definitely not the best solution in the world). Being upside down even helps me sometimes! Anything that can temporarily alter the way your body is already functioning seems to have the potential to make positive changes. Our bodies are just constantly trying to make sense of all the information we're throwing at them - it's nearly impossible to predict what affect something will have on us. Definitely worth making note of every notable phenomenon - sometimes they all tie together in strange and unexpected ways!
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