Hello Again!!!

I left the forum about a year again, but I just can't stay away! I have been lurking on a regular basis and regretting that I left the forum. I guess that its my main hobby ever since Heather (our daughter) got sick several years ago. I gained a lot of insight into this disease complex and I never really shared everything that I had learned while trying to make Heather well again. My intention was and is to help the sick people on this forum. Unfortunately somebody seems to have deleted everything that I ever posted here. This greatly saddens me. Why would they do that? A lot of people incorporated some of the things that I shared here, and expressed their appreciation for my posts. At any rate, I intend to share some additional insight into things that I have learned in the last year as well.

Heather was bitten by a tick about 7.5 years ago. Her health gradually deteriorated until she was unable to walk over four years ago. Her white blood cells and red blood cells were both abnormally low. She was in excruciating pain, had no energy, had neurological issues, and many other problems. After over a year of conventional and some of the best alternative treatments she had substantially improved. Antimicrobial treatment continued until 2 months beyond her last symptoms. Heather then started to relapse about 2 months after treatment had ended.

We had spent a small fortune to get her to that point. We felt that there was nowhere else to turn. We discovered that killing the parasites, viruses, and bacteria was the easy part. We also discovered that restoring immune function was the hard part. Sure, some people bounce right back after treatment, but many don't. Even though Heather had no noticeable symptoms, her WBC and CD57 readings were still real low. Then the old symptoms started to return. Heather had received a much more thorough and outside-of-the-box treatment than the majority of lyme patients receive, and still the treatment failed. We surmised that if we simply rehashed the same old failed approach, that it too would result in failure. We prayed for new insight for a more effective approach.

A new sense of direction led me to take a look at the Hansa Center again. After carefully reading everything on their website, I knew that their approach was the one that I was looking for. We took Heather there for 2 weeks in March of 2010, and Heather dramatically improved while she was there.The Hansa Center has a completely different approach than anything that I have ever seen. I will give more details in a separate blogs. Heather returned for short 2 day treatments in June and August of that year. Dr. J. recommended Oral System Balancing for Heather to complete the process. This is an oral device and treatment that only a good "Biological Dentist" is competent to administer. (OSB) had a large part in balancing her Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System. This in turn provided the last link in restoring her immune system.

I consider Heather to now be healthier than an average person. Her lyme disease is light years behind her. During the last year Dr. J. has been digging into deeper layers of Heather health. I call this "Sports Medicine." We were fortunate to be able to meet with Dr. J. again recently. He prescribed yet something else that is turning out to be revolutionary for her competitive swimming, and may have great application for many lyme sufferers as well.

In future blogs, I will have a lot to say about the treatments at the Hansa Center, but I will also have a lot to say about some of the things that you can do at home. I also will tell you of some of the discoveries that I made on my own. I stayed home with Heather for 1.5 years, and went into full time research mode. I had developed a treatment protocol during that time, and before we had taken Heather to the Hansa Center. That is why I can say that treating the microbes is the easy part. It really is, but it requires doing more than simply swallowing antimicrobials, whether they be conventional ABX or herbals.

I am going to abruptly cut this blog short, as it is already far too long. My future blogs will contain more specifics that may be applicable to your situation. I have been a madman that has been thinking about and exploring these issues for over 4 years. I must say that Traveler and Deejavu have inspired me to reengage. They are to be commended for their daily involvement on this forum for years. I love to see Traveler's "giggles."


Don

Post Edited (Heathersdad) : 11/27/2012 12:00:12 AM (GMT-7)

Nan, well thank you! Actually I should have mentioned that you helped inspire me as well. I read your blog several times, and it got me excited.

Yes, I have no doubt that Dr. J. is a genius, and I am not one to throw that label around flippantly.

I am especially anxious to share something that may be very helpful to lyme sufferers, and according to Dr. J. is experimental for him in his practice. Heather is sort of a "guinea pig," but it is turning out to really be helpful in her swimming performance.

I am really happy for you! I can only imagine how elated you are. I have been chiefly or at least partially responsible for influencing about a dozen people to go the Hansa Center. Most of them are really happy that they made that decision. My daughter was very very sick, yet she was the one that experienced all of the pain and other symptoms. I can only imagine how she felt physically and emotionally, and watching her childhood pass by and having no hope for the future. Therefore, I can only imagine how sick you were as well as many other people on this forum. If I met you I would give you a big hug and jump for joy!

I plan to write up quite a few blogs here on this forum. I am going to try to simply reveal my thoughts and approach to the illness, and how the Hansa approach logically and effectively is most effective for most people. Many of the things can be done at home, although Dr. J. did some things that cannot be done anywhere else, at least according to my knowledge. Botttom line is.... is they get well at home or at the Hansa Center, and I will be very happy for them. Thanks for responding. I didn't do a blog on your thread because I didn't want to hijack it!

Don

Post Edited (Heathersdad) : 11/26/2012 11:00:05 PM (GMT-7)

Great posting, and not too long at all! We are so used to skimming nowadays that unless it is literally a book - it's short :). I look forward to reading your blogs and tips. This is a fantastic site and personally after only feeling not great for a two months...I can't imagine how so many others including your daughter were able to get through this.

This site is truly a blessing and your tips will be greatly appreciated!

Traveler,

I am not quite sure what you mean by "personal blog." You threw a real ringer there! Everything that I post here is about Heather's illness, her treatments, and the methods that her doctor's used to treat her, whether effective or ineffective. I also compare and contrast the treatments as to why I think one is effective and another is ineffective. What is so personal about that?

All of my previous posts were deleted, and now you ask me to post elsewhere?
If my lengthy posts are the issue, then I will make them shorter and more concise. Is there anything else? Others have emailed me and are also wondering what is going on.

Don

Lymer,

Fair enough! I can appreciate your third-party peacemaking effort. I'm all for that. I appreciate your kind spirit and kind remarks!

I am going to make a suggestion however. It makes no sense at all to me in regard to this forum's practice. There are MANY people that have healed and moved on. These people have some of the most useful information available to heal the sick. Why would anyone censor that information from the desperately ill? This practice is harmful to the Lyme community. I would implore the mods to influence ADMIN to revise this practice.

Also, I used the word "blog." I misspoke. I do not have a blog, I make posts.

Its finished. I will make no further remarks about this matter.

Post Edited (Heathersdad) : 12/5/2012 2:27:55 AM (GMT-7)

Lymer,
Thank you so very much for your kind words and your support! You explained things well!

Please everyone, understand I am not against anyone using natural medicine (I use it!!) or abx (I've used them too!) for treating these horrid diseases. I will fight for everyone's right to post intelligently on either subject! There is has not been enough research done on either form of medicine to be able to definitively say that one will or won't work. So at this point it come to personal preference and trial and error to find out what will work for each person.

May we all just get along now?? Pretty please???

I've noticed that several people have mentioned this lately, and so I was considering seeing what I could do, how to set it up and so on. I think another 'sticky thread' just for success stories, don't you? I'll check with Admin to find out if we can get another sticky thread added!

To Traveler- Everything is fine with me. I will do my part by keeping my posts shorter and concise!

To Everyone- We all have to keep in mind that emotions run high with this illness, whether you are the person that is sick or whether you are the healthy person that is watching your loved one or friend suffer. However, as I read the posts on this thread I am reminded that we are on the same side. Let's stick together! We all ought to feel free to voice our opinions without being personally attacked. I pledge to make a concerted effort to practice what I am preaching here! Bickering brings negative energies into everyone's lives that only tear down and never build up. We can disagree, but let us disagree as friends!

Don

Thank you for your kind words, Peggster and everyone else. We can work through this, and it shows that we aren't just a bunch of people here, we are a community who cares about each and every one of us here! We have to remember without the sound of the voice, it's often hard to know for sure exactly what one person meant and/or it can easily be taken the wrong way. I worry about my posts all the time!

I'll look into that sticky thread for success stories.