Posted 7/19/2013 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
I found a Naturapath near my office that has experience with Lyme. I was diagnosed in Feb '12 and worked with an LLMD, I could not tolerate the antibiotics and my reaction was so bad that I had to stop or I would not be able to keep working. Since then I bought an infrared sauna and have cleaned up my diet. For the most part I've kept symptoms under control. Then last year I had knee surgery and after weeks on pain killers and months being fairly immobile my diet went to pot. I gained 30 pounds and was feeling horrible again. Brain fog is always the first thing to come back, then the skin buzzing....
Symptoms started to rear back up and the sauna wasn't enough anymore.
Realizing that I couldn't do this alone I decided to go the natural route.
The Naturapath just happens to be in the same office as my LLMD, so she does have some understanding of Lyme. I met with her and she seemed really good. She sent off a slew of bloodwork to look for allergies, hormone levels, adrenal glands and just some standard bloodwork. Her approach is to support the body while the Lyme treatment is given.
She is ordering me her herbal protocol and put me on two supplements. One will help detox and the other is against inflammation.
I like her approach because she's looking at my whole system and working to support it while killing this beast. Of course I had major brain fog when I met with her and I can't remember half of what she said.
I'll let you guys know how treatment goes.