Woo hoo! I just realized I'm 28 months past the end of treatment for Lyme (& Bart too!)!

As the Lyme bacteria die, they leave toxins behind. As more Lyme bacteria die, more toxins are left behind in the body. We experience a herx (Jarrisch-Herxheimer reaction) when we kill off large amounts of bacteria due to the toxins they leave behind- it's not the actual bacteria dying, but what happens when they die. It's also known as a healing crisis because the body, as amazing as it is, can only deal with so many toxins in it before it begins to really suffer. So if a person isn't detoxing well enough, then it will slow or completely stop their healing.

Many of us have gene mutations that prevent our bodies from detoxing well, so we get overloaded with toxins which can be very dangerous if levels go too high. I've followed a few that have had what is known as a Cytokine storm, and a few that have had sepsis due to these infections.

I have personal experience with this. I am an 'abx failure' with my tick-borne infections because I can't detox well enough. I became quite toxic and started having seizures. This scared the beejeebers out of me, so I started researching this to find out what was happening. That's when I learned about how important detoxing was - my LLMD didn't know - and that I needed to pay special attention to it.

LOL! Denise!!! My detoxing guru!!! You helped me to get started with detoxing when my body refused to accept it!! Each time I tried anything to detox - and I do mean anything - I would end up with a 3 day migraine plus all my symptoms increased!! I thought I was doomed!

Then you agreed to email with me. I'll never forget that!! And it's influenced the way I interact with others!! Together we found ways for me to get my body to start detoxing and I stuck with just detoxing, eating as healthy as I could - which really wasn't all that healthy at that time since I couldn't stand on my legs/feet!!

I think figuring out how to do the dry skin brushing when my skin was so sensitive I couldn't hardly wear clothes or shower was the hardest though! But we did it!!

Anyway, thanks to you, I learned not only how important detoxing is to our healing (actually any healing) and how to start detoxing even if the person's body is extremely sensitive!!

And thank you again for all the time you put in on this (& other forums) - you've been at this for longer than I have!!

Thank you Sknight!! I'm sure you will join me one day!!!