Update on my 10 yr old son's LLMD visit

We saw the LLMD today and he wanted to treat my son just for Barto, since his Fish Barto test was positive. He gave us Bactrim DS, half pill, 2x/day.

I asked about Lyme and he said my son is "borderline" for Lyme, looking at the Igenex test, which was negative IGM but positive IGG.

I told him that my son does have joint pain: anckle, elbows+ lower back, and neck. I asked the LLMD if lower back and neck pain are more specific to Lyme or Barto. He said that they are more specific to Lyme and he decided to add Amox, 500 mg, 3x/day. Pretty high dose, but my son is 97 lb.

The LLMD won't treat my 9.5 yrs old and my 5 yrs old daughters. He said his cut off is 10 yrs old. So, I am on my own with them. I told him that my 5 yr old is responding well to the Buhner protocol. He said that since she responds well, "maybe that's all is needed". So I feel more confident now to Buhner because if the LLMD knew of Buhner protocol not to produce good results, he would have said so. I often wondered if all it does is make the symptoms better and wondered what will happen once I stop using it. But CT did more than that for Trav, so I am now more and more confident in the herbs, especially because they were created by God, and they are natural--no dangerous fillers :) People used them in some instances for thousands of years, way before abx were created.

OTOH, I am looking at the warnings of some meds and my heart shrinks a little. However, since my son did have a lot of complications, I feel more comfortable to start with a LLMD and abx, and then transition to herbs in a few months.

Did anyone use this cambo: bactrim DS and amox with good results to hit barto and lyme? How long did you use it? The bactrim seems to be pretty aggressive on the cells. Did you use any suppliments? we were given a probiotic by our LLMD and sent on our merry way LOL He doesn't do anything to protect the rest of the body.

Should I continue to use milk tisstle and what else? I need some brains to help me figure out the spacing for abx and everything else.

THank you :)

Mr. Mike:

Yes, 2 months it not nearly enough!

I remember I was 3 mo pregnant when I was hit by that stupid car, got steroids shots, started to treat and I was still in bad shape when my daughter was born. The reason I remember this is because my hands hurt so badly, I could not hold her! If it wasn't for the steroids, I wouldn't even have known I am infected. Much like I didn't know until recently barto is still with me, until I started Houtt.

I hope CT will work for you! Something will work! You are working, but I would not have been able to! What job can one do without using their hands? And I am well now :)

Simela1 said...
So I feel more confident now to Buhner because if the LLMD knew of Buhner protocol not to produce good results, he would have said so. I often wondered if all it does is make the symptoms better and wondered what will happen once I stop using it.

Some of Buhner's herbs will make symptoms feel better, especially the anti-inflammatory ones. But the antimicrobial ones (houttuynia, sida, cryptolepis) produced as much die-off and herxing as did abx treatment. They work.

DD had allergic reactions to both Bactrim and amoxicillin, so they are out for her. She took biaxin and rifampin for 8 months before the LLMD started adding other abx to the mix.