Alyrose2 said...
traveler - your post literally made me cry. I don't know why I'm so emotional lately (maybe because I realized how I took life and my health for granted and feel like I wasted so much time). But I seriously look up to you. I feel like I need to be adding something natural or herbal in conjunction with my abx. maybe I'll make a call to my llmd soon.
First of all, these infections affect our emotions too, so your being emotional may be related to that.
Secondly, thank you so much for your kind words - they really do mean a lot to me. But you are just starting out with the abx, so please start off slowly and at low doses so that if you herx, it's not too hard on you. You can ramp up your doses every few days - as fast as you can tolerate them.
In a few weeks you may be ready to add in some natural things if needed. You have to remember, we are all different when it comes to healing these infections. We each need something at least slightly different to heal, other than detoxing - we all need to do lots and lots of detoxing! These bacteria produce toxins when they die (naturally or by abx of some type), and it's those toxins that drive our symptoms.
But, get through starting the abx before you concern yourself with the natural things (other than detoxing). We can help you find what you need when you are ready though.
And hang in there. It's a marathon, not a sprint, but it's well worth the wait. Believe me.
Oh, did I mention detoxing??
It's really that important.