Effective treatment finally undergoing!

Hi Forum! I had my second follow up appointment with my LLMD last night and I have tested positive for Bartonella and Mycoplasma. My Igenx Lyme was Negative but due to a low cu57 my lyme doc still believes I have lyme as well. She explained that after treatment I may test positive since treatment will release lyme antibodies back in to my blood stream.

But anyway, Bart and Myco are plenty enough for me to deal with right now!

My first month treatment is Zithromax 250 mg twice a day and Planquenil 200 mg twice a day. Herbals and supps include one samento a day, pro9 arginine, b-complex, magnesium malate, and vitamin d. Most likely will add another antibiotic in a month or two (I think she said doxycycline or minocycline). She explained that treatment will be at least 6 months in length due to the fact that I've been sick for over a year now.

Here's to happy healing...

Sorry to hear about the diagnoses but, glad you know what you're dealing with and are starting effective treatment.

What all are you doing for detoxing?

For whatever reason, many LLMD's don't mention the need for detoxing. An effective detoxing protocol can make a world of a difference during treatment.

You see, bug killing means lots of dead bug parts are being dumped in the bloodstream and this is toxic to the body which means symptoms can be exacerbated.

If you do things to help the body eliminate those toxins, you can reduce your symptoms load and heal better.

The "New to Lyme" thread at the top of the forum contains an extensive list of detoxing suggestions as does this site:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

It's best to start off slowly and try one detox method at a time. Reason being: toxins will be mobilized and you need to make sure you can get them o-u-t out.

Best wishes to you moving forward!!!

Please keep us posted.

You're off to a great start with detoxing, JAdams85!

It sounds like the detox baths caused a herx for you so that tells me it would be a good idea for you to incorporate other detox methods.

It's really a good idea to support the organs of detoxification: liver, kidneys, lymph system, etc.

An easy addition to help with the lymph system is a cold rinse at the end of your shower. This constricts blood vessels which, in turn, get lymph fluid moving.

And, you might want to consider milk thistle to help with your liver (as long as you're not allergic to ragweed).

That site I linked has such a great variety of suggestions that I hope you'll consider as you move forward.

The abx regimen you're starting has proven effective for many which means a lot of killing will be happening.

If you herxed from detox baths, that tells us you already have a toxin burden. The abx's will add to that so it really makes sense to increase your detox...continually.

I know we preach about detox ad nauseum on here but it makes a world of a difference.

I forgot to mention that I'm also using argentyn 23 drops for my eyes. The eye symptoms have been really bad the past couple of months.