Which is why on this forum we encourage people to not just lower pathogen load.
Do you not agree with what I have posted many times (below, it takes too much room here)? I don't think anyone that has been on this forum for long believes that just lowering pathogen load is all we need to do - it takes a multi-pronged approach, but we certainly can heal without understanding every single aspect of our healing. Your posts are much more than just suggesting what a person might be able to do while healing or if they are having difficulties in healing by suggesting they look into this or that as others do. Your posts come across as if you are trying to find an alternative reason for these symptoms. The infections most certainly make lots of changes in the way a body does this or that, but it still comes back to the pathogen load must be reduced or the person will continually be chasing symptoms only.
How much do you understand about
electricity? My hubby is a Master Electrician. He knows a ton about
electricity and how it gets from a power source (as in a powerhouse) to the light in the room - going through each step down stage, each substation and so on. I don't, but I can still use said light in the room to remedy the darkness that is hindering me!! Rather a simplistic explanation, but one that still fits.
So this is what I was referring to above about
what I post. I try to not post it too often, as it was written before LLMD's were talking about
this:
With the experience that I had personally, and what I've watched others go through, here is what I believe needs to happen for many of us to heal:
a)Detoxing - gene mutations, mold exposure and multiple tick-borne infections can all prevent us from detoxing well, but we must be able to get those toxins out of our bodies. I have not had any of the gene mutation testing done, although I do seem to have the same kind of issues as those that do - so I figured it was best for me to assume that I did and work to get my body to detox much better. It took a lot of diet changes as things with my body changed, I used a foot soak daily, dry skin brushing, making sure my bowels moved at least once a day (sorry if it's TMI!) pushing myself to drink at least 64 ounces of lemon water each and every day, liver/gall bladder flushes (all natural), oil pulling, taking activated charcoal and keeping the amount of stress in my life at a bare minimum. You can find some really good detoxing suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread that sits at the top of the forum:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610 And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.htmlb)Supporting the body functions/systems. We have to have the body working at it's peak performance to heal from something as devastating as these infections. Supporting any gland, organ, body system that is struggling will allow the body to switch it's 'concentration' from just trying to function over to healing.
c) Raise the immune function. Many legitimate Lyme researchers now believe that it's the lowered immune function that determines who gets chronic Lyme and who heals right away. We already know that Lyme lowers the immune function and when a person has Bartonella and/or Babesia, the immune function is further compromised, so to heal we must raise our immune function.
d) Lastly, oddly enough, are anti-infective treatments. Many of us have experienced treatment failures or set backs, so we can see that the treatments aren't the only thing we need to have - there has to be more to the equation, but anti-infective treatments are very important!! Lyme bacteria are one of the most complicated bacteria! Although it takes only hours or days for most bacteria to replicate, Lyme bacteria only replicates in the body every few weeks.