A positive healing story for everyone

Hi,

I just wanted to check in on this forum and give you all my story about how I am feeling these days. I never really posted here much, but I did and still occasionally do read the info here alot and I have learned a lot about being my own advocate for my health and getting better with this disease. Just to skip the background here this is the link to my first post on this site (about a year ago) explaining my condition:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3402068&p=1

A few weeks after that post I found a great lyme doctor and was diagnosed with Lyme and Bartonella with the Igenix test and began treatment. Last year I was out of work completely from March-September, for much of that time bedridden and barely functioning enough to even watch TV (vision problems have been one of my main issues). I had so many symptoms that now I even forget some. My company has been awesome to me, I am in sales so I travel a lot, at the time I had moved away to start my career in Ohio, but when I got sick and felt good enough to come back to work in September they created a position for me in the North East, so I am able to live at home and work, and get the treatment I need being close to my lyme doctor in PA.

So getting on to the point of this post, I just wanted too share how I am doing these days, I am living a pretty much almost normal life, and only a year ago I was so sick and thought I was dying many times. I am finally getting my life back. When I returned to work in September I was still very sick, and would have boughts where I felt too sick to work for a few days at a time. But Ever since about January I have made awesome strides. Its to the point now where most of the time I have the energy to workout 4-5 days hard again in the gym, after a full day at work. I work a demanding job in travel and it has me flying about 1-2 times a month at times as well as driving around 400-500 miles a week, so it has been a delicate balance of making sure I stay on top of treatments and my lyme diet, and then resting when I have the days off to rest. On the weekends I am getting to do normal things again, going to dinner with friends, hanging out with my girlfriend, walking around the mall, going to cities for the weekend.

I do have times where I need to rest again. My only real remaining symptoms seems to be this static in my vision (visual snow) and some occasional headaches, but everything at this point continues to improve very subtly. I am still on oral Antibiotics, in fact I have tried to come off twice now, and the last time some symptoms started to creep back after about 2 weeks off, so I know I am still fighting this and need to keep going. I am still fighting this thing off all the time, but I am living a relatively normal life again.

I started with Direct Iv Ozone in October about 2-3 times a week, now I get it about 1 time a week and try to do rectal Ozone at home with a machine once a day. This has I feel made the biggest progress in my symptoms for me. I also take herbs and many supplements to support my immune system. I detox with Epsom salt baths a few days a week, and use an infrared sauna.

So NO i am not completely healed yet, but I am enjoying my life again and I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I think this last part where your almost healed can be frustrating because I do still have flare ups but I try not to let it get me down. I am not sure how long I have had Lyme, but judging from my symptoms when I was at my worst I would say at least a few years before it went full blown and I became so sick out of no where. So for me to make this much progress in 1 year is awesome and I just wanted to share my story because I know many of you need to hear positive stories about people healing, I think it does happen often its just a different battle for everyone.

If anyone has any questions I would be happy to answer I will check back, but I just wanted to share my positive story for you guys because I remember logging on here everyday just a year ago when I was so down and so sick thinking I didnt know what was next for me, I know there are many people out there like that still and I want you to know that you can get better its just going to take finding the right treatments that work for you.

Post Edited By Moderator (Traveler) : 5/30/2016 11:58:35 AM (GMT-6)

Traveler- No problem, yes I was diagnosed with Lyme and Bartonella, I noted that right after the Link but didnt really mention it again. I believe Bart has caused the majority of my symptoms in the begining (very debilitating anxiety, vision issues, head pressure, alot of nuero things). But I have been on Bactrim and Rifampin, as well as A-bart to help target bart specifically.

Vinny thank you so much for coming back and filing us in. Sometimes I wonder "what happened to so and so?"

Happy to read of you enjoying life. That is so awesome.

Thanks again for sharing and giving us hope!!

Vinny - Thank you for posting and for giving us all hope! I am happy that things are looking up for you.

Summersun,Yancync- Thank you both for your kind words.

That is AWESOME Vinny !!

Thanks for relating your story

You are my hero for the week !!

Nice sharing, Vinny! Continued success to you!!

Yes positive stories do help, but it's important to be thorough and honest in your update. Initially you only mentioned ozone. But then you talked about rifampin. I assume you were also on other ABX as well. People who look at success stories are interested in EVERY single nuance. every pill / herb/ dietary change, exetera. Did you pulse? What you took, how long you took "x" when you took it, how often you took it, and what your still taking now.

We're glad you are doing better and can offer some hope, because I can attest, lyme seems hopeless at times.

It's good to have hope, but when people see a success tag line, they are really looking for specifics and hope.

Vinny, Thank you so much for letting us know how you are doing. My husband was saying, just today, that he needed to hear a success story. Funny thing is that I logged on to look for info on ozone therapy. Hearing you success story gives me hope. My doctor will be offering the ozone very soon and feels that it is a "game changer". It sounds like he might be right. Thanks again.

So happy for you and very motivating.

What is A-bart? Is it available over the counter?

A-bart is a spagyric tincture from Byron White. I believe you need to get it from a naturopath. Byron White has a list of docs on their website. SO helpful and effective! I had many sysmptoms of Bartonella and makes a huge difference! I have marks on my legs that i always thought were stretch marks but my doc said they are actually bartonella streaks. The tincture provides almost immediate relief and clears the marks on my legs. They keep coming back if I stop taking the tincture as Bartonella is a super stealth and persistent bacteria. have considered trying a homeopathic remedy by Deseret botanicals for bartonella as well but havent gotten around to it yet.

Thank you so much Vinny for taking the time to fill us in on how you are doing!!

So happy to hear success for you and that you are living well again!

It came at a perfect time for me. You have no idea how you pulled me out of the yucky "I am never getting better" place to one of hope!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!

I wish you continued health and healing!!!!!

To all my Lymie Peeps....we CAN do this!