WWYD? LLMD suggesting FOUR more weeks of abx.

I'm glad to hear you will just start out with one of the herbs. It's just safest.

I don't believe it matters, as it's the combination of the two that work against Lyme. Samento is cat's claw extract, if that helps any.

Simon,

Thanks. You are definitely not driving me mad. I appreciate the lessons, the wisdom and the humor. I am just trying to understand the lyme maze. Every time I think I understand something new, a contradiction shows up. I do like my LLMD and is very open to abx, herbs, taking a break. He has been doing this a long time and has taken a lot of heat for it and doesn't close shop. He really knows the intricacies of everything under the lyme umbrella so that helps.

Julymorning, are you saying that you believe being on abx for 90 days made you worse? What were you on and come someone explain lyme in cyst form to me? Is that another way of saying co-infections?

What whacky spiral staircase this disease is.

Here's an explanation on the biofilm and cyst form of lyme:

1. The Borrelia (Lyme bacteria) is out in the system unprotected. In its natural state & attacking the body. Multiplying, drilling it's way into tissue etc. In this state the bacteria is most easy to kill as it has nothing to protect it. Once it realizes its being attacked by the immune system whatever bacteria has survived panics and then comes #2..

2. In the second stage the Borrelia creates a biofilm, a protective shield so to speak. The bacteria can hide when in this shield & even the immune system can't find it. Very tricky little thing! Even antibiotics have a hard time penetrating this layer, hence why patients also take a "biofilm dissolver" during treatment.

3. In the third stage the Borrelia morphs into a cyst form. It is encapsulated in a cyst & once again is untouchable to the immune system. Also difficult for the bacteria to penetrate it. After a while the bacteria feels safe so it ventures out of the cyst .. This is when we go back to phase 1.

excerpt from here:


www.ladyoflyme.com/blog/borrelia-lyme-disease-life-cycle-a-cyclic-bacteria

The quick way: copy the link. Click on URL (from the row of boxes above) paste the link click on URL

But this way it seems to only put it at the bottom of your post - I haven't found a way to insert it into the middle of your post.



or - you can paste the link...then in front of it type [url] and at the end of it type [url] but insert a / in the second set of brackets in front of the url

Hopefully someone else can post a better explanation...

Thanks Girlie and Simon. Girlie you gave perfectly clear instructions. :)