Laser therapy?

Hmmm, I cannot answer to cold laser therapy for Lyme, but ... I know it's great for inflammation and injury. We use it on our dogs to heal sprains, etc. and it's utterly fantastic results.

But that's not very helpful at all really...

I did laser therapy and it helped. However, it was only temporary relief. But I don't know if it was cold laser or which type it was.

How about fire hydrants? Just wanna make sure you're ok cause perhaps I'd give it a shot, then

Try to be positive and visualize feeling better! And whatever makes you feel better and laugh is never a bad thing! Embrace those moments :)

It helped my shiuld r for a day maybe two...

Is this the same a laser acupuncture (LLLT)?

I feel really drained after laser treatment, so it is doing something. My treatment actually targets acupuncture points.

I had cold laser treatment from a holistic chiro several years ago early in my treatment regimen. At the beginning he did say that I need to also take abx tpo get well. But I wasn't looking for the cold laser to be the magic bullet cure. I also received low impact chiro back and neck adjustments, and ionic footbaths to help detox.

The theory is that the cold laser can be programmed to deliver frequencies specifically for Lyme, bart, babs, pain, and a whole lot of other therapies, like meridian balance, and lymph support, just like a rife and other photon therapy devices. He also had library of nosodes to use like they do in Germany, and he also did muscle testing.

I think helped me thru the most difficult year or so of my treatment. I did not see any improvements from cold laser for pain management. I think the most benefits were to help with detox, lymph drainage support, and overall healing therapy. After a year of weekly visits I weaned down to every other week, then once a month, then an occasional visit for a back adjustment.

Every one is different. Your mileage may vary. There is another Chro in CT that I hear specializes more in cold laser treatment for lyme patients that has good results.

Hi Serfr - I realize you can't post the name of your laser therapist online but could you please let me know his name via email? Thank you!!

Hi Traveler - thank you! I've been reading lots on your forum and I really appreciate the info and all of your kindess!

Yes unfortunately my story is much like everyone else's. I was perfectly healthy up until July 2015. And then bam I started tingling in my fingers, toes. The next day I had a buzzing/stiff neck and felt flu-like. My PCP tested me for vitamins and everything and even Lyme. Unfortunately at the time I didn't realize how awful the Lyme test is. The tingling/buzzing was my first symptom and spread quickly all over my body (within a week). Anyways they worked me up for MS, heart conditions, you name it. I never saw a tick. I did, however, have a pimple on my leg but didn't think much of it (I get ingrown hairs - that sensitive skin you know?!). Ugh if only I knew then what I know now, right? All my labs, MRI, echo were all normal. Three doctors just told me to wait and see - it was probably viral. A week after it started all my symptoms disappeared. And then wouldn't you know it I got three more "pimples" on my leg - I had a freaking spider biting me in my brand new car! And I know this because the spider scurried over my foot while I was driving to bite me again on my ankle. All of the bites looked the same. That night the buzzing returned in my foot that was bitten and then all over and has never left me since. So I blame the spider! I sprayed lots of Raid and eventually just turned in the car!

I went to an infectious disease doctor who was convinced I was experiencing effects of the spider toxin. I wasn't so convinced and went to an urgent care that gave me 21 days of doxy. I really felt like I was going to die three days into taking it. It's about that time I learned about a herx. Awful!

Not to write on and on but I saw an LLMD while still on the initial 21 days of doxy. He ran extensive tests and I had one IgM band for Lyme and one positive peptide for Babesia. But the LLMD also suspects Bartonella because of my nerve issues. I took Mepron, azithromycin, Bactrim, and minocycline for months. I also took biaxin/plaquenil and rifampin. All this time I tried to keep up on probiotics, detoxing (milk thistle, Epsom salt baths, lemon water).

Almost a year later I saw a neurologist in NYC that ran many tests. I had two Lyme IgG bands and small fiber neuropathy. Oh the buzzing and burning and tingling! He started giving me IVIG. I continue to have IVIG once a month (August - present).

about the same time I started the IVIG my LLMD decided to stop all antibiotics and see what the IVIG would do (since many of my symptoms are symptoms of small fiber neuropathy anyways). So I've been off antibiotics for about five months now. I can't say I'm better or worse off them. I definitely cycle with achiness, mild joint aches, crazy tingling. I never saw vast improvement on any of the antibiotics.

At this point I'm trying to decide if I should push for more antibiotics, go the herbal route, etc., etc. I'm waiting for someone to develop a whole body machine that can just delete the buggers ;).

Anyways, that's my (long-winded) story. Again I appreciate reading all of what you have to say. I hope that we can all beat this!!

Spiders aren't the usual vector but spiders really rarely bite anyway. A nymph can certainly mimic a blackhead or ingrown hair. Try herbals for a month or two. What's to lose?