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Posted 12/26/2016 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
Well guys, I am back. I was on the Cowden protocol for about 8 months and thought I was ok enough to get off it. In the course of the past three months, a lot of weird symptoms have resurfaced. I got a nasty cold and cough and had that for about 3 weeks and am left with chronic cough and post nasal drip. I went to the ENT and she said that that was all it was. But I have also had an x-ray for chronic hip pain and the results came back as "non remarkable". My nails have been peeling and I am having trouble concentrating, so my guess is that the Lyme or whatever else has tagged along with it is back. I am starting the Cowden protocol again to see if I can stop coughing. What I am wondering is, did the Cowden protocol just keep the symptoms at bay or can it actually get rid of this bug? If I have to stay on the protocol forever, I guess that will have to do. Just wondering what anyone else thinks about this. And if anyone has a suggestion about the chronic cough, I will take that too.

Thanks
Posted 12/26/2016 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
I am sorry about your relapse. I am not as familiar with the Crowden protocol as Buhner's so can't answer. At least your immune system was well enough to respond to the cold virus with the typical symptoms.

It could be that your immune system was borderline for some reason and sending out what it did with the cold, let some remaining Borrelia out to wreck havoc.
Posted 12/26/2016 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
Do you know anything that will help with the dry cough even with the Buhner? It is exhausting and wrecking havoc with work. I thought it might be silent reflux, but the ENT said it wasn't, and that my esophagus and larynx looked fine. Whenever I hear fine, and I am symptomatic, I think, Lyme.
Posted 12/26/2016 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have it too, from time to time, though I have a lot of mucous in my sinus's, the dry coughing isnt' do to sinus drainage. I know that the air is too dry in my bedroom where I spend most of my time, and have been wanting to get a humidifier to see if that helps.


Sometimes our nasal passage doesn't filter out virus's because it's become too dry. Heated rooms in the Winter lower the humidity just too low for us to be healthy. I think there may be a link to 2 of your symptoms, that may or may not be caused by Lyme. It's worth a shot to see.
Posted 12/26/2016 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
Thank. The funny thing is that I don't cough as much at night when I am lying down. I will start the Cowden protocol and see how it goes.
Posted 12/26/2016 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
If you have bacteria causing the dry cough and if it is in your throat or coming from your mouth, try gargling with sea salt in water and/or coconut oil pulling. Don't swallow either of those, spit the water down the drain and the coconut oil in the trash can.
Posted 12/27/2016 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks. I will try that.
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