My Lyme Story, plus: Switching from Doxy to Amox?

Girlie said...
Good news - no C-Diff!

I would start with one capsule for a few days...then you can increase to one twice daily.

If you can't fit it in to your schedule - then do two once daily - preferably 1.5 to 2 hours after your last antibiotic for the day.

I have a few different types - two in capsule form, one called Bio-K (mini cups with a probiotic like yogurt), and Kefir.

My total per day is 50 to 100 billion daily.

You can slowly increase your intake

Thank you for the advice. When I was on the Doxy I was taking culturelle 10CFU and I don’t think that was cutting it, hence my purchase of a 20CFU refrigerated one called Megaflora by Megafood. I was taking the Doxy in the morning with my protein shake or after I he put something in my stomach. At night I always did it after dinner and never had any trouble. I am still waiting for the diarrhea to stop (the frequency is already betreee today compared to past 2 days) and the abdominal discomfort is mostly gone. When I call the LLMD tomm I am hoping to resume the initial cocktail I had. I also requested igenix testing for babesiosis which he was agreeable too. Based on reading the “new to Lyme” thread and yours and peppermints posts I want to be sure to rule out Babesiosis. Should be getting the results of the standard IFA tests for baba, etc today.

Spoke with the LLMD yesterday, still no return to abx until at least Monday as the diarrhea has still not stopped. Seeing a GI specialist Tuesday. I am not sure what would be causing the continued diarrhea as Iit has now been 72hrs since i toon my last amox. Perhaps it takes a little while longer to recover? Could my supplements be contributing? I still have a dull but very light pain in my center to lower right abdomen thatcomes and goes, it has improved since stopping the amox however. Never had the pain with doxy.

In the absence of abx I went to the natural food store and purchased some supplements, herbal aloe, yeast cleanse, turmeric, omega 3 capsules, coQ10, and some natural immune boosters that the lady said her customers with Lyme love (vibrant health bullseye and vibrant health immune defense). Anyone have experience with any of these? Happy Saturday!

PeppermintTea said...
Good morning, Solaris -

Are you still eating dairy?

Since initiating treatment my husband and me have both become very sensitive to certain foods - dairy and gluten in particular. I know most lymies are good at avoiding the gluten but are you still taking milk products (milk/cream in your coffee)? We definitely experience diarrhea if we have a latte with milk.

Also egg whites can set me off. Perhaps you might want to remove some of the biggest food irritants while your gi tract heals. Just a thought.

Warmly -

Peppermint Tea

Yes, I am still eating dairy (this morning I had 2 eggs, avocado on wheat toast, and a few slices of bacon). I don't think I am food sensitive at this time, or at least I haven't noticed. Today I feel surprisingly good other than waking up with some fatigue, I wonder if the supplements have helped. Last time by the 3rd day off the antibiotics I was really struggling, keeping my fingers crossed that this holds up! The diarrhea was still present after lunch today so I finally decided to take some Immodium and I'm waiting to see if that does the trick. I am going to make a conscious effort to reduce my gluten intake and to do a better job detoxing. Still waiting for Quest to post my bloodwork from the last visit with LLMD on 12/8 to see how the latest co-infection tests, candida tests, liver function tests came out.