LLMD Appointment Yesterday

The doctor's office squeezed me in at the end of their day yesterday due to today's weather forecast. I had to.sign an acknowledgment that he doesn't follow CDC guidelines. He spent a long time with us and shared a lot of useful information. He looked at my blood work from my ER visit and did a physical exam. He is 100 percent sure I also have Bartonella and almost sure I have Ehrlichiosis. He said that, because I've been infected since May, the 28 days of regular strength Doxycycline was too little too late. He prescribed four different antibiotics; one is 13 day intermuscular injections, and the other three are one month oral. One week after I start the injections I do a mild steroid pack. He gave me a very strict diet to follow (he said life-long 😳), Florastor, two Epson salts baths a day...That's all I can think of. Oh, lots of preventive instructions. So here I go! Feeling a big nervous yet pretty optimistic.

sounds like a reasonable plan to me - given the different infections

i ate well before i got lyme - but i took my diet to a new level after much experimentation and it has paid off - in fact i only started moving forward after making these changes

its also almost free ( not many treatments are) and has no side effects ( unlike most treatments ) so for me its a keeper

definitely be optimistic - but also be prepared for things to get worse before they get better - eg "herxhiemer reactions" are normal

good luck and keep us posted!

He told me as he was examining me, but my brain is like a seive. He didn't write that part down. He also listened to my symptoms and would say, That's bartonella, or That's Lyme. I do remember that my biceps are super tender but my triceps are not. That was one bartonella indication. I wish I were more help, but the brain...

Good luck!

Wow very thorough.
My ND is less focused on antibiotics it seems

I also was infected in May 2022.

Post Edited (Kara NH) : 1/27/2023 5:24:46 PM (GMT-8)