Hi Georgiagirl ~ I have some advice for you. Please send me an email......
Hi Teenlymer ~ So glad to hear that you have been improving! It is certainly a long road for all of us. With each step forward comes new challenges. When I started back at school, I had a terrible...
Hi Scorpio ~ I live in NYC. If you drop me an email I can send you some information about groups....
Hi Jendays ~ I am sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time, but happy to see that you are on treatment for the lyme. I have been on the board for sometime and remember how difficult and...
Hi jiji ~ I'm so sorry that your sister is going through all this. A lot of great suggestions already. The only one that I can add is that drinking water with a lot of fresh squeezed lemon in it...
Your friend could also do a consult with Dr Zhang. Arteminisin is a chinese herb and he carries some....
Hi LymeUnknown, Last year I got an infection under the nail in one of my fingers. I learned that you have to be very careful with infections in the hands because the bones are so close. I tried to...
Hi Mattylou ~ I had very bad low blood pressure from lyme. I have been taking florinef for a number of years to stabalize my system. Lyme disease and the co-infections weaken the...
Hi KeepHope ~ I think epsom salt baths are helpful for muscle pain. I think that streching and gentle excecise is helpful too. I recently got a bad burn on my hand and have been using a homeopathic...
Hi Joanne, If you drop me an email I can share my experience with you....
Hi Razzle ~ From my own personal experience I think it is die off from bartonella....
What the lawyer told you is not correct. I suggest you try contacting another lawyer....
Thanks for thinking of me. I am doing really great. Not totally well yet, but still making slow steady progress. I have been on a chinese herbal protocol (zhangs) since February of last year. I also...
I had a lot of gerd symptoms. For me the main cause was a very bad H Pylori infection. Also made worse from time to time from food allergies. Hope you feel better soon....
I had the organics comprehensive done at one point and other testing from the same lab. Although expensive, I think that they are quite good. That is really remarkable that your results were so good...
Hi Cait ~ So nice to hear from you! I'm glad that you are feeling well. Did you end up going to see Dr L in NY or staying with a local dr? Or doing Zhang's protocol?...
Hi Maureen, I also have ear symptoms. I think for me it is sinus/congestion related. The congestion could be from allergies or something fungal. One of my drs recommeded to me a product called XClear...
Hi Leah, Lyme can definetely mess with our congnitive abilities. It can definetely do the things you described. It sure messed with my brain. I had a neuropsych work up (with is testing for cogitive...
C-diff is a serious bacterial infection in the gut. As mentioned you can get a lab test for it. If you have persistent diareha you should tell you dr. Candida is a systemic fungal overgrowth. It is...
Hi Jon ~ I had Oxford for a long time which is a United Healthcare company. They were okay on covering oral meds (although my copays quite high). I had no IV meds covered or anything alternative....
Hi Lisa ~ My nutritionist doesn't think that skin testing is accurate, especially for lymies. If it was me, I would eliminate the gluten and the 4 most reactive and see how you feel. In the meantime...
I think it depends what your symptoms are like now and how fit you were before you were ill. I would start with stretching and slow walking then increase things from there....
Hi Lupner ~ I went to physical therapy because I was very weak and deconditioned. I agree with bablymers that it is very important to find the right person. It was very helpful for me. We got my...
Hi Dar ~ Have you tried sleeping with more pillows (2-3) to see if it eases up the cardio issues at night. I had to do that and it helped a lot. I had very severe cardiac problems. They got better...
I did 5 months of Rocephin without any gb problems. There is medication like actigall that can help with this. Also some olive oil and braggs apple cider vinegar taken orally daily....
I had this happen at the very beginning of my abx treatment....
HI TommyK ~ I would take the appointment with Dr F for January. She is my dr and has helped me a lot....
Hi onmyway ~ Try contacting MDL in NJ....
Hi lita31~ Ezekial bread is sprouted so it is easier to digest than other processed wheat/grain products. I haven'te seen any that are gluten free....
When I had my picc line I had to flush it everyday with heparin (2x/24hr)....
I also do 1c epsom salt in a foot bath (after the dry skin brushing)....
Hi sickoflyme54 ~ I live in nyc. If you email me, I can share with you the names of the drs I go to. To get my email click on the envelope on the left side under my screen name....
Oil or oregano and grapefruit seed extract are very good antifungals. I have seen the GSE sold as drops that you can mix with water and swish around your mouth. Also they make some kinds of the...
Is anyone familiar with the lab test VEGF that is mentioned with regard to bartonella....
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good natural household cleaning product that is unscented? I have lyme disease and several other chronic health issues as a result of it. Recently I have been...
I took a product for a long time called D-Hist. It is a natural anti histamine decongestant made by the company orthomolecular. It helped me a lot. All the same benefits as something like claratin d...
A dear friend is in the hospital. She is very sick and has just been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse on top of her many other ailments. It is possible that she has the MVP for some time, but it...
hi imalukatic ~ thany you for the suggestions....
my medical situation is pretty complicated. the root of my problem is lyme disease (and bartonella which is another bacterial infection you can get from a tick bite). as a result of the lyme diease i...
hi everyone ~ i have a some pretty bad issues going on in my upper digestive system. all the medications i have tried are not getting rid of the symptoms. i have an appointment to see a...