Thanks Traveler. I also got an e-mail back from Igenex and they said: "The only tests affected by antibiotics are our PCR or FISH tests. If you are planning on only doing the Western Blots, it will...
My condition started out as a systemic fungal infection, then it became apparent that I have systemic bacterial infections as well. Nystatin will only affect fungal infections in the gut. It is a...
I almost have my GP ready to agree on a western blot and co-infections test from Igenex. But since I've been on abx treatment, I know there is a certain amount of time I need to be off the abx before...
Good Luck Sassy. @Traveler - HTH=Hope This Helps...
Hi Borderlyme, we had our entire hvac system replaced (including the ductwork) earlier this year. We added a whole-house filter and a UV sterilizing light too. I had the mold cultured, and...
I like to change around my abx combinations. Is Cipro considered a good abx for Lyme/co-infections? Thanks, SM...
Merry Christmas!...
Diet changes and anti-fungal treatments can help as well. I was originally diagnosed with Menieres Syndrome, and finally found vestibular relief through diet changes and anti-fungal treatments. But...
A few years ago, before I was diagnosed with Meniere's Syndrome and eventually finding that I had systemic infections, my dog (a GSD) came down with an eye infection. Several anti-biotic ointments...
LOL - this brings me to another lesson I've learned from my dog, I think I'll start a new thread :)...
Hi Sassy, My first diagnosis with this disease was Meniere's Syndrome. My first treatment was for a gut fungal infection. Diet changes and Nystatin helped ease almost all of my inner ear symptoms....
The first infection I was treated for was fungal, and fluconazole can be very effective, with the herx and everything. At one point I was on 3x200/day. However as is often mentioned here, you may...
Hi Brenden, When I went wheat free it took ten days before I noticed anything, but I've talked to people that did better in a few days. That's why I suggested 30 days, but as I said, no guarantees....
Thanks Lymie, I've been studying this stuff for four years now....
Ask your LLMD about this test. It checks a urine sample for metabolites from common fungal and bacterial species. I knew I was fighting a systemic fungal infection, but this let me know that there...
Hi Lisa, You have Nystatin as an anti-bacterial, but it's really an anti-fungal. But it's not systemic, it operates in the gut. I used Nystatin and probiotics to cure* my IBS and food intolerance...
If you are infected by more than one bug, then they are all co-infections. It's convenient to say "I have Lyme" with co-infections, when in fact they are all co-infections. As Lupner says (my wife is...
Congrats!...
The neurotoxins that come from systemic infections can cause a chemically induced form of Migraine. If your currently not being treated, diet and lifestyle changes can make a big difference. BTW -...
Hi Brenden, are you willing to go on a restricted diet for 30 days? If you can, that may shed more light on where you need to focus next. It's certainly possible you have Lyme or another similar...
Hi Brenden, I started out with vertigo, hearing loss, and a bunch of extreme neurological and cognitive difficulties. I've been able to stop the vertigo, restore most of the hearing loss and lessen...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387446/ Wow....
Leave him be, or at least, give him one last lecture and then drop it. I'm sure he knows how you feel by now. I agree with lots of what Lisa says, but as a student of human nature, at some point too...
Good luck! At this point, every natural thing I've tried has been laughed at by my bugs, I've seen in them in a microscope ROFL (just kidding), so abx are still the only option for me. But I can see...
I'm more like Deejavu in that I'm not a social butterfly, but when I'm feeling bad or herxing, I just don't want to be around anyone except my wife and family. When I'm feeling well, like between...
Thanks folks. I'm pulsing, because after a week or so of even a single abx I get to the point where I can barely get out of my chair. But I look at it as if it where chemo. It makes me sick for a...
I recently took a round of treatments, 1 ketoconazole, 1 azithromycin, 1 InterFase Plus / day for 7 days, then 1 keto, 1 azithro for another 3 days (I would have taken more, but I was on the verge of...
This is MHO, but no, I don't think abx are toxic. HOWEVER - I do believe that when you have Lyme or associated/similar infections, that the bugs invade every part of the body meaning that you have...
Thanks, if you get a chance to find your western blot results it would be interesting to see them....
Diana, I'll encourage you to hang out on this forum. I believe (again, IMHO) that the treatment and issues for brucella are very similar to those for Lyme. Be sure to read the thread on biofilms....
Western Blot analysis for Mycoplasma sp http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3667228 40, 46, 50, 58, 67, 106 kda http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2516229 67 kda...
Now I've looked up Lyme, and it appears that Lyme and Brucella may share 18, 28, 30, and 58 kda bands....
I'm not yet familiar with the bands for Lyme, but Brucella sp Western Blot bands may include http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC170142/pdf/020263.pdf 15-17, 20 kda...
Diana, I'm so sorry to hear you're that sick. Do you know how you might have been exposed to Brucellosis? What test did they do to check that? ETA: Sorry, I missed where you said Western Blot. Do you...
When I was fighting my disease as Meniere's Syndrome, I ran into the problem of how to get doctors to believe the stuff I read on the internet. Most doctors just roll their eyes when you try to show...
No, it was Burlington Labs, but as I said, I want to cover all the bases before I ask for another....
My ELISA was negative. I'm trying to gather enough info to go to my helpful doc and request additional tests, but I don't want to go to him month after months with a test-du-jour. I'd like to have...
Yeah, I don't mean to alarm folks, and I don't think having any one of these is better/worse than any of the others. But how many people go untreated because their Lyme test comes back negative and...
The reason I bring these up is that so many of us have come back with negative Lyme tests, but there are other diseases that have basically the same mechanism of infection, similar symptoms, a...
True, but I consumed a fair amount of unpasteurized milk when I was young....
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/213430-overview#a0104 "Brucella species have a unique ability of invading both phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells and surviving in the intracellular environment...
The most common is M. pneumonia (which causes walking pneumonia), but there are a number of other sp that can cause illness....
That's good to know. That may be a recent change and may explain why you can buy it on other sites. When I signed up for the web site, I had to have a special code from my friendly doctor. Thanks, SM...
When you feel a bad bout of headache/brain fog coming on (or already there), consider taking Alka Seltzer Gold. This is Alka Seltzer but without the aspirin. I had trouble finding it locally so I...
I'll post links later, but IIRC, Milk Thistle is the only known antidote to Deathcap mushroom poisoning. It works by causing certain toxins to bypass the liver and be excreted by the kindey....
I found this on their web site, but take it with a grain of salt as it's marketing material https://www.protherainc.com/images/prod/newsletterarticles/2010_04_interfase.asp "InterFase® and InterFase...
Good question skBM - I don't know. It's that way on the prothera web site too (but you need a doctors approval to order directly) $32 vs $48 https://www.protherainc.com/prod/products.asp?cat=kez I...
Flagyl tastes very bitter. I coat mine in olive oil or butter and it goes down much easier. Consider Milk Thistle and L-Glutamine for liver protection (if you're kidneys are in good order)....
Not yet, dammit, but I'm getting there....
Milk thistle brought my liver numbers back into line after abx caused them to go high. I was able to continue the abx. After two months or so the numbers came back down without the milk thistle, but...