He was snooping. There are nationally shared databases, the pharmacies are connected to share info for patient safety and prevent crime, ostensibly. This is in response to endless narcotic...
Hi Tillybear, glad to see a fellow Registered Nutball on the board, haha! Well, I'm sad you have Bb&Co and you have to be here but you know what I mean ;-) Me, ER/trauma, postop, cardio, and 10 yr...
Lots of ups and downs, cd, but way better than being dead. I think I've gotten back from the edge a bit so that's good. Running out of money so that's bad. Maybe I'll post an update, it's been a very...
The symptom journal is an invaluable tool, especially for those of us with cognitive, memory, and executive function issues. I make entries every day documenting sleep/wakeups during the night, signs...
Classic mistake. Therapist-in-training decides to fix boyfriend, blames boyfriend when he's not fixed... this is why therapists need deep/long analysis to uncover their own gunk before helping...
I've tried it both ways, using decarboxylation to adjust relative thc/cbd ratios. Best therapeutic effect for me has been about 50/50. I, too, dislike the buzz, I find it kind of unpleasant. But as...
Probably detrusor muscle spasms, the smooth muscle that comprises the bladder. The probability of a male having Lyme cystitis is pretty high, it's a common sign of Lyme&Co. Cranberry juice, Detrol LX...
Here's a trick from an old RN, called a "MOM Bomb". equal parts Milk of Magnesia with prune juice, warmed. For extra "power", take some DOSS along with it....
hey, Ace- hang in there. I've been sick with Lyme&Co for 29 years, but was only diagnosed last autumn. Since then it's been a rollercoaster of pain, change, expense, difficult decisions, demanding...
I've been taking GSE with my abx over 7 months now. As part of a total program I've gotten good results so far. However, it may interfere with some other meds, esp cardiac meds. Most pharmacies are...
The critical thinking question I urge every patient with "equivocal" results to consider is this: A test that looks for specific antigens in the blood -antigens that are ONLY created by the body's...
Congratulations on finally feeling good! The first time it happened to me I went overboard, overloaded myself, and then when symptoms began to creep in again tried to tough it out and kept going....
I wonder about that too, sometimes. Personally, it feels more like a chicken/egg kind of question, which came first? I've found that as I progress in treatment that it's easier to control allergy...
It is not an accident that Lyme is being pushed off to the side by CDC. They liaison closely with NSA, DARPA, CIA, and other "alphabet agencies" on health-related national security issues, including,...
not for nuthin', but there's been a lot of solar/geomagnetic storms lately, with a monster G$ geomagnetic storm a couple weeks ago. I know correlation doesn't constitute causation, but I've been...
"Why does Lyme produce varied readings on IGG and IGM?" The answer lies in the question. Lyme is, by definition, a relapsing fever . All spirochete-caused diseases are. This produces the range of IGG...
No No No No! Self-prescribing, admixture of, and self-administration of any IV or IM substance is dangerous, irresponsible and illegal. You are taking your life in your hands if you take Legolas'...
You might want to try doubling the amount of time for administration of the the Rocephin, it could be what we nurses call "speed shock" which happens when an IV drug is pushed too quickly. If you're...
Yes to this one! My elbows have been taking turns for many years, sometimes both at once. 2014 and the beginning of 15 have been the years of the left elbow... three months of abx and still no...
There's no singular sign on MRI thst distinctly says "Lyme here". But if you tell your neuro to expect to see scattered bright spots in the periventricular areas of your white matter and it shows up,...
Take whatever the doc gives you for your ear infx, you'll be fine. You might get a herx though! Think of it as a warmup exercise....
keep calm and detox on! good to see you're making a dent, IHL...
Jeff Iliff, "one more reason to get a good night's sleep" http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293015 let's see how that works. thx for the heads-up, astro...
I get best results from AC by taking it a full 2hr after, and 2 hr before, any other meds. And I usually don't eat during those 4 hrs and only take plain water. I take AC as a rescue med, only...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJK-dMlATmM A very insightful TED talk by a neuroscientist regarding sleep. I watched it more than once and just kept on making connections!...
Critical thinking question to ask here is this: If you feel weird, disconnected, not grounded and not in control of your body, how can you expect that the long-term decisions you make right now are...
Borrelia loves skin, and hands and other areas of frequent flexion can crack more easily in cold weather. It has plagued me for years and I always wondered why. When I was a commercial fisherman...
Same here, I agree with starting Nystatin and spacing the others apart by two days or more, based on how you feel. I hope you have a probiotic regimen set up and a herx protocol in place because...
Sauna/Sweat. Hydrate, Replace Minerals. Charcoal, NAC, S-Glutathione. Rinse and repeat. Gee whiz IHL, you have surely been through the wringer. Keep at it though, you'll get over the hump. When you...
Also, microhemorrhages and hemosiderin deposition under the nails in small spots occurs frequently in people with Raynaud's and other peripheral vascular issues... like guess what? They should...
There are many many tests that can be performed to clarify diagnosis and treatment, and a lot of tests can be performed to specify pathways of immune inflammatory response. Some are in wide usage,...
Keep treating. Follow Dr's orders, it will get better. After many years of horrible sleep and never feeling rested when I did sleep, I'm finally beginning to sleep all night most nights, except for...
outrageously overpriced!...
Something that looks like Rosacea can occur- I've had it for years- and I theorize it's due to excessive sympathetic nervous system sensitivity, cause by irritable brain/nervous system, both central...
The majority of adult Americans test positive for M pneumonia exposure. In many cases this is not an important finding. The tricky part is that people with compromised immune function can suffer or...
Welcome. Doxy in either form is fine, as is Minocycline. All effective. Just check your personal response to the meds and change if you have any bothersome side effects. Re: dormancy. Lyme disease is...
Bart can be very tough to catch with any lab test or panel. While it doesn't seem to have some of the immune evasion tools that Borrelia uses, there's so many strains of Bart that cause disease in...
Your LLMD should be able to tell you the required dosing information as far as timing, amount, and what to take with/take apart from....
hydrate. flying dries you out, badly....
At this juncture, the question is unanswerable. You can thank the CDC and IDSA for that. There are no commonly available tests to directly ascertain whether Borrelia is present; all tests right now...
It's called a petechial rash, and it could be from any of a multitude of causes. Generally not a concern if it's associated with other symptoms that could point toward imminent badness, such as...
Charcoal will adsorb anything you put in with it, go 2 hr after and 2 hr before any other agent. When I take charcoal, I'll do it right at bedtime. Chlorella and glutathione together? Probably OK,...
Unlike many Lyme sufferers who have a low WBC count, mine has gone high since 2012. For me, a white count of 22 is often linked with bad things, like hospitalizations and severe debilitation. Funny...
I'm sorry to hear the way this is going down in your life, Bise. Sometimes what feels like the end is really the beginning of the beginning, so don't lose hope. Is there anyone at all in your life...
When the bacteria are killed by antibiotics, they "lyse" or self destruct, spilling their contents into the surroundings (bloodstream). These toxins, now in the blood, circulate throughout the body...
If you have homozygous MTFHR mutations you can have impeded ability to detox, for sure. I preach sweating. Sweat, sweat, sweat. Your skin is the largest and most capable detoxification organ in your...
Don't worry about activated charcoal not being in the brand you buy, there are no fillers they could possibly substitute that would be cheaper than the real thing! You could even make your own if you...
Not worth getting into a big thing trying to prove something to Dad, but the suggestions already given on simple things to do to lessen EMF exposure aren't hard to do, and don't require Dad's assent...
When I started reading the initial post I wanted to start yelling WHOA WHOA WHOA! Don't stop your abx just when you're getting a good kill! A similar thing happened to me over New Year's and I ended...
It does sound promising, but there's a caveat to go with it. It would be unwise to pursue a treatment based on one study published by one source. The article you link for is the only one on the topic...