I haven't been here in quite a while because I'm living a life again because of BVT! But, I'm still into microscopy and actually did a little over the holiday season. I finally got my dried...
It's a host response. Many people get lyme but their bodies can handle it. Those of us who go chronic have specific gene mutations and/or environmental factors that make us susceptible to downstream...
Teasel is supposed to be great stuff. I took it way back after I got diagnosed with Lyme disease when it was considered the latest and greatest herb for Lyme. I've read that it has antiprotozoan...
Can I take it a step further??....... :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin: :smilewinkgrin: Here's the abstract to Eva Sapi's study published late last year (from the link in my earlier post): Abstract:...
And when I say germ burden (in the ticks), I don't mean just Borrelia, I mean all manner of parasites, bacteria, viruses. The ticks are not just more loaded than years ago, they are loaded with more...
I think there is something to the tick protein benefit. Especially if the initial tick encounter was with a non-infected tick as would have been the case with the Ol' Timers you mentioned. Ticks are...
I'll take it a step further for you. :wink: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/6/4/31/htm Everyone with Lyme disease must read this study by Eva Sapi whether you want to do BVT or not! This article is...
AMEN TO THAT!! It is a commitment, BUT VERY EASY compared to the unrelenting pain and suffering that someone with chronic debilitating Lyme Disease endures 24/7!!! I, too, got my life back! Not...
I definitely agree with the others! The technology is a wonderful tool if one knows how to use it and uses the right frequencies and an effective and powerful enough machine. I have used a few...
An interesting tidbit I forgot to mention is that the Benzodiazepines act as Toxoplasma inhibitors. Benzos are not something I want to ever be on again because of how addictive they are (and the...
I am not well-versed in the herbal treatments for Toxo, but from my PubMed studies I know Green Tea Extract has a potent antimicrobial effect on Apicomplexans (Toxo, Babs, & Malaria). Bee Venom...
See if your doctor will give you pictures of the blood smear (at 1000x) with the "protozoan" in the frame and post them here. I would be especially interested in seeing what he is considering a...
And, even though most people are latently infected instead of acutely infected with Toxoplasma, latent Toxoplasmosis still causes symptoms and problems, particularly affecting the brain. Similar to...
I would second Blue's suggestion about Toxo.... It definitely interferes with the brain and neurotransmitters. I have seen estimates that as high as 75% of the world's population are latently...
Right on, acarined! Exactly. You all might want to consider how transmissible and viable Brucella is and how closely Bartonella is related to it. Consider also they both are aerobic and need oxygen,...
I haven't seen Mustard Seed for a while..... I wonder if he is doing ok. I would think he would be serenading us with darkfield images and video. I just outed my darkfield condenser yesterday and was...
Blue, I'm sorry to hear your friend didn't make it. Was it because of Lyme disease? Will celebrate when you get the phase working! Are you also having trouble with the darkfield? Well, you'll have to...
Blue, I hope you are getting the phase and darkfield to work! And, thanks guys for any and all prayers and thoughts for my boy. He is doing fine now. It was a bit frightening for a little while...
A Nikon phase contrast???..... WHOA! That's a nice scope you are using Blue! Is it a Labophot/ Optiphot? For phase contrast, LED is not necessary. In fact, I think halogen (and probably Kohler too)...
Are you having some success with the phase contrast Blue? If you have a question feel free to post it. I may be able to help....
John, we all want Bb research to move forward, and I appreciate your efforts. Sincerely I do! But I think all of us amatuer microscopists recognize the fact that we are limited with the techniques...
Blue is right. If you share your videos via Youtube you will want to do it with an account that does not reveal who you are. If only sharing pictures, no identifiable info will be revealed via the...
If you have a google account, you can upload them to Google and get the sharing link and copy it to here. Make sure you hit the "IMG" button in the reply box before pasting the link and then again...
I am not here to try to discredit anyone, John. I agree with you that microscopy gives us more than just a guess at what we are dealing with! I would just like more verification in your videos about...
It was this page: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3849152&p=3 ...
The one recommendation I have for viewing Giemsa smears is to use LED lighting. Kohler I think is fine (but I never used that personally), but halogen lighting makes the Giemsa smear appear off-color...
And this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B015AFF838/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1519004551&sr=1-2-fkmr0 ...
I just checked. I paid $2.63 in 2015 (plus a few dollars shipping)! I also saw the ones you just looked at. WOW! Try this:...
And, no special photography equipment was needed for those pics. Believe it or not, I use my old Canon A540 (6mp) for my photomicrographs. If you have a simple point and shoot camera, or even a phone...
Here is what you can see with a simple brightfield microscope (approx. $150) and the free Giemsa stain. It is my picture with my microscope showing a classic ringform Babesia parasite:...
sierraDon, I just want to clarify that the Dr. J I'm referring to is the one in Rockville, Maryland. I'm not aware that J. Specialty Clinic does in-house smears. The Bart "guru," Dr. M, does in-house...
Very interesting that Igenex was negative while MDL was positive. The MDL test was the ELISA (IGG/IGM tests for antibodies), while the FISH would have been a direct visual on a fluorescent blood...
I'm not aware that ANY lab ANYWHERE looks at a slide for 30 minutes. The best test for Babesia screening and monitoring is Igenex's Babesia FISH test. The FISH test uses special fluorescent probes...
Hi sierraDon, there are a number of us on this forum that do this ourselves (namely MustardSeed, bluelyme, Jackss, myself, and perhaps GeorgiaHunter)!! We have our own scopes and find microscopy in...
Hey Psilo....! Long time no see. Yes, we had an engaging discussion on L-forms and pathology in general. I had gotten two books on bacterial pathogenesis. Bacterial Pathogenesis - A Molecular...
I don't check the forums as much anymore but the microscopy threads always catch my eye when they pop up. I'm glad to see more patients getting involved with microscopy. I personally have not had as...
Yes, LLMDs do not agree on this, and, if I remember correctly, there are only a couple studies that state it should be pulsed. My brother is seeing a practitioner who has him taking it constantly. I...
this is a great question, and one I have pondered. I just finished a rife treatment (targetting babesia, herpes 1, 3, 5 and staph using DNA freqs) just now and I feel fantastic, although a bit...
I use Rife. It is not my main therapy (BVT with antibiotics is), but I have found Rife to be very helpful most of the time. The key is using a machine that is powerful enough, and, secondly, using...
Testing is not 100% but can be very helpful. I think it's best to use all the tools and clues a person has at their disposal. So, dependable labs like Igenex is great. Do as many tests as you can...
I do my own blood microscopy (see blood microscopy threads) and have for almost 3 years now. I am able to do brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, and fluorescent microscopy. My experience, and the...
You could try the hack first, and carefully try using oil with the abbe (regular brightfield) condenser. It's worth a try, though having the proper equipment is always the best. Magnification is...
YES, to see anything at 1000x in darkfield and brightfield, you MUST use oil with the 100x oil objective. That means you put a drop of that immersion oil on the slide and carefully lower your 100x...
.....Something to consider.....since it is an apicomplexan. Therefore it does have sporozoite and merozoite stages....so, those could very possibly be the merozoites you were seeing in your blood....
That's the million-dollar question. Babesia is definitely endemic in the Northeast US, and in the West more than people realize, but considering the fact that 30-50% of the world's population is...
My mainstays are melatonin (timed release), magnesium, a little bit of Passionflower, and a little Valerian as well. But I know too well the frustration of not being able to go to sleep and stay...
Theoretically this should work. I just tried it myself with a AO-stained smear but for some reason I cannot get it to work by illuminating my specimen from the top of the stage with the blue LED. I...
Unfortunately, if you are going to use that particular flashlight, you WILL need a longpass filter because 365nm is NOT the correct wavelength to excite the fluorochromes in Acridine Orange (this...
I also want to mention that not only are no filters really needed if you have the correct color (LED) light, no special microscope objectives are needed. Regular brightfield objective lenses...
I finally found it! I knew I had posted a link on another thread about a cheap LED fluoro hack! Here on this thread near the bottom of this page:...