I have an LLMD overseeing my disulfiram treatment, Dr. W in Wyndmoor, PA....
Girlie - Yes, I'm still treating. My signature was a few years out of date! I was out of treatment from 2015 to 2017. I started self-treating with Buhner in early 2018, and began seeing an...
This was my first LLMD back in 2011-13. So my information may be out of date! But I liked that he takes his time with you, and educates you on Lyme. He will send you home with medical literature on...
I often thought of my air hunger as shortness of breath, like I had done exercise to make me short of breath, even when I hadn't. However when it was severe, it was more like you say, feeling like I...
How long have you been on Candida Cleanse? I'm pretty sure I'm on the same supplement - the brand I'm on is Purely Holistic. It does have several ingredients that kill off multiple things, so it's...
10LymeB, I'm fairly new to the concept of detox, but I have a background in biochemistry, so I can take a slightly educated guess. One thing to keep in mind is, charcoal is only going to detox from...
Missouri - Thank you for the encouragement! The herx was not fun but definitely a good sign! Pirouette - This is gold. Thank you so much for the beautiful explanation. Do you know of a good resource...
I just had my first Herx ever. Three years of treatment under two LLMDs, plenty of antibiotics, antimalarials, nope, nada, never herxed. So I never had to think about detox too much. Now I'm flying...
Manzanita, I'm a little surprised that your LLMD is hesitant if you have symptoms of Lyme, plus a positive test for a coinfection, plus a tick bite! I've only seen two LLMDs, but both of them...
Mudshark, this is the problem with Lyme tests from a lot of labs. The ELISAs give a ton of false negatives, and the Western blots are evaluated based on the CDC criteria, which are questionable. The...
Missouri - No problem! Psilo - Great point on the variations of borrelia species as well as the uncountable variables within the human body. Yeah, you only eyeball a WB if you're like I was in grad...
Missouri - Yes, sorry, I should have worded it differently. It's hard to balance concision with accuracy when discussing science in lay terms. :) So I'll elaborate. Antibodies are quite specific but...
Missouri - Thanks for the empathy! I also went two years from being bitten to diagnosis. In my case, I didn't realize it was a tick bite. I did have a rash but not a textbook bullseye rash, and my...
Hi guys, thanks for the responses! I have been fortunate enough lately to be able to work part-time from home, so sorry for the delayed reply. Psilociraptor - Basically, what I mean about the...
Yes Girlie, I completely agree that they shouldn't be using such a faulty screening tool. Just so you know I'm not advocating this method in the case of Lyme disease. I'm just trying to explain how...
Hi all, I'm new around here. I saw on another thread : I have a PhD in biochemistry, which is the field that invented Western blots and ELISAs, so I can shed a little bit of light on this topic in a...
Pirouette, I'm new around here, but I can offer some insight into this. I have a PhD in biochemistry (the field that invented western blots and ELISAs). But I don't want to hijack tiredofthebs's...