Thank you for that input buena76! That’s helpful to know!...
Thanks, Susie. Your ideas are good ones. We will be speaking with an ortho who specializes in hips. And also trying to talk to a couple of different ones. So we’re thinking the same....
Upatnite, what was the treatment that you were doing before you backed off of it to manage with herbals? Was it antibiotics? And were you doing a specific herbal protocol? Saraeli, maybe it would be...
That's pretty amazing. Hopefully you can figure out just the right dosage. You said your knee had deteriorated. Do you still have much cartilage?...
Has anyone in their teens or twenties have hip or knee replacement? Or know anyone who has? How long are the docs saying the replacements should last these days? A young family member probably has to...
Anyone have any information about the longest lasting hip replacement? Any stories of people having their original hip replacements in for 30 years or so? A young family member probably has to get...
Yes this is a rheumatologist. He said he’ll do PCR and also a western blot on the joint fluid, which I had never heard of. We shall see what happens....
Doc, who is not an LLMD, is willing to do a joint aspiration to run tests for Lyme, which I think is open-minded of him. Has anyone ever had this done? What tests were run on the joint fluid? How did...
mareish--What? Wow, three different results from the same blood draw. Doesn't yield much confidence in the testing. But I guess that's the point...that you can't really rely on the tests....
This concerns my 18 year old daughter. Western Blot in Feb 2019. Didn’t act on it due to ignorance. ArminLabs December 2019. As far as symptoms, still feeling so uncertain about things. Left hip...
Hi all, So positive Western Blot bands were 18, 41 and 93, but ArminLabs result was negative! Has anyone seen that happen?? What the heck??...
Thanks, Girlie and Duza, for your responses. Rheumie is not lyme literate, so probably doesn't know. Sure seems like lyme can destroy joints....
Wowww!! That’s incredibly inspiring! Thank you for taking the time to share! Going to check out your detailed protocol....
Has anyone ever had a joint destroyed by lyme arthritis. Rheumie said lyme makes joints painful but doesn't actually destroy. What is your lyme arthritis experience and the condition of your joints?...
Elvin, interesting input! Thank you!...
logmoss, can you talk a little more about your experience with the abx and herbals? Like how long your treatment was with each. When you started to feel better. Did you always take abx at the same...
logmoss82, I trust you lol. I'll definitely check out crescent moon! Thanks! And tickbite666, I didn't know about the tax deduction for non Rx treatments, so thanks for that info!...
Thanks much BabsBunny!...
Thank you, that's helpful. I'll check out those brands. I think I'd like to use tinctures, but they seem soooo much more expensive than capsules, even factoring for dosage....
Hi all, new to this forum. So glad to have found it. Thinking of using herbs (Buhner protocol) for lyme and mycoplasma. I'm starting to price them out and I'm wondering how much are people spending...