need some advice

Hi you guys
im looking for some advice here. Just feel overwhelmed and confused. I've been getting progressively ill for the past 15 years. Haven't been able to work for about 2 yrs now. Have chronic fatigue syndrome and think I may have lyme. Used to hike extensively in a wilderness areainca as well as in the sierras. Was constantly picking tics off my dog and found an engorged tic embedded in my scalp. Always suspected that that dog had lyme but I guess because I wasn't sick IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT I ALSO WAS INFECTED. I've spent a fortune the last two years on drs diagnostic tests have seen 6 different mds and at least 5 different naturopaths and not one of them suggested that I might have lyme. now because I haven't worked for 2 yrs I've completely exhausted any extra $ I had and can't really afford to continue to throw $ at this thing. Have appt with stephen fry tomorrow but have read some very negative things like his priorities are making $ doing rsch and LASTLY helping patients. Im just afraid he's going to want me to do a bunch of testing at his lab which my insurance won't pay for.
im just wondering if it's possible to heal from this condition without spending another small fortune. Maybe hust buhner protocol. Read jernigan's latest and like his theory that it's not the virus but the depressed immune system that allows the virus to take hold. Wishful thinking? Honestly I've probably spent about 20k in the last 2 yrs and I can't continue to do this. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? Fry is the only llmd anywhere near me. My intuition and brief interaction with his staff is causing me to think I just need to cancel the appt

I second Traveler's opinion that you have to have confidence in your healer.

And while it is true that the immune system does need support to get over Lyme and other tick-borne infections, the actual bacteria needs to be killed to make a full recovery. You can do an herbal protocol at home, Buhner or Cowden, but I would strongly advise you to have a practitioner overseeing your treatment. It is very hard to keep your wits about you as you go through treatment!

Sounds like you are on the right track, though.

thanks! i appreciate your feedback! it would be great to have a dr that i could feel confident with, but so far, that hasn't happened. and i've just spent so much money on medical treatment AND supplements, AND naturopaths, and i just can't do it anymore. i've pretty much depleted all the financial resources i had, and i don't really think that ANY of it really positively affected my health, so i feel like i don't really have a choice at this time except to do the best i can on my own and with the rsch i'm doing. i appreciate the suggestion for buhner or cowden--i ordered the buhner book from my local library, so i'll probably start with that. also, after all the rsch i've done, i came across a note i made at some time--i think it came from a book i read online, and the note said "heal the gut first." i just got this feeling that i was being guided by that. so, that's what i'm focusing on right now. cutting down on the caffeine (TOTAL ADDICT!), using "GI Revive," plan to pick up some fermented foods, and eating LOTS of organic vegs. taking walks early a.m. to get sun/exercise--i'm up to 20 min, which is HUGE, considering i could barely do 5 min a few months ago. Maybe if i can get to a point where i can at least work part-time, i might have some extra $ to start seeing a dr again, but i've seen, i think, 12 just in the last 2 yrs, and spent 1000's of dollars, and none of that really helped.

 

achievinggrace said...
I second Traveler's opinion that you have to have confidence in your healer.

And while it is true that the immune system does need support to get over Lyme and other tick-borne infections, the actual bacteria needs to be killed to make a full recovery. You can do an herbal protocol at home, Buhner or Cowden, but I would strongly advise you to have a practitioner overseeing your treatment. It is very hard to keep your wits about you as you go through treatment!

Sounds like you are on the right track, though.