I have a success story to share

My friend has a friend who suffered with late stage Lyme and totally beat it. She connected me with this woman and I spoke with her today on the phone.

Like many of us, she bounced around from dr to dr being told she was healthy and it was all in her head. Her main symptoms were fatigue, and muscle pain. She was in top condition and raced in marathons. Almost overnight she could barely jog around the block!

I think it took her about a year to get a diagnosis. She went to see THEE Dr. H. She really had a very bad experience with him which I won't get into as I'm not sure if forum rules allow me to give details.

She found a LLMD local here in the Albany area where we live. It took her 4 years on antibiotics, but she is now 100% healthy and has been off abx for quite some time. She is not even taking any herbs anymore. She is back to competing in marathons and even ran the Spartan Dash!

She credits her remission to the right combinations of abx. She had several coinfections to conquer. Malarone did nothing for her babesia, but apparently another antimalarial fixed it......she couldn't remember the name of the drug. She beat Bart. She never needed a PICC. She only did orals.

She also really liked Buhner's herbal capsules from green dragon, LB core.

She said most detox methods did nothing for her! The one thing that worked in her case was using a sauna. So she bought her own sauna. Not a portable one, but a regular sized one. She swears that the heat kills the bugs.

As her health started to slowly come back, she began to exercise to further kill the bugs.

She mentioned that she never will visit a Lyme forum. The memory of suffering with Lyme is just too painful and she wants to put it behind her. (That might explain why we see so few success stories posted here)

She said to maintain a positive attitude and to focus on the things that you CAN do each day instead of harping on what you can't do. She didn't notice much improvement until about 4 months out. Progress was very slow. Again, it took 4 yrs of antibiotics!

I just wanted to share a success story with you all who need the encouragement as much as I do. It is good to know that people can overcome this disease and live a meaningful, enjoyable, productive life again.

I must admit that I am a little anxiety ridden over the fact it took her 4 years!!! I've already been sick for 6! I hate to think that I will have been ill for an entire DECADE of my life. Blech! One day at a time! Little, by little,we will get there. It obviously can be done!

Thanks for the post - very interesting. It's always great to hear a success story. I just ordered a far infrared sauna (regular size) and I can't wait to use it. I have high hopes for it!!

Thank you for posting her story. I'm glad she beat it. I'd think that combining herbals with abx would speed up the healing, but maybe I'm wrong.

We got a sauna, but can't use it because we can't tolerate the heat around our heads, so one of these days I'll sell it. It also needs a dedicated plug, which we didn't know when we bought it. I got a Biomat instead, which we use a lot. I was thinking I could put a space blanket on while using it to have more heat all around.

I ran across a person who was a part of the support group and he said that he couldn't go to the meetings now that he's healed, because it brings up his memories of fighting it. I can understand that.

Thank you for posting this. I've been feeling down today, thinking of the road ahead and worrying how long I will have to treat whatever I have. Stories like this give me so much hope!

And I definitely understand people not being able to talk about it after they beat it...I've always been a hypochondriac and it would probably freak me out all over again to immerse myself back in that world after conquering it. That's why I cannot put into words how appreciative I am of those of you who have stayed to help us who are scared and struggling through!