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Posted 9/24/2018 2:34 PM (GMT -5)
I've had moderate arthritis pain in my hands for around a year now but it hasn't affected the size of the knuckle joints until this last month - I guess the cartilage has been eaten enough that it's starting to cause bone deformation.

Last month I lost the ability to wear my wedding ring which I wore straight through both pregnancies and a substantial lyme related weight gain (mostly gone now thankfully). Oddly enough this happened even though the pain has been improving over the last few months so I thought things were getting better.

Is this sort of degeneration irreversible once the bone starts to be affected? Experience, tips, thoughts?

It's mostly just vanity I know but I miss wearing that ring rather a lot and this is one of those pre-lyme things I'm finding a little hard to let go of.

Thanks!

EDIT: Update March 2019:

Just wanted to update my question here that the joints can definitely improve with treatment.

I am back to being able to wear my ring most days although my fingers still look quite affected.

Very happy to be back at this point and hoping most of the joint damage here and elsewhere can improve with care.

Post Edited (sandyfeet) : 12/27/2021 2:42:13 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 9/24/2018 2:56 PM (GMT -5)
Interesting subject. If you have a moment I will share something with interesting with you.

I have been taking Doxy for a few years, a few weeks on/off at a time. Well, the last time that I took it, maybe three months ago, I began to have arthritis pain in my hands, fingers, joints, knees and mostly everywhere two bones joined together. I stopped taking it and within a few days it went away.

I started Doxy again and within a few days it came back. But this time it took longer for it to go away.

So I talked to my Lyme doctor and he changed me to Minocycline. Well, within a few hours of taking Mino the joint swelling and pain came back, and again, it took longer than before to go away, probably like a week.

So I thought that maybe I had developed an allergy to tetracyclines, so I moved on to a different class of antibiotics.

Well, I started taking Ceftin, and within a few days the joint inflammation came back. This time it came back with fatigue and so bad that I could barely walk from the joint pain but also from being so tired.

One evening, when I was feeling so bad, I decided to take my herbs with Ceftin. Would you believe that when I woke up the next morning all of the inflammation was gone? I mean, the knees hurt so bad that I could barely stand on them. Next morning, nothing! all gone! I thought that I had Carpal Tunnel from being on the computer at work all day. That was gone too.

I have been taking my herbs for years now, alone and in combination with other antibiotics, but never together with Ceftin. So I am unsure as to what the interaction was between Ceftin and my herbs (Japanese knotweed, Turmeric, CSA, Cats Claw, Sida Acuda, houttuynia, Monolaurin) that got rid of the inflammation within a few hours.

I stopped taking my herbs and continued with Ceftin to see what would happen. Within three days the joint pain started again, although not as bad as before.

Interesting, right?
Posted 3/26/2019 9:26 AM (GMT -5)
That is really good news sandy.

It’s great to hear stories where the damage that occurred from these nasty, no-good-for nuthin’ diseases gets better.

Lyme/bart affected many of my joints at various times (shoulders, wrists, fingers, knees, toes)
I never got the larger joints - but my fingers on my left side(bad side) - seemed to swell- the entire fingers so I stopped wearing my rings...felt too odd on my right hand...

They have returned to normal now.

Oh how my body has changed... I had an athletic build before - now my muscles are soft and I got cellulite on my legs.
I think losing 14 lbs in a few weeks time was part of the reason.
Posted 3/26/2019 3:30 PM (GMT -5)
try this

2 drops of cinnamon essential oil + 2 drops of Frankincense Essential Oil (Boswellia serrata) essential oil in about 1 tsp coconut oil. It is too strong you can dillute it. Rub into hands thoroughly.

the cinnamon kills lyme, the Frankincense is a great anti inflammatory

Plus take 6 grams collagen peptides, 3 gram glucosamine, and 2 caps hyaluronic acid every day.
Posted 3/26/2019 6:31 PM (GMT -5)
as far as HA goes -

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4112412&g=4112412#m4112412
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