Yes - I personally know people who are in remission - some that live in or near my location and also forum members.

My feeling is against what most people who post in online forums or facebook lyme groups. Is that most folks dont have a active lyme infection that is causing their symptoms. Theres a small percentage maybe larger then small who get debilitating symptoms from a tick byte and are done wrong my the medical community. Some finally are able to get help from a doctor who recognizes whats wrong with them. This small percentage of people give hope to all the other people who then cling on and hope they will get better too. I also dont believe people go away when they get better as most folks say. This is said in every health forum I have ever read. They have empathy for others and dont want to come back and say I didnt have Lyme in the first place.

There are close to 20k members in the two DSF groups Im in. Theres a couple posts a month on folks feeling better. The numbers dont add up.

Many feel better.

They have no reason to hang around.

I’m Obviously one, but I hang around. Maybe I shouldn’t? ( ha ha)

Why I’m still here: 1) The people who’ve been thru it have answers for others. 2) And- I used this as an opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This is a good outlet for natural health in general.

I was always interested in total body health and fitness, but now I live it. I now feel and appear years younger than I am. Lyme stole years of my life, so hopefully I can get some back.

When I post my own questions ( rare) it’s notveven about tick illness. And I post further healing updates on occasion since my body was trashed from this.

I’ve posted here since 2013, lurked couple years before that. Mid 50s and feel the best I can remember since childhood. But I eat way better too- and seldom drink at all, not going back to bad habits.

I worked on my whole body starting with the gut before abx of 14- 15 months. Yep, after decades of feeling ill.

Mine was a gradual move to what seems to be remission or cured. Having this for decades needs healing to. , just pedaled 18 miles sat and can’t even tell yet.

Healing happens

Post Edited (astroman) : 9/1/2020 8:22:47 AM (GMT-6)

Sandyfeet:

“ also haven’t posted a success story as I’m still puzzling out where I’m really at. I can see why many don’t end up sharing their stories. “

Yes! I am trying to figure out if what I have left is even infection or damage that may or may not heal over time.

This question can be different for different people since there’s no definition of chronic Lyme disease for most people as mentioned previously by sandy - it’s about what your immune system has done and is doing to your body even if the infection is gone this may still be going on. That’s why all body health is part of the answer to getting well, if there are people out there still smoking and eating crappy diets it’s just going to slow this down.

Post Edited (astroman) : 8/31/2020 7:02:56 PM (GMT-6)

I think I will be "cured" in a year or two from now. Im able to work/study a lot and perform well. I can work out multiple times during a week, drink a bottle of wine and feel quite well the day after, drink coffee etc. Most of my symtoms and sensitivities has decreased a lot.

I also know how to treat and what needs be done to continue to improve. But when I take treatment or flush toxins I get worse so I think I will get well, but I just need more time.

I was busy yesterday and somehow missed this new post. I agree with Postnpans comment on Sandyfeets post.

I'm near the end of my DSF experiment and feel back to about 85% well, and have to admit this may be as good as it gets with what the 3 B's have put my body through, and some remaining neuro damage may never be resolved to that of a much younger patient.

I just hope to find some low cost remedy combined with good diet to keep me at my current level.

Hi TuffyR,

I have been totally healed (cured, whatever word one wants to use) for 14 years and I come back once in a while to help others when I feel I can be of some help.

Everyone that I know who has been healed for years used different methods or a combination of methods. After trial and error alternative medicine worked for me plus lots of detoxing, lowering my stress levels, changing my diet, etc.

I had chronic lyme for 5 years before I was diagnosed and it doesn't bother me at all to talk about those bad years, I was able to take a negative and turn it into a positive (I learned how to eat healthier, I still detox, exercise, deal with stress better). To me it's about mind, body, spirit and I believe that if one is out of whack then I think it's harder for a person to get better. The first step I took in lowering my stress levels (which I believe made me sicker in the first place) was kicking out my ex-husband (that sounds terrible doesn't it?).... But after he left I felt like 100 bricks lifted off of me. He didn't understand chronic lyme and yelled at me constantly which I didn't need.

We do what we need to do for ourselves.

For the past 5 years I have been a full time caregiver for my elderly Mom who has alzheimer's/dementia. I'm lucky that my Mom is really sweet which makes my job so much easier.

I still find time to exercise about 5 times a week, take detox baths (very relaxing), and I still watch what I eat (no processed foods, no sugar, etc.).

So yes, people do heal (or get cured) and come back. Please always have hope that you will get better okay? Attitude is so important and as well as ignoring any negative posts because that will only bring you down. Don't fall into that trap. There are many positive members here and I would stick with those members and their posts.

Best to you!
Denise

Deejavu said...
Please always have hope that you will get better okay? Best to you! Denise

I am AOK. I've had people offer me sympathy over it and the first thing I do is say save it for someone who is actually suffering. Millions of people suffer with far worse things than what I have. It doesn't interfere with my life except the daily ABs and the darn yogurt. Really starting to hate yogurt.

Plus my question had a extra goal, to gently evaluate the forum. In the world of addiction the addiction is often replaced with the "community." And I had a family member who thrived on the sympathy for her hypochondria illnesses. And we all know a "martyr" who claims to suffer but never really does anything to fix their problems. Obviously I can't evaluate everyone, but if no one here ever got cured it would reveal much about the forum.

If I haven't said before thank for the info and answers to my posts. It is appreciated!

Tuffy