after pneumonia, relapse?

hello everyone,
it’s been a LONG time since i’ve posted because I have had a long stretch of feeling super good. I have not needed treatment, just some minimal adrenal support, NAC, magnesium, and a few days a week of detoxing to keep up with my lymph. I would consider myself in remission. I had another baby and I always feel so good while pregnant. I also went carnivore which gave me insane energy and really good sleep quality which i’m sure helped everything. I ground daily and try to follow sunrise/sunset eyes and no blue light after dark and dim lighting in my house.

ANYWAYS…I got pneumonia which was going around rlly bad and it knocked me flat. I do/did have the co-infection chlamydia pneumoniae and used to get “pneumonia” every september for years. haven’t had that happen for 4+ years now.
my LLMD finally gave in and gave me antibiotics when I wasn’t able to eat for a week and could not breathe or get out of bed.


the antibiotics gave me the worst herx i’ve had in years. I obviously still have lyme hiding out. I had horrible neuropathy in my arms, severe fatigue had to sleep all day, and neuro issues coming back (night terrors, ocular hallucinations, anxiety, and overstimulation) and joint pain and the worst brain fog that left me unable to function. I was so tired that I could barely warm up food for myself let alone take care of my kids.

I have a lot of help from church and my family so I am ok and my husband is a huge help when he gets home from work.

but I figured ok it’s just a herx it’ll pass…and I detoxed and slept and nourished my body with good soups and herbs…took all the herxing things…
but now a week later finally feeling a bit better/more “normal”, still needing naps daily, and I have THE WORST swollen glands in my neck and my throat is perpetually sore. I feel like i’m constantly fighting off something. I used to feel this way all the time with lyme. I have low grade pain in my spleen and liver area. my LLMD is going to get me IV therapy to support me in this healing process. he is expecting it to be a long road. he feels bad because I needed the abx for pneumonia which almost killed me, but we knew I would possibly herx.

any thoughts? is it still just a herx? am I relapsing? how long can a nasty herx last? thank you lovely people

thank you SO much for your reply. yes that was a very thorough and helpful answer. I really appreciate it 🙏🏼

saraeli,
thanks for the reminder that even pneumonia could cause an immune flare. that’s how I feel…like my body is just fighting so hard to not be perpetually sick. constant sore throat and swollen glands and sleeping all the time.
I take curcumin, NAC, turmeric, and real food probiotics daily. I also take acerola vit c, and drink lots of broth and nourishing real animal based foods.

it’s a good reminder about keeping stable in my mind and emotions because my nervous system is fragile and I have to ground and keep away from overstimulation cautiously at times like this.

thank you for taking time to reply