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Posted 5/9/2019 10:24 PM (GMT -5)
I am in my third year of treatment for Lyme and Babesia. I’m being treated with antibiotics which are switched often. My question is, three years is a long time on antibiotics, am I wrong?
Posted 5/9/2019 11:35 PM (GMT -5)
It can take a long time treating lyme an coinfections - I notice you haven’t treated Bartonella - are there plans for that?

3 years does seem like a long time but many here on the forum have treated that long and even longer.
Have you made good progress thus far?

I treated with a LLND for over two years - then took a break and also self treated for a year.
Now I’m with a LLMD and have been with his clinic for over a year.
Entire time I’ve been treating is about 4 1/2 years (including the self treatment/ break time)


I am close to symptom free - have a few symptoms left - but one is my worst symptom that I’ve had from the very beginning.

3 years seems like a long time - and treatment fatigue is understandable.
4 1/2 years seems like a really long time!
How is your gut handling the abx?
Posted 5/9/2019 11:57 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie,

My LLMD hasn’t said anything about Bartonella.

I’ve been told I’m now being treated for a co-infection, Babesia. Yes, I’m much better than when I first sought help. Although I’m now concerned about the overuse of antibiotics, and a test called C4a..which shows high levels of inflammation. I’m now busy researching what that even means.

I have had a lot of gut problems, and take that day by day.

After reading your response I now know, that three years isn’t so long.
Posted 5/10/2019 12:28 AM (GMT -5)
The inflammation could be from the infections.
Have you had that test before ?

Antibiotics can certainly cause gut problems - I’m assuming you are taking probiotics - daily - and more than one type?

What does your LLMD say about your timeframe?

Have you thought about transitioning to an herbal protocol at some point?

Are you taking the abx daily? Or in a pulsed protocol?
Posted 5/10/2019 8:44 PM (GMT -5)
I have been treating on and off since 2014. I finished a protocol in 2015 and was pretty functional up until around 2017 and then had a big relapse for reasons unknown. It does take a while and it's a bumpy road but as others have said you should probably target all co-infections as well as Lyme. Some say you need to treat Lyme first because that's what makes co-infections thrive, others say co-infections first because they're worse, not sure which theory is correct.
Posted 5/12/2019 6:41 AM (GMT -5)
I've been on antibiotics for a year and a half, and I just got a positive PCR test. I've still got detectable bacteria. sad
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