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Posted 12/29/2019 11:35 AM (GMT -5)
Back to herbals. I came to these boards in 2015 and worked my way back to health. Life gave me stress, I didn't choose it, but the manure hit the fan with the loss of a best friend to cancer, a brother to cancer, a sister to cancer, the loss of my job of 14 years, the loss of my cat, all in under 2 1/2 years, along with advocating for a sister, attempting to be a full time student and remake my life at 60, and attempting to prepare for an artist residency in NYC. This fall I developed a really bad UTI infection that impacted my cognition to the degree that I became violent (first time in my life and extremely out of character), and now that I am recovering, and considering my frailty, and what I went through, I am realizing the probable lyme scenario is at play. Geez. It is amazing, when well, one tends to forget that lyme was a part of the picture. It was good to forget about the lyme, and just live life, and to plow my way through the challenges, but when totally broken, it brings one back to the basics. Geez, my skin, I have aged so, so, so much. Without income coming in, this is challenging. My immune system feels shot, flu twice. So four rounds of anti-biotics for the UTI and the vaginal infection that came on at the same time and I feel some life. I return to the question someone here prompted me to ask. I ask the bacteria, what are you trying to teach me? What am I to learn from this experience. Mahalo for reading.
Posted 12/29/2019 12:29 PM (GMT -5)
Bless you, "multifacetedme."!!! Sorry you're going through so much. Beautiful, what you said--wondering about the teaching/learning from Lyme. Can I ask you, did you have short-term (quick diagnosis) of your Lyme? And rapid treatment after diagnosis? Did you use antibiotics and/or the herbal protocols? And have you continued to use herbal treatments--or did you discontinue at some point?

I've apparently got long-term or chronic Lyme, and am proceeding with Dr. J's abx and herb protocol. Diagnosed just earlier this year. At 62 years old.

Focus on wellness, and hang in there! Thanks for your post.
Posted 12/29/2019 1:59 PM (GMT -5)
Hi multifacetedme - welcome back.
Holy - you have been through a lot lately!!

You will get back on track - your positive attitude is amazing.

You had a set back in 2018 - did you get back into remission .... and have relapsed again.?.or are you still struggling since then?
Posted 12/29/2019 8:15 PM (GMT -5)
So sorry to hear this. Did you have any sexual partners during this time?
Posted 12/30/2019 7:13 AM (GMT -5)
Hello multifacetedme, I think I got here a couple of years after you...I don't think these bacteria teach us anything

edit: well maybe they teach us to learn more about science and how microscopic things can wreak havoc, and to not be so naive in the tall grass at spring and summer time..to be more careful and then the dieting and intermittent fasting which are healthy things to do anyway...

but their resilience, persistence is just survival, and they are smart enough to do that, keep the host alive and warm enough to get into the next reproduction cycle...like the (toxoplasmosis infected) mouse that taunts a cat, it makes no sense. I know and I can relate...

edit: to not feel like one's self, to act and behave out of character, the flatness of emotion, bartonella I think.

I like to think that career change/re-invention is always possible.

edit: Could you still do the art retreat?

I'm sorry for all your extra stress

edit: I mean that sounds like a lot to grieve, sorry for your losses, hope you can find some uplifting support.

What I meant was...You achieved remission before, so I hope you are again blessed with more wellness.

edit: reason, I felt I was insensitive or had a flippant tone in my comments.

Post Edited (borrelioburgdorferii) : 1/3/2020 4:03:02 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/2/2020 10:47 PM (GMT -5)
BlueRidge Dave: A boss I had at that time, when trying to figure out how I had been reduced to being able to only walk 10 yards, advised I do my own research. I began to track symptoms and lyme disease kept coming up. I was given an Elisa and Western Blot, but it came back as not CDC positive. I went to see an infectious disease Dr. and had the same type of experience as others here. I began treatment immediately upon reading that my symptoms matched lyme symptoms, had a herx from hell with Cats Claw, which was the first herb I used and thought, well, that is proof enough that something bacterial is going on. I saw a naturopath a few months later who diagnosed it as lyme given symptoms and exposure and began to work with a local Chinese Dr. who also thought it was lyme. He was murdered two weeks after I went to see him. My health came back with treatment, no anti-biotics.
Girlie: Yes, I got back into remission, and then, with all of this stress, and allowing sugar back into my life, the sh-tty health came back. I'm also realizing that the PTSD impacts my health as well. That I've decided to retire I think is really wise. Focus on health and happiness and family.
Posted 1/5/2020 11:29 AM (GMT -5)
Cignet: yes, it was Dr. Han. I am grateful that he gave me the tip that it is good to sneak up on the bacteria and to switch up the protocol and his offering of something to the effect that bacteria are ancient organisms and treating this is not a straightforward path. Gosh, is that ever the truth.
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