The role of the thymus in Lyme Disease.

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i have to say after 4 pages of interest i am disappointed nobody liked my home cooked thymus dish
i put photos in and everything !

Hi dcd! Not many updates because I paused the TA-1 for a little bit after my last update.
I'm currently on houttuynia and sida acuta, and I'm either having a miserable herx or its making my infections worse.
I'm not functioning at all right now and in bed and miserable all day.
I did start the TA-1 a couple days ago again so I will let you know how it goes!
Thank you for asking!

hey Rainy - very sorry to hear you are not doing so well

for what its worth both Sida and Houtty caused some of the larger and longest lasting herxes for me - fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain all over ( probably neuropathy ) headaches and just feeling generally bad.

i was able to build up slowly over time and am sure they have helped me - but it was a slow process - and especially in the beginning i had to be v measured - increasing only a few drops at a time - then if the herx was only mild and manageable - like a 20-30% increase in my already pretty yuck symptoms stick to that for around 1 week till i was sure everything had settled.
If i over did it - i had to wait 2-3 weeks to let everything calms down before stepping anything - or even back off again.

i have had a mixed couple of months - as i wrote elsewhere - i think i had some kind of virus - possibly even COVID ( my brothers family had it when i visited ) - and from a few days after that i had a flare of symptoms that put me back to where i was around May time this year

it lasted around 6 weeks but i am happy to report that i am now back to where i was at my best before the flair - didn't do anything extra - just kept plugging away at what had been working so far.

i cant say i felt any effects of the thymus i have eaten so far - but i am happy that it will be packed with nutrients - i will continue to eact it and report if anything does seem to happen.

i have also decided to increase other organ meats in my diet - i had got a bit lax on this - as its typically another job to do - and my fatigue was higher with the flare - but they are just so nutritious i think anyone suffering health issues would benefit

i'm not sure if its of any help - but in your situation i wonder if it would help to maybe take a short break from the houtty and sida for a few days to see if some herx like symptoms clears a bit before restarting lower
if the TA-generally makes you feel better / no herx - i would say continue that - if it causes herx - i would give it a break too.

keep us posted and all the best!

Thymus– The other white meat.

So a little more tender than alligator and more chewy than iguana.

Thymus taco Tuesday?

astroman said...
Thymus– The other white meat.

So a little more tender than alligator and more chewy than iguana.

Thymus taco Tuesday?

yeah, i found alligator a little tougher than chicken - lol

Thank you so much for the update Garzie.
I'm so sorry it has taken 2.5 years, I hate to think about the pain Lyme and co-infections has caused all of us.
I like how you use a tracker, I wish I was organized like that.
It's so great how far you've come.
Truly I wish the best for you.

hi Rainy

i have tried - but it seems the thymus is mainly a spring delicacy - and the farm is overly busy due to Christmas orders - and so supply has dried up.
the abattoir thinks i am a bit odd to ask for it in the winter - when the thymus gland is smaller and much less palatable but i did have a good feeling about it though - and the farm agreed we can try to get some more in the spring.

i have a plan to make a kind of seasoned sausage with thymus, liver and heart - that i will have with any meal as an extra nutritious accompaniment - and as a convenient way to dose it in small amounts most days - as this little each day approach seemed to work well last time.

be interested to hear how you find it

i will keep you posted on how i get on

in the mean time i am trying to eat a little grass fed beef liver every day - my body seems to respond well to it - just like it gives me a helpful little boost - thinks like feeling a little bit stronger during my mini-workouts.

not sure if the liver helpw with raised liver enzymes - but its possible by providing needed nutrients it can help rebuild teh liver if its getting a hard time

i think NAC, ALA and maybe some specific liver protective herbs like milk thistle extract are the ones normally mentioned to help keep liver enzymes under control
Dr H recommends those when his patients are experiencing elevations during abx treatment

i also recently read that Dr M typically sees raised liver enzymes during treatment for bart with rifampicin and clarithromycin - but that he keeps going and that this resolves with treatment - he theorises its due to the abx killing Bart inside liver cells and the cells breaking down as a result ( the liver enzymes measured on a LFT - are typically signs of elevated cell turnover in the liver )

i have also had raised liver enzymes after several months of abx treatment - got concerns and stopped. may perhaps have been better to monitor LFT each 2 weeks and continue

I got a bio resonance test done showing my Thymus is severely weak and I’ve been having pain which I thought was related to my heart but it’s my Thymus gland. So this information is very useful.

Hi Garzie,

Are you getting thymus gland this year?
Hope all is well !!

(Sorry for the delay in getting back to my emails - computer crashed this week)

Hey Garzie,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm all too familiar with moving to new places and then having to find new places to get your groceries etc. It can be fun in a way, unless it becomes hard to find the stuff you need.

That's interesting in what you said about spring and how it works with the cattle's age.

Have you looked into ordering thymus gland (and other meat) online? They will usually send your meat products with ice in the package to keep it cool. Might be a bit pricier to order it online though, but it might be a solution.

Thank you for the recommendations on Macrium Reflect. I've been getting in the habit of making more backups but this time the last one I made was in April. So I lost plenty of files unfortunately.

On the bright side, I had made a quick backup of all my passwords and bookmarks just a few days before it happened 🙏

I was thinking of giving Thymosin Alpha 1 a try again but I'm not sure yet.

I recently learned that some peptides have TFA salt (Trifluoroacetic acid) in them and so I'm carefully selecting providers that offer "TFA-free" peptides. There are several of them, so that's good at least.

Apparently the TFA is used during the purification step of peptides which is done by HPLC (a chromatography test usually known for being able to test the purity of compounds, but can also be utilized during the purification step). Ironically it makes it less pure when the TFA is added haha.

That's my minimal understanding of it anyway.

Hope all is well!