LYME DISEASE SUCKS!!

BUT ANYWAY,... Here's my story, and links to some real INFO, not the kind of ... ...'info'...

... bandied aboud by ...'doctors' (DUCKS) and ...'practicioners' ( of what...?) following the official recommendations of the corporate dictatorship and keeping people sick, in order to minimize 'insurance' outlays, among other seedy goals:

..One day a few years ago I was birdwatching, along with with friends and family, in Brigantine, NJ. It was a very nice trip, except I got some ticks on me. I had heard of lyme disease, but had read that, if you caught it right away, it was no big deal. I was very healthy and wasn't all that worried. WELL, one of the bites where a tick had been attached developed a red ring around it. So I went to a medical center, and was put on the antibiotic, doxycycline 100mg twice a day for six weeks.. So I went on my merry way, thinking that I was lucky to "nip it in the bud". WELL...,a month and a half later I got very sick. High fever, nausea, body aches, out of it. Flu in late July? could be, I guess, but had never happened to me before! Back to the doctor's ... more doxycycline, same dose. Big pain in the neck. Literally, too, along with pain also in shoulders spreading to hips, as well. Soon I was a complete basketcase. Doxycycline helped just a little, then I got worse for the third week, then considerably better the 4th and last week on that antibiotic. WELL, still not the end. I started getting worse again. I started doing more research on Lyme disease. I knew it could be really nasty once it gets "in there'' since other friends and family had had alot of trouble getting over it. But they hadn't been treated right away. But after some investigation I found out that relapse was common, and that the ...'normal' treatment for lyme was often insufficient. I hate taking drugs, but if I had known the reality of the situation earlier, I would have gladly have put up with it. If I had had a longer stronger dose at first, as well as found out about some other infectioons I got from those ticks and treated them, I probably COULD HAVE AVOIDED more than 2 years of misery and thousands of dollars in drugs and medical fees. I found out that I needed to find a lyme specialist- a "lyme-literate" doctor. Easier said than done, since, at least for lyme disease, doctors are apparently, I discovered, not allowed to give treatment that is effective, unless it is also dirt cheap ('insurance' companies seem to run the show),or perhaps if it the ONLY way anybody EVER gets over the diseases ...'covered'. I finally did find a doc who knew about thes tickborne illnesses. I learned I had Lyme disease, "Ehrlichiosis". and "babesiosis", and started a program of long- term antibiotics at super-high doses of several antibiotics at once, along with some nutritional supplements, and several herbal meds and supplements, as well as anti-malarials, both standard and chinese (for babesiosis, since I'm at high risk for that, having lost my spleen due to injuries from a car crash.. I went through lots of ups and downs, but steadily got better. My doc had me go through several changes of antibiotic combinations. Doxycycline 400mg/day + ceftin 500md/day; then after several months switched to 'biaxin' (clarithromycin is the "generic" name),1g/day +amoxicillin, 6g/day (started artimesia anua and garlic somewhere in here, mainly for babesiosis, as well as grapefruitseed extract (250 mg, or 25 drops.) and olive leaf extract (also 250 mg)); then to doxycycline, 200mg (doxy in case there was any ehrlichia left, I think) + clarithromycin1g.day + atovaquone combi, 'malarone', and continued artimesia anua and garlic, then finally to clarithromycin and tinidazole (tinidazole is a special antibiotic that kills the "cystic forms" of the lyme spirochetes).

I took all these drugs for two years and a few months, and I do indeed seem to be over it!! I'm still yet building back physical stamina, and occasionally have an "echo" of the arthritic pain, as well as continued residual concentration problems, but I still feel I'm generally improving.

Oh yes, also, I joined a "health club" after discovering that the sauna was very helpful for symptoms, and began to use the sauna daily-- it seemed like this may well have had an effect beyond simple symptomatic relief, too.

Of course, there's always the insecurity-will it come back, at the worst possible moment--is there even one spirochete or plasmodium left that lived through all those chemicals? And of course, there are still ticks out there. All it takes is one tiny tick, unnoticed, and you're bach to square one. But now I know what to do- you can't wait even an extra day!
If you are bitten by a tick, don't wait for symptoms to appear-- it's well worth it to just start a course of doxycycline immediately! And if you are in an area where there has been any babesia, it may be a good idea to start a 6 week course of artimesia annua! (don't take artimesia anua continuously for longer than that, as it is slightly toxic)

Feel free to email your story, observations, or questions!

nocarsdave@clarityconnect.com

Here are some Links to, INFO! (not just, you-know, uh, ,... ...'info'... ... ...(you know what I mean!)) about this horrible sickness:

Feel free to email your story, observations, or questions!