A Bump in the Road

After my last appointment and the incredible Bicillin injections I was feeling fantastic!  In fact I was feeling better then I had in years and I felt like I was improving a little more each day.  It was an incredible feeling to be bursting with energy, strength, motivation, vitality, love...in essence I felt alive, very very alive and loving it. 

I can't not even begin to tell you how happy I was to feel like myself again.  The best part was discovering that even after all of the crap I've had to deal with Lyme Disease hasn't broken me.  I'm still me underneath all the symptoms and I'm still the incredible person I was before those ticks had me for their lunch.  This has not broken me and for that I rejoice! 

Perhaps you've noticed that I used the past tense in that first paragraph.  Yep, I was feeling fantastic.  Not so much any more.  I was just plugging along being more active and productive then I have in a very long time and then out of now where I crashed.  It was so weird.  One morning I was skipping down the street and then later that afternoon my brain was slowing down and I started twitching again.

I kind of freaked out at first.  I started wondering things like:

• what is causing the neurological symptoms?
• I thought we had kicked Lyme in the ass for good, what if it was just hiding and is back in full force now that I'm off antibiotics?
• How log is this episode going to last?
• What if this is totally separate from the Lyme and it doesn't get better?  
• What if I'm going to be on a roller coaster for the rest of my life?
• How am I ever supposed to have a family if I'm like this?  

 As I said, I kind of freaked out.  I know that most of these thoughts were irrational and that I was just in a state of disbelief.  I really, really thought I was just weeks away from being healthy for good and I was so very disappointed when my worst symptoms returned.  I'm finding that the better I get the harder it is to deal with the setbacks.  It's like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm running on a treadmill and getting nowhere fast.  It's exhausting and frustrating.

I knew I couldn't take several more weeks of laying in bed barely able to walk or take care of myself and neither could my husband for that matter, so I called my Dr and asked him to squish me in whenever he could.  I knew something had changed and I wanted to find out what and deal with it asap so I can get back to feeling fantastic.  I saw him last night after he had seen all of his other patients.  It was 11:30 when I finally saw him.

I updated him on my symptoms and we jumped right in to muscle testing to see what the heck was going on.  Here are my results.

This is on a scale from 1-5 then 0.
Remember that 1= really bad problem  3= active and needs work 5= barely detectable 0= not present
In other words, the higher the number the healthier I am, but the ultimate goal is all zeros.


Test                    Dec '11      1/12       4/12          5/12      7/5     7/31

Lyme                   4                 4            2               1            0       0
Babesia               3                 2            2                3           5       3

Bartonella           3                 2            2                3            0      3

Parasites             0                 1            5                0            0       3
Viruses               4                 3            3                4            4     

Mycoplasma      4                 4            4                4            5       5

Yeast/mold/fungi  3              3            4                4            3       3

Bacteria             3                 2            3                4            2       2

Neurotoxins       4                4                              4            3       2

Metals                4                4                               4           3




Interpretation:

• YAY!!!!!!  I'm still showing negative for Lyme.  It's still possible that it's just hiding, but zeros two times in a row is a really good sign :-)
• Babesia has increased - could explain some of the fatigue, lack of endurance, and light headedness  Info on Babesia: http://lymenaide.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/babesia/                AND two videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGSWaXy1iHk    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOakxoorjoQ
• Bartonella has increased from nothing to active infection.  Dang it!  This is most likely what is causing my neurological symptoms.                                                                                          Info on Bartonella: http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/coinfections/bartonella.html
• I still need to work on clearing the candida from my gut.                                                         Info on Candida:    http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com/systemicyeastinfections.html          Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahL2POVPeHA&feature=related
• I picked up a parasite, some type of worm.  This is what is causing my stomach upset and digestion issues.  Who knows where I got it, but the chaos that it's causing on my tummy shows me that any little thing is enough to tip the scales and make me feel sick again.  I may be making progress on riding the infections, but I think my immune system is still weak and that's why I pick these up so easily and am so effected by them.
• The increases I've made in in my protocol have killed stuff and I have an increase in neurotoxins that are released as the organisms die.  This probably also contributes to my neuro symptoms.

So in general, things aren't tooooo bad.  I'm still getting better over all I just need to refocus my protocol on parasites ( they work as a team with the tick infections and make the whole picture worse) and the co-infections of bartonella and babesia.

Now that I know what is going on I feel quite a bit calmer.  I can wrap my head around the symptoms and I've got a new protocol to address my current needs.  I'm feeling a little better in general after almost a week in bed and a bit better now that I know what is happening inside my body.  I'm all ramped up to take another swing at these buggers and get back to where I was just a week and a half ago.  Hopefully this is one of the last major bumps in the road that leads to long term health.

Thanks for reading.  Your questions and comments are always welcome.