Remarkable Redwood Remedies Magnesium Bath Crystals Giveaway

While down at the farmer's market I spoke with a very nice and knowledgeable man, Richard Goldberg is his name, about his magnesium bath crystals. I explained that I have Lyme Disease and understood that his product could be really helpful for some of my symptoms. I also told him that I know a lot of lymies who would love to try his product and he offered me some samples so we could try it out. Super cool! Keep Reading and you'll find out how you can get some for yourself for free!



I took mine home and poured them in the tub and relaxed while reading the informational material he gave me. I had no idea how amazing magnesium is, it's remarkable! Did you know that magnesium is on the crash cart in ERs to help people having heart attacks? I didn't.

Buy the time I got out of the tub I was calm, relaxed, happy, educated and totally convinced that I'm magnesium deficient and in love with this product. I have used the Remarkable Redwood Remedies magnesium bath crystals several times they always make me feel so much better then before I got into the tub. I can't believe the difference in my level of relaxation, pain reduction, and mood. LOVE LOVE LOVE these bath crystals and I think you will too!

I did some research on magnesium chloride and here is what I've learned.

Most Americans are deficient in magnesium. This is because our soils are depleted and cooking and processing foods further deplete this vital mineral. Another reason is because our awful American diets don't contain many magnesium rich foods such as dark leafy veggies, sea veggies, whole grains, nuts and seeds. I know I didn't used to eat many of these foods. I still don't eat as many as I probably should, but I'm trying.

When I saw the list of symptoms that can occur with magnesium deficiency I was surprised at how many roles it plays and how many of the symptoms I experience in a regular basis. You might be magnesium deficient if you have any of these symptoms: depression, muscle cramps,contractions or twitches, depression, insomnia, irritability, sensitivity to noise, anxiety, autism, ADD, palpitations, angina, constipation, headaches, migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, asthma, kidney stones, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, allergies, chemical sensitivities, anxiety and psychiatric disorders, hearing loss, menstrual cramps, premature birth, scar formation, seizures, TMJ, and many many more. I also found out that chocolate is high in magnesium and craving chocolate can be a sign of deficiency. Guess what!? When I use the bath salts regularly I don't crave chocolate and when I stop the cravings come back, cravings I've had for years and years and are very intense simply go away.

Magnesium is so important for our bodies I can't believe I didn't know more about it before. It helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, kidney stones, heart attacks, it calms the nerves, prevents blood clots, helps with nearly all digestive and eating related issues, relaxes muscles, dilates blood vessels, keeps toxins out of the brain, relieves muscle cramps and menopause symptoms. What amazing stuff this is!

Magnesium comes in many different forms. These bath crystals are magnesium chloride. This is different from Epsom salts. It's easily assimilated and metabolized by the body, does not create an unwanted laxative effect like oral magnesium and Epsom salt can, less is required to get the desired effects, it's affordable compared to other effective types of magnesium, and trans dermal(through the skin) absorption is the most effective way to use it.

I bet you're super excited to find out how you can get your hands on some of this amazing stuff. So, HERE'S HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY for the Remarkable Redwood Remedies Magnesium Bath Crystals:

***be sure to leave your email so I can let you know you've won******

1. share the link to this blog post on facebook or twitter then leave a comment for each share

2. share the link to the Remarkable Redwood Remedies website on facebook or twitter and leave a separate comment for each share
http://www.remarkableredwoodremedies.com

3. leave a separate comment with a fact about magnesium that I haven't mentioned

4. share your personal experiences with using magnesium chloride products

For each entry leave a separate comment. Three winners will be randomly chosen on January 13th. One grand prize winner will get a big sample baggie and two addition winners will get one of the smaller sized sample baggies.




For more information on this product or to order some for your bath check out www.remarkableredwoodremedies.com

For more information and a fellow lymies take on magnesium check out the Lymenaide blog at http://lymenaide.wordpress.com/?s=magnesium

Good Luck and happy health to all of you.

Nutritional IV

On Wednesday I had my first nutritional IV per recommendation from my new and wonderfully nice LLND. It was a mineral IV with extra vitamin C, 15 grams, and a glutathione(sp) push at the end. The IV tech was really good and I didn't even feel it. I kicked back in a big comfy chair and let the hot pink bag of liquids go to work. As I understand it it's supposed to help with detox and making sure I have all the essentials since I'm not digesting properly.

I was going to sleep but there was this awesome old guy (84 years old, but looked late 60's at most) on his smart phone making dates with ladies while getting an IV to keep himself "young and healthy" and I was too distracted to sleep. I felt a little bit better at first, but then on the car ride home I felt worse and worse until I finally got home and slept for about 3 hours. I felt a little better after that. Went to bed early and slept in late, and still I'm tired. All these new meds are causing me to herx big time. I'm just pushing through and doing what I can despite the burning knees and fatigue. I have a really good feeling about this Dr. and his treatments. I really good feeling.

Crazy Rash

WOAH that was weird!

Last night as I was getting ready for bed I started experiencing new symptoms and they came on really fast. At first I was noticing that I wasn't cold at all. My hands and feet were warm HORAY!! Then, my face started feeling hot and I had a burning sensation that traveled from my nose up my forehead and then across my cheeks into my ears and with in a minute or so my forearms started burning. At first I just took notice, but then the burning and heat got worse rapidly and I felt like my face was swelling around my nose and forehead and certain parts of my face hurt to move.

I looked in the bathroom mirror to discover that my entire face and chest were covered in a BRIGHT RED splotchy rash and I mean RED. Weird this all came on so fast. My husband then noticed that my entire body was covered in this splotchy rash. It seemed to be worse on my face and major joints. Then, I started shaking. It wasn't because I was freaked out, which I was a little because If felt like my face was swelling around my nose and eyes. Even so I totally understood that with Lyme anything can happen. This was new though and I hadn't heard about it before so it seemed strange. We considered taking me to the ER, but they never know what to do with us Lymies so instead I called my friend Ashley at 11:30 and woke her up.

She was able to tell me that the same exact thing has happened to her several times and that it is some kind of weird reaction to the samento I'm taking. I just need to lower the dose for a bit and hopefully it will go away. She said the shaking was adrenaline and that it should all pass in about an hour. She was right, within an hour I was sound asleep and no rash today. Wow that was a weird one.

I don't think you really get the whole effect from these late night photos, but here they are.

Going over the hill for a new Dr.

On the first of the month I went over the hill all the way up to San Francisco to meet with a brand new Dr. This Dr. is a naturopatic Dr. that was recommended to me by a friend who is almost done with Lyme treatment. There is another Dr that she sees whom I'd also like to work with, but he has a waiting list a mile long. I'm on it, but it'll be a while.

So anyway, I really like this new guy. He knows what he's talking about, totally understands Lyme Disease, is down with both so-called western and alternative medicine as well as some European perspectives on health and meds. But mostly he's a really nice person. He asks great questions, takes great notes, and really listens to everything we Lymies have to say. He's simply a good person and I could tell that right from the start.

After asking me lots of questions and reviewing all of my tests from labs and my naturopath in Sonoma County he was able to determine some things I had already been told before or suspected about my current health state. This was good because he wasn't coming out of left field with his evaluation.

So...he says that I've for sure god Lyme, but it's only a piece of what's going on. It's hard to say what comes first other issues and then Lyme can invade easier or Lyme and possibly leading to or causing other issues. Either way, he says I have a lot of things out of whack, but for now we're gonna focus on the main issues which are my digestion being totally messed up, my liver not working fully and the Lyme and co-infections.

He said that having my guts so out of whack plays a big role in why I feel so crummy. I didn't fully realize that 70% of our immune system is in our guts. Unless I get that under control I'm not going to get better. I've got candida, bacteria, and he suspects some sort of parasite(s) as well. Not surprising at all. I have to do a stool analysis so he can confirm and get details about it all. As part of this I'm not properly digesting and absorbing food or meds. which is why I'm so thin and feel the need to eat ALL THE TIME. Essentially, I'm malnourished because I'm not getting the nutrients out of the food I'm eating. It wouldn't matter how well I ate because I'm not digesting it. This is also why he's not putting me on traditional antibiotics. I am way too imbalanced and I know candida is a big problem for me because I seem to always be fighting off an oral thrush infection. All this yeast can cause leaky gut syndrome and IBS among other problems, so at least for a long while, we're not going to use prescription antibiotics because my gut can't handle them.

To help with this, I'm sticking to my list of foods not to eat, taking new probiotics as well as rotating them, and my new meds are tinctures instead of pills so I have a better chance of absorbing them. I also have to take all my meds on an empty stomach, which is by far the hardest part because I'm always hungry and not eating for at least 2 hours is hard for me.

In addition he suggests that I do a series of nutritional IVs to get some essentials in my system. I have to do these in SF every week for 4 weeks starting this coming week. Not really sure how I'm going to get there, but I guess I'll figure it out.

The rest of my current plan includes some additional testing including some tests I haven't done yet. I'm starting the modified Cowden protocol for Lyme with tinctures of Enula, Cumanda, and Samento. Therabiotic, VSL 3, and florastor are for my tummy. Naicin I think was also for the guts. Nutritional IVs to feed me and reboot my system. I'm so looking forward to those. I think they're gonna make me feel better. I'm also adding in Apo Hepat for liver functioning. He removed a few things from my current list of meds and so I'm not really taking much more then I was before. Already in a week, I can tell they're working cause my gut is reacting to the probiotics, and I think I could be having a mini herx from the tinctures. I know I've been run down and feeling feverish these last few days.

So..in summary, I like the new Dr. I think his assessment is right on, he called for appropriate testing, and his recommendations make sense to me. I think I've found a winner. YES!!!

Shopping for a good cause

Please consider checking out all the wonderful goodies being offered at the Lymenaide Holiday Bazzar. Several artists have gathered their work in one location to share with you. All of the artists are people living with Lyme or those who have loved ones living with Lyme Disease. Your purchase from their shops will help to pay for medical bills, living expenses, or become donations to organizations doing good work in the Lyme community. Please take a look and if you see something you like, or something you think would make a great gift, consider putting your money to good use. I can not tell you how much every sale means to these wonderful people.

http://lymenaideholidaybazaar.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html

Thanks,
Keri

New Dr. Rant

Yesterday I had another appointment with the new Dr. in Carmel. It's official, I don't like him and I need a new Dr.

He ordered a bunch of tests that I already had done and he ordered them from labs that don't have good reputations in the Lyme community. They came back negative, of course, because they're not very accurate. Not to mention that the tests are checking for antibodies to the bacteria and when your immune system is as beat up and broken down as mine is you no longer produce enough of the antibodies to test positive, or at least that's how I understand it. He said that he can't treat me with IV drugs because he can't prove that I have Lyme and so my insurance won't pay for treatment. I don't even want IV drugs. I don't think they're a good idea for someone who has problems with candida. And what does he mean he can't "prove" i have Lyme? I tested positive with my naturopath, twice, I was bitten twice, had red rings both times, get big herx reactions every time I take antibiotics or up any of my killing meds or supplements, and my CD-57 score is super dooper low. What else does he need???? I mentioned that to him and he said I have a point, but he brushed me off and said I probably just have an auto-immune disorder. I've already seen 20+ Drs. and been tested for autoimmune issues. I don't have one! he even said that I don't have any symptoms to point in that direction, but still he wants to look into testing in that direction. HA, I'm not going back to see him!

Also, he has zero patient-Dr. skills and left the room several times mid sentence and didn't explain where he was going. I was checked in, actually someone on the phone just pointed to a door, to the infusion room which contained several infusion stations, a guy working on a computer and a secretary who was on the phone and talking about other patients and they medications and such. WHAT!!!!!!!! I learned all about another lady and what drugs she's taking. I even know what lab she uses for her tests, what test she got and how to spell her last name. So not cool.

Then he topped it off my telling me a bunch of BS about why I shouldn't be doing the salt/C protocol only seconds after asking me what it was because he had never heard of it. Don't talk to me about something you've never heard about! That's crazy. And he told me that it was bad for me to take in that much salt right after he told me that my body can't become saline because the body regulates the amount of salt it allows into the bloodstream and never lets it get past a certain amount, then he suggested I have my sodium levels checked. What a wacko. Please do not go and see him unless you have a screaming positive test result and you want the one size fits all IV treatment.

So I'm on the hunt for a new Lyme Literate Dr again. Good thing I've got my new friend Ashley who is just about done with her treatment and mostly "cured" to point the way. I'm now convinced that I'm going to have to drive over the hill to get the real treatment I deserve and need. I've got 3 drs. in the Los Altos/Redwood City area that I'm trying to get appointments with, but they've all got long waiting lists and the first appointments are always expensive. I'm squirreling away as much money as I cam, but it's hard to come up with several hundred dollars when your only income is from selling $15 earrings. I know though that the universe will take care of me and provide me with just what I truly need. It always has before.

Thanks for being there on this journey with me. It really helps to have good friends and family along the way. We will all get through this together. I know it.

My Birthday Wish

This time of year people start asking me what I want for my birthday and then later for Christmas. I have a list of material things I would like to have and I've already been given a few of them. (thank you)

But, what I really truly want if I could have anything is to be healthy again. The pots and pans, fleece hoodie, cookbook, etc. that I want would all be so wonderful, but they won't help me get better.

I don't think this new Dr. is going to end up being "the Dr." What I really want is to find a really good Dr. that I can stick with for the long haul and come out the other side as healthy as possible. I've been checking in with others who have Lyme and I think I've got it narrowed down to 2 doctors in the Los Altos area, just over the hill.

So what I REALLY want for my birthday this year is to be able to afford to see these Drs. with great reputations who have helped people I know get better. Please if you were considering a gift I'd like to ask that you donate to my treatment fund instead. I know it may seem socially unacceptable to flat out ask for money, but I've tried everything I can think of to fund raise for myself and I'm out of ideas. I just don't know what else to do.

I already have $200 set aside and I need $240 more. That's my goal $240 dollars. If everyone who read this donated just $5 I could schedule my first apt. with one of them. I'll keep you updated with how it goes.

I'm hoping that next year I'll be able to throw a party to celebrate being healthy again.

Thanks for all the little thing you all do to offer support. It means a lot. It really, really does.