Not so good of news from the DR.

Well, I went to see my Lyme Literate Dr. yesterday and received news that is a bit of a bummer. My CD-57 test results have dropped again. This means that the specific part of my immune system that deals with the Lyme disease is getting weaker. At one point it was up at 69, now it's down to 22. I have to stay in treatment until it stays around 200 for a few months and I feel good. This means that the salt/C thing hasn't been helping enough and I'm likely going to have to go back to some antibiotics in combination with the supplements and salt/C. She also told me that when people get sort of stuck in their treatment it's often due to heavy metals gumming up their kidneys and liver. This reduces the body's ability to detox the Lyme bacteria and toxins. She's ordering some heavy metal testing for me and I will likely have to take a chelator(sp) to help clean out the metals in my system. I already knew that I had a problem with heavy metals from the testing I had done with the naturopath and thought I was doing enough to take care of it, but I guess not. So, we're sorta back to the drawing board and going to be trying some different ideas. I hope it works cause I'm sure ready to feel better.

Just out of curiosity, I got a quick reading done while at a psychic/craft faire this last weekend. I don't know how much credit I give this kind of thing, but it was interesting. She said that I'm a hard worker who is aggressively working on this issue and I'm doing everything right and that she sees an end to it all in the near future and that in a matter of months I should be really healthy again. She also said that the universe sent Lyme my way to get me to wake up and start paying attention to my body because it needed to be taken better care of. That's interesting because i really believe that everything happens for a reason and I couldn't figure out what the reason for getting Lyme was other then having the time to discover my inner artist.

In any case, I'm willing to try whatever because I really want to be myself again. Wish me luck, please.

Find out more about the CD-57 Test HERE