Rose
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Functional Cure
The buzzword in the HIV/AIDS community these days is “functional cure.” It’s based on two studies in which some people who have been treated early in their HIV infection with anti-retroviral drugs are able to keep the infection at bay… Continue reading
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Waking Up Again
In my last post, I wrote about the 5 days of unrelenting fatigue. It was really getting to me. Each day, as I slogged through the hours, trying to convince myself to do something, I was getting depressed and reclusive.… Continue reading
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Inaugural Bike Ride
Last Wednesday, I went for my first bike ride on my new bike. I got a brand new bike as a birthday present (thanks to Joe, Mom & Dad) as part of my goal to rebuild my health. And to… Continue reading
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Getting Aggressive
Yesterday I did my first full Bartonella coiling protocol. I coiled three, count ’em one-two-three, times yesterday. (The full protocol is here.) It was an act of bravery. I was rather nervous about coiling that much. I was afraid I… Continue reading
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What to do about Insomnia
I’ve read over and over that one of the symptoms of Lyme Disease is insomnia. That hasn’t been the case with me, although if you’d asked me this between 2008 and a few months ago, I would have thought it… Continue reading
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Diversions
Every now and then I remind myself that the reason for time is so everything doesn’t have to happen all at once. I need this reminder because when I feel bad, I don’t want to do anything. Then when I… Continue reading
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Leaping into Bartonella Treatment
With each infection I confront, I make a leap at some point, from treating it a little, whittling down the infection, to slamming it. Today is the day for Bartonella. I decided it is time. Over the past few days,… Continue reading
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Return to Juicing
I write about juicing from time to time because it is both the best way I’ve found to detox and the hardest to do regularly. Somehow I managed to make a big batch yesterday, enough for today as well. So… Continue reading
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Lyme Resurfaces
It hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday afternoon. I had bad pain in my hips, pain down the outer sides of my legs, stiffness in my hips and legs, and my walking was slowed to a limp. I… Continue reading
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Bartonella Coiling Plan
Yesterday I sat down with my notebook and everything I think I know about Bartonella. I came up with what I think is an aggressive plan to get rid of the infection. I took into account what some other coilers… Continue reading