Herx reactions

  • Interpreting Dreams

    As I focus in on coiling for Bartonella, in the absence of activity from both the Lyme and Babesia infections, I’m reinterpreting some of my experiences with these illnesses. Rocephin Experience Rocephin was the last antibiotic treatment I did for… Continue reading

  • Wonder Woman

    If you asked me when I was 8 years old what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have enthusiastically replied, “Wonder Woman!” I used to watch Wonder Woman reruns and imagine that I, too, could have… Continue reading

  • Bartonella Round 2

    I’m gearing up to use the coil machine to obliterate my Bartonella infection. I’m not sure what will be different than when I started up in the fall, but my intention is to coil more frequently over my whole body… Continue reading

  • Six years of the Lyme-life

    My best guess is that I got infected with Lyme Disease (and Babesia and maybe Bartonella) in spring 2001. It was a run in the local park in New Haven followed by a flu that no one else came down… Continue reading

  • The Difference a Year Makes

    I’m in Virginia at my sister’s house. This time last year, I was visiting here, too. As we do some similar things to last year, I have flashes of memories of what it was like. In comparison to last year,… Continue reading

  • Experiments

    While I’ve checked with people over the last two years about their experiences using a coil machine, there are times when I can tell I could benefit from meeting regularly with a group of people who are all trying to… Continue reading

  • In-Body Experience

    The week before Thanksgiving, I did three things that forced me to pay attention to my musculoskeletal system: a workout, a massage and a Rolfing session. Beyond being sore, I felt very present in my body. It started with the… Continue reading

  • Expectations

    I haven’t been in the mood to blog lately. I haven’t been feeling terribly social. I’ve been coiling more than ever before and the symptoms have been building up. Yet when I go out to meet friends or do errands,… Continue reading

  • Understanding Heat

    Sauna Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going to the dry sauna less frequently. The reason for the decrease is diarrhea and a desire not to increase the risk of dehydration. But something else has happened in the time… Continue reading

  • How much to coil?

    This past week has been quite a trip. I had my sick days and more sick days. Only by Saturday did I feel more like a person than a week-long Halloween zombie. Smug I was feeling pretty bad the first… Continue reading