Coiling for Lyme

Herx reactions

  • Sweating it out

    Ah the joys of summer. Warm nights. Humidity. Swimming laps in an olympic pool during my dreams. My body often feels better in the summer. So far, it’s been hit and miss, but we’ve only had a few days of… Continue reading

  • Jaunty

    Summer is my best season. My body works best in warm weather. As long as I can breathe, which I can when the humidity isn’t excessive, I’m happy in the heat. It got pretty warm today, I think 86 deg.… Continue reading

  • Shifting Gears

    For the past 6 weeks, I’ve been pushing my limits on increasing the coiling sessions. I had some time once my dad was feeling better to ramp up my treatment. I didn’t go wild, mind you. I’ve been increasing the… Continue reading

  • Bartonella and IBS

    Continuing my recent posts about Bartonella, I have another idea. One of the diagnoses that a gastroenterologist came up with for me back in 2007 was Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She first wanted to rule out an acute infection. I had… Continue reading

  • Musings on Bartonella

    With Bartonella, there’s what I know as as Lyme patient and what I read on the internet. Tonight I read a little bit about Bartonella. It turns out that in other settings besides the ones where people with tick-borne illnesses… Continue reading

  • Bartonella-head

    Bartonella is the tick-borne illness I have that I know the least about. I know it causes a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms. I suspect it is the source of all or most of my food allergies. I’ve also had plenty… Continue reading

  • Smoking out Babesia

    When I was doing research for Babesia Basics, I read a bunch of articles and websites, not all of which I cited. A piece of information from one article stuck with me, and I saw it repeated though I can… Continue reading

  • Riding it out

    I’m past the hump on the Lyme Herx. I still have aches and pains, particularly in my arms. I had more energy today, enough to go for a walk and to do some things around the house. I researched Babesia… Continue reading

  • Welchol vs Colestid

    Over the years, especially during my time on antibiotics, I used several different “bile-binding agents” to help diminish the Herxes. Some have been useful and some have been problematic. My least favorite was cholestyramine. It was too strong. I took… Continue reading

  • Keeping it together

    There’s a fine line between pretense and keeping it together for a short, defined period of time. Right now, I’m walking it. I have a friend in town this weekend and too many activities planned. This includes some driving on… Continue reading