Coiling for Lyme

Herx reactions

  • I don’t want to hear it

    It’s the kind of a day where I can feel a Herx coming on. I was an emotional wreck this morning, crying at the drop of a hat and feeling like everything was all wrong. After 25 minutes or so… Continue reading

  • Clean

    I have a friend who would be so proud of me today for letting someone really clean my apartment. It isn’t because my house was a disgusting mess. (Although it got a lot dirtier the longer I’ve been sick, much… Continue reading

  • Powering Down

    I went to my acupuncturist today. Acupuncture is one of the things I’m adding to my detox and rebuilding programs. I’ve found that acupuncture treatments get things moving. I credit my acupuncturist with getting me in good enough shape that… Continue reading

  • Finding the Edge

    After yoga class today, I had lunch with my teacher. I’d been wanting to meet him for a while and finally got the courage up last week. Sometimes I still feel hesitant and shy around people who I learn from… Continue reading

  • 100 Days of Coiling

    Today is the hundredth day since I started coiling. I’m now coiling for 4 infections: Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia and Candida. Each infection causes as different kind of reaction, so I’ve worked out the coiling times and increased them accordingly. My… Continue reading

  • Deep Breath

    I went to see my LLMD* today. He is very willing to support me in my choice to use a coil machine as the primary way I’m tackling the Lyme disease infection. He’s also very smart about detoxification. Dr. Morrison… Continue reading

  • Surrounded by friends

    I’m starting my post late tonight. I’m pretty tired and my body is a wreck. But that isn’t what the day has been about. All day, I’ve been noticing how much people care about me. It started with a phone… Continue reading

  • The Post-Punky World

    My apartment seems so empty. I keep expecting to see one of my cats out of the corner of my eye. I miss Punky a lot, and it feels like I lost PJ all over again. My cats pulled my… Continue reading

  • Grief

    Punky died today. It’s been an emotional week, knowing that he was near his last bit of life. Today I held him while he died. It was rough. It might have been more efficient to have him put to sleep,… Continue reading

  • Double Herx

    The Lyme treatment yesterday has really knocked me out. Apparently I mis-timed it. I figured I had 2 or 3 days before I felt the effects, long enough to be through the Herx from increasing my coiling time on Bartonella.… Continue reading