Coiling for Lyme

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  • Eating without Inflammation

    As I consider all I’ve been learning about Bartonella (and its digestive tract symptoms), I’m thinking about what I do and don’t eat to keep my body working and my infections at bay. When I first got sick, I had… 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

  • 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