Coiling for Lyme

babesia

  • Protozoan Perplexities

    Protozoa are the single-celled infective agents behind Babesia. They are a different kind of organism than bacteria, which is why most antibiotics have no effect on them. The drugs we take for protozoan infections were developed for Malaria, one of… Continue reading

  • Slow Burn

    The past week or so, I’ve been feeling lethargic and unmotivated. I feel like I’ve stepped into a zone where I need to try something new in order to make progress in healing. On the agenda was triggering Lyme with… Continue reading

  • (Re)Defining Health

    I had quite a week last week. I was busy at the beginning of the week, with errands and other planned activities. Then a few stressful, unexpected, time consuming things happened that I needed to deal with. Over the weekend,… Continue reading

  • How to be

    When I first became disabled by Lyme Disease in 2007, I didn’t know how to be sick. Believe it or not, being sick and disabled requires a different skill set than being well and having a full-time job. The first… Continue reading

  • Shaky

    In the days following the egg experiment, I’ve been feeling a little funny. It was obvious that eating a food with egg ingredients triggered my Lyme infection to become more active. I expected that. But then something else happened. New… Continue reading

  • Evolving Protocols

    Almost three years into coiling and almost 7 years into Lyme-caused disability, I am the master of slow and steady. I can do what I need to do without deadlines. I am willing to spend my energy on what will… Continue reading

  • Dis-joint-ed

    The last few days have been quite something. I had two fun adventures on Friday and Saturday, with excellent culinary components. I’ve been experimenting to figure out if Babesia is behind my relapsing fatigue. And I’ve been trying to handle… Continue reading

  • Circular Reasoning

    I’ve been making a big mistake for quite sometime. Discovering it was a big eye opener for me. The mistake: using the same capacitor settings for two different coils. I knew that the coils were physically interchangeable. Just unplug one… Continue reading

  • Perceived Wellness

    I’ve had a rough couple of days. As I was typing my previous post, I was falling asleep at the keyboard. Some days, I feel like I am getting better, so much better in fact, that I imagine I’m over… Continue reading

  • Random Tidbits

    Outdoors and Alive I’ve been doing a lot again. It’s great in so many ways. I spent a long weekend in Yosemite and saw how much of a difference this past year of coiling has made. I never wrote about… Continue reading