Coiling for Lyme

bartonella

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Release

    My acupuncture treatment yesterday made a big difference. I slept well, even if sleep began later than I had hoped. Of course, the fact that the treatment worked was the reason I went to bed late. I also woke up… Continue reading