Coiling for Lyme

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  • The Symptoms Return in Reverse

    The first time I saw a naturopath, he told me that when recovering from a chronic illness, as the body heals, one re-experiences all the symptoms in the reverse order of how they appeared when the chronic illness first set… Continue reading

  • Baby got back

    Muscle atrophy is one of the long-term side effects of being partially immobilized for several years. Now that I’m starting to really walk again, and put effort into rebuilding my bones, the muscle tone is returning. Just before I got… Continue reading

  • The First Lyme Season

    My first Lyme Season of coiling is over. It started in late August (the Lyme flare built slowly) and I started coiling in earnest in late September when I read about a more comprehensive Lyme protocol. When I started it,… Continue reading

  • Condensed Lyme Coiling

    This week I condensed my Lyme coiling schedule. My hope was that I could have the Herx earlier and be free for the Christmas holidays. So far so good. I coiled my legs on Monday, my hips and trunk on… Continue reading

  • Good Problems to Have

    I’m writing from Williamsburg, Virginia, where I’m spending the winter holidays with my sister and her family and my parents. It’s a pleasure to be here. I love playing with my nephew, hanging out with my sister, getting into winding,… Continue reading

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving was a week long for me. The best part of it was getting to spend time with my sister and her family. I had to balance coiling and resting time with the visit, so I was wistful about getting… Continue reading

  • Long Term Consequences: Bone Loss

    Buried in yesterday’s post was the news that I’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Yup, just when things are starting to look up, I discover a new problem that will take a long time to heal from. The good news is… Continue reading

  • Backlog

    The past two weeks have been a little different. I’ve been alternately doing more and falling flat on my face. Tonight, all I aim to do is fill in my lab notebook of coiling, treatments, and symptoms. It might be… Continue reading

  • Spoke too soon

    This Herx is a Herx. Yesterday, I was surprised that I was feeling okay. Last night, my pain level kept increasing until I decided to sleep on the BioMat to try to get some pain relief. Today, I’m feeling badly… Continue reading

  • A Herx is still a Herx

    Over the course of this autumn Lyme season, my Herxes got worse for a while and now they are milder. I’ve got two theories: reduced toxicity in my system and a smaller bacterial load. The reduced toxicity, I think, comes… Continue reading