Coiling for Lyme

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  • Craniosacral Therapy

    About once a year or so, I get a craniosacral therapy treatment. It always moves something for me, but I don’t really understand how it works. Apparently there is a lot of controversy about whether craniosacral therapy does anything at… Continue reading

  • Little decisions

    As I continue to experiment with new treatments, to modify my protocols for bacteriacide and detoxification and diet, I have to make tons of decisions. Today, I’m pondering two of them. First, should I stop florinef on Saturday? My doctor… Continue reading

  • Grapefruit Seed Extract

    Here’s the newest addition to my program: grapefruit seed extract (GSE). Since I’m now allergic to two anti-fungals, my doctor asked me to try liquid GSE and see what happens. I bought a small bottle at the Vitamin Shoppe today.… Continue reading

  • Shifting Tides

    Two currents were drifting in new directions today. Florinef & Fungus Update I woke up this morning to discover that I’m developing an allergy to ketoconozole. It was a special, prickly kind of itch. I’ve only felt it once before:… Continue reading

  • Withdrawal

    Over a decade ago, I stopped taking antidepressants. I don’t recommend them for anyone. They made me kind of numb to what was going on around me, meaning that I missed the subtle cues that life threw my way and… Continue reading

  • Adrenals and kidneys

    As I work through day 3 of coming off florinef, I’ve been reading a little bit about adrenal glands and adrenal insufficiency/fatigue. There are contradicting statements out there about avoiding salt (because most people with adrenal insufficiency have high blood… Continue reading

  • Saturday

    Today was a classic Saturday with a cold. I was miserable again. I started out worse off than yesterday. The head cold was worse. The chills and sweats were worse. My throat and sinuses burned. My ears hurt and popped.… Continue reading

  • Miserable

    Chronic pain for 5 years? No problem. I’m a trooper. I fear it before it arrives, especially if I know it’s coming. But once it arrives, I treat myself tenderly, like a wounded warrior, and do my best to heal… Continue reading

  • Florinef

    One of the worst complications of the first three years of Lyme Disease was incredibly low blood pressure. It made my life miserable. I was nauseated and dizzy every time I stood up. I was tired and weak from that… Continue reading

  • UTIs and other antibiotic complications

    I went to the urologist today. The good news is that I don’t have any more kidney stones (or at least nothing shows up on the sonogram and x-ray I had in August). The bad news is that I have… Continue reading