Coiling for Lyme

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  • Tipping Point

    As I’ve battled each of the chronic infections with the coil machine, I’ve reached a point when the herxes start to diminish. Usually, at that point, I coil more per session or more frequently (from once per week to once… Continue reading

  • Familiar Territory

    I spent the last week or two worrying. First, I was worried that I wasn’t getting all the Bartonella symptoms I’d been expecting. I started to wonder if my new protocol wasn’t working. Then I had a crazy pain in… Continue reading

  • Disarmed

    Coiling progress is such a strange concept. The better I do at it, the worse I feel. Until I feel better and make it worse all over again. I can’t quite believe that I’ve left behind my winter honeymoon. I… Continue reading

  • Bring on the Funk

    About two weeks ago, I started coiling again. I have to say that I really liked taking a break while I’m at home. The days are so long. I can do lots of things. I feel freer. And mostly, I… Continue reading

  • Double-Blind Bind

    A few weeks ago, I watched the movie Dallas Buyers Club. It was so helpful to see another person at another time with another disease trying to figure out how to keep going when mainstream medicine didn’t have good answers.… Continue reading

  • Fabulously 40

    Forty years old. It’s an accomplishment. When I was in my 20s, 40 seemed old. In my 30s, my outlook started to change. For a few years in my early 30s, I wasn’t sure if I’d live to see 40.… Continue reading

  • In Praise of Thoroughness

    Kidneys As I reported last time, it took four years of coiling to discover my right kidney. You may laugh. It was there all along. I never, ever thought about it as a place to coil. My kidneys are where… Continue reading

  • The Missing Piece

    It’s been a few weeks since my last update, and I’ve been trying to concentrate enough to write for over 10 days. My herxes have changed a little because of how often I’m coiling and for which infections. I have… Continue reading

  • After a Quiet Month

    I’ve spent a lot of the past five weeks in bed or, more precisely, lying down in various places around the house. I was too sick with bronchitis to coil for the tick-borne infections, which meant I had a lot… Continue reading

    After a Quiet Month

  • The Lure of Antibiotics

    It’s been two weeks since I returned from vacation. I’ve been having a hard time since I left Mongolia. That’s right. Mongolia. It was a fabulous trip. We stayed in Ulaanbaatar for a few days, then took an overland journey… Continue reading

    The Lure of Antibiotics