It’s been a crazy week since I last posted a blog. I’ve been trying all sorts of things, intentionally, to get the Lyme bacteria to come out of hiding. My efforts have definitely paid off. I’ve been feeling awful for all or part of most days. I guess that’s a good thing. I’m herxing when I coil for Lyme. Meanwhile, I’ve changed up my Bartonella routine (again) now that I’m […]
After the last post, when I was writing about reducing the amount of supplements I take, I started to get excited about the possibility of not having to take pills with every meal. What a difference that would be. With that in mind, I’m reviewing the supplements I’m currently taking and considering what to stop and when. The current list is much smaller than the one I was taking last […]
Back in 2011, I got my first case of Tinea versicolor. It itched like crazy. It is a small, mottled red rash on my sternum. I had it for weeks. I got the Tinea rash when I had been on florinef, to raise my blood pressure to at least 90/60mmHg, for about a year. At that point, I discovered that long term use can reduce resistance to fungal infections, and […]
Since the last blog post, I had a few friends in town. One friend from NYC came for a week and we went out and did a lot of fun stuff: whale watching, visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium, eating deep fried artichokes, going to the beach and walking in the slough and lots more. Before she got here, I had planned to coil the regular amount while she was here: […]
Although I’d rather be writing about intestinal microbes, the last week and a half have been hard as I’ve been coiling for Bartonella daily and feeling the toxin load build up. So instead of blogging as I’d like, I’ve been plagued by symptoms again, resulting in a lack of focus and a lot of emotional stress. I did two other significant things towards healing my body: a rolfing session and […]
Over the past several years of learning about my tick-borne infections, I’ve understood at a very basic levels a few principles. Some are widely known, like that the chemicals that Lyme bacteria produce are neurotoxins which cause neurological symptoms. Removing those toxins is the impetus for doing lots of detoxification. I’ve also known that my intestines house lots of beneficial bacteria that my body needs to digest food and absorb […]
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 what I learned last year when I went because when I came back, I was in wedding planning mode. This year, I have some leisure time to think over both […]
Starting this past Friday, I’ve changed my coiling schedule. Day One is Lyme plus morning and evening Bartonella. Days Two and Three are full Bartonella protocol. Three steps, in succession, to the beat of the music. Lyme Coiling I decided I need to do Lyme every third day if I want to kill it fast and reduce the severity of each herx. I really learned my lesson over the past […]
A lot of times, I think about how complicated yet simple antibiotics are. They are complicated in their effects on the human body and the ways that they kill bacteria. Yet they are a blunt, simple tool that can kill way more types of bacteria than the targeted infection. In cases where the infection is not known, this can be a blessing. A single antibiotic can kill any of a […]
Over the past several days, I’ve been trying to figure out the most efficient way to get rid of Bartonella. As I’ve said before, I think the protocol I’ve come up with, a minimum of 2 body scans a day including 10 minutes on an area of significant blood flow (heart, liver, spleen) each time is probably enough to eventually get rid of Bartonella. But eventually seems like a long […]
Coiling for Lyme 