The Silver Angel

A friend of mine came over and invited a friend of his, who happened to be a late stage Lymer.
He believes he is fully recovered, after a long battle with many relapses.

He also is the first person I've spoken to that believes that Lyme can actually be cured, rather than just put into remission. And late stage Lyme, at that!

We'll Call him A.

A.had eventually lost his ability to even play guitar, due to illness, and he claimed to have never had a Herx heimer reaction. I guess not all Lymies have the same strand of Lyme. Because there were two ticks found on me, maybe there are multiple strands in me?

A. shared with me his secret to combating the disease, and he explained that he had seen a Naturopath in town.

She prescribed him "Safe Silver", as shown in the picture above. Safe Silver is nano particles of Colloidal Silver, which was widely used as an antibiotic in the 30's and 40's, right before pharmaceutical antibiotics started to take off.

Colloidal Silver has a colorful history, as does the usage of Silver for healing.

People dined off of silver plates and drank from silver cups to protect themselves from the Black Plague. 

The problem with extended usage of Colloidal Silver or Silver is that the body has a hard time getting rid of the metals, and then they all slowly build up in the body and start to cause problems. One widely known symptom, is that the skin of the person turns blue or gray!

A. also eats a Vegan diet. Unlike another person with Lyme I had spoken to, he is not a raw Vegan. This diet mixed with Safe Silver landed him right into remission. He now lives a normal life.

I asked my Lyme Doctor if I should mix Colloidal Silver with my LB Protocol, and I have yet to hear an answer back regarding interactions.

On this particular day, and during this particular week, I had been very run down by depression and prayed for some kind of help, and in walks in a random newcomer with a bottle of Safe Silver as a gift and a message of hope for even Late Stage Lyme. I am so grateful for the message. The universe provides.

Thoughts and Reflections...enriched with anxiety

My mind, though filtered through depression and the coming and going of memory fog, seeks out ways to create new avenues of awareness for the unknown disease. Had it been more talked about in the high risk area that I live in, I never would have contracted Lyme in the first place.

Had the boy that was there with me that day been properly educated and treated about Lyme, he would have told me to call a Lyme doctor the day I was bitten. He might have even had more of a chance himself had he known.

May is Lyme awareness month, and I want to do something for the community. I am not sure what yet, as I am brainstorming. I want people to understand, especially parents.

It is well known that Lyme can be passed through the womb to a fetus, and that some are born with Lyme.

Some believe that Lyme is the new STD and can be sexually transmitted, because the spirochetes are cork screw shaped like Syphilis and have been found in partners and in families. There is no actual evidence of this though. It is at this point a hysteric assumption with no facts to back it up.

Can you imagine being a child with Lyme, and living your entire life feeling as though that was normal? Having adults and doctors tell you you're perfectly fine when you are chronically ill or suffering from cognitive issues related to the sickness.

Then one day you wake up, years down the road and you are crippled or blind or having hallucinations or seizures, all because of lack of awareness and proper treatment. This is such a sick thing.

My mind races with anxious thoughts on a regular.

I wonder if my own life will be shortened with Lyme. What will happen to me if my immune system gets weak when I'm old? Will Lyme come back? Is this how I'll die someday? From lyme related causes?

I think of my Aunt who had Chrone's disease, who now is in remission. She is in her 50's and hasn't had any relapses.

I wonder what life in remission will be like. Will I always have occasional flare ups? Will I relapse? Will I regain my old energy and be able to continue physical activity the way that I had been? WIll it go back to life prior to Lyme?

Will I ever be able to eat a real slice of pizza again? A warm sandwich on a cold day? Some of my grandmother's cooking? Anything my friends make? Will I be able to go out on the town again and enjoy dinner and a drink? Can I share a traditional holiday meal with my family again?

Welcome to my vault of thoughts.

Winter detoxing and Lyme

Some days I have the ability to exercise, but then I have to heal the next day. Back to back exercises don't do well with me. I start to get the stiffness in my lower back and can't continue. I hope this leaves me upon remission. I miss being as active as I was. The exercise I do get serves as a great detox for the body.

As does using my home sauna. Steaming for twenty minutes daily detoxes as much as the liver does in 24 hrs. The steam is also relaxing.

Another way I detox is by taking Chlorella in capsule form daily, and by adding Tamarind pulp to my regular diet.

As I have stated in earlier posts, detox is absolutely necessary in Lyme treatment, and Epsom salts lost my vote after I read that they could possibly send lead into your pores.

Lyme and Manganese

Lyme and it's relationship with Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element necessary for human health. Our bodies cannot live without it, and will grow sick in it's absence.

We obtain Manganese in a great deal of our foods, including Tofu, Beans, Nuts, Spices, Brown Rice, Fish, Spinach and Black Tea. These are just to name a few. Whole grains carry a great deal of Manganese as well.

The bacteria that cause Lyme Disease happens to be one of the only organisms that doesn't need Iron to thrive. Instead it thrives on Manganese.

I am in awe of how intelligent pathogens can be.

After finding this out from my own research, I thought, "If I starve the Lyme of Manganese, then they won't be able to thrive. But if I starve myself from Manganese, I will not be able to thrive."

What about lessening the Manganese in the body?

Scientists say that there is no use in limiting Manganese, because no matter how low your Manganese levels, the bacteria will continue to obtain what it needs, and the body carrying it will get sick. You're better off just maintaining healthy levels of Manganese s then the body runs properly to help it to fight.

Maybe this has something to do with why the gluten free diet is so useful in treating Lyme? Because most diets contain an abundance of Manganese.

Hmm.



Current Diet:

In my own case, I've cut out all grains period.

I've also finally taken the dairy free leap, and am completely dairy free.

I still indulge in occasional meat to ensure I get my B vitmains and needed protein.

February 2016...Some new symptoms and the dying off of others

February, 2016

Lately I feel like I have the flu all of the time, and I need to rest often. It is now 7 months since I've started proper Lyme treatment, and nine months since I have been ill. I want remission.

Little by little, though I am getting better. Going herbal is a much slower, less abrasive process than being treated with antibiotic.

I have learned a great deal about Lyme this month, and about my own personal recovery, through a series of lessons and events made discernable to me via circumstance.

Some of these will be covered in this month's posts, and include learning about Colloidal Silver, ideas to further spread Lyme awareness, medicinal honey, going non dairy, Japanese Knotweed and thoughts on life in remission.

I am excited to report that as of this month, my throat hasn't swelled or closed up on me. I am very grateful for this transition, and take it as a symptom of my body healing.

I have just started experiencing pelvic pain and painful orgasm this month, but it was only for a week's time. It was an unpleasant surprise, and the pain felt dull and sharp at the same time, and continued for days afterward.

I went to my OBGYN to be sure that it was nothing more serious. I came up with an abnormal pap smear and am due for a colposcopy early next month.

Every once in a while, I'll get a flare up of arthritic pain in the sides of hands, and an uncomfortable lower back stiffness. Overall, I am feeling much better, beside the constant nausea.

My current medicinal regimen goes as follows:
Honey-1 Tbsp before bed by Tropical Traditions
Curcumin 500- once a day by Pure Encapuslations
Methyl Folate once daily by Jarrow
Vitamin D twice daily by Pure Encapulations
Ashwaganda before bed by Gaia
Chlorella once daily for detox by Solaray

and 12 capsules of  LB Protocol taken four times daily. I have been suffering from the nausea more so as I'm up to 12 a day. I wonder if maybe it has something to do with Oxalic acid in the Japanese Knotweed

I feel as though it's still going to be a long road. Possibly even another seven months until remission, but I'll be back to where I was by the end of all of this.

Observations of my own have shown me that Lyme symptoms follow a cycle or pattern through out the body, making certain ones pop up and others die down.

As wary as my mind gets, and as tired as my body is, I remain grateful for my strong immune system and anticipate a healthier future.

January 2016

A New Year, and my latest appointment with my LLMD (also, a caution against buying ANYTHING without reading your labels first if you struggle from Lyme):



Right before New Years eve, I was stuck in town for a few hours, and I decided to have a lunch date with myself.

I decided on my favorite Thai place in town. Not only is their produce mostly grown by themselves, but they know about my new food sensitivities and cater to them, which is whole heartedly appreciated.

I never drink tap water, so I decided to run to a neighboring store before I sat down to dine.
I bought a bottle of sparkling mineral water, and I had a bottle of my own well water from home. I looked around the aisles, and decided I wanted to treat myself with a vegetable juice akin to V8, only made with organic vegetables.

I was excited for my meal.

I went into the store, and one of the women greeted me and sat me at a window seat toward the front of the building.

Two great windows were ahead of me, giving me a view of some shops across the grey street and people walking by and into down town. Though the windows aren't terribly thrilling during lunch hour, at night they light them up with white flickering lights that move up and down, giving the appearance of white, sparkling rain.

I ordered a cilantro dish (which not only cleanses you of heavy metals but also works to kill Lyme) and a Basil eggpant dish. To be safe, I always have them put all sauces on the side, and I replace the sauces with pepper, lime and lemon juice.

I drank two glasses of the vegetable juice while waiting for my meal.

When I was finished, I glanced at the time and saw that my boyfriend was leaving his appointment, and that I could grab a ride with him home.

I entered his vehicle.

I handed him the juice to try, and by chance I saw the label.

All organic vegetables, and GRAIN vinegar...

I was so disgusted.

That night I had a flare up with arthritic feelings in my arms, legs and hands. I blame it on the hidden
gluten in the juice, although a part of me hopes that there was too little in the juice to compromise anything.
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My guy and I spent New Years together, like an old couple. We ate out, and then came home, had our New Years kiss and then slept soundly.

"What's your new years resolution?," he asked me.

"Oh I don't know. To beat Lyme."

"That's it?"

"Yeppers. How about you?"

"To take better care of myself."
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A few days after New Years day was my appointment in Hermitage with my LLMD.
He weighed me, and I had ony gained one pound since my last visit. This came as a relief for after the holidays.

He took me back to the office, and he told me he had my lab tests from my latest blood work back. We are still waiting on the Selenium, which will test me for heavy metals.

Apparently, beside a slightly underactive Thyroid and low Potassium, the insides of my body are perfect.

This pleased me. Although, I do plan on asking him to send me to a gut specialist to see if I have any parasites or complications.

Also, some great news: CANDIDA GONE!!!!

All is in check, and my hard work really paid off.

I couldn't ask for better news. Now I can start more fruits and other things I had taken off.
I have been prescibed to continue Lyme Core Protocol, and still no antibiotic. I am now being prescribed a special type of honey, Oregano Oil, Neem extract, Iodoral and still the probiotics. He also wants me on Turmeric.
Depression has been settling in for me pretty hard lately, and I shared that with my doctor. He prescribed me an anti depressant, which I'm not goig to take. He urged me to try it, for a quick fix until i reach remission. I have a major problem with psych meds and won't do it.

He continues to tell me how what saved my life is being gluten free before I had Lyme.

My New Years treatment plan against the Lyme is reloaded, and I hope to get the most out of each day and heal.

I plan on starting off with an herbal bowel cleanse, and starting both garlic and coffee enemas.
2016, bring on the end to this beast.

I got some new guns and a renewed will to survive.


　

Christmas with Lyme, 2015

Christmas with Lyme, 2015




Chrismas this year was mercurial, and I learned once more of my new limitations.
I went to spend time with my extended family for Christmas Eve for a dinner, games and yes, there were drinks.

I was able to eat some items from the veggie platter provided, but I brought my own "junk".
Sparkling mineral water, an almond flour crust pizza )topped with wilted swiss chard, onion, sauce and bell peppers), goat cheese, Tamarind (this is my new candy!!) , Goji Berries and some cookies my guy made me with almond butter and ginger.

I ate to the fullest, and had bits on which to nibble, and everyone celebrated the transition to Winter.
I made my little neice a shell necklace to wear, and I am the "bad" aunt who always seems to find some way to sneak in an early gift.

I found my Mother and my cousin dancing to the trans Siberian orchestra in the study, and my grandmother sat at the table with her circle of aging friends.

The rest of the family were eating, drinking, playing games and talking amongst eachother.
"Would you like a glass of wine?", someone had asked.

My LLMD's cautioning words blazed through my mind, "Absolutely no alcohol..."

I didn't think a glass of dry, red wine would harm me.

I drank about a half a glass through out the night. Barely any. I felt unusually buzzed.
I am not on any antibiotic beside the herbs, so I assumed it wasn't an interaction.

Upon returning home, I had some awesome sleep, and then I woke up the next day, Christmas morning, with a hang over from Hell. It felt as if I'd drank a gallon of wine rather than a half a glass.
I was dizzy and nauseous, and in pain. I was in a state of disbelief, and almost didn't attend the Christmas day family event.

A few iburofen and a piece of a cannabis edible later, and I was feeling well enough to go. My nausea, head ache and hang over feeling were all relieved.

Had it not been for that edible, I would not have had Christmas.
Due to my strong reaction to alcohol, I will forever remember to abstain.

The science behind my reaction was the alcohol helping the Lyme spirochetes cross the blood/brain barrier (or so I've read) and the multitudes of sugars in just a few sips, even.

I am STILL beating myself up for infringing on my own health for a few sips of booze. Not a just trade off.

We live and we learn, I suppose.

After Christmas, I started to research Cannabis and it's links to helping treat Lyme, which if one takes the time, it's very interesting to read.

Some links point to Marijuanna as an antibiotic and antibacterial agent, and other links point to it as an anti inflammatory and anti pain medicine.

I have also read that it weakens the immune system, and that if used, the non psychoactive cannabinol oil is what should be consumed orally.

I do not seeing regular Marijuanna usage being good for the nuero effects of Lyme, making forgetfulness and laziness a great deal worse, when both lethargy and remembering things is an issue.

I do see occasional, minimal Marijuanna use (only edible, never smoking) as beneficial for a plethora of Lyme symptoms including loss of appetite, pain reliever, nausea reliever and insomnia.