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August marked two years of being free of Lyme and coinfections!!!! As I look back, I see how many health issues I had and how many I overcame. When I was bedridden a few years back, on an all liquid diet and in a lot of pain, I never dreamt I would be living normally in the future. I never dreamt I'd be off all medications except thyroid. I never dreamt I'd feel this good. I thought I would be on a maintenance program for the rest of my life. Even though the Lyme and coinfections were gone two years ago, my body had a lot of other healing to do. I still had the mold toxicity because I wasn't strong enough to take the medications my doctor had prescribed. I still had muscular imbalances. My skeleton was twisted. I was toxic from the infections, mold, and treatment. My digestion was still bad. For two years I have had chiropractic work and massages along with working out on the pilates reformer. This has rebalanced my musculature. Pilates was such a huge help for m...

The second round is going well. A few days ago I was still fatigued, but functional. I was ready to quit. Now I'm feeling pretty normal, but still muscle testing well for the Natura and oregano oil, so I'm continuing. I didn't have the organ pain this time, probably either due to a lower load or the Dr. Natura, which has herbs for organ support. The Dr. Natura isn't as, um, interesting, as the first time, but it does seem to be cleaning things. It's probably good to use once a year, I think. I used the Bionic the other day, and that is what made me not quit. It gave me some energy back. I *think* that since I was releasing mold, that it may have been in the blood I used so may be helping me to get rid of it more easily.

I'm still taking a break from the AI drops. I just don't feel that I need them right now and muscle testing confirms that I should wait. One day when I was getting out my vitamins, I saw the oregano oil. I had someone muscle test me and got a strong yes. I took four drops, three times daily for two weeks, then stopped testing well for it. At the time I hadn't thought about why I might have been feeling the need for it. In the past it's been wicked stuff and made me feel horrible. This time I felt great the whole time on it and my breathing got better. I have had a shortness of breath (different than babesia air hunger) pretty constantly for years. I was thinking it was normal. After the two weeks, I had what felt like a UTI. It hurt bad, so I tried to wash it out by drinking a lot of water, and that would keep it from hurting. This went on for a week, and during that time my spleen started hurting and I was fatigued. My spleen hasn't hurt since I did a s...

Nothing. I only have three days left in round 3 and have felt nothing. Nothing has gotten worse. Nothing has gotten better. The funny thing is, I muscle test well for it. My friend even muscle tested me (she's very good at it) and she thought I tested well and that it's doing nothing. Why could it be I test well but it's doing nothing? I have no idea, but here's a guess. AI is supposed to make the body work better. Like on the freeway, if there was a bottleneck due to an accident, even after the accident is cleared, it will take time for the traffic to clear out and become normal. So, if the AI is making my body work better, it may take time before I notice the changes. That's the theory based on what their website says. We'll see. I went to New Orleans the week before I started this round. NOT a good place for someone with a severe allergy to shellfish!!! Especially since every night there were business dinners so I did not get to chose a safe plac...

I have been feeling good since round 2 once that healing reaction passed. I'm still having some mucus in my head from allergies, but seems to be less than most of the others in our family, maybe because I use the neti pot? There's really nothing much to report, which I consider to be a good thing! I'm skin brushing a couple times per week. I'm juicing at least once per day, most of the time twice. Interestingly, I'm muscle testing well for triphala and resveratrol. I haven't taken triphala for many months. It's a good aryuvedic combo that has many good uses, detoxification being one of them. Resveratrol is also a detox herb. Other than that, just my usual supps of a multiple, iron, magnesium, vitamin D, thyroid. The scurf rim in my iris is still clearing, so much so that my husband said, "Wow!!" when he saw it. The theory is that the scurf rim is related to how many toxins are in your skin. I'll check in when I get into round 3. Roun...

I was reading about healing crises and came across this article I thought I'd share. I wanted to share it because something about it struck me. So often Lyme patients talk about a "herx" or "herxheimer reaction" which happens from a die off of bacteria when herbs or antibiotics are started. This is not the same as a healing reaction. A healing reaction is reached when the body has achieved enough energy to heal itself. It might be from a change in diet, from homeopathics, or some other treatment that increases the body's energy and vitality. I knew this. I was reading up on it for reassurance because when I feel bad, sometimes I need it. I needed to be reminded that what I'm feeling is a good thing because it sure feels bad. What I found particularly interesting in this article is that they talk about how difficult it is in our current, polluted environment to actually reach a healing reaction. So, I guess I should be even happier than I am that...