I just finished my first treatment and there were a few little unexpected surprises. First, the Lyme treatment was deep red and looked just like a dropper full of blood. Interesting. I put the 20 drops in and started up the nebulizer. It was quite a bit louder than I thought it would be, and it was difficult to hear the TV over it. Thankfully, the air tube is long and I was able to sit on the other end of the couch.
From the first breath in, it burned and caused me to cough. For the first several breaths, it caused me to cough immediately after, and my throat felt really, really dry. I had to swallow after every breath. If you have ever smoked pot (for me, over 25 years ago in high school) that's what it feels like. The burning and coughing, but not as severe, only one little cough after each breath. That did lessen after a bit, but the burning and dryness continued without the need to cough. I finished over a half hour ago and I still have a funny throat irritation. My voice got a little hoarse as well. Not much, but I noticed. I also noticed that my nose was stuffy immediately after the treatment. Not runny at all, just stuffy, but it's going away already. I also just got a headache. Nothing major, and not the 'bad kind' of headache, but definitely a headache. I'm 95% sure it's from the treatment, because I rarely get headaches and when I do, they don't feel like this. They are usually a different type of pain and more debilitating. This one feels almost exactly like a brain freeze and like it's going to go away very shortly. According to the scientist that created the cure, people will either feel alert after treatment or drowsy after treatment. So after I figure out which one I am, I do the treatment in the evening or in the morning. I am definitely feeling drowsy, and I had planned to do it in the evening anyway, so I think this is going to work good :) Shortly after posting the information on the nebulizer recommended for using the Lyme treatment, I went to purchase it and the website and completely disappeared. I was only able to find one other True Neb nebulizer anywhere on the internet and it was twice as much: $120. So I talked with the Lyme cure creator and he said to purchase a Medline Aeromist Plus nebulizer. It was only $37 with free shipping at this website:
http://greatmedicalsavings.com/product.html?product_id=31193&atmrid=10&gclid=Cj0KEQjw6cCuBRCh4KrGoJ6LoboBEiQAwzYsdKQHJY8IyYLy_jses7JTAzJKFAeXPC5ecBJ9oRKqiqgaAlcF8P8HAQ I also learned that MacTech Imaging only does the Lyme saliva test for $150 for people that are going to be purchasing the Lyme protocol through them. It takes many hours and a lot of time to do each test and the cost is far more than what is actually paid. It was meant to go hand in hand with the treatment protocol. I did not realize this when I posted to the Lyme group, and MacTech has been inundated with requests for saliva tests. Below is a photo of the Medline Aeromist Nebulizer. I just received an email from Mac Tech imaging with my Saliva test results for Lyme. About 7 years ago, I had a negative Western Blot test. Finally, today after years and years, I have PHOTOS of the spirchetes living in my body. It's so crazy! ..... Ok, I have just tried multiple ways to post the photos, but they were emailed as an attachment in PDF form. I saved them to my computer, but they are under documents, not photos and I can't get them posted onto this page. I saved them to my desktop, too and cannot get them loaded onto this page. Frustrating! I'll keep trying later...
Anyway, it is an eight page report with some great information about the different types and shapes of spirochetes. There are six different photos of my results with multiple spirochetes in each photo ( pointed out with arrows) and cyst form spirochetes. I have the MC-1 or straight or 'stick form' morphology type of spirochete. Not sure exactly what all that means except they are not spiral shaped. They are straight. Below the test result photos are a couple pages of great reference on different' mophologies' or shapes of spirochetes. There are 18 different types/forms that I counted on that particular page. There is also a photo of what is called the "Wild Type" and they are spiral/squiggly shaped. The MC-1 type are straight. I highly recommend this affordable $150 test for Lyme. It's definitive, easy and much more affordable than Igenex. IMPORTANT TO NOTE: I have been on 3 different antibiotics for over four and a half years! Azithromycin, Bactrim and Doxycycline. Obviously, the antibiotics do not kill the Lyme Disease. It's been about 3 weeks or so since I stopped taking my antibiotics and I wanted to catalog the comeback of my symptoms. I hadn't had a Raynauld's episode in a very long time. Raynauld's Syndrome is where the person's hands and feet begin tingle and itch like they are falling asleep.... only it's worse than that. There is a sharp, stinging, burning pain that is brought on by the cold. And by cold, I mean going into the grocery store, holding a cold drink... anything below about 55 degrees. It's summer and it's warm, but I went to the grocery store and had an episode two days ago and was miserable. It's amazing how quickly I forget all these nasty little symptoms when I haven't experienced them for several months.
The symptoms began coming back pretty quickly after I stopped my Azithromycin. The biggest, constant one is my neck pain. I hadn't had to take ibuprofen for pain in months, and my neck pain got to the point that I had to take something. I try not to if I can help it, as it's not good to take it, but it got to be too much. I have an RX for Norco if I need it, but rarely use that. During the full moon, I felt like I had been hit by a train. Every joint ached and throbbed and within the aching, throbbing area there were sharp pains like someone was slowly twisting an ice pick around inside every joint in my body from my elbows, wrists and fingers down to my hips and toes. I started being faithful with my L-Glutamine again and the full moon went away, and that has improved immensely. I have almost no joint pain right at the moment.... Until next time, Mr. Moon. My hair has begun falling out again. Yay. That symptom had been gone for months as long as I wasn't taking something that caused it. Believe it or not, Vitamin D and Vit. C both cause major hair loss for me.... bad enough that it's like flipping on a switch if I take one dose. The next day, I am guaranteed significant hair loss, so I don't take them. I need to find some brands that don't do that to me. I am also allergic to something in the Thorne Research Vit. D and it makes me itch all over and start to get hives. I don't know if it's one of the fillers in there or ? Everybody, including my LLMD says you can't be allergic to Vit. D, and I believe them, but every form of it and different brands have a negative effect on me. Finally, IBS is back with a vengeance. Last night, immediately after eating dinner, I felt like I had swallowed a gallon of acid. My stomach began a painful burning that developed into nausea. I took some Pepto Bismal and it slowly subsided and I was able to avoid vomiting (anything but that! I hate to throw up.) but the IBS is still really bad this morning. Nobody else (5 other people) had this effect and we all ate the same thing: Something I make regularly for dinner that has never given me a problem. I am still awaiting the results of my saliva test for Lyme. I went to purchase my Nebulizer ( True Neb) and the website for the company was totally down. The only other True Neb I can find anywhere is double the price on one other website ($120 vs. $60). So I am waiting to see if the first website goes back up and I can get it for $60. I'm checking Ebay regularly as well. |
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