Me: November 20, 2015
Hunter: December 16, 2015
Brian: January 2, 2015
Colby: January 3, 2015
Changes or improvements for me: Neck pain gone at this time, ringing in my ears reduced by 90%, floaters in my vision reduced by 95%. A lot of others, but I would have to go through my huge, long list again. I'll update that in a month or so on the "My Symptoms" page.
Hunter: He is feeling an improvement in brain function, his biggest struggle. His memory was almost nonexistent, and when he would talk, he would have large pauses and lose his train of thought a couple times just trying to get out one sentence. He really, really struggles with school, has intrusive thoughts, had to re-read sentences 4-5 times to comprehend, etc. Now he is able to talk without the long pauses and feels like - in his own words- that the fog is being lifted. He has a long way to go, because his brain damage was severe, but he definitely sees improvements that we have never gotten with antibiotics. He also had severely shaky hands (Parkinson's-like) and there is a reduction in the severity of the shaking. He was not on any supplements other than the L-Glutamine and Vit. C.
Brian: I haven't asked him yet. For the past couple weeks, he has had a really, super itchy spot on his back that he said feels like a bug bite, but there is nothing there at all. No rash or anything. I told him I think it's the 'dying of the Lyme' perhaps giving one last gasp :) He is not on any supplements.
Colby: Colby has a gluten intolerance, which caused leaky gut and major joint pain and brain 'meltdowns'. I do everything gluten free at home for him, but he's out and about with his friends a lot, so he still eats gluten a few times a week on average. In spite of that, his joint pain has improved and he said he feels like he can think more clearly. Previously, if he ate gluten, his feet, knees, etc. would swell and turn red and achy~very painful. He would get insomnia and have a total mental meltdown. He starts to talk really fast and behaves like he as ADD. Although he still has these symptoms when he eats a lot of gluten, they are not as severe as before. I am hoping getting rid of the Lyme will get rid of his gluten intolerance. That would be so amazing for him. Nobody else in our family has ever had this.
Oddly, Colby and Hunter's symptoms are totally the opposite. Hunter and the major brain function issues and Colby's were much more physical. Colby did not struggle in school as much as Hunter and had a lot more mental clarity, with no obvious speech/thinking problems.