My Lyme Treatment
On 15 October 2013, I had my wife drive me to a local health clinic in order to have a blood test performed to see if I was infected with Lyme Disease ( YOU are the patient - YOU have this right!). The story is a long one, and one I will post eventually, but I was correct - I tested positive on both the Western Blot and the ELSA test, and later was found to harbor a number of other tick-borne co-infections as well. After the diagnosis, I started seeing an Alternative Lyme Literate M.D. and his staff, and they have been great.
Why did I think I had Lyme?
Again, a very long story, but what led me to researching Lyme as a possible cause of my years of pain and suffering were my rapidly deteriorating roots of my teeth. It seemed as if almost overnight my gums had receded, revealing brown, ugly, deep dental caries. I had just had a full dental check up a year earlier and had passed with flying colors. I did see a local dentist after discovering the problem, and he said nothing about Lyme, instead telling me carbonated drinks had caused the horrible problem. That just didn't seem right…… so, I started reading.
At the time, I also was researching using Cannabis Oil (Rick Simpson Oil) to treat my chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, and to help me sleep. I can no longer take narcotics or even most OTC pain pills - and I live with constant pain that most will never experience in their life. I needed a solution. After receiving my medical cannabis card, I was able to obtain a small amount of oil, and even learned how to make a small batch of my own. As I increased the dosage over the days, I started actually feeling much worse, not better - I was having a Herxenheimer reaction (a Herx, for short) due to the die off of the bacteria in my body from the potent cannabis oil. This was a good thing. Plus, the side effects of pain reduction and some extra sleep were very welcome. (I know - toxic die off creates other problems, but body pain and other pains do lessen when using the oil. I just try to detox really well when i have this.)
The two incidents above were enough to lead me to get tested. Now I know what I have. Trying to battle it - that's going to be the tricky part!
Why did I think I had Lyme?
Again, a very long story, but what led me to researching Lyme as a possible cause of my years of pain and suffering were my rapidly deteriorating roots of my teeth. It seemed as if almost overnight my gums had receded, revealing brown, ugly, deep dental caries. I had just had a full dental check up a year earlier and had passed with flying colors. I did see a local dentist after discovering the problem, and he said nothing about Lyme, instead telling me carbonated drinks had caused the horrible problem. That just didn't seem right…… so, I started reading.
At the time, I also was researching using Cannabis Oil (Rick Simpson Oil) to treat my chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, and to help me sleep. I can no longer take narcotics or even most OTC pain pills - and I live with constant pain that most will never experience in their life. I needed a solution. After receiving my medical cannabis card, I was able to obtain a small amount of oil, and even learned how to make a small batch of my own. As I increased the dosage over the days, I started actually feeling much worse, not better - I was having a Herxenheimer reaction (a Herx, for short) due to the die off of the bacteria in my body from the potent cannabis oil. This was a good thing. Plus, the side effects of pain reduction and some extra sleep were very welcome. (I know - toxic die off creates other problems, but body pain and other pains do lessen when using the oil. I just try to detox really well when i have this.)
The two incidents above were enough to lead me to get tested. Now I know what I have. Trying to battle it - that's going to be the tricky part!
