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When Will I Start to Feel Better?

https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/recovery-timeline-for-lyme-bartonella-babesia  Video Here

When You Might Start to Feel Better: The Lyme, Bartonella, and Babesia Timelines

In this video article, Marty Ross MD describes when you should start to feel better in your treatment. As Dr. Ross describes, it all depends on the which infections you are treating.

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This topic paramount, as patients desperately want their lives back.  At least I did.

I remember finding a man who was infected but had achieved his health back.  In a vast pool of sick people, he appeared to be a lone survivor.  Frantically, I emailed him for answers.  Per usual, he got right back to me with encouragement.  (This has been my experience time and time again.  Infected people “get it,” and immediately help those looking for it).

To be honest, I only remember one thing he said: “Don’t be depressed about feeling depressed.”  You may laugh, but that simple statement probably helped me more than any other advice, because this complex illness will truly sift you like wheat making you question your very sanity and your desire to continue with life.

I would compare having Lyme/MSIDS to being dropped behind enemy lines in an Arctic climate where you are given nothing but a toothpick and a shovel for survival.

I would love to say that I completely agree with Dr. Ross but it just wasn’t our experience.  Since both my husband and I are infected and have both waged this battle (and continue to wage it), I have two narratives I am quite intimate with – plus many other patients who tell me their stories.

Tracking improvement is like catching a greased pig.  Very hard to do.  Nothing about this is linear.  There are forward steps, stalls, and backward steps – sometimes within the same day!

I advise patients to keep a monthly calendar close by with lines on it for writing.  Write down your major symptoms every day.  This will really help if you are tracking others in your family as well.  If you don’t do this you will likely forget much of what you experience.

If possible, then take these notes and write or type up an executive summary noting the main symptoms.  This will help your Lyme literate doctor more than anything.  They are versed in the various symptoms and your documentation will show what infections are dominant at the time (and this varies from time to time.)

It is true that if you are not experiencing change (improvement or worsening) you are likely in a plateau which should indicate you need to change your treatment.  Be honest about this and talk with your LLMD about this so you are in agreement.  This is NOT an illness that you can just ‘trust the experts’ with.  You NEED to be a part of this unique partnership.  Admittedly, in the beginning you won’t know much and won’t be able to be much help, but in time you will become a quasi-expert.  I tell patients that doctors are experts in THE human body but you are the expert with YOUR body.  Your intel is indispensable to your physician.  If they don’t want your intel, it’s time to find a new doctor!

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Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Treatment

Viagra for COVID?

http://  Approx. 3 Min

Jan. 8, 2022

Could Viagra treat COVID?

The UK nurse who recovered from COVID coma after getting Viagra:  https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/uk-nurse-recovers-from-covid-19-after-being-given-viagra/

Chile Study:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34980198/

Conclusions: No statistically significant differences were found in the oxygenation parameters. Sildenafil treatment could have a potential therapeutic role regarding the need for IMV in COVID-19 patients with specific perfusion patterns in sCTA. A large-scale study is needed to confirm these results.

IMV is invasive mechanical ventilation (ventilator)

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Treatment, Viruses

Wilderness Medical Society Writes Clinical Practice Guidelines for TBI’s. They Also Are Wrong

https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(21)00163-0/fulltext

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Tick-Borne Illness in the United States

Published:October 09, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2021.09.001
The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of tick-borne illness (TBI). Recommendations are graded based on quality of supporting evidence according to criteria put forth by the American College of Chest Physicians. The guidelines include a brief review of the clinical presentation, epidemiology, prevention, and management of TBI in the United States, with a primary focus on interventions that are appropriate for resource-limited settings.
Strong recommendations are provided for the use of DEET, picaridin, and permethrin; tick checks; washing and drying clothing at high temperatures; mechanical tick removal within 36 h of attachment; single-dose doxycycline for high-risk Lyme disease exposures versus “watchful waiting;” evacuation from backcountry settings for symptomatic tick exposures; and TBI education programs. Weak recommendations are provided for the use of light-colored clothing; insect repellents other than DEET, picaridin, and permethrin; and showering after exposure to tick habitat. Weak recommendations are also provided against passive methods of tick removal, including the use of systemic and local treatments. There was insufficient evidence to support the use of long-sleeved clothing and the avoidance of tick habitat such as long grasses and leaf litter. Although there was sound evidence supporting Lyme disease vaccination, a grade was not offered as the vaccine is not currently available for use in the United States.  (See Link for article)
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**Comment**
Any document that refuses to include ILADS material is rigged.  In the conclusion the authors admit:
The recommendations presented in this CPG are largely consistent with those presented by the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/index.html)
In essence they are telling us they’ve used tax-payer dollars to tell us nothing new.
  • These guidelines are a regurgitation of the accepted narrative by a supposed “expert panel” whom were chosen based on interest or research experience.
  • They essentially sifted through The Cabal’s research with keywords, and then looked at existing guidelines and CDC references – all of which are stacked against patients, but of course were peer-reviewed.
  • They didn’t even address the polarity which exists in both Lyme/MSIDS research and clinical practice.
  • The first glaring misnomer & simplification is that they state the black-legged tick is only in the Eastern US, despite independent research showing migrating birds are spreading ticks globally and that patients are infected globally.
  • While there is a greater risk of being bitten at certain times of the year, you can be bitten 24/7/365.  Never forget that and never let your guard down.
  • They continue to downplay transmission if you remove the tick before 72 hours.  Don’t buy it.  I know too many who have defied this 4-cornered box, including myself.  Remove all ticks ASAP.
  • They continue to push the one-dose doxy prophylactic treatment which doesn’t work. Neither does two pills. Unfortunately, researchers still believe the EM rash is some magical symbol.  The EM rash comes and goes at will and should never be a marker for effectiveness of treatment.
  • The EM rash is a poor indicator of Lyme, and highly variable, although if you have it, you ARE INFECTED WITH LYME, no testing needed – start treatment ASAP.
  • Ironically, if the doctor can’t identify the tick, or if attachment time is unknown, they still recommend the “wait and see” approach, even though that particular refrain has caused untold damage.
  • The “experts” then give a complicated diagram showing a triage of events (many of which are faulty) leading to either remaining in the field or evacuating.  In other words, they are asking you to again trust the “experts” and their four-cornered box which has been defied again and again.
  • And lastly, and certainly expected is their belief in a Lyme vaccine as an “attractive option,” despite the fact patients have literally been maimed by it.

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Lyme, Prevention, research, Treatment

COVID Truth to Share

https://dailyclout.io/wp-content/uploads/COVID-Truths-You-Havent-Heard.pdf

This well written pdf guide is a collection of facts that have been peer-reviewed and triple checked by experts in their fields.  Since mainstream media, medicine, and our corrupt public health ‘authorities’ are not giving facts, we need to share this information with one another.

Topics covered:

  • Masks
  • Asymptomatic spread
  • The Great Barrington Declaration
  • Herd Immunity & how it is achieved
  • Outpatient COVID treatment protocols
  • How early treatments have been suppressed and denied
  • Testing
  • COVID Statistical Fraud
  • CDC data fraud
  • Vaccine trials
  • NIH & NIAID Corruption/Crimes
  • Adverse events on COVID shots
  • “Vaccine” Mandates
  • Numerous topics you can take action on

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Activism, Treatment, vaccines, Viruses

Danish Researchers Discover New Hiding Place for Antibiotic Resistance

https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2021/danish-researchers-discover-new-hiding-place-for-antibiotic-resistance/

16 December 2021

Danish researchers discover new hiding place for antibiotic resistance

BacteriaGenes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics can persist longer than it was previously believed. This was recently shown in a new University of Copenhagen study that reports a previously unknown hiding place for these genes. The finding represents a new and important piece in the puzzle to understand how bacterial antibiotic resistance works.
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Antibiotic resistance is a race between us humans, who strive to find new antibiotics that can treat infectious diseases – and bacteria, which are becoming increasingly resistant. For now, bacteria are way ahead, which is why it is important for us to learn more about antibiotic resistance. A Danish research group has discovered a new piece of the puzzle that helps us better understand the ‘enemy’.

University of Copenhagen researchers have shown that the prevailing assumption that resistant bacteria lose their resistance capability when antibiotics are not present is a truth requiring significant modifications.

“One widespread strategy to combat antibiotic resistance has been to use antibiotics for a period of time and then take a break. The belief is that resistant bacteria will lose their resistance genes or be outcompeted during the break, after which the antibiotics will work again. But that approach doesn’t seem to hold up,” says one of the study’s senior authors, Associate Professor Mette Burmølle of the Department of Biology. Co-first author Henriette Lyng Røder elaborates:

“Our study demonstrates that resistance genes are able to hide in inactive bacteria, where they form a hidden reserve of resistance that bacteria can rely on. In other words, they don’t just disappear when antibiotics aren’t around.”  (See link for article)

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Summary:

  • The study, found in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiome, is called: “Biofilms Can Act as Plasmid Reserves in the Absence of Plasmid Specific Selection”
  • The article of course delves into biofilms, something every Lyme/MSIDS patient must quickly learn about.
  • It has long been thought that using antibiotics and then taking a break would eradicate any lingering bacteria either through losing resistance genes or being out-competed.
  • The study found that resistance genes hide in inactive bacteria and form a hidden reserve.
  • Inactive bacteria found in biofilm have this hidden reserve of resistance genes that can be drawn upon. (Think of it as a special army that can be called upon when other soldiers are killed or injured)
  • Plasmids, which allow resistance genes to occur, also steal energy from bacteria and cause it to grow more slowly, so the bacteria strike the perfect balance by having active bacteria do the heavy lifting while inactive (hibernating) bacteria in biofilm have the life-sucking plasmids slowing them down but make them antibiotic resistant which is imperative for survival.
  • Researchers believe that resistance/persister reserves in biofilms are primarily built up in environmental bacteria found in soil, air, and wastewater.
  • Different species of bacteria can transmit resistance to each other, which means environmental bacteria found in soil for instance can be transmitted to the types of bacteria (say staph, for instance) that make people ill.
  • A concern is that antibiotic-resistant genes from humans and animals that ends up in sewage for instance may spread into the environment and turn environmental bacteria pathogenic or disease causing.

Important quote:

“In the bigger picture, this means that if there are a lot of inactive bacteria in the environment, in soil for example, then resistant genes don’t just gradually disappear when antibiotics aren’t present. Therefore, we ought to consider abandoning the idea that we can get rid of resistance genes and instead assume that they are always present. Understanding these dynamics can better equip us to battle antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”

Could someone please send this to the IDSA?

When I first read this, I completely missed the “new hiding place,” as this has been discussed for years by Lyme/MSIDS researchers and doctors.

  • Dr. Zhang calls them “persisters.”
  • Dr. Horowitz has had great success in a subset of patients using mycobacterium drugs and states: “the efficacy of dapsone combined with other antibiotics and agents that disrupt biofilms for the treatment of chronic Lyme disease/post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS)” [2] “decreased eight major Lyme symptoms severity and improved treatment outcomes among patients with chronic Lyme disease/PTLDS and associated co-infections.”
  • A study by Stanford Medicine suggests that the antibiotic azlocillin “completely kills off the disease-causing bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi at the onset of the illness.” In addition, the authors say, azlocillin “could be effective for treating [Lyme disease] patients infected with drug-tolerant bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms.” [5]
  • Researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found that a combination of antibiotics – daptomycin, doxycycline, and ceftriaxone − eradicated the slow-growing variant form (persisters) of the Lyme bacteria in a mouse model. Scientists believe persisters may be responsible for the chronic symptoms that some Lyme disease patients experience.  “There is a lot of excitement in the field because we now have not only a plausible explanation but also a potential solution for patients who suffer from persistent Lyme disease symptoms despite standard single-antibiotic treatment,” says Ying Zhang, MD, Ph.D., senior author on the study.
  • Dr. Mass has written that Disulfiram/Antabuse not only kills the active bacteria responsible for the disease but also a subpopulation of “persister-cells”.
  • This study shows how important it is to continue to play in the dirt and eat things from the ground.  Soil-based probiotics are bacteria naturally found in the earth. One of the most common types of soil-based probiotics (bacillus) has been used to ferment foods for hundreds of years.
  • Make sure you work with a reputable practitioner to become educated on the nuances of nutrition, probiotics, supplements, and other things that will help you
  • COVID has ignited a germ-fear panic which is unfounded and truly contrary to everything known about human health and germs/viruses.  The constant de-germing of every surface is killing beneficial bacteria and setting us up for illness. As with all things in life – it’s about balance.  When there’s too many bad-guys, your health will tip into illness, but when all is in balance, health is robust and stable.  Our job?  Try to find that proper balance, which is a lifetime work!  And, as with all things, looks slightly different on each individual, which is why allopathic medicine will never have the answers as it is a “one-sized fits all” approach where supposedly a singular pill will fix you and everyone else in exactly the same way.  Hopefully we can put that myth to rest once and for all, as this over simplification of health is leaving thousands in the dust – particularly Lyme/MSIDS patients.

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research, Treatment