25 Specialists for 3 Infections: The Realities of Tick-Borne Disease

November 23, 2022

https://www.globallymealliance.org/blog/devin-wethauser?

25 Specialists for 3 Infections: The Realities of Tick-Borne Disease

by Devin Wethauser on August 19, 2022

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Devin Wethauser shares her story of fighting Lyme disease, Bartonella, and Babesia in an effort to spread awareness.

It all started with the most intense stomach ache I’ve ever had, six days before my sixteenth birthday. That was the beginning of a journey I had never imagined would become my life. My symptoms were random and involved every part of my body, which sent me to over 25 different specialists. In my senior year of college, while under the care of an integrative medicine doctor, my diagnosis of Lyme, Bartonellosis and Babesiosis was confirmed.

thumbnail_image0I have had almost every symptom in the book, but specifically for Bartonella, I have had and continue to endure headaches, pain behind the eyes, muscle pain, poor appetite, swollen glands, horrible fatigue, random fevers, tachycardia, exacerbation of anxiety and depression, and severe brain fog.

Under the care of my LLMD, I have experimented with so many treatments, which unfortunately for me, have yet to help my conditions. These treatments have included the typical ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, doxycycline, herbals, low dose immunotherapy, and disulfiram. I am now on a combination of dapsone, rifampin, and doxycycline.

I have also developed some difficult mental health issues that made me seek out therapy. This experience, in particular, gave me purpose in my life. I realized that being a therapist, specifically for chronically ill people, is how I take the best of me and my experiences to help others.

The disease has completely changed my life. Since I’ve been sick for over a decade, I don’t remember what it’s like to feel healthy and pain free. I learned that the path I had originally carved out for me was no longer available. I’m not able to work full time as I don’t have the energy to do so. I have also developed some difficult mental health issues that made me seek out therapy. This experience, in particular, gave me purpose in my life. I realized that being a therapist, specifically for chronically ill people, is how I take the best of me and my experiences to help others. I graduated with an undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship thinking I’ll be starting a fashion business. However, now I’m currently working on my graduate degree to become a licensed professional clinical counselor and a licensed drug and alcohol counselor.

Screen Shot 2022-08-16 at 3-05-16 PMThe advice I’d share with others is that you must recognize every single person diagnosed with tick-borne infections is going to have a completely different journey. One person will be in remission from doxy while another (me) has yet to get there after trying countless treatments. At times, hope can be fleeting, but it’s important to hang on to that small sliver. I also think it’s extremely important to seek out therapy to process, build perspective and develop tools. Having these illnesses and diseases causes grief and trauma. Using professional help to navigate all this was critical for my journey.

In addition, you will have many non-believers, including those in the medical profession. I recently went to the emergency room for low oxygen saturation. The ER doctor said “you’re too young to be on all of these medications. What kind of treatment is this for LYMES disease? I’m going to cure you tonight.” This is a perfect example of why we need GLA and other organizations to fund research for better treatments. Once there’s a better treatment that LLMD’s can use and prove it works, then we can start educating ignorant doctors like the ER doctor in my story.

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The above material is provided for information purposes only. The material (a) is not nor should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, nor (b) does it necessarily represent endorsement by or an official position of Global Lyme Alliance, Inc. or any of its directors, officers, advisors or volunteers. Advice on the testing, treatment or care of an individual patient should be obtained through consultation with a physician who has examined that patient or is familiar with that patient’s medical history.
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Devin Wethauser

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*Opinions expressed by contributors are their own. Devin is currently working as a personal stylist and shopper as she’s completing her Master’s Degree in Counseling and Psychology. In her free time, she binge-watches The Office or Seinfeld, goes fishing, or cuddles with her two Rottweilers named Mack and Biggie.

Email: dwville@gmail.com

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COVID Rules & The Science Behind Them & LA Times Back to Blaming the Unvaxxed

November 22, 2022
This is your  humor for the day.  If we don’t laugh, we cry and laughing is better for you…..

https://jamesmacpherson.substack.com/p/covid-rules

Covid Rules …

… and the science behind them

James Macpherson

Excerpts:

Today I’m bringing you the very best of Covid Rules and explaining the complicated Science being them.

We were treated like idiots for two years. We must never, ever forget.

The Rule:

We had to wear masks when entering a restaurant and walking to the table, but were allowed to remove the mask when seated at the table. Mask had to be reapplied in order to leave.

The Science:

Covid doesn’t spread when you’re eating and drinking

The Rule:

When sitting in a park you and your friends were required to sit within circles painted on the grass

The Science:

The Covid agreed not to penetrate inside the painted circles but that anyone outside the circles was fair game.

The Rule:

In France people had to fill out a form authorizing themselves to go outside for a walk. In the absence of a form, people could write a letter and sign it, or else give themselves permission via an app. If you left the house without giving yourself written permission to do so, you had to pay a fine.

The Science:

Covid would not spread if you had a note saying you were taking the pandemic seriously

The Rule:

Do not speak in the elevator

The Science:

Covid respects silence

(See link for more unbelievable COVID rules)

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**COMMENT**

Remember when the master wizards of Public Health decided to appeal to Americans to ‘vaccinate’ for the reward of hamburgers, doughnuts, beer, gambling, and lap dances?

And remember this?

 

Besides the unbelievable, unethical, and downright ludicrous things done in the name of “science” and “public health,” the seriously incredulous things people said, and continue to say is perhaps even worse:

Our favorite pathologist, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, who’s been speaking out against COVID theater from the beginning recently had this to say regarding forgiving the post-COVID age:

“Absolutely not. I’m full of vengeance. I am vengeful. It’s not a time to say I’m sorry. It’s a time to put these bastards in jail.” ~ Dr. Hodkinson

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https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2022-11-03/are-the-unvaccinated-still-a-danger-to-the-rest-of-us-covid

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us?

By Melissa Healy

Nov. 3, 2022

Excerpt:

For the 49% of “fully vaccinated” Americans who’ve had at least one booster dose, infection remains a possibility, but the prospects of becoming seriously ill or dying of COVID-19 are sharply reduced.

Researchers believe that catching the coronavirus after vaccination (though not so much the other way around) may provide enhanced protection against severe illness and death. But whether that is the case — and how much — can vary based on how long ago an infection took place and the particular variant that caused it.

In other words, Americans range in vulnerability from the unvaccinated and never infected to the vaccinated, previously infected and fully boosted, with infinite gradations of protection in between.

In conditions like these, the role the unvaccinated could play in seeding outbreaks will vary.
The steady waning of immunity raises a discouraging prospect: that over time, people who are still called “fully vaccinated” will become indistinguishable from the unvaccinated unless they’ve received a booster. Until more Americans embrace booster shots, the “undervaccinated” will steadily swell the ranks of the vulnerable.
Wherever they are, they’ll help keep the pandemic going.
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**Commet**
Hopefully, it’s brazenly clear where this is headed…..it’s booster or bust, despite the fact two studies have now arrived at the same conclusion:
Omicron booster shots do not induce a significantly higher level of neutralizing antibodies against Omicron subvariants than the original mRNA COVID-19 vaccine formulation designed to induce antibodies against the spike protein of the now-extinct Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2.
Mainstream media outlets like the The LA Times of course, have served their usual function of propagating government-sanctioned propaganda.  And it is propaganda because any FDA claims about Omicron booster shots is based on NO data on their effects in humans.  That’s right.  No data.  Just “belief.”
We were all hoping this blame-game would end when it was proven the CDC manipulated data to show a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky happily propelled forward despite being publicly corrected by senior editor of the BMJ, Peter Doshi.  Important excerpt:
If hospitalizations and deaths are almost exclusively occurring in the unvaccinated “why would booster shots be necessary?” Doshi asked. “And why would the statistics be so different in the UK, where most COVID hospitalizations and deaths are among the fully vaccinated?” ~ Peter Doshi
  • ‘The powers that be’ had to come up with something to counter the fact that public health authorities brazenly told us these shots prevented COVID, people are finally hearing that the shots DO NOT protectagainst transmission, severe symptoms, reduction in hospitalization, or even death.  In fact, they were found to cause more harm than good when the proper scientific endpoint of “all cause severe morbidity” was used.
  • Lastly, when the author states people can range in vulnerability from the unvaccinated and never infected to the vaccinated, previously infected and fully boosted, she insinuates that the bottom of the barrel is the unvaccinated when in fact reality and science has shown the exact opposite. Numerous studies now have shown COVID shots have negative efficacy, while also establishing that natural immunity, is robust, long lasting, and more complete than “vaccination” and is clearly superior to Pharma products.
  • The UK government reveals the triple vaxxed account for 91% of COVID deaths, the fully vaxxed account for over 90% of COVID deaths since May 2021.
Let all of this sink in.
It doesn’t get any clearer than this, but the spin doctors are gonna spin.

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Died Suddenly Documentary & Critical Review

https://www.stewpeters.com/live/?auth_pass=yes  Video Here (Approx. 1 Hour)

LIVE World Premiere: Died Suddenly

Documentary

Why do we never believe them? For centuries, the global elite have broadcast their intentions to depopulate the world – even to the point of carving them into stone. And yet… we never seem to believe them.

The Stew Peters Network is proud to present DIED SUDDENLY, from the award winning filmmakers, Matthew Skow and Nicholas Stumphauzer.  They are the minds behind WATCH THE WATER and THESE LITTLE ONES, and now have a damning presentation on the truth about the greatest ongoing mass genocide in human history.

This documentary was made possible by Goldco.

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**Comment**

BTW: the deaths reported to VAERS in the documentary after COVID shots was stated to be approximately 14,000.  Deaths reported now  (Nov. 21, 2022) stand at 32,155 and counting….

Brian A Wilkins of TheCOVIDBlog.com wrote this very informative critical review of the documentary.  Highly recommended reading.  A few points from the review:

  • The documentary unfortunately at 3:26 in the trailer, the film shows former University of Florida basketball player Keyontae Johnson collapsing during a game against Florida State.  This incident happened Dec. 12, 2020 – a week before the COVID shots were available to the public and months before they were available to the non-medical and non-elderly.  He also didn’t die.  People are using this mistake to discredit the entire documentary.
    • And now, Medpage Today (which I consider a medical rag paper) now has “experts” supposedly debunking claims made in the film; however, when you read it absolutely nothing is debunked. Instead, they engage in smear tactics and name-calling.  For instance one “expert” who is a MD claims the clots look exactly like common postmortem blood clots.  The embalmers in the film state the clots look like nothing they’ve ever seen before.
    • Unfortunately the film used footage from a pulmonary embolectomy in 2019.  While films often use stock footage, this time it will be used to discredit the entire film.
    • Regarding the link between cancer and the shots, Alden et al have demonstrated integration of 444 base pair amplicon or reporter region from the Pfizer shot into the human nucleus in a hepatoma cell line.  This paper has still NOT been challenged by any credible authority or disproven by experiments.  

By suppression of the natural tumor surveillance system(s) in even one cell, it is conceivable that reverse transcription could lead to cancer with a single ill-advised injection of mRNA if it was delivered to a cancer-prone cell line in a susceptible person. ~ Dr. Peter McCullough

    • And a Swedish study done a full year before the Alden study shows the spike protein entering the cell nuclei, and suppressing DNA repair, which also demonstrates the cancer, immunodeficiency, autoimmune, and aging potential.  None of this is new, but it’s all being denied with blanket statements – no proof.
  • They unfortunately used Bigfoot during the psychological operations segment, which has nothing to do with the subject matter and also provides yet another opportunity to discount the entire movie as a “conspiracy theory.”
  • It’s too partisan and too much Steve Kirsch.  I would agree.  There are “bad guys” on every side and this is a life and death issue.  Stick to the facts, be fair, and don’t muddy the waters.
  • The film needed attribution (who, what, when, where, why) on the details of all the deformed babies.
  • It’s a very fair and honest review.  Highly recommend.  It’s also a reminder that we all need to be as accurate as possible and keep politics out of it.  People’s lives are at stake.

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Lyme Disease Causes Mix of Symptoms, Including Autonomic Dysfunction

https://danielcameronmd.com/lyme-disease-causes-mix-of-symptoms-including-autonomic-dysfunction/

LYME DISEASE CAUSES MIX OF SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

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In the case report “A Patient with SIADH, Urinary Retention, Constipation, and Bell’s Palsy following a Tick Bite,” Leone and colleagues describe a patient who developed an unusual combination of Lyme disease symptoms, all of which resolved following treatment. [1]

By Dr. Daniel Cameron

“Our case emphasizes that Lyme disease is capable of causing a mix of symptoms, which may be difficult to interpret, leading to a delay in diagnosis,” the authors write. And these symptoms may “develop consecutively further obscuring the clinical picture.”

A 69-year-old male presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and hyponatremia, a condition that occurs when the level of sodium in the blood is too low.

Four weeks earlier the man noticed a rash on his elbow, which resolved after one week. He also developed a decreased appetite, anorexia, abdominal fullness, chills, headache, fatigue, and myalgias and complained of having an acute onset of constipation.

“There should be a high alert of atypical presentation of this common tick bite associated infection,” the authors write.

Testing for Lyme disease was positive, and the patient began treatment with IV ceftriaxone.

Several days later, he developed Bell’s palsy, along with urinary retention, which required catheterization.

“Our case highlights the importance of including neurological Lyme disease as a possible diagnosis in individuals who present with symptoms of autonomic dysregulation….”

Two days after antibiotic treatment was initiated, the patient developed symptoms believed to be due to a Herxheimer reaction. The authors write, “the patient was found to be tachycardic, weak, diaphoretic, and febrile.”

Test results “suggested that Lyme carditis and NSTEMI were unlikely, and that these symptoms could be a Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction.” He was then switched to IV doxycycline.

At his 3-month follow-up appointment, the man’s symptoms had resolved completely.

“In our patient, an extremely rare mix of symptoms including SIADH, urinary retention, and constipation together with facial neuritis was observed.”

SIADH also known as syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion is a condition in which high levels of a hormone cause the body to retain water.

Authors conclude:

“Our case highlights the importance of including neurological Lyme disease as a possible diagnosis in individuals who present with symptoms of autonomic dysregulation such as hyponatremia due to an SIADH-like syndrome, urinary retention, anorexia, constipation, and facial palsy.”

Related Articles:

Are gastrointestinal problems in Lyme disease due to autonomic dysfunction?
Could autonomic dysfunction lead to pain in Lyme disease?
Abdominal pain, ileus and constipation due to Lyme disease

References:
  1. Leone M, Iqbal A, Hugo Bonatti JR, Anwar S, Feaga C. A Patient with SIADH, Urinary Retention, Constipation, and Bell’s Palsy following a Tick Bite. Case Rep Nephrol. 2022 Jul 11;2022:5937131. doi: 10.1155/2022/5937131. PMID: 35859789; PMCID: PMC9293531.

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Researchers Discover Balsam Fir Needles Kills Ticks

https://www.globallymealliance.org/news/balsam-fir-needles-can-kill-ticks-that-cause-lyme-disease-dalhousie-researcher

Researchers Discover a Plant that Kills Lyme Disease Causing Ticks

by Admin at Global Lyme Alliance on August 24, 2022

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New study concludes oil in balsam fir needles is effective in preventing ticks from surviving winter

Written by CBC News. Photo credit @Amal El Nabbout

When Nova Scotia scientist Shelley Adamo noticed ticks avoid balsam fir trees, her professional instincts kicked in.

Adamo, a professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said she noticed ticks often didn’t survive winter on her South Shore property which has thick stands of balsam fir trees.

Adamo said she had a “realistic hunch” that she should study the effects of balsam fir trees on Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick that is a vector for Lyme disease. First discovered in Lyme, Conn., in the 1970s Lyme disease is now a common tick-borne disease that can cause fever, joint pain, rash and other longer-lasting effects.

The results of a three-year study into how balsam fir needles could help control tick populations was published on July 29 in Scientific Reports. Adamo spoke to Emma Smith of CBC Radio’s Mainstreet NS about what she discovered.

What did you do to determine that these balsam fir needles could could kill blacklegged ticks? 

We tested them by collecting ticks and then we would put them in incubators and give them like a winter kind of experience.

We put them in tubes and then we put the balsam fir in with them and they died.

Then we tried it outdoors as well. So we worked with people at the Harrison Lewis Centre who were very good to us. They’re down in the Port Joli area between Liverpool and Shelburne, a real hotspot for Lyme.

We collected the ticks locally so we weren’t adding ticks at least, and we put them in their own little tubes so they couldn’t get out. But it was mesh so that snow and rain could fall in.

We put them in the tubes with balsam fir and put them out in December and collected them in March and we looked to see who lived and who died.

Some ticks got a little layer of oak and maple leaves, which is what they like. And some of them got a layer of of balsam fir. The ones that got to live with the balsam fir needles died. Pretty much all of them.

This could be a natural-product way to try to reduce the load of these potentially Lyme carrying ticks.

When you collected those tubes in the spring, the ones that had the maple and oak leaves, were those tick still alive?

They don’t all live. But surprisingly for ticks that evolved much further south, they actually can survive fairly well in in our Nova Scotian winters.

We vary quite a bit from year to year but our survival in the maple and oak was sometimes 60 per cent, sometimes 80 per cent, whereas the survival in the balsam fir was basically zero.

To read the full story from CBC News, click here.

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