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January 7, 2005

A Good Excuse

I have a good reason for not writing in so long (about a month). Until now, I have been writing a history. I could, therefore write the last 7 years’ history over a 2 month period. Now, I have caught up with myself. I have now to tell you what is going on in the present. What I find. What I try. What works. What doesn’t. It takes time to see what the effects of any given therapy will be. I am, with only a six-month history of possibly knowing what’s wrong with me, investigating avenues of treatment that fit with my beliefs that a sledgehammer approach (antibiotics) is not going to ultimately be successful. So I wait, watch, think, research what is out there. I can only chip away at the problem. So my entries will be fewer and farther apart. I receive a lot of information in any given day. I research almost every day. I belong to three e-mail groups that are currently discussing every aspect of this disease. Most days I just can’t read it all.

I have written in two recent posts about my current direction: Samento and Detox. This has been going on for several months. Mainly the Samento, not so much the Detox, although it’s my intention to increase the Detox. I’m drinking green tea and trying to support the body’s natural ability to detox. You may not hear from me on this forum so often. You can sign up for a notice when I do post – there is a new sign-up by e-mail at the bottom of the right column. You will be automatically notified whenever I make a new post.

Posted by Laureen at 9:40 AM | Comments (1)

January 11, 2005

In A Big Rush

It does no good to be in a big rush to recover from Lyme. Some of the spirochetes have an amazingly long life cycle. According to Tom Grier (I’m going by memory here – as defective as it is) some spirochetes live a year and a half or more. Others can go into stasis for many years. And while they are surviving in your body, they can be hiding in a perfectly safe place – like your central nervous system (brain, spinal cord). The white cells (lymphocytes – the cells that “eat” foreign material) of your immune system can’t cross the blood-brain barrier. So Lyme has a safe place to hide. Current allopathic (common western medicine) treatment includes antibiotics or other treatments over a period of years. Unfortunately, doctors who treat this way may run afoul of the Medical and Insurance Establishments and can actually lose their licenses and be dropped from insurance plans.

I recently heard a term used that set me to thinking. The term was, “the body's cellular immune system”. The human body evolved with the ability to protect itself from diseases. Healing the body’s “inner terrain” will encourage the body’s natural ability to heal itself. So this message seems to be “heal your self and your self will heal itself.” I’ll get back to you on this.

Posted by Laureen at 2:02 PM