tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post4850338080091288641..comments2024-03-09T08:14:49.856-08:00Comments on LymeMD: Lyme-Bartonella-B12-Folic acid and vitamin DLyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-16654304936863366462020-11-19T18:17:13.444-08:002020-11-19T18:17:13.444-08:00Hello everyone!! I'm Marilyn Here in the State...Hello everyone!! I'm Marilyn Here in the States and I'm here to talk about what Dr. James did for me. I have been suffering from (GENITAL HERPES VIRUS) disease for the past 4 years and had constant pain and itching, especially in my private part. During the first year. This disease started circulating all over my body and I have used Oregano oil, Coconut oil, Acyclovir, Val acyclovir, Acyclovir, and some other products and it really helped during my outbreaks but I totally got cured! 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Marilyn Navarrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397272981313698387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-63221392658182365252018-10-14T03:22:06.222-07:002018-10-14T03:22:06.222-07:00Any vietnam vets popping up?Any vietnam vets popping up?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792972693336822663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-83861322124537683322018-02-11T09:00:32.636-08:002018-02-11T09:00:32.636-08:00Good Source of Folic Acid | Folic Acid | Folic Aci...<a href="https://wikiwon.com/health/good-source-of-folic-acid-folic-acid-folic-acid-deficiency/" rel="nofollow">Good Source of Folic Acid | Folic Acid | Folic Acid Deficiency</a><br />Muneer Ahmedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272371583378871713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-86641587911304655302017-03-16T03:20:02.560-07:002017-03-16T03:20:02.560-07:00In this article, from Yahoo News, you'll find ...In this article, from Yahoo News, you'll find out how your sleep position affects your heart, lungs, liver and stomach. <a href="http://www.bestvitaminsforall.com/ARTHRITIS-jointpain-supplements.html" rel="nofollow">Vitamins for joint pain</a><br />john smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655303417027257101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-85374476723651037052013-09-13T10:20:25.261-07:002013-09-13T10:20:25.261-07:00Lyme will likely not be treated by many doctors in...Lyme will likely not be treated by many doctors in Canada because the disease is dangerously political to the careers of doctors. I tested positive 5 times and the started taking all kinds of concoctions to treat it. It kills my liver like crazy but many of those things seemed to have worked. Now I only have Bartonella to deal with, and am still waiting for the pending results from rickettall.<br /><br />Other than for painful swollen underarms for the past year, falling blood platelets, petechia and constantly sore liver,caused by I think the Bartonalla may eventually be cured too if I keep taking my pile full of home-made concoctions.<br /><br />Don't expect much treatment in Canada if you have Lyme. Most Canadians are forced to go to the USA for treatment, or dream up their own poisons because -- hey, Lyme doesn't exist. It doesn't exist because it's expensive to treat. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224803605084979881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-60596241211086460352012-12-28T21:32:35.016-08:002012-12-28T21:32:35.016-08:00I need a lyme literate doctor in Colorado (Front R...I need a lyme literate doctor in Colorado (Front Range). I had three positive markers (p18, p41, and p66) and had two supposed LLMD's turn me down as I did not meet CDC criteria for Lyme disease.<br /><br />I have had brain fog, elevated liver enzymes (currently back to normal but were elevated for several months), high MCH (for over a year now though no doctor has yet ordered a VitB12 or folate test), heart palpitations, all over body aches/joint pain, and worst of all, psychiatric problems (anxiety, atypical mood swings, fear of death). <br /><br />I don't recall being bitten by a tick (though I've read Lyme can lie dormant and I was on steroids for asthma about 6 weeks before onset of symptoms... I was also bitten by an unidentified blood sucking insect in Mexico about the same time, and I used to live in the southeast US). I had a rash (didn't think it was EM) at a different site from the bite about a week after the bite in Mexico.<br /><br />My primary doctor finally agreed I should be treated for Lyme (4 wk course of doxycycline 200mg bid). I was fairly asymptomatic before starting on the antibiotic course (it took over 6 months to diagnose and start treatment). I've been off the doxy for about 6 weeks and have started having heart palpitations and some of the psych problems again (less severe at the moment).<br /><br />Can you please recommend a doctor who knows how to treat Lyme Disease in Colorado (at this point, I'd settle for a doctor willing to see me anywhere in the US)?CoLymeCasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260546664352582291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-8697909423256985262012-12-28T21:32:12.959-08:002012-12-28T21:32:12.959-08:00I need a lyme literate doctor in Colorado (Front R...I need a lyme literate doctor in Colorado (Front Range). I had three positive markers (p18, p41, and p66) and had two supposed LLMD's turn me down as I did not meet CDC criteria for Lyme disease.<br /><br />I have had brain fog, elevated liver enzymes (currently back to normal but were elevated for several months), high MCH (for over a year now though no doctor has yet ordered a VitB12 or folate test), heart palpitations, all over body aches/joint pain, and worst of all, psychiatric problems (anxiety, atypical mood swings, fear of death). <br /><br />I don't recall being bitten by a tick (though I've read Lyme can lie dormant and I was on steroids for asthma about 6 weeks before onset of symptoms... I was also bitten by an unidentified blood sucking insect in Mexico about the same time, and I used to live in the southeast US). I had a rash (didn't think it was EM) at a different site from the bite about a week after the bite in Mexico.<br /><br />My primary doctor finally agreed I should be treated for Lyme (4 wk course of doxycycline 200mg bid). I was fairly asymptomatic before starting on the antibiotic course (it took over 6 months to diagnose and start treatment). I've been off the doxy for about 6 weeks and have started having heart palpitations and some of the psych problems again (less severe at the moment).<br /><br />Can you please recommend a doctor who knows how to treat Lyme Disease in Colorado (at this point, I'd settle for a doctor willing to see me anywhere in the US)?CoLymeCasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260546664352582291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-22630648340075979332012-12-28T21:31:50.415-08:002012-12-28T21:31:50.415-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.CoLymeCasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260546664352582291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-54493848585498765382012-07-26T03:07:14.087-07:002012-07-26T03:07:14.087-07:00My daughter has exactly the same symtoms apart fro...My daughter has exactly the same symtoms apart from the sweating. She is being tested for Bartonella, I hope they have a good test for it here on the NHS. She also has cat scratch marks on her thigh. She is taking folinic acid and folapro really helping with the anxiety and energy levels. Not the pain or nausea though.. she also has POTs, can Bartonella cause POTs? xStressed out Sainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791098810737331737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-75518188986568254572012-01-29T08:00:11.645-08:002012-01-29T08:00:11.645-08:00Thank you for sharing this - a real eye opener as ...Thank you for sharing this - a real eye opener as to what symptoms might show for Bartonella vs Babesia in an "early" infection. The MP is not the only answer aside from antibiotics - "Oblivion" - there are a lot of natural and "alternative" approaches that are quite effective as well.Melisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997696796900588278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-49757246099052051812009-09-14T05:49:05.429-07:002009-09-14T05:49:05.429-07:00Where are you? Why aren't you writing anymore?...Where are you? Why aren't you writing anymore? We need you....Ramilinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307205494401044895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-55807044568761221092009-09-13T23:53:52.902-07:002009-09-13T23:53:52.902-07:00I am getting afraid that you are not writing anymo...I am getting afraid that you are not writing anymore? Please don't stop doing it, it is my daily bread!!! You don't know how many people you touch through this blogs, how much good you do, how much help you have given us; Doctor we need you! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION!LYMEMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972611258779349240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-53972047197007939042009-09-12T20:46:34.592-07:002009-09-12T20:46:34.592-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614021020877246061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-1334176269331958022009-09-12T20:44:35.019-07:002009-09-12T20:44:35.019-07:00Hi Blogger Lisabeth, it is very easy to understand...Hi Blogger Lisabeth, it is very easy to understand your frustration and even anger. It has been a tough painful road and don't think we can't understand it 'cause ours is really hard too, so precisely because I can understand I dare to write you just to go back to this doctor and get the help you need and the help he is very capable of giving you. You are fighting the wrong person; don't shoot the messenger! He is extremely good hearted and knowledgeable and probably the only one that is really going to give you what you need; give him the chance to do it, give your self that chance, you really need it.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614021020877246061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-58799696649198412822009-09-12T20:41:03.176-07:002009-09-12T20:41:03.176-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614021020877246061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-44319737771747591372009-09-06T17:25:34.987-07:002009-09-06T17:25:34.987-07:00I've had really low vitamin d for quite some t...I've had really low vitamin d for quite some time, but whenever I'm placed on supplements symptoms seem to worsen. Weird thing is that my calcium levels remain pretty high (just below upper cutoff) regardless of my vitamin d levels.<br /><br />On a completely different note, one hypothesis worth investigating is the effect of tick saliva on the immune system (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2233652).<br /><br />I know that LLMD's tend to see it as a potent "gateway" for lyme & coinfections, but recent studies reveal tick saliva to be an intricate and complex cocktail with multiple weapons for evading the immune system - afterall, unlike most common parasites, ticks can take days to complete a meal, giving the saliva more time to interact with your immune system. Other studies as well have found that immunity to tick saliva often corresponds with immunity to lyme disease, suggesting that lyme maybe a confound. Interestingly, immunity to tick saliva in some people prevents ticks from completing their meal, either b/c the host can feel them or in the extreme they actually kill the feeding tick. Immunity to tick saliva is thought to be specific to geographical location as well (eg, immunity to New Jersey ticks won't protect you from London ticks), which may explain why lyme-like symptoms vary from place to place. Lack of immunity of course leaves people much more susceptible to ticks, as it essentially allows them to feed uninterrupted time and again.<br /><br />The hypothesis that merely being bitten by a tick - or a foreign one - in certain people can cause symptoms maybe much more believable to mainstream medicine. Other research has found some pretty strange correlates to merely being bitten by a tick (eg, delayed anaphylactic shock in response to eating meat, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148583.php).<br /><br />Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there. Otherwise I hope you pick up your blog, very thought-provoking and makes for great reading.kerrjachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446419956533734149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-84410256484764421282009-09-04T14:52:17.365-07:002009-09-04T14:52:17.365-07:00what is Cipro - is this shorthand or a brand name?...what is Cipro - is this shorthand or a brand name?<br /><br />I have possible Lyme and live in the UK. 3 negative Immunoblot tests on the NHS at 2,6,10 weeks.<br />Possible tick bite 31 May (no attached tick)<br />3 weeks doxycycline mid June - Mid July 100mg twice daily.<br />Symptoms not cured - pins and needles around bite site on leg and in feet and hands; also sometimes in legs and arms. Muscle pains in limbs; occasional sore lymph nodes. Wierd prominent blue veins on legs and hands, where itchy sensations. Also some purple thread veins appeared and spots.<br /><br />Just seen Dr Chiodini at Infectious Diseases Hospital in London who doesn't think I have Lyme. I persuaded him to order a Bartonella test - await results.<br /><br />On Monday going to Great Ormond St Children's Hospital for my 5 year old son. He had definite tick bite on 31st May. Very pale ring rash round bite 26 days later lasting only one day. Since then purple prominent veins on chest near bite, by evening time. Symptoms he reports are itchy/hot feet, legs, arms, and occasionally sore legs, eye floaters, sore lymph nodes.<br /><br />Two negative Immunoblot tests at 6 and 10 weeks. Positive Elispot LTT done privately by Dr Daymond<br /><br />He's had 3 weeks amoxicillin at 50mg/kg/day during August (I had to really push for this!!) and during 2nd half of this he stopped reporting symptoms but 5 days after stopping abx he has started reporting symptoms again! He has appointment at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital at Infectious Diseases Clinic on Monday. I think he needs further treatment.<br /><br />His brother aged 8 also had a tick bite on 31st May and has had few symptoms except very occasional reporting of itchy feet, sore lymph but he is also now worried of telling Mummy stuff in case he has to have medicine.<br /><br />What do you advise I do next? Please help as in the UK it is very difficult to get Drs to tdo anything without a postive antibody test on the NHS.SnazzyJazzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958528369587361148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-43175354727624356062009-09-01T22:38:32.493-07:002009-09-01T22:38:32.493-07:00If only everyone improved so quickly. Your comment...If only everyone improved so quickly. Your comments on this and other posts frighten me!! Most patients like you have described do not get well that quickly. It's misleading for you to imply that. I saw your open, and what I would label arrogant criticisms if Dr Fry. I have no idea if he is is right or wrong, but what if he is right? You sound as bad as the infectious disease doctors who criticize ILADs. If you really believe that using only ILADs based evidence tratment guidelines will cure every patient you must be very new to treating chronic Lyme.<br />I was diagnosed 10 years ago and have seen several top (supposed) Lyme doctors and feel much of what they do is amateur guesswork. After 4 years of antiobiotics including IV and testing and testing all co -infections, I still have abnormal brain MRIs, neurological issues and cognitive dysfunction. I don't believe there is very good medical research period. I don't believe it's right for you to write as if you and or ILADs knows all the answers and treatment is simple and effective or to criticize Dr Fry for looking outside the box. He charges 1/4 th of what mist LLMDs charge so he is not into it for the money that I can tell. His lab is Medicare approved and he us a microbiologist who has devoted his career to this. If you question his tests, be professional and call and talk to him instead of condemning him on a blog. I am not a patient of his nor have I had the tests but maybe I should. It is far less expensive to do that than to see another LLMD who is over charges patients. Some of the fees out there are outrageous!Lisa Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830275769252743166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-38345543407444592292009-08-26T16:54:18.248-07:002009-08-26T16:54:18.248-07:00starlings,
i was on levaquin for three months, an...starlings,<br /><br />i was on levaquin for three months, and after stopping it for two weeks my body felt as good as it did pre-lyme. i was fantastic for a bout year. this april my symtoms came back even worse than before. this included a relapse of EBV which i also thought was gone. now i have dangerously low vitamin D levels (taking 5000 iu's + per day), my spleen is super sensitive and sore, and i have all the bartonella isues mentioned here. doing doxy again, more blood work and going back to see what's up.<br /><br />taking olive leaf supplements for the EBV (3500 mg/day). so we shall see.Drew Tatuskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344192935890766744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-70218309924275569322009-08-26T15:40:17.020-07:002009-08-26T15:40:17.020-07:00You mention the low B12, but don't seem to be ...You mention the low B12, but don't seem to be treating it directly. Why not? <br /><br />Energy and cognition are impaired by the low B12 in its own right, and so improving it with supplementation -- while waiting for the Bartonella to abate -- would likely make the patient happier. No?<br /><br />In my own case, my low B12 was unexplained, until I read this posting! I too had Lyme and Bartonella (and Babesia). But after treating the co-infections successfully, my B12 uptake remained impaired.<br /><br />Shots helped the level, but had their own ill effects. Then I tried oral supplements, which WORK, better than the shots, due to the mechanism described here: <a href="http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/112/6/2214" rel="nofollow">http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/112/6/2214</a>.<br /><br />Apparently, even with uptake problems, the megadose of B12 somehow bypasses the intrinsic factor-related mechanism. And a year's supply was about US$20 at CostCo.<br /><br />Thanks again for the posting -- and for this blog. I can't wait to see what my LLMD makes of your suggested Bartonella/B12 interaction. He (and GI-doc and other specialists) had no explanation for my B12 woes.Waltham Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873330314936046018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-41436013303225330092009-08-08T05:16:36.774-07:002009-08-08T05:16:36.774-07:00I have been reading this blog for hours now, I'...I have been reading this blog for hours now, I'm so glad I found it. I was just diagnosed with Lyme last week. My doc thinks we caught it early since I only had one band on the IGG (41) and two bands on IGM (41,23). I'm taking Doxy, and I feel like I've been run over by a bus, now I know why. <br /><br />I have question for the Doc. I have been on Remicade for over a year for treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and I am wondering how or if this can affect Lyme treatment/Diagnosis. I'm curious because I'm not so sure that I haven't had Lyme for a while. I have had so many symptoms, but I figured they were related to the UC or Remicade. I've had fatigue and nausea, and bad short term memory issues for a long time. Not to mention for years I have been mixing up my words, I just figured that was something quirky about me. I have also experienced at least for 6 months back and knee pain which I also just brushed off as UC related arthritis or Remicade issues, now I'm not so sure. This is such a great blog, and I thank you for all of your hard work, it has been such a great source of information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-77274265520120388492009-08-06T21:04:45.269-07:002009-08-06T21:04:45.269-07:00I wanted to edit my post, but had to delete it and...I wanted to edit my post, but had to delete it and re-start...sorry about the double postings.<br /><br />I was informed that low folic acid can occasionally indicate homozygous MTHFR. In my case, it did. It is interesting to me how many Lyme patients, and others with pro-inflammatory conditions, have this genetic mutation.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656516931717588866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-73230206516456305332009-08-06T21:02:18.810-07:002009-08-06T21:02:18.810-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656516931717588866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-14297984618492659412009-08-04T20:56:30.880-07:002009-08-04T20:56:30.880-07:00I am interested in your thought that minocycline s...I am interested in your thought that minocycline seems to bring on autoimmune type reaction. What does this mean and why do you say this?cehansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021052436874463834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-57312915987959819892009-08-04T20:55:35.911-07:002009-08-04T20:55:35.911-07:00To fight bartonella, my LLMD had me do 9 months of...To fight bartonella, my LLMD had me do 9 months of Rifampin with first doxy, then Zith. This brought improvement but not elimination of bartonella. Then he had me do 4 months of Levaquin with doxy/mino. I started with half the dose (250mg) and experienced horrible all-over body pain, and he got angry becuase I was not taking the full dose (was concerend about resistance).<br /><br />Brain fog/confusion/dementia-type symptoms are my worst problem. Is it even possible that I still have bartonella???cehansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021052436874463834noreply@blogger.com