MS/Lyme update

[Guest guest]

I was diagnosed with MS three years ago. LDN did not stop progression,

and diet revision and supplementation did not help with

symptoms--nothing I tried helped. A few months ago I tested positive for

borreliosis (Lyme). After seven weeks of the antibiotic Zithromax (soon

to change to Ceftin, along with Samento, an herbal antibiotic), an

antifungal for candida avoidance, oral phosphatidylcholine, hyperbaric

oxygen therapy, nutritional IVs with glutathione pushes, rhythmic

massage and Rolfing, blood ozonation, twice weekly subcutaneous

injections of homeopathic aconite (for spasms) and bee venom, and

homeopathic human growth hormones, I'm walking almost normally, can stay

on my feet longer, leg spasms are almost gone, and I can work a

full-time job. Doing so much, it's hard to tell what's working, but

something is. Antibiotics, whether herbal or pharmaceutical, are the

key. Everything else I'm doing is supplementary and supportive of both

MS and Lyme, if indeed they're separate conditions.

After I tested positive for Lyme, an MS friend also tested positive. She

is Herxing, which means the abx are working. Her Lyme-literate doctor,

and other doctors and researchers, think MS IS Lyme. The affects of the

borrelia bacteria can relapse and remit. Sound familiar? One source says

that 350+ conditions, including Parkinson's, ALS, RA, CFS, FM and MS,

are misdiagnosed and are actually Lyme. Another source says 600.

Do yourself a huge favor and get tested. Don't bother with an ELISA test

from a " regular " lab; that test often gives false negatives. Cut to the

chase and get Western Blots IgG and IgM from a tick-only lab like IGeneX.

Because I'm making up time missed at work for health treatments,

maintaining a household while living alone, and taking care of an

elderly parent, please be patient if you respond to this with questions.

I don't have much time for emailing. Google " multiple sclerosis and

Lyme " and see what you get.

Martha