my experience about lymes babesia

January 3, 2007

I don't remember being bite by a tick, but had symptoms after having sand mites

or flies crawl over my feet in Mexico. Now I have symptoms like my mom had, she

was in the Pacific during World War 2 and also in Mexico after that. But her

symptoms started before Mexico. She was only treated for symptoms and not with

antibiotics, she was unable to care for us kids due to her illness. I test

positive for lymes bartonella and babesia. My grown daughter also tests positive

for babesia. She has had symptoms since a child. She would improve as a child on

a yeast free diet and nystatin and shots for candida. We believe that we have

had this from transmission from the placenta. We both have herx with the

antibiotics, but see a drastic improvement on the antibiotics where we can

function. Her children who are young are showing symptoms. I think on tests that

there are a lot more false negatives than false positives. If your tests show

positive, than I would think that you probably

are. I believe that antibiotics are the start, but not the total answer to a

cure. Sometimes we just suppress the bugs so that we can have a full life. I'd

rather take the antibiotics than feel disabled and not be able to work. I am now

working 4 days a week. Before I could only lay in bed. I do find the herbs

helpful. And yes I believe you need to build the immune system back up. Our

bodies can help fight this if it is in perfect condition. I think that us with

lymes have some defect in our immune system and this they will find years later

with DNA markers. I want to keep learning everything I can. Not only has it

affected me, but also my children and grandchildren. I am grateful for all the

people helping and doing research. Margo

CC <cobchc@...> wrote: Hello all....My LLMD has advised that he

believes me to be infected

with Babesia and Lyme disease based on a test whuich he admits may not

be accurate. I have been struggling with depression for about 6 years..

a year ago I began experiencing weakness in my arms and legs..that

seems to be aggravated by B vitamins...the weakness came on after I

took megadoses of B vitamins (for the depression) that my LLMD

approved. Though I really have no other symptoms...other than muscle

weakness and depression...he is now recommending a long course of

antibiotics to treat lyme/babesia! I have had little exposure to ticks

in the last 20 years ...though I was attacked by them during one

military summer in Ft. Bragg NC in 1983...I understand that very small

percentage of ticks are infected and that infection does not always

result when bitten...anyone have any thoughts? It seems crazy to

begin an antibiotic regimen with so little evidence of infection...i

hope you all are finding your way to health.

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